many a mickle...

skint_spice

newgirly wrote: »

Hi skint spice, I saw that too on frugal queens blog. The problem is the rest of the family they will not let anything go, I think it weighs you down and the money is far better spent on doing stuff than buying stuff.

Yes, it was frugal queen's blog, I like that blog, her methods are too extreme for me but they give you some good ideas and I love the quilts:D I will always love eating out though:o but then again I hate eating out at cheap brewers fayre type places cos I reckon I could do it at home cheaper and better but I like to eat at nice restaurants occassionally.

We are off to the tip soon, I shall empty the garage this year! There's a lot of broken stuff in there needing recycling and a load of tiles and wood from when I got the bathroom done - it all must go:eek::eek: I've promised DS a hot choc & cake somewhere for helping so not a NSD today...

Beanie - it is the room of doom here and I could tidy it but why should I? There was ranting from me about ironing stuff and finding he'd scrunched it into drawers so he's even sorted them out neatly, shame bennetton have vanished:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

pavlovs_dog

[STRIKE]any chance of a link for frugal queen's blog please?[/STRIKE] I have a bit of a thing for blogs, although I haven't blogged myself since my uni days. Follow quite a few, I like how to get to feel you really know a person through their posts

s'ok, found her... frugal in cornwall, yes?

skint_spice

pavlovs_dog wrote: »

[STRIKE]any chance of a link for frugal queen's blog please?[/STRIKE] I have a bit of a thing for blogs, although I have blogged myself since my uni days. Follow quite a few, I like how to get to feel you really know a person through their posts

s'ok, found her... frugal in cornwall, yes?

Yes, that's her pavlov. Do you have a wee linky to yours?

I like that one and mortgagefreeinthree, apart from that it's mainly shabby chic type stuff for me. If only Amy whatisit from the tightwad gazette had a blog...frugal queen would look frivolous:D I think it may have been that book that led me to MSE in the first place.

Well I've been to the tip, I've started but there is still a long way to go.... Good news is there is no longer a broken hoover in my bedroom:o and there is a lovely pinky/peachy sky here:D

pavlovs_dog

skint_spice wrote: »

Yes, that's her pavlov. Do you have a wee linky to yours?

sorry skinty that was a typo, should have read haven't. will edit my post.

Sadly my fingers don't work as fast as my brain!

My favourite blog is probably an old member from here, thriftylady who posts at the quince tree. Wish she'd adopt me, her food always looks amazing!

skint_spice

Ooo that does look good pavlov - lovely photos too so another one for me to pore over I must say I detest quince though, them and parsnips both look nice quince marmalade looked like lemon/lime marmalade on holiday one year and ohhhh the disappointment !

skint_spice

Kebab meat in oven and sauce in fridge - DS made the sauce and kept insisting there wasn't enough chilli:D... Much water may be required later:eek::eek:!

In my aim to see folk in real life more I have made arrangements for a night out in Feb, to meet someone on Friday and to visit someone else on Sat:T:T must make sure that isn't it for the year:D:o

elantan

skint_spice wrote: »

I am delighted to report that I have whizzed through my list of jobs for this weekend and only have college stuff left to do:j:j

DS has tidied his room and informed me he is now £2 richer as he found so many 20p pieces around the floor - looks much better so hope he keeps it that way:o.

It's quite nice here at the moment, hope the artic weather passes us by, I don't do cold well:o

Trying out the donner kebab recipe later from the takeaway book, hoping DS might help out, I've told him we'll cook something from it each Saturday when he's in - hoping by the time he's old enough to move out he'll know how to look after himself...

mr el has cooked a few things from there recently... very impressed with them i must say

elantan

skint_spice wrote: »

enough chilli:D... Much water may be required later:eek::eek:!

In my aim to see folk in real life more I have made arrangements for a night out in Feb, to meet someone on Friday and to visit someone else on Sat:T:T must make sure that isn't it for the year:D:o

not water that will burn you worse milk or yoghurt, good on you for makint time with friends

skint_spice

elantan wrote: »

mr el has cooked a few things from there recently... very impressed with them i must say

They are quite easy too which is good when teaching a boy with a very short attention span:rotfl::rotfl: there's a bit in the book where he said he was trying to work out recipes and someone told him if it was taking more than ten minutes he was probably doing it wrong:D (or words to that effect) I feel I should include harvard referencing here - argghhh:eek::eek:

skint_spice

elantan wrote: »

not water that will burn you worse milk or yoghurt, good on you for makint time with friends

It's one of those things though el, I think email, mobiles and social networking actually mean that we make less of an effort. It's a great thing for those friends that are further afield but I'm getting lazy about visiting those that are nearby:o Although my visit next week will require a bit of effort (drive and a boat:D).