Champagne Lifestyle on a Lemonade Budget - 2021

Siebrie

For the last afternoon of our vacation that had no other obligations listed (such as medical checks, back-to-school shopping, ...) I took my dds to a recreational area about 30 minutes from where we live. Entry was free, we had a lovely walk / climb, there were large wooden trolls to spot, a 700m barefoot walk to enjoy, and an interesting playground for both the 14- as well as the 11-yr old. We brought a picknick. It was just what was needed before the busy ordinary weeks start again.

Fizz2015

@Auntycaz for curtains Dunelm do 90inch by 90inch, and often have good sales. The Range, IKEA other options. Local charity shops and sometimes a local car boot are good for curtains if up get lucky. Hope that helps. 

Auntycaz

Fizz2015 said:

@Auntycaz for curtains Dunelm do 90inch by 90inch, and often have good sales. The Range, IKEA other options. Local charity shops and sometimes a local car boot are good for curtains if up get lucky. Hope that helps. 

She's seen 90 drops in quite a few places but not 84, and she's not confident in taking them up herself. She wants new ones as they're fed up with the ones they've had in rentals while they've saved for their deposit for their own place but thank you for your suggestions.

wort

@Auntycaz curtains are usually 72” then 90” drop . Unless going for made to measure which can be expensive. I got some reduced in Wilko, 20% off home. Argos? Asda?

Auntycaz

wort said:

@Auntycaz curtains are usually 72” then 90” drop . Unless going for made to measure which can be expensive. I got some reduced in Wilko, 20% off home. Argos? Asda?

I think she's going to be disappointed then, as I don't think she can afford made to measure. Just goes to show I buy a lot of mine in charity shops . She's already tried Asda and Dunelm. Thank you for replying though.

Debsnewbudget

Just checked on ebay and you can buy 84 drop curtains there

sukeyboo

@Auntycaz there are some companies online that will alter ready-made curtains that you buy from them for a small charge - this is the one I found recently:

https://www.curtainscurtainscurtains.co.uk/matrix-orange-ready-made-curtains-pid33523-cid2.html?utm_source=trigger&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SR2

Hope this is of some help

sugarbaby125

My Champagne moment today:

I won £25 on my Premium Bonds 

Wednesday2000

I have decorated my house with autumnal decorations. It all came from Amazon, charity shops and second hand shops. I have had some good bargains lately at charity shops. I was looking for an orange throw, but I found a furry dark green one and a furry red cushion today which will look good for xmas on my chairs or sofa.:)

sugarbaby125

My Champagne moments yesterday:

I went to the Ritzy cinema in Brixton to watch 3 films. I watched the period drama Mr. Malcom's List, then The Forgiven and then Queen of Glory. My favourite was Mr. Malcolm's List which was a 9.5/10 for me.  The Forgiven was a little too predictable for me, so 7.5/10 for me and Queen of Glory was also predictable but was disappointing, as the camera work and the quality of the whole film did not live up to my expectations. Even though the story could have been powerful, the delivery fell short. For me Queen of Glory was a 6.5/10. 

As I used my Tesco Clubcard vouchers to buy the 3 cinema tickets for £3 each, I only spent £2.10 cash on the 3 booking fees. 

The last time the Ritzy was this busy on a Saturday was before the pandemic. It was good to see large numbers watching each film once again.