Lulabelle's MFW Diary

lulabelle1

Not at all Ed, it would take more than that to put me off..... I just realised that by responding to some points you raised that I was probably divulging far too much.

lulabelle1

Finally, something has confirmed in my TCB account! I was wondering whether it would ever happen....! And, (I'm late to the party with this) I can see that you can take the cashback in he form of gift cards, how cool is that!

edinburgher

They even give you a wee bonus for doing so

lulabelle1

edinburgher wrote: »

They even give you a wee bonus for doing so

Brilliant isn't it! I'm thinking I could perhaps use this for Christmas gifts next year.......

lulabelle1

DH visited the B2L last night and looks like we will be replacing the shower! Currently organising the plumber. And, tenants have had a baby, how exciting!

Think I'm going to order Christmas lunch items from M&S - I usually cook everything from scratch but am appealed by the idea of buying some of the items ready made so that they just popping in the oven. This way, I get to build the playmobil rather than being stuck peeling potatoes whilst everyone else does the playmobil!

edinburgher

Could you peel, blanche and freeze the potatoes in advance? I had read that this was a thing what works :rotfl:

Not that I'm trying to take money from M&S, their food catalogue is usually lovely, this has been the first year that I haven't seen it

lulabelle1

edinburgher wrote: »

Could you peel, blanche and freeze the potatoes in advance? I had read that this was a thing what works :rotfl:

Not that I'm trying to take money from M&S, their food catalogue is usually lovely, this has been the first year that I haven't seen it

Yes, I could..... however, I'm planning to spend Christmas Eve with friends and family having a few drinks and being Merry.... far more preferable to peeling spuds

lulabelle1

Christmas food ordered from M&S with £30 deposit paid... balance payable upon collection. There's cheaper ways of preparing a Christmas lunch, however the whole lot has cost me less than I paid for the Free Range Turkey that I bought when we had our first Christmas in this house - and that was 9 years ago

Some Quidco money received - current account running lowish so it can stay in there, TCB checked and a few more things are now confirmed.

I'm at that point now where I start to panic as to whether I have bought the DC enough Christmas presents - it always happens. I need to resist the urge to buy pointless cr8p just so that they have more to open - it's such a waste and I honestly know that they'd be delighted whether they had extra presents or not.

DS1 has only 3 things on his Christmas list and DS2 doesn't have much more....

I need to get their presents wrapped as this will remind me of what I've got them so far and hopefully quell the urge to buy more!

ajmoney

My hoard of presents for everyone seems a lot smaller this year and I keep worrying I have forgotten something but am hoping it is more that I have been sensible. I think I just have 2 small things to get and then just wait for the rest to be delivered which should be by the weekend.

lulabelle1

ajmoney wrote: »

My hoard of presents for everyone seems a lot smaller this year and I keep worrying I have forgotten something but am hoping it is more that I have been sensible. I think I just have 2 small things to get and then just wait for the rest to be delivered which should be by the weekend.

:T to being sensible