Frugal Living Challenge 2011 - Part 3.

ceridwen

aeb wrote: »

A vet where I used to live was one of those TV vets. I called in to buy Fr**tline once and was told I couldn't by anything unless ALL my pets were registered with them and had been in for a costly 'new client health check'. I left it and made a special trip to my usual vet who is grumpy but brilliant with the animals.


I dry myself and the children with tiny hand towels to save having lots of wet towels about the place - saves loads of washing. (When they are nearly dry they do have a cuddle in the big towels - I'm not that mean!)

Crikey - I gathered that these new "chain vets" can be exploitative and expensive - but "new client checks" - that sounds like the comment "Pull the other one" would be appropriate:mad:

Re using handtowels instead of bath-towels - it took me some while to click just why my mother keeps passing hand-towels on to me. That is - hand-towels is all they use anyway. Duh! <slap head smilie> and wonders how long it is since I last noticed normal size towels in their bathroom....:o. On that note - I use the mega-size bath sheet ones myself. So - between that and buying sheets of a size to fit a 6' wide bed (when mine is 5' wide) - then its just as well that I have a larger size drum in my washing machine these days. When I had to replace my washer/dryer - I replaced it with a washing machine only (as I dry my washing naturally these days).

redglass_2

ceridwen wrote: »

Re using handtowels instead of bath-towels - it took me some while to click just why my mother keeps passing hand-towels on to me. That is - hand-towels is all they use anyway. Duh! <slap head smilie> and wonders how long it is since I last noticed normal size towels in their bathroom....:o. On that note - I use the mega-size bath sheet ones myself. So - between that and buying sheets of a size to fit a 6' wide bed (when mine is 5' wide) - then its just as well that I have a larger size drum in my washing machine these days. When I had to replace my washer/dryer - I replaced it with a washing machine only (as I dry my washing naturally these days).

I don't think my mum knows what a bath sheet is!

Re Soylent Green: now there's a memory for me! When it first came out I was at school and a girl in our class saw it, then ruined it for everyone else by telling us the ending... I agree with you, not one for bedtime viewing.

paidinchickens

Morning peeps:D:D:D

Had a big spend day last night:o The kids reminded be I needed to book Harry Potter tickets:eek: We seldom go to the cinema, only for the "must really really need to see all my friends are going" films so probably go once a year or twice at the most. Fully booked the first two nights already so we are going on the Sunday. £43 for five of us:eek:

I am a slob when it comes to towels, I just put my dressing gown on until I am dry:o

aeb please don't tell me about abandoned cats I don't think DH would appreciate coming home to any more:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Did anyone win the Euro Millions??????

rubytuesday

I tend to put my towelling dressing gown on too and always have to recline on the bed with a cup of tea!:rotfl:

And believe it or not I didn't win.

I wonder if that had anything to do with the fact I didn't enter?!:rotfl:

SandraScarlett

I am disgusted at the dreadful email from the vets! I would be inclined to send the following to the partners, in an envelope marked Private & Confidential:

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This is the message I received from your office, when I expressed my dismay that they had implicated that I did not love my cat sufficiently, as I had the temerity to ask the cost of his treatment:

you take offence extremely easily when none is meant and draw extraordinary conclusions in a quite reactionary way which is sad

They take customer care and satisfaction extremely casually, which is why none is forthcoming, and are extraordinarily insulting, whilst considering themselves faultless, which is sad. If their attitude is indicative of the care that is available to my pet, I will take my custom, and his welfare, elsewhere.

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xx

tumptyteapot

SandraScarlett wrote: »

I am disgusted at the dreadful email from the vets! I would be inclined to send the following to the partners, in an envelope marked Private & Confidential:

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This is the message I received from your office, when I expressed my dismay that they had implicated that I did not love my cat sufficiently, as I had the temerity to ask the cost of his treatment:

you take offence extremely easily when none is meant and draw extraordinary conclusions in a quite reactionary way which is sad

They take customer care and satisfaction extremely casually, which is why none is forthcoming, and are extraordinarily insulting, whilst considering themselves faultless, which is sad. If their attitude is indicative of the care that is available to my pet, I will take my custom, and his welfare, elsewhere.

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xx

ohhh, good letter! I don't think they have partners, I think they are just a family run business but if I ever need a strongly worded letter I'll know where to come!

Thanks everyone about this, I really felt I had to say something to them and you have all been really supportive.

ceridwen

paidinchickens wrote: »

Morning peeps:D:D:D

Had a big spend day last night:o The kids reminded be I needed to book Harry Potter tickets:eek: We seldom go to the cinema, only for the "must really really need to see all my friends are going" films so probably go once a year or twice at the most. Fully booked the first two nights already so we are going on the Sunday. £43 for five of us:eek:

I am a slob when it comes to towels, I just put my dressing gown on until I am dry:o


Did anyone win the Euro Millions??????

Errr....nope...not me...darn it.....

...as in...I didnt win the Euro Millions...goes off to remind the Universe that I would be perfectly happy with £250,000 actually:cool: - as, by now, £200,000 would get me sorted out perfectly personally (ie suitable house/suitable savings/and I could give up my job right away) - so I could just spend the rest of my life giving away everything over and above that to best effect....

Well...it MIGHT work to keep reiterating to the Universe that that is honestly all I require and I would give the rest away and I DO need a suitable purpose for the rest of my life (got a few inklings - but wouldnt mind a few more....:cool:)

cw18

paidinchickens wrote: »

Did anyone win the Euro Millions??????

Yep - me :T


All of £2.80 for 2 numbers :rotfl:

slowlyfading

cw18 wrote: »

Yep - me :T


All of £2.80 for 2 numbers :rotfl:

Haha me too :rotfl::rotfl:

Aril

Hello fellow frugallers:j
Congratulations Blairweech on passing your first year at Uni!!

I'm shocked by the stories of the vets I'm hearing- ours is a traditional one although a bit on the pricey side. I never buy F****Line from the vets- it's a lot cheaper online and I've never wormed her [or any other of my cats]. They all have had a litter tray so work on the assumption that I would know iyswim:eek: Her jabs are kept up to date and we've kept the insurance going from the Cats Protection League. We never had need of it with our old cat but thisone has been a ropey old dear who's had a hard life [prior to us] and now has an overactive thryoid and the policy covers the medication costs.

No spends today. A link for you for free short OU courses which may be of interest
http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/

Arilx