NST December: Frugal festivities

misstara

thrifty and TOG glad you are both sticking around

Calling also very envious of your lamb dinner, yum!

Another spendy day today - work christmas lunch plus a wee gift to take home to my parents.

I'm done something really silly and somehow forgot to hand in my timesheets for 2nd job this week so I won't get paid on Friday In the 6 years I've been working for them, I've never forgotten, I can only put it down to being so busy and stressed with usual job that it just went out of my head. Anyway I've handed them in today but it means I won't get paid until Christmas eve. I've also left myself short for travelling back tomorrow :mad: as although I have tickets to get as far as Glasgow, I still need to pay for travel the rest of the way. So... the emergency fund has taken a bit of a hit, I've transferred £100 into my account and will replace it when I get paid.

Leaving early tomorrow so better go and get myself packed. Today I'm grateful for
- having a wee emergency fund to be able to dip into
- work is over for 6 days
- a nice lunch out

Fmess

Evening all,

SFD today and had Christmas lunch at school and did tutoring

Today I am grateful for:-
1.) the opportunity to make extra money
2.) easy lessons to teach
3.) my sister checking up on me

mothernerd

Very glad turtles are staying and very glad to be here myself. Tackled washing up mountain earlier including pans and roasting dishes from last batch cook. Moved on to front room to shuffle /shove/ drag more furniture to the places I want it to be (all the jobs I didn't manage earlier in the year coming home to roost). DS3 shouted for me to turn the modem off and on again, nothing happened. He said he would come down and do it himself, shortly.

Went back in kitchen, checked a couple of things and said I needed him downstairs now. We had lights and a working boiler but no sockets working. DS3 tried flipping various switches in the fuse box - no joy. Tried some troubleshooting and some logic.

Phoned Mr and Mrs Builder (unable to take our call - suspect they may have flown off in search of sunshine). Blamed myself for over enthusiastic washing up - suspect water went behind sink and to fridge plug socket. Tried not to worry about all the food in the fridge and freezer. Considered moving fridge/ freezer and microwave to other house - still have stove top as that is gas.

Phoned DS2 to see if he had taken his parcel. Came yesterday and has disappeared. He had taken it. Told him he had a pile of post and I had found a box file of his old college notes and he could take some food with him. He and his friend had had the same problem with the electric once whilst they were renting. He managed to talk DS3 through the procedure (RSD - residual something, DS3 had asked what it was) and we have sockets again. (Fridge/ freezer/ internet/ light in my bedroom/ oven and microwave) Hooray.

Today I am grateful for electricity, for brothers co-operating (they can only do it via a phone line not if they are in the same room) and muddling through. Oh also have an appointment to talk to someone at the counselling place next Wednesday.

Bobarella

Calling14 wrote: »

Bob sorry it's gorgeous in red wine, redcurrant and mint. The best it was free, daughter clearing out freezer.

Not helping Calling. It's only breakfast time and now I want lamb again:rotfl:

dolly84

Yesterday was a spendy day for me but it was only on groceries and was within the budget. I did a click and collect shop with tesco for last night and this week I received a booklet of coupons so I got £4 off this weeks shop.

DH and DD went to DS's school play last night and we won the raffle. We got the main prize which was a food hamper, we were all very happy. It has wine, chocolates, loads of condiments, crisps, crackers etc so we are stocked to the rafters with goodies now.

It is dry here for a change but very dark at the moment, I am hoping to get out cycling later but if not I will run.

Calling14

Bobarella wrote: »

Not helping Calling. It's only breakfast time and now I want lamb again:rotfl:

Guess who has lamb again - third day running:rotfl:Craving fish.:o

Well paid 130.00 off cc1 today, 28.00 off cc2 and 42.42 off my everyday one used last week.

Happy to be under 5K before xmas, woo hoo.:j:j:j

Off work this afternoon and off to see if I can find free turkey given with Daily Mail coupons friend collected. Be surprised sounds to good to be true.
Got friends dog to walk as her daughter still poorly moved to different hospital now, more specialist treatment there however.

Bit of pressie shopping need to do as well. Wish us luck there.
Happy Thursday folks x

thriftylass

And ANOTHER spend day. Posted my parents' parcel to Germany. Had it as one parcel initially (parcel, 2.5 kg) and she offered to send it (value maybe £30) for £65 :rotfl:, then 40 :rotfl: and then £27. So I took it back to the office to double check. In the end split it into two small parcels for £21 together, still shocking :eek:. Per kilo it is actually cheaper for me to get a proper return flight with Lufthansa than to send a parcel single way to the same place.

Looking fwd to a summery fajita dinner. Will see if DH can stay up long enough as he watched the premier of Star Wars last night at midnight in the cinema.

so_very_confused

Hi Everyone
Found your challenge a little late for December but decided to practise for the rest of the month ready to sign on for real in January!
svc

apple_muncher

Welcome so very confused!

Today I am grateful for a lovely carol service with dd's school, for getting the presents sorted for dd's teachers, for dry weather and sunshine, for the difference a quick once over with the hoover can make, for coleslaw (which makes me think of mothernerd every time I make it!

Calling14

Grateful for

My free turkey - would have cost £9.00
Dry afternoon - washing dried
sleep after tea - needed a nanny nap.

Off to soak in bath cut my arm today now itching and swollen up badly could be bunny scratch but didn't notice I did it.

Bit naughty today treated my skin to aldi lacura face cream set at £12.99 felt so guilty, where at time I would spend double that price on one pot. How being a turtle has changed me to usually £1.99 lidl cream.