Ongoing Journey to being a Frugalista..

Suffolk_lass

What a lovely positive post. It has made me reflect on my own unnecessary grumpiness. I will have a bit more of a reflect in light of your positivity. Thank you and well done.

By the way, my hair is back to a normal length now and its own completely natural colour. I do not regret it. The lack of treatments has done wonders for its condition and the cut (clippers, number 7 on the bathroom floor!) seems to have stimulated it to grow. Only missing the chatter in the barbers shop (the expense was minimal)

jwil

Fab post Brizzle, roll on September!  I've also benefitted hugely from the lack of spending, clubs and just frittering.  I hope to keep it up!  Have a lovely weekend

brizzlegirl

Ah so many visitors. Thanks SO much. Lovely to hear from you all. Just sitting replying on my phone so not ideal for a long post, will write more later. Just made a lemon polenta cake after a 10km run.. felt good. 

SL - I think I am also losing some hair perimenopause? May need to check out some supplements. I don’t know what else it would be. Advice welcome if anyone has had/is having the same thing 

DD1 did some Bristol geography for her GCSE, less about the TQ area though and more about Cabots Circus (another colonising trip partially funded by merchants!) and places like Montpellier. The changes to Temple Quay are immense, love it down there. OH may be moved there soon, the university is moving there and there will be a secondary school. All good replacements for an areas largely dominated until recently by a huge derelict sorting office. 

Thanks for the good wishes, I do try and find the silver linings as know I am very fortunate. But also to be honest. It’s not always easy to balance the two. 

Inviting two friends (separate friends who I am friends with) round for socially distanced prosecco and cake in the garden... let’s hope the weather holds. DDs are making clay sculptures in the kitchen so we are keeping up the Jane Austen theme (these girls will be SO marriageable after lockdown (eye roll/irony emoji needed) ... (except the models they decided on are what I would call donii (?) brilliant Neolithic homages to a voluptuous female figure... not in line with traditional views of 18th century middle class morality but pretty powerful stuff. Once again none of this would be happening without lockdown!! It’s definitely a time for the unexpected  

Have a lovely Sunday all 

xx

Moneyfordreams

I have felt my hair thinning for years, just fine hair and doesn't grow once hits shoulder length. I use plantar59 shampoos, caffiene brand. you can buy cheaper but this makes my hair loss amount seem much less. I notice a difference when I use different shampoos, even pricey ones. I'm not very good at taking vitamins. there are hair skin and nail ones and Holland and B. but you get a similar ingredient much cheaper tablet in home B. My sister swears by evening primrose. 

Glad the last few months have been positive for you

Suffolk_lass

I am not one to ask about separate preparations or supplements but zinc and iron are really good for hair length, B12 stimulates the hair follicle (as does a gently massage when you wash your hair) and Niacin (B3), Vitamin C and Biotin are said to help - almonds and cashews (raw, not salted!) are a great source of zinc and biotin and this time of year, snipping at young spinach is brilliant for iron - they all go really well in stir-fry. If you eat meat, it is good for zinc and offal is good for iron, biotin and zinc too.

Igamogam

Hope all is well with you and yours. Have been away so not going to catch up on the diaries...too much to read and if I am honest I dont want to be sucked down a MSE wormhole! Glad to see you are still here

OH and thinning hair.....iron and B12 a good start to check out

brizzlegirl

Thanks everyone, really helpful. It’s been less this week (hormone cycle?) but I will definitely get a plan together.

Have  a great weekend all 

brizzlegirl

And nice to see you Ig, hope you’ve been enjoying the lock down in Gods own country  

Igamogam

brizzlegirl said:

And nice to see you Ig, hope you’ve been enjoying the lock down in Gods own country  

Yep enjoying all to ourselves....and by the looks of it, for a little while longer

brizzlegirl

Yep the FM is keeping a leash on things. He’s a details man. 

Colder today but still managed a run. Didn’t go when it was boiling...and last week was pretty intense work wise so not a lot of usable time. Plodding along with the debt busting and just moved Italy plans for summer to 2021. Looks like we can just move our  booking for which I am heartily relieved and very grateful to a small business being so understanding. Think we will try and get away for 10 days in UK in the Motorhome. Maybe Yorkshire or Northumberland. Fancy seeing some sea and wide beaches Id love to go to Scotland but not sure about the journey as yet, The islands are quite a haul from Bristol. Also need to be mindful of OH’s work. We may need to be agile. 

Relaxing this afternoon. Have meal planned. Only 1 food item, maybe 2, to buy for all next week OH working, DD2 with BF after a class today, DD1 reading. I may read too But am loving catching up on the diaries. Been much too long x