A new 'tougher' thread... and so it continues

VJsmum

GreyQueen wrote: »

VJsMum I have a plastic containers cupboard, too, filled with base-jumping, daredevil tubs which leap out and throw themselves onto my head at the slightest opportunity. You wouldn't like to pop over and give mine a sort whilst you're at it? I have cakes..............

ETA By gum it's chucking down HAIL from a sunny sky and it's absolutely perishing...............So glad I'm not on the lottie............

Hmm? What's that? cakes? I'm there

Oh hang on - did you also say hail? Think I'll stay put

ginnyknit

Im still reeling from a near death experience earlier - a car came out of a side road right across us, no signal, and managed to shoot into the opposite lane. The driver lookes shocked as if he hadnt meant to press the accelerator - god knows what he thought he was doing. We had to pull up and gather ourselves, think the main thing was DGS was in the car on the side nearest the mad man. OH is the best driver I have ever known but he was really shaken up.

Just made 2 meat pies, 12 jam tarts, apple pie and a piece of pastry to go with tater hash all from 1 bag of cheap flour and whoopised clover. cannot for the life of me understand Dd's friends who cannot feed their children well - boiled eggs and soldiers is no kind of meal at teatime for schoolchildren :eek:

Going to plant my shallots tomorrow and possibly a few tubs of fancy spuds. Wasnt going to bother with spuds this year but seeing the prices I changed my mind :mad:

kidcat

Oh ginny thats really scary when that happens.

boultdj

Glad your OK ginny, and I'v done another pot of spud's this morning.

Hardup_Hester

For me it's a choice between work or starve HC, so I shall keep workng whilst I can.
Hester

maryb

I have taken early retirement though I am still doing a small amount of consultancy work for my old employer. Working in the City in a silly hours job (but no banker's bonuses or share options) may be desk work but I used to feel quite seriously that I would die before my time if I didn't get out, I just knew no-one could take that much past their mid 50s. And I look around me and I see so many jobs becoming routinely as stressful as mine was - and at least I earned enough to save up so I could last until my pension kicks in.

I don't know what's going to happen and I find it hard to think about what my daughters' lives will be like, burdened with student debt and how will they be able to save enough to compensate for the non-existent pensions.

They if something can't go on, it won't. We'll see

smileyt_2

Not sure I should do this but, if anyone's around, you might want to go on this thread https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3906449 and give this woman some support, she really, really needs it.

kidcat

Smiley - I popped in, its brought me to tears that anyone can treat another human being that way

bupster

I've popped in and posted quickly. My God, that puts my problems into perspective.

meme30

Morning all, back in the land of the Daily Grind again. At least DH is, I am on my usual merry-go-round of pulling myself together and ferrying grandchildren around.:)

Smiley:- I read about the lady on your post. It seems that there is a lot of people posting practical help for her. Hopefully her situation will get better quickly.

All the stuff I buy is going up in price. I do my main shop in A*da but I know I need to shop more in cheaper shops. We don't have a l*dl or an A*di without a further run in the car so I am weighing up petrol use versus shop prices. Our small freezer shop has been very good lately, reducing lots of types of bread/buns but not other stuff. I don't tend to find reductions otherwise. So a stock up in cheap bread in extra freezer but little else.

Still I feel better off than a lot of people, I only have to keep DH and me going. I try not to dwell on the struggles to come for people with children. I worry about our DD's and their family's, so I'm doing the head in the sand bit before I make myself ill over it. We will help out where we can and together we will all get through this.

How long is it going to last? I think it's more of a change to 'This is how it's going to be from now on so get on with it!' is whats needed!:(