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  • jwil
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    I hate unplanning too!  Enjoy the wine :)  I'm definitely melting.
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  • beanielou
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  • Sun_Addict
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    The weather has been perfect for me, although I’ve been indoors for the best part of the day unfortunately 🙁 

    Fingers crossed Mr WW’s results are good 🤞
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • WinterWarrior
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    I’m glad you’re enjoying it @Sun_Addict. I hope you manage some time outside. 
    I don’t enjoy it very hot. Weirdly, I don’t sweat at all (not even in a sauna) so I think I must be built to keep the heat in 😬 I do enjoy not paying for the heating on though, that’s definitely a hot weather win 😁
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    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6259606/must-try-harder/p1

  • Sun_Addict
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    I did get outside walking to and from work although it’s not much fun walking back uphill with my heavy backpack in this heat (my job in a bag as I like to call it 😆) I managed 30 minutes in the garden with my book afterwards though. 
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • WinterWarrior
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    Happy Thursday 🌞 Gosh it’s hot! I went into the garden with dog at lunch time and she found a fish! Luckily she is so over fed she didn’t try and eat it, just pointed it out to me 🤣 It was down the side of the path so I picked it up with a poo bag and put it on the lawn for Steven, I can only presume he dropped it and was kicking himself. It looked suspiciously like a large goldfish, so he must have been raiding a pond rather than authorised sea fishing! 
    Today I have been bad and spent £280 on a gold chain, but got over £20 back via top cash bck. I had pointed it out as a future bday present, but when MrWW went to order it was out of stock, so I chose something else…but today I saw it was back in stock and I really think it’s the perfect size for a pendant I inherited many years ago. Most of it has come out of my savings with a bit from my available spends pot, but I’ve actually been so saintly this month that my savings will still increase £1k if I don’t do anything else silly. I can’t believe how abysmal I was last month compared to this.
    Work is still madly busy, but I shall think of my new chain while I’m on the afternoon meetings 🤭
    I dropped 0.1 this morning on the scales 😬
    I hope you are all having a good day.
    Not all who wander are lost - J.R.R.Tolkien
    🌊 A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor 🌊

    My WW and friends diary is here 😁 … 
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6259606/must-try-harder/p1

  • jokono
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    Maybe Steven brought it over for you, as a present 🎁 🐟😁

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  • WinterWarrior
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    jokono said:
    Maybe Steven brought it over for you, as a present 🎁 🐟😁

    If he did, he still ate it pretty sharpish 😅
    we had a rare takeaway tonight as it’s just too hot to cook, but I ate too much and predict a half stone increase tomorrow 😖 Steven got a selection of pakoras, chicken and rice for his tea. He was fighting off the other gulls, jackdaws and small birds so he could guzzle as much as possible. I don’t know where he puts it! 
    Not all who wander are lost - J.R.R.Tolkien
    🌊 A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor 🌊

    My WW and friends diary is here 😁 … 
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6259606/must-try-harder/p1

  • WinterWarrior
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    Good morning and happy Friday 🌞
    it’s much too hot for work and I went up 1 and a half pounds this morning 😮 I hope that drops off (out) soon. It’s horrifying that one meal can sabotage a whole week. I ate less than half of it. I had melon for breakfast to try and right some wrongs 😅
    True to form I spent some more money yesterday…once I start it’s like the flood gates open. I ordered two of N@ncy Birtwhistles green cleaning/home books to try out. The money was just from my spends, so not dreadful. 
    I hope you all have a great day 🌞
    Not all who wander are lost - J.R.R.Tolkien
    🌊 A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor 🌊

    My WW and friends diary is here 😁 … 
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6259606/must-try-harder/p1

  • Hope the melon for breakfast works!!  I’ve had this week off and have done nothing but eat out and spend money so I feel your pain. I’m currently sat in the garden as it’s cooler than my house eating chocolate brownies for breakfast 😱 I never plan proper breakfast when I’m home xx
    slowly working towards being MF one small over payment at a time :T
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