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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 97,530 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    I vote for linen for your room.
    You dont need tumble dryer til Autumn.
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  • Fortune_Smiles
    Fortune_Smiles Posts: 5,188 Forumite
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    We are loving Mr F's new job. He doesn't have to get up until 7.30 when he's working from home and we can have breakfast at a leisurely pace too. Feels like the weekend.


    Now the big monthly money shuffle is complete it's back to the little things:
    • Tillytidied the accounts
    • did some research on tumbledryers :o
    • a little housework
    • more bed related items have arrived including 2 new goose down pillows :D I've decided that Mr F and I are going to have those and our current ones can go in the small room
    • Mushroom Rarebit with Mash & Thyme Gravy from the meal plan for supper http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/420653/mushroom-rarebit-with-mash-and-thyme-gravy. Used thyme from the garden
    I only use the tumble dryer for towels, sheets and the occasional emergency but I do use it year round. The one we have is about 20 years old, vented and in desperate need of a new hose. It still works ok but is very uneconomical because of its age and it's a pain having to put the hose out of the window every time. I think we might go for a Miele :eek: - expensive but built to last for 20 years.


    Or... the linen and curtains in our bedroom are looking very shabby. And the Honeysuckle design in Laura A$hl£y is beautiful...


    Fortune x
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  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    Fortune_Smiles wrote: »
    I think we might go for a Miele :eek: - expensive but built to last for 20 years.

    Which is all very well, but.............???????
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
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  • Fortune_Smiles
    Fortune_Smiles Posts: 5,188 Forumite
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    edited 1 May 2014 at 7:26PM
    I know Gally - it will rob me of the pleasure of purchasing tumble dryers on a more regular basis :rotfl:
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6623005/happy-days-in-our-golden-years/p1?new=1
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  • Greying_Pilgrim
    Greying_Pilgrim Posts: 7,381 Forumite
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    Which is all very well, but.............???????
    Fortune_Smiles wrote: »
    I know Gally - it will rob me of the pleasure of purchasing tumble dryers on a more regular basis :rotfl:

    I've just been reading something similar, but in reference to new generation household CH boilers. Apparently, we're not to be downhearted that modern boilers only have a life-expectancy of 12 years, rather than the 20 years that [STRIKE]old[/STRIKE] vintage boilers (sorry to ruin your fun with that one gally ;)), have, as we'd be unwittingly contributing to excess carbon emissions if we use outdated technology, and forgo the opportunity for the industry to flog us a replacement.................

    So glad we've got 'experts' ready to *save* ourselves from ourselves at every turn......... :rotfl:

    Greying
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  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    What I want to know is, is it a tumble drier? Or a :smileyheatumble drier with an internal light :smileyhea ?
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • brizzledfw
    brizzledfw Posts: 7,302 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Gotta have an internal light...Mrs T says so :rotfl:

    Lovely piccies FS..
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    Winter 17/18 Savings Rate Goal: 25% [October 30%] :T
    Declutter 60 items before 31.03.18 9/60 ** LSDs Target 10 for March 03/10 **AFDs 10/15 ** Sales/TCB Target 2018 £25/£500 NSDs Target 10 for March 02/10 Trying to be a Frugalista:rotfl::T
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    brizzledfw wrote: »
    Gotta have an internal light...Mrs T says so :rotfl:

    Lovely piccies FS..
    Nope, that's definitely GallyGirl :)

    Although Fortune, you could try Thistle's suggestion of using a candle :T






    OK, for anyone needing a health and safety card 'please don't try this at home'

    Tilly x
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    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • Fortune_Smiles
    Fortune_Smiles Posts: 5,188 Forumite
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    Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »
    I've just been reading something similar, but in reference to new generation household CH boilers. Apparently, we're not to be downhearted that modern boilers only have a life-expectancy of 12 years, rather than the 20 years that [STRIKE]old[/STRIKE] vintage boilers (sorry to ruin your fun with that one gally ;)), have, as we'd be unwittingly contributing to excess carbon emissions if we use outdated technology, and forgo the opportunity for the industry to flog us a replacement.................

    So glad we've got 'experts' ready to *save* ourselves from ourselves at every turn......... :rotfl:

    Greying


    I need saving from myself most of the time Greying :rotfl:With any purchases I try to go for value for money which of course doesn't necessarily mean cheap!


    Fortune x
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6623005/happy-days-in-our-golden-years/p1?new=1
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  • Fortune_Smiles
    Fortune_Smiles Posts: 5,188 Forumite
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    What I want to know is, is it a tumble drier? Or a :smileyheatumble drier with an internal light ?

    Oh I see Gally! I thought you were (quite rightly) teasing me about my non MS tendencies. Yes, said tumble drier most definitely has an internal light:smileyhea


    Fortune x
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6623005/happy-days-in-our-golden-years/p1?new=1
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