Put away your purse & become debt-averse

QueenJess

Interestingly when I drove past the nearest petrol station today it had gone down 1p. Maybe it has peaked?

Deni_debt-free_dreamer

Today I would have loved to be sat on Lowestoft sea front eating a strawberry mivvi - do they even make those these days?!

milann

I’m still catching up on your diary Foxgloves and am now exactly a year behind. So thought I’d say hi……a year ago today you had miscounted your blanket squares and had one less than you thought 😂😂😂 I’ll continue catching up and might even see a photo of the bedspread 😂👍

milann

Ahhhhh because I’ve posted I’ve lost where I was up to 🤪🤪🤪. Will have to try and find 12.7.21 🙄

foxgloves

Lol @milann - You've got some sticking power to stay with my opinionated & random drivel. I think I did post a pic of my finished Lockdown bedspread.....or it might have been on Facebook, I can't remember. 
F x

foxgloves

@QueenJess - Mr F thinks there may have been a 1p drop in a couple of places he's passed today. Experts have been saying for some time that wholesale prices have fallen, so maybe the reduction might be passed onto the plebs soon. Hope so, because this pleb would like to be paying considerably less than these stupid prices!

@Deni_debt-free_dreamer - Yes, there was something about them, & good for when you couldn't decide if you wanted a lolly or an ice-cream. The last time I ate anything similar was a good few years ago....a mixed box of own-brand ones from, I think, the C**p. I think the 3 flavours were strawberry, pineapple & blackcurrant. Could just eat one now!

foxgloves

Evening Melty Money Savers,
Another sweltering day. Haven't been hiding indoors like a troglodyte though. Have been in town with my friend. Coffee, scones, charity shops, sale rails, market, etc, & plenty of browsing & chat. Just what we both needed. No charity shop treasures today, but I did find my moisturiser on 3 for 2, and finally a nice new pretty glasses case for £3.99......others I have taken a fancy to have been a lot more expensive, so this felt like a win.
Win of the day, however, was that my friend had not one, but THREE solutions for mending my dress. I bought some lime green thread in town (perfect match) & when we got back after shopping & I'd made us some lunch & a cup of tea, she pinned & sewed it for me! I've had strict instructions to wash & press it to see how the mended seam lies (it's very neat). Also, if necessary, she's shown me how to turn it into a sort of French seam by folding & top-stitching with my sewing machine, which will re-enforce it. I was so grateful, as I love the dress & it's always so annoying to damage something new.
Just realised it's my mid-month budget check-in tomorrow so I'm hoping there won't be any nasty surprises.
Today's garden pickings: 2 courgettes plus my friend brought us a punnet of huge blackberries from her allotment. 
Hope it's a bit cooler tonight.
F x

Cheery_Daff

Ooh an excellent result!

marionmgcars

Back in the frugal journey after a few days away as birthday treat.  Shocked as how costly my birthday was on my account - meeting up with different sets of friends are costly on the pocket  and heavy in the weigh scales.  Back on track now hopefully.  

foxgloves

It can really add up, @marionmgcars, I agree.. I've recently mentioned to Mr F that we will need to set a limit for birthday & Christmas presents to each other over the next couple of years. We do have a rough limit, but both tend to overshoot it a bit & with the economic situation as it is atm, I'd rather pull it back.
F