Countdown to Freedom

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Hope you have a good weekend Tilly!!
I think regarding going off to Uni:
1) a toastie maker (I would guess DD is probably more competent at cooking than most but this can save £££ buying food after a night out!)
2) Huuuuuge tea/coffee mug (good to be able to procrastinate while making another cuppa before getting down to that essay)
3) Nice meal out every so often when the parentals visit (plus food/alcohol shopping on the way home)

Ummmm... that's most of what I can think of, I can remember budgeting and saving the summer before uni for everything I would need (bedding, plates, mugs etc.. ) and calculated £130 (this was hmmmm well over 10 years ago now!) and managed to come back with everything PLUS a new top, and change! I must've been MSE even then! :rotfl:

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Why oh why am I eb@ying - oh yes, to get some extra pennies to OP :eek::eek:

Even having written everything down before, it seems to take ages. However, absolutely everything is now ready to go - if it doesn't sell it will be car booted and if I doesn't go then, a couple of charity shops nearby will be benefitting.

I can move in the garage now and after the car boot, I could use it for exercising again :T

Hi Thistle, I really did feel miserable last week and it was the weather, I'm certain. Oh to wake up to blue sky instead of blinking grey :eek:

TYO, thanks for the advice, I'm beginning to feel relieved that we have so much stuff, I can use DD to declutter when she leaves home. I swear I could open a bedding shop :rotfl:

MCI, I've popped out and bought some marigolds to plant with the tomatoes . There's also a little bit of yellow stuff in the sky - I won't say anymore, it may disappear

Ixia, thanks for the cashback site suggestion, will definitely be checking that out :j


Right, I'm off to do battle in the town - I have to return something which I know is going to turn into a nightmare. Mr T is already prepared for an argument in the shop and I had this type of confrontation

I'm making a massive salad to have for a late lunch - loads of beautiful leaves, toasted pine nuts, plum tomatoes and asparagus with shavings of Parmesan - Mr T was going to make bread this morning but the land of eb@y got in the way.

Best wishes Tilly x x

edinburgher

Why oh why am I eb@ying - oh yes, to get some extra pennies to OP

I actually had an unpaid item case opened *against me* last week. Apparently the site went crazy and placed a duplicate order for a pair of shoe laces (£2.69). Who the heck goes rogue over a pair of shoe laces when they have 800+ positive feedback? :rotfl:

Sorted now, but for a short while I was public enemy number 1.

shala_moo

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

Don't forget the ProPlus :rotfl:

Deleted_User wrote: »

Hope you have a good weekend Tilly!!
I think regarding going off to Uni:
1) a toastie maker (I would guess DD is probably more competent at cooking than most but this can save £££ buying food after a night out!)

This was my main diet at University :rotfl: there's nothing you can't put in a toastie (except maybe the ProPlus)

unhappy_shopper

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »

You two aren't helping me at all :rotfl:

Tilly x x

DS1 goes back every fortnight with J0rdan's breakfast cereal and a cool bag full of food, very :money: - takes after his mum

gallygirl

unhappy_shopper wrote: »

DS1 goes back every fortnight with J0rdan's breakfast cereal and a cool bag full of food, very :money: - takes after his mum

DS investigated whether he could put a bag of washing on the train, I could pick it up, wash it and send it back on the train the next day :rotfl:

HelenDaveKids

Bless them!!!

DD3 went shopping with my mum, she came back saying shes just like me, has to be in sale or discounted, they also took her to a car boot and she was right bargain hunter.

Have been teaching DD3 to iron last few weeks!

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Roll on car boot sale
37 items on eb@y - I swear I hate it more each time I load stuff up - hope to goodness some of treasures sell :rotfl:
Menu plan changing to empty both fridges this week - I want to clean them next weekend so would rather they were empty ish.
No pennies OPd
Fab gifts for DS this weekend as it was his birthday, all of which were reasonably priced - goodness what a different life we lead now

I've bought a SW magazine yesterday to see whether this inspires me to join a class

Off for an early night ready to do battle tomorrow

Tilly x x

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Morning

91p TT OP this morning

Operation fridge clear out going well - maybe a few weird combinations by Friday

Have walked the hounds this morning. It was cold but dry and now the heavens have opened :eek:

No other news at the moment apart from eb@y - currently quite a few watchers, two items sold, and the rest of our treasures are waiting for new homes

Tilly x

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Afternoon, 3 treasures are selling now, with 34 creating interest but no sales yet. We have stuck with the themed sales and this times it's technology. How much carp did we buy in our pre LBM days :eek::eek::eek:

I tried another book selling site today for Patricia Cornwell hardbacks - of no interest whatsoever. I truly don't think I'll buy any books again, apart from cookery ones.

May have a short term lodger - time will tell - sounds like a good guy but I think we are a little far out for his needs. He's interested though

I'm still doing my best to take some time out and relax - I am pretty poor at giving myself time. However early days and I am sticking to it. I'm using the time to think of my future and imagine a scenario of no mortgage and what I really want to do with my time. Basically a blank canvas in terms of where ie country and what and letting my sub conscious have a play about. Who knows where this will end up but Mr T and I have spoken in the past about using our joint skills.

Hope everyone is sheltering from the rain - I could have sworn it was April showers, not May ones :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Tilly x x