What frugal find came your way today?

Butterfly_Brain

Next door neighbour gave me a lap top that is only 18 months old he has bought a new one and thought I might like it for my birthday (which isn't until April 2) WELL CHUFFED

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Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

Next door neighbour gave me a lap top that is only 18 months old he has bought a new one and thought I might like it for my birthday (which isn't until April 2) WELL CHUFFED

Wow! :cool: I should think you were chuffed :T

Butterfly_Brain

Thanks budgeteer I have wanted one for ages - it gets too cold in the hall sometimes - looking forward to getting it on line and use it from my snuggly bed x

topsyturphy

Got a set of steel saucepans with glass lids about 4 years ago in CS for £5.

Latest is 2 pairs of lined curtains, 1 cream and 1 terrocota both plain, but look fantastic off freecycle.

nesssie1702

I got some bargains in the RTC section of our local Co-op this evening - all down to 10p, so there's ham for the dog, a pastie for DH's lunch tomorrow and a tub of whipping cream that will be splendid with the meringues I made earlier in the week

Aril

A "new" brolly from freecycle- much appreciated after the rain we had today. An old gardening mag that a friend passed over to me and two back issues of Country Living that someone had discarded.
Aril

pepsimax62

I got 3 prs of curtains in cs and a large pyrex dish with a glass lid.£5 for the lot,2 prs are cream and I used them to line my living room curtains and the other pair is a lovely dark purple,really thick pr which I've put in our bedroom.(dh walked into the wall the room was so dark):D
Ds got married b4 xmas and I got a new wallis dress and jacket for £14 off ebay,new dorothy perkins shoes with stickers on for £5 from cs and a new Elizabeth Arden handbag for 99p from cs.I had loads of compliments on my outfit.My neighbour paid £2,000 for her outfit when her son got married:eek:
and I think I looked just as good as she did.:T

Grebe

I had to take some old rotten wood to out local council recyle centre and while dumping into the massive skip for wood I noticed, in the plastics one next door, a couple of strips of plastic edging for laminate flooring, perfect for my kitchen. I asked the chappie looking after the place if I could have it, he said " If you can reach it, you can have it":D Now these skips are like sugmerged basins with big rails all round them. It's a big reach for a wee woman and I am very very wee. The first I managed to reach by half hanging over the rails but the other was just out of my reach. I was at a loss as to how to get it when a huge burly fella drew up and started chucking tons of stuff in. There was nothing else for it, I put on smile and brass neck asked if he would pull the other strip out for me. He did and spotted another so got that for me to:D What a star:T

jexygirl

Wow some ace stuff girls and guys, but i think todays award must go to Butterfly for her new laptop! Congrats all!
The effort award tho must go to Grebe!!!!!!
good going!
Jex

Justamum

Today I managed to break the clip which holds my vacuum extension tube on :mad:. I checked to see how much a replacement tube would be - £67.99 :eek::eek::eek:. So I tootled off and bought some elastic bands for £1, wrapped the strongest one round the clip on the tube and voila £66.99 saved - and dozens of elastic bands left over for future use :rotfl: