The commonsense thread

lobbyludd

oh- sorry fuddle, my freezer bit of the fridge freezer went through cycles of completely icing up and causing the whole thing to sort of short out and stop working. Luckily I was able to store some things with neighbours, and cook other things to make them last until they could be eaten.

Is this the sort of thing that the emergency fund could be used for - to fix the broken freezer? - The internet is a wonderful thing in this respect - I've fixed a number of things by Googling symptoms and the exact model of my appliance, narrowing things down, ordering a part in and finding a step-by-step on you-tube. Might at least be worth some researching - the only one I gave up on was my boiler, as I narrowed it down to a fault with a component on the motherboard and figured I could do more harm than good blundering around witha soldering iron on that- but most freezers are essentially simple things (I've had mine completely to pieces, there's beggar all to them).

fuddle

There's not enough in the fund to buy a new freezer just yet but we have been looking into a chest freezer. There's a couple we've seen that are around £100ish that are energy A+ so worth thinking about. I'm keeping my eye on freecycle anyway.

I can live without it, I just have to change how I shop.

taplady

having an emergency fund is so comforting - even if its just a small one. Our cooker broke and in the past this wpould have been a disaster but we had enough in our fund to go and buy a new one:)

We always put a little into ours on payday - before we pay anything else as if you wait till later in the month it never gets put away.

Possession

fuddle wrote: »

There's not enough in the fund to buy a new freezer just yet but we have been looking into a chest freezer. There's a couple we've seen that are around £100ish that are energy A+ so worth thinking about. I'm keeping my eye on freecycle anyway.

I can live without it, I just have to change how I shop.

Fuddle check out some here:
http://www.clearance-comet.co.uk/kitchen-home/fridges-freezers.html
You just need to be careful as sometimes the RRP is meaningless, and you also need to factor in delivery charge.

rachbc

Wore my wellies to work today - and for once the commonsense kicked in and I even remembered a pair of shoes for in the office too

mummysaver

Lamewolf - hope all yr niggles feel better, you reminded me about my wheatbag, will go dig it out in a bit, much better than popping out to buy deepheat to sort out my sore shoulder, thank you

ReformedShopaholic

Byatt - That's O.k, just trying to do my bit after all the help and tips I have discovered from people on this forum(actually nearly made me cry that I had made someones day with a tip )

Just in case anybody doesn't know:
If you do download the app, I wouldn't recommend searching for books from the app itself, its better to go to Amazon and search. I always find the free ones by going to kindle books then clicking on Kindle bestsellers, then it loads the 100 paid and 100 free ones down the page. You can even chose which genre to look at.

Hope this helps as reading is one of the things I have always loved and this has kept me going on bad days were I couldn't do anything due to illness and nights when there isn't anything I want to watch on tv.

Tawny75

mummysaver wrote: »

Lamewolf - hope all yr niggles feel better, you reminded me about my wheatbag, will go dig it out in a bit, much better than popping out to buy deepheat to sort out my sore shoulder, thank you

I have another use for my wheatbag. Last night I was studying until the wee hours, I was lovely and warm all over in my layers except the soles of my feet. The tops were warm in my socks but not the soles, so I heated up my wheatie for a quick blast in the microwave and put it under my feet, it was lovely! Saved putting the heating on.

Sorry this was off topic, let normal common sense resume

Cheapskate

Twany75 - I didn't think you were off topic, more common sense to do that than putting on the heating if it was only your feet that were cold!

I'm going to invest in 3 brollies, for me and the littlies, and a decent raincoat for myself. May sound like a spending spree, but we need to walk more and use the car less, so if we're dressed for the weather the school run won't be so arduous, and I'll save massively on petrol costs. Does this qualify as common sense? Have also rummaged around to find a pillar candle for DS20, who wants one in his room - will be somewhere safe, etc., and will save putting on the light - think I'm training him well!

A xo

mummysaver

Tawny, pretty on thread I reckon, common sense to use what you have I have cosy slippers, or at least I did unroll dd4 hid one yesterday!

Cheapskate, have a look in Poundland for a hurricane lantern glass for him to put it in, or a large old glass jar, keeps it just that bit safer My oldest dd has candles in her room, and is very good about safety