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  • Skint_yet_Again
    Skint_yet_Again Posts: 8,405 Forumite
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    edited 9 July 2020 at 7:09PM
    I have downloaded the Uber eats app from the MSE email and ordered an indian £15 free. I’ve ordered a couple of meals & Bombay potatoes so will be several meals worth & will freeze the leftovers. Only delivery to pay £2.50 🤗 Will save the stew for tomorrow! 
    0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
    House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
    House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗

    Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).

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  • MovingForwards
    MovingForwards Posts: 17,143 Forumite
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    Free food always tastes good, leftovers are even better 🤗 enjoy!
    Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.
  • Skint_yet_Again
    Skint_yet_Again Posts: 8,405 Forumite
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    edited 10 July 2020 at 7:19PM
    Food was lovely, best part it only cost £2.50 and the leftovers are now in the freezer. I would definitely recommend using the app with this deal if they deliver in your area (the MSE weekly email gives details how to check). My area also includes a few convenience stores so you can get £15 of basic groceries for the price of delivery (some of mine £1.49 some £2.49, price varies depending how far you live from the store) Offer ends 25 July. 

    Usual routine today, walked the dog, worked from home 9-3. One load of washing dried outside. 

    Plans for the weekend 
    Hoover dog carpet & stairs
    Cut grass 
    Mop kitchen floor
    Pour boiling water on patio weeds 
    Wash Bathroom towels 
    Wash dog towels 




    0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
    House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
    House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗

    Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).

    Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1

    Living off savings diary
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6429003/escape-to-the-country-living-off-savings/p1
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,616 Forumite
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    Well done on the Uber Eat@ offer the boys did this when they visited me in the garden. I hope you are having a good weekend. It is lovely here cool but not too cold or too hot.
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • Irenadler
    Irenadler Posts: 884 Forumite
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    Plans for the weekend 
    Hoover dog 




    Hey SyA
    Erm, does that help with shedding? What a well behaved dog you have!  :D 

    Seriously though, I am going to look into that Uber thing, thanks for that....  :)
    "...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains however improbable, must be the truth..."
    "Mastering a low budget lifestyle now, means you are set for life" quote by 'Miss Babs'

    Dog's 'Pot o' Gold' = £23.85
    Household maintenance = 0
    Prolific Academic = £41.64
  • Skint_yet_Again
    Skint_yet_Again Posts: 8,405 Forumite
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    edited 11 July 2020 at 7:35AM
    Irenadler said:
    Plans for the weekend 
    Hoover dog 
    Hey SyA
    Erm, does that help with shedding? What a well behaved dog you have!  :D 


    I wish it was that easy 😆
    She does love the hoover and lays out on the carpet in front of it and falls asleep! I think it’s the repetitive backward & forward motion & the sound 😴 

    It’s sunny & bright outside. The forecast is dry but clouding over later. I’m just putting the towels on to wash. Then I will do the dog towels separately later in a big net wash bag with a dog hair dissolver. 

    Am making some cheese & bacon turnovers with a pack of puff pastry £1.00, savers bacon £1.15 & some grated cheese about 50p total £2.65 for 6 = 45p each approx. Will have one for breakfast & freeze the rest once cooled 

    Also forgot to add, my prime morresons order came with free delivery & they had put 2 of each pack of chocolate in when I only ordered & paid for 1 of each! Not very healthy 😆 but £3 worth free. I now have 6 multi packs of chocolate I will try not to eat it all at once 😉
    0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
    House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
    House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗

    Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).

    Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1

    Living off savings diary
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6429003/escape-to-the-country-living-off-savings/p1
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,616 Forumite
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    Dogs and hoovers so funny!!!! It is gorgeous here and not too hot. Those turnovers sound great. Free chocolate????? OMG Im packing my bags!!!! 
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • MovingForwards
    MovingForwards Posts: 17,143 Forumite
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    I want a curry now! Hoping the curry house up the road opens soon so I can try them. 

    Think we will all be coming round for afternoon tea SYA.

    Bonus with the shopping, free chocolate tastes even better than normal 😁
    Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.
  • It was free gammon last week when I declined a substitute and they put it in anyway 🤗

    My to-do List has grown 😆 but I am slowly working my way down it. 
    Make bacon turnovers✅
    Wash towels ✅
    Cut open face cream ✅
    Bleach clean bathroom ✅
    Descale shower glass✅
    Check toilet Cistern 
    Hoover dog carpet 
    Hoover stairs
    Wipe down stairs 
    Cut grass 
    Mop floor kitchen &
    Bathroom 
    Pour boiling water on patio 
    Weed forecourt 
    Clean kitchen windowsill ✅

    I’ve cut open the face cream tube to get the last bit out and there is enough for several days. 

    There is a problem with the toilet flush, it doesn’t seem to be sealing when flushed and water is running into the toilet. I will take the lid off & follow instructions from DF later. I can send him pictures and he can tell me how to fix it if needed ! 
    0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
    House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
    House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗

    Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).

    Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1

    Living off savings diary
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6429003/escape-to-the-country-living-off-savings/p1
  • Irenadler
    Irenadler Posts: 884 Forumite
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    Hello SyA
    Wow, you are busy! I hope you get that toilet sorted, mine does that sometimes so I take the cistern lid off, and, I think the technical term is 'jiggle it' until it stops flushing. It has worked for now, but, might only be a temporary fix.... Hope that helps in the meantime...  :)
    "...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains however improbable, must be the truth..."
    "Mastering a low budget lifestyle now, means you are set for life" quote by 'Miss Babs'

    Dog's 'Pot o' Gold' = £23.85
    Household maintenance = 0
    Prolific Academic = £41.64
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