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  • @Sun_Addict Can I ask how much it was, please? I never seem to get more than two years from a microwave, no matter how little or how much I pay. The only thing which helps me is NOT getting one with a rotating plate. Have you - or anybody else- done any costings about how "green" or thrifty they are? I use mine a lot to cook vegetables and make soup.
    Credit card One :£926.60( Oct 21 )(Nov 21 vet bill disaster), £999(Jan 22), £974(Feb 22)
    Credit Card Fl :£739.26 (Oct 21)£763 (Nov 21) , £590(Jan 22), £298(Feb 22)
    Savings target C.U.  £1000(£410 Oct 21)(£610 Nov 21)
    Savings target Bank £500  (£10 Oct 21) (£50 Nov 21)(£60 Jan 22)(£80 Feb 22)
    Credit Union loan paid off. Now for the funeral plan...
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    @Sun_Addict Can I ask how much it was, please? I never seem to get more than two years from a microwave, no matter how little or how much I pay. The only thing which helps me is NOT getting one with a rotating plate. Have you - or anybody else- done any costings about how "green" or thrifty they are? I use mine a lot to cook vegetables and make soup.
    It was £34.99 which is a fraction of what I paid for the last one, although it was a combination microwave so a lot more expensive. No idea how green/thrifty it is but it will get used between 1 and 5 mins a day at the very most. It does have a rotating plate. 
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
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    I think Mr SA was a tad optimistic about the pebbles yesterday, they’ve covered very little once I’d put the membrane down, will need the same amount again I think. It’s only a small area. Noticed some frogs hibernating at the back so won’t be able to cover that bit. 

    I put the old microwave by the bin and the scrap man has taken it already.
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
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    We don't have a microwave in our kitchen. We never use one.

    Got one in the van and that has been used once to check it worked. 🤣🤣🤣
    Ours only gets used for Mr SA to heat his coffee up as he’s convinced the coffee machine doesn’t make it warm enough plus I steam veg in it if it’s only me having veg. That’s why I didn’t want another combination one.
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • In other news I need this in my life. It sings Feliz Navidad and shakes its maracas 🤣🤣
    Please take a photo of the dog and cat's faces when he starts to sing and shake the maracas!😂🙀

    The microwave is a good buy. I'm in the market for a new model but will wait till I move next spring. I make porridge, heat coffee, steam veg and quickly defrost sliced bread for toast in mine plus any ready meals. 
    Finally Debt Free! - July 2016 🌟
    Finished Emergency Fund- £10,000 April 2017
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    RETIRED: MAY 2021!!!!😀🎆
    My diary: “Seasidegal's Scrimpy Retirement Diary!”
  • Sorry - just seen your last post - I'm sorry to hear about your friend's husband. It always seems even more sad to hear news like this around the Christmas period. 

    I hope the new cat settles in well and the dog takes to it. 
    Finally Debt Free! - July 2016 🌟
    Finished Emergency Fund- £10,000 April 2017
    🌟
    RETIRED: MAY 2021!!!!😀🎆
    My diary: “Seasidegal's Scrimpy Retirement Diary!”
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