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edinburgher wrote: »This MFW lark is very easy when you love being at home :rotfl:
We have taken to sitting in front of the tv most weekends and never venture from the sofa on weeknights which means we don't normally spend much through the week/end, especially as I try to go shopping before the weekend as I hate it when it is busy. We were out 3 times last weekend for various different things and our bank balance shows!MFW 2026 No. 7 £400/£5000
MFiT-T7 No. 6 £5515.91/£30,0000 -
The hound cost £80 far jabs/wormer/defleaing. £50 petplan. Um £160 dogsitter.
Ponylops £20 insurance. £50 annually trailer breakdown. So far £20 hard food and £200 so far hay and straw. £42 per month farrier.0 -
That's a confusing list Al - whadya reckon a month for all beasties combined?
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Yes it was deliberately confusing.
The woodlice, spiders and silverfish are totally MSE and dont cost me a thing.0 -
£300. £160 of that is dogsitter {who also tidies up and vacuums} ♡♥♡0
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£300 *a month*???? That's quite a bit :eek:
- £3.92 to Freedom Fund
- £10.53 to 2017
- SP are 10 days late taking DD. So I guess they're no longer billing us, just holding on to our £400 for safe keeping :rotfl:
- Completed 2 VO surveys
- Couldn't get Ipsauce survey to work
- Have started watching a secondhand aquarium on eBay. Currently at £50, collection only (25 miles away) and I could retrofit it to be fairly environmentally friendly for about another £30. Birthday at the end of March, so tempted...
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A month. £50 a month spends!0
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It's at least £200 each - pets are luxury goods
And homebrew doesn't count as groceries, in case you're trying that one as well
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Who says? DH assures me grape juice is one of my 5 a day.
A house is only a home with a dog in it.0 -
DH assures me grape juice is one of my 5 a day.
For the last time Al, that was a pamphlet from a wine wholesaler, not an NHS white paper :rotfl:0
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