Frugal Living Challenge 2011 - part 2

Puddleglum

DH is a martyr to bites and he has a sort of coiled wrist bracelet which he wears at night which seems quite good. He found it on the Internet but you may find them in larger chemists.
In the hottest weather when he is most likely to be bitten he goes to bed wearing tights, full pajamas and a balaclava with the bedroom window firmly closed. I sleep on the sofa!

ceridwen

slowlyfading wrote: »

Aril - sorry to hear about your job xx

...and that goes for me too....

Kerry_Woman

Aril - Sorry to hear about your job.

redglass_2

Aril - I'm also sorry to hear about your job. But it sounds as if your careful planning and scrimping will soften the blow, so well done on that front.

SandraScarlett: Are they midge bites? Avon's Oh-So-Soft skin oil is repellent to midges. It doesn't seem to matter which perfume you use (there were two last time I bought any and I've tried both). I was told this by a gardener who also told me that the oil used to be mentioned as a midge deterrent on the Forestry Commission's web site - a kind of official seal of approval! The downside (there usually is one!) is that it is oil, not cream, and therefore quite messy to apply. Our allotment site has evil midges and they seem to like biting me on the scalp, so if I forget my hat I usually I end up putting some oil in my hair which makes for an interesting 'do, to say the least...but since I wear my hair very short, it washes out quickly. Elsewhere on the body it's fine and if you buy it from Avon online, it's sometimes on special offer. (Okay, Mrs Avon Lady, can I have my fiver now? )

LolaLemon

I second redglass, Avon stuff works a treat.
But it is also down to the food that u eat.(look at the countries that have hot weather, lots of insects and eat loads of spicy food, they don't get bitten as much as us the rest of us)

Aril, sorry to hear about the job.

rubytuesday

Hello - would have had a NDS yesterday but decided to go swimming for the second day in a row. The day before I just stocked up on a few bargains foodwise on things I needed.

Probably will be a low spend day again today.

rubytuesday

Slowlyfading that tealoaf looks absolutely wonderful!

Sorry to hear about the job front Aril but you have done so well to create your security!

rubytuesday

Hi Inspire I hope the job interview wnt well and that your son is making a good recovery!

(still on page 28!)

Aril

Hello fellow frugallers:j
Thank you for all kind words- some people buy a car when they're made redundant....I'm going to get a cheap second hand bike to tour the shops quickly snapping up bargains:rotfl::rotfl:
Arilx

JLL

A few years ago i got 20 bites in one night on holiday in greece and was told by a pharmacist out there to take hayfever tablets (anti-hystamines) and to cut a lemon in half and rub it on the bites 3 times a day, till they stop itching. By the next day the redness had gone out of them Best advice i've ever had. Trust me It worked wonders. Any cheap hayfever tablets work. I use asda own now 99p

The other thing the pharmacist told me was if i'm prone to bites on holiday start taking anti-hystamines a week before i go on hols so they are already in my system.