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Alchemausterity

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  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,276 Forumite
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    I wish!
    DH keeps buying chess books...
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,079 Forumite
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    Your petrol costs genuinely frighten me! I budget £30 a week for both cars.

    We spend less than £30/mth on petrol, sometimes when I visualise Al it's like one of those newspaper political cartoons, Brittania leading a pony in one hand and with a petrol pump in the other :rotfl:
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,276 Forumite
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    edited 22 March 2014 at 11:53AM
    Oh my goodness!

    DH spent £20 on dine ins and £9 on two pairs of work trousers.
    Also £9 on chess books weds.

    £44 on a bike for DSs birthday.
  • Lois_E
    Lois_E Posts: 2,227 Forumite
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    Finally caught up - wow your diary moves at quite a pace!

    Boo hiss to the colleague's cheating husband. I expect the email-sender was trying to be helpful - not that email is the right format, of course. I know when I found out about X's affair the worst bit was that EVERYBODY had known about it before I did. :(
    Starting again 13/4/19
    Home loan 1: £21,102.50 Home loan 2: £7,698.99
    Total owed: £28,801.49
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,276 Forumite
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    Lois! Lovely to see you.

    I would rather know, but maybe not find out at work.

    The hunt are out and a blessed nuisance. When is Blair going to get on and ban hunting? Oh wait...
  • My oh buys random things too but I would still rather he went shopping than have to do it myself.....
    Paid off mortgage nine years early in 2013. Now picking and choosing our work to fit in with the rest of our lives!
    Still thrifty though, after all these years:D
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,276 Forumite
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    Im not a fan of shopping either though I do adore Lidl!

    Just asked the back lady to come out to ponyplops since something is causing her discomfort. Might be walking her like a big dog today.
  • Wirenth
    Wirenth Posts: 899 Forumite
    Hmmm...might be saddle issues, Alchemilla? They change shape a lot with the seasons; I have to get my saddle rejigged for spring and again in the autumn.

    Ponies...blasted moneypits. :o
    Good, clean fun.... :D
    MFW #11 2015 £7657 / £8880
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,276 Forumite
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    Hello Wirenth. I suspect you are right. Back lady is going to recommend a saddler/fitter a bit nearer than the one we have been using, though I like him because he reflocks on the spot.
  • Radish72
    Radish72 Posts: 2,075 Forumite
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    Sneaks in and waves hi-hand.gif

    Plus I'm going to moan I haven't had a £3 survey for what seems like ages
    Mortgage Aug 12 £165K, Aug 19 £0
    ISA challenge start 2019 £3000/£1500 (50%)
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