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TEN months and counting...
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Well I managed to get DS2 those trainers he needed £12 which I didnt think was too bad as he is now in a size 7 at aged 13:eek: he actually let me go and just choose some as he had friends coming round.
Apart from that I dont really know where the day has gone
I did iron for 2 hours this morning but havent done much else.
Actually size 7 isn't too bad - a couple of DS's pals (age 9) are size 6 already!:eek: I'm stunned he let you choose for him though, was there a list of guidelines issued?:D
sometimes you just need a rest...;)Mortgage OP 2025 £6250/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
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another embarassing admission... my cutlery drawer has been falling apart for years (since I moved in actually) and it's had various temporary repairs then I realised today it's exactly the same size as another drawer I never use so I swapped them over and life is so much less annoying.:o Dunno why it never occurred to me before...
also DS had peanut butter for the first time this evening and nicked my rice cake and peanut butter. this eating when he's hungry does sort of bite you in the bum on the hungry days - there's no stopping him tonight.:eek:Mortgage OP 2025 £6250/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
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skint_spice wrote: »another embarassing admission... my cutlery drawer has been falling apart for years (since I moved in actually) and it's had various temporary repairs then I realised today it's exactly the same size as another drawer I never use so I swapped them over and life is so much less annoying.:o Dunno why it never occurred to me before...
Because the obvious takes a while to sink in. For me, the great revelation today was in cleaning my cooker. I have an electric one (rented house) which I hate. With a gas one, I can just take all the burners and everything and drop them in the sink - can't with electric. Just had the idea of putting my pan lids over the "burners" so that they catch all the splatter. Then they can be just dropped in the washing up...
Simple, but 18 months worth of thought went into it... :rolleyes:skint_spice wrote: »eating when he's hungry does sort of bite you in the bum
THAT hungry..! :eek:"Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
"We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
"Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky." OMD 'Julia's Song'0 -
THAT hungry..! :eek:
wouldn't put it past him, he has since dinner (when he ate more than me) had a icecream cone, babybel, some plums,grapes, a banana, said rice cake and now he's after some toast.:eek: thank god he's going to bed soon.:DMortgage OP 2025 £6250/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
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It only gets worse skint:rotfl:I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
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It only gets worse skint:rotfl:
:eek::eek::eek: NO!!! at least when he's older he can cook it all for himself... I'm currently pushing cereal!:oMortgage OP 2025 £6250/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
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skint_spice wrote: »:eek::eek::eek: NO!!! at least when he's older he can cook it all for himself... I'm currently pushing cereal!:o
Start teaching him to cook when he's hungry. And teach him to make 5 portions and freeze two. Then it's one for you and two for him...
"Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
"We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
"Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky." OMD 'Julia's Song'0 -
Start teaching him to cook when he's hungry. And teach him to make 5 portions and freeze two. Then it's one for you and two for him...
I've started already, and explaining the washing machine - male friend aged about 39 who left home at 17 wasn't aware the powder drawer came out the washing machine and had been trying to clean it whilst in situ.:rolleyes: So obvious but not to a man who can take a motorbike to bits and rebuild it....:rotfl:Mortgage OP 2025 £6250/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
Mortgage balance: £36,210
Money making challenge £38/400
”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)0 -
skint_spice wrote: »I've started already, and explaining the washing machine - male friend aged about 39 who left home at 17 wasn't aware the powder drawer came out the washing machine and had been trying to clean it whilst in situ.:rolleyes: So obvious but not to a man who can take a motorbike to bits and rebuild it....:rotfl:
It's not that obvious...I think I posted on the daily chat once about taking mine out (the powder drawer...
) and people were surprised it came out (the powder drawer... )... "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
"We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
"Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky." OMD 'Julia's Song'0 -
Tell him kitchen closes at 9~thats what I do:rotfl:I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.0
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