Hazelnutty's New Start

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themadvix said:

If you have a Toby Carvery you can opt for a veg bag or a meat one (that comes with veg too) - veg bag is £1 cheaper (£2.29). I always think that’sa great idea, but have yet to try it.

That's interesting Vix, there's one near BF's (don't think they can be taking part at the minute though as it's never come up). 

Off go do some Googling on cruffins, I just can't picture what they'd look like!

11 is super-exciting, hope the giddiness isn't what's upset her stomach!

Hazelnutty

Lol, vix, she did not get her hands on my cruffin! She 'fessed up at lunchtime she'd eaten a whole unripe heap of blackberries on a bike ride with her dad last night so I think we have a cuplrit. I am seriously annoyed with myself for not sending her into school. She is clearly not sick and I can't believe I fell for this again after almost 11 years of parenthood.

Positives are that a Pr0lific flurry has sent my total up to £7.78. Blimey you have to be on it though. Sometimes a survey has literally just come up I've clicked on it straightaway and it's already full. 

DiscountDuck

HG do an amazing sticky remover spray, which I’d highly recommend. It got sticker marks off our bath which had been there years and I’d tried loads of other stuff to remove. Sounds like you’re making great progress, it’s lovely hearing about it coming together! 

the_cross_rabbit

Mmmm just looked up cruffin. My Eyes say yes but my tummy Says no
CRx

Hazelnutty

Thanks @DiscountDuck! I'll add checking that out to my weekend tasks. 

We have hit the buffers on the building work - plumber has disappeared and potential replacement plumber can't get here for a couple of weeks... So everything is on hold. We've had quite bad luck with the 'trades' and our poor project manager is at his wits' end. People literally not turning up or just ghosting him. I guess we could have gone with a bigger firm and avoided this but the PM is someone we've worked with before, know and trust (really important given OH's MH issues). He was a decorator and is getting into bigger projects so we're kinda the guinea-pigs. There are upsides but we're just currently in a downside.

SEE, new supplier, managed to install new smart gas meter but not register it, so DD wasn't taken. Live chat is pretty good and eventually managed to sort it and paid the DD amount by debit card. It is quite sobering seeing the gas spend/hour go through the roof when we put the shower on!

Inspired by @themadvix and others, I signed up to YG, OnePoll, NewVista, Shoppix & Shopmium last night. Not sure how religious I'll be able to be but even a few pence will aid my OPing

Hope everyone's having a reasonable Friday

themadvix

Oh you don’t have to be religious about - I’ve certainly had my ups and downs with surveys over the years, but it definitely helps long term!

 Sorry to hear about the missing plumber!

Sistergold

Its really exciting and good that you found stairs in good condition! They should look lovely after you figure out how to remove the glue! There must be something on glue removal on YouTube maybe? Looks like you are making good progress with the renovations! With a second wave of Covid it’s nice for you to improve your living space as it’s now so important! So much stress out there and home is best at present! 

DDs love shopping don’t they? That must have been a nice time out for the girls, and welldone for making it through the day! 

killerpeaty

I think tradesmen are overwhelmed with work right now, I know it's been impossible for me to get someone to help me with things in my flat. Well, I'm assuming that it's that and I didn't just scare them away... Hope you get it sorted soon.

Hazelnutty

Thanks @themadvix @Sistergold @killerpeaty for stopping by. Our PM is still away on holiday so not sure what the situation is with the plumber everything's ground to a halt as no-one else can do anything 'til the first fix is done on the plumbing. But positives for the weekend:

* Cleaned bathroom bedroom and extracted some humungous fluff balls from under the chests of drawers (i'm blaming the cats) which was very satisfying!  Fresh new line-dried sheets on bed, yum!
* Regular Saver matured and proceed stashed in house fund (put in max £250/month and earned the princely sum of £52!)
* DD loves her Trixie Mattel replica guitar and birthday lunch with her Dad and his partner went well
* Sold another item of Gumtree: £15 for the house pot
* Researched and ordered some leather balm for my prized notebook cover and it's now all lovely and soft and gorgeous
* Food shopping done (took us over budget but should make it to payday). L1dl had packs of pretzels to bake from frozen YAAASSS!!!

Happy sunny Sunday everyone

Karmacat

Sounding good, Hazelnutty - I do like the sound of leather balm for your notebook.