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  • Seasidegal58
    Seasidegal58 Posts: 6,017 Forumite
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    Free wine sounded good! Glug, glug in the bath last night then?:D
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  • enthusiasticsaver
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    Free wine sounds lovely and decent emergency fund you have now.
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  • Sun_Addict
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    Happy February, the (what seems like) longest month of the year has gone :)

    Thanks for the lovely comments NOA :)

    Beanie the dining room needs decorating and new floor most of all but also needs new furniture - the floor/decorating are a priority, the rest can wait. It really is never ending. If I posted everything that needs doing it would warrant a separate diary. Our house was neglected for too long thanks to Mr SA not wanting to pay out for tradesmen initially, then he got ill.

    Gym again this lunchtime and today was NSD 1 of February.

    My emergency fund had the same amount in it for years so high time to move it on.

    Mr SA now wants a golf umbrella, a Cancer Research Unity band and some San Miguel.
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • Seasidegal58
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    Pinch punch first day of the month and well done on the NSD!

    I’m having strange visions of Mr SA sitting in your garden with those bits on his list....... perhaps also wearing the skeleton gloves.....
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  • Sun_Addict wrote: »
    Mr SA now wants a golf umbrella, a Cancer Research Unity band and some San Miguel.

    And a cuddly toy .....

    I used to love the Generation Game Xx
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  • Hope you've had a good day SA.
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  • beanielou
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    At least the unity bands are only a quid I think.
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  • WannabeFree
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    I bought unity bands at the hospital yesterday. Its just a donation I think (suggested £2)

    and well a golf umbrella :rotfl:

    Hope you've had a good day x
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  • Sun_Addict
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    I think the whole pester bundle is only just over £10 to be honest, which is quite cheap by his standards. It's just what he'll move on to next that worries me. Unity bands £2 here Beanie - good cause though, don't begrudge it.
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • Sun_Addict
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    Crossed posts Wannabe - I know - golf umbrella - the mind boggles!
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
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