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Have a fab time, @Sun_Addict x2025's challenges: 1) To fill our 10 Savings Pots to their healthiest level ever
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Have a fabulous holiday SA3
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Have a great holiday. I hope Mr SA enjoys himself too and is not too much of a trial for you. The weird packing made me smile but I guess it is his brain injury. Maybe he can only focus on a few things and the lypsalve and man bags are the things at the moment.I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Debt free Wannabe, Budgeting and Banking and Savings and Investment boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
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Have a wonderful, well deserved holiday.3
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Happy Monday 😎
Thank you for the happy holiday wishes.Taxi is coming at 10.30. They rang me this morning to say they hadn’t received payment. I thought I was paying cash in the taxi and had withdrawn the money especially. Apparently not, I’ve had to pay by card. Oh well.£4.84 oddment sent to Christmas pot this morning. CC paid off.It’s a good job I checked Mr SA’s hand luggage, he’d got his shaver, toothbrush and several chargers in there 😩
We’ve taken the dog for a good run on the park so she’ll probably sleep until DD gets up. I’ll really miss her and the cats but they’ll be fine with DD, although they won’t get fed at 5am.
The massive black and white tomcat was in our garden this morning and he was chasing the older cat. I had to clear him off. The younger cat came in soaking wet, she must’ve fallen in the pond in her bid to escape him. It’s really upset them and they’re very jumpy.Tuned into a WW live session earlier and by coincidence it was a Greek food special. I put in the chat bar how apt as I’ll be in Greece later today 😆
Mr SA won’t be getting a scooter until tomorrow so tonight we’ll have to eat at the hotel. No hardship as their food is lovely, they grow their own veg. We should be there around 8pm if everything is on time.I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)6 -
Have a fantastic holiday.January spends - £587.581
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Sun_Addict said:OMG Mr T this morning 😱 They’d had a chilled and frozen food disaster overnight and the shelves were cordoned off. Thankfully I didn’t need chilled or frozen but noticed a lot of other shelves were bare too.
I wonder if it's policy not to have generators, or just co-incidence that it happened twice in short succession?I think a bit of sunshine is good for frugal living. (Cranky40)
The sun's been out and I think I’m solar powered (Onebrokelady)
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You must be nearly there now... have a wonderful time!I think a bit of sunshine is good for frugal living. (Cranky40)
The sun's been out and I think I’m solar powered (Onebrokelady)
Fashion on the Ration 2025: Fabric 2, men's socks 3, Duvet 7.5, 2 t-shirts 10, men's socks 3, uniform top 0, hat 0, shoes 5 = 30.5/68
2024: Trainers 5, dress 7, slippers 5, 2 prs socks (gift) 2, 3 prs white socks 3, t-shirts x 2 10, 6 prs socks: mostly gifts 6, duvet set 7.5 = 45.5/68 coupons
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We got here an hour later than expected due to thunderstorms in Austria. I was dreading the turbulence but it wasn’t as bad as they anticipated. However we got here too late for an evening meal so have had a packet of cheese and onion Lays between us which isn’t ideal 😬 I’ve told Mr SA I’m not flying in the afternoon again just because he can’t be bothered to get up early, you lose your first day.I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)8
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Sorry you missed your meal, how annoying! Eat double today 😁Not all who wander are lost - J.R.R.Tolkien
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