So close, we can smell mortgage freedom!

facethemusic

Have a great time at C2C- I'm quite jealous! 

I was also going to suggest using the tax-mans 45p/mile, it won't be entirely accurate but an awful lot easier than trying to work out insurance/tax/repair costs/servicing/fuel per mile. 

Suffolk_lass

Ooh, Sharpie and thread pulls in Jeans - off to google the technique for pulling back through too

themadvix

Suffolk_lass said:

Ooh, Sharpie and thread pulls in Jeans - off to google the technique for pulling back through too

Not sure if it’s something to look up - it involves poking each end of the pull (assuming cotton has broken) through a needle threader that is inserted in a needle that’s stuck through the jeans adjacent to the pull and therefore pulling the cotton through and if there’s enough on each bit tying it off at the back. Then some iron on patching fabric on the reverse to hold it all in place. It’s fiddly and requires two pairs of hands! Also certainly not perfect!

themadvix

facethemusic said:

Have a great time at C2C- I'm quite jealous! 

I was also going to suggest using the tax-mans 45p/mile, it won't be entirely accurate but an awful lot easier than trying to work out insurance/tax/repair costs/servicing/fuel per mile. 

Thanks, we’re looking forward to it but we should be - easily the most expensive tickets for a day we’ve ever bought! 😬 We really debated whether it was worth it!

 Cycling to station (hoping we don’t regret that at gone 11 tonight!) so saving on parking costs too.

Suffolk_lass

themadvix said:

Suffolk_lass said:

Ooh, Sharpie and thread pulls in Jeans - off to google the technique for pulling back through too

Not sure if it’s something to look up - it involves poking each end of the pull (assuming cotton has broken) through a needle threader that is inserted in a needle that’s stuck through the jeans adjacent to the pull and therefore pulling the cotton through and if there’s enough on each bit tying it off at the back. Then some iron on patching fabric on the reverse to hold it all in place. It’s fiddly and requires two pairs of hands! Also certainly not perfect!

I found a second technique for the little bobbles too, using the eye end of the needle to push them back through. I'm sure my Mum had (maybe still has) a tool like a tiny crochet hook that she used to push through from the inside to pull bits through too

Cheery_Daff

themadvix said:

Indeed Karma. 

Have just googled the cafe my friend had suggested and seen that a tea (English breakfast - whether pot or mug is unclear) is £4 there, so have suggested we return to the one we've visited before and she agreed completely! £4 for a cup of tea, what would Mr Cheery think?! We are meeting for a cat-ch-up (sorry, couldn't resist), long-term cat sitting debrief and to give her the thank-you present I bought for her cat sitting last weekend (and probably some moaning about Olio). Apart from this, tomorrow should be a NSD.

We are out on Sunday at C2C in London, but plan on having a large cooked breakfast at home which will hopefully tide us over until dinner at least, as food is going to be extortionate there and you can't take food or drink in.

Ha, love that Mr Cheery is used as a benchmark for being outraged at tea prices 😂 I've just informed him of his widespread fame, and in return been treated to a(nother) small rant about cafe tea prices 🙄😂

Swayingseaweed

Another here who regularly chunters about the price of tea, although mine is herbal. I've tend to order tap water if it's too expensive.

Seaweed x

Karmacat

Cheery_Daff said:

themadvix said:

Have just googled the cafe my friend had suggested and seen that a tea (English breakfast - whether pot or mug is unclear) is £4 there, so have suggested we return to the one we've visited before and she agreed completely! £4 for a cup of tea, what would Mr Cheery think?! We are meeting for a cat-ch-up (sorry, couldn't resist), long-term cat sitting debrief and to give her the thank-you present I bought for her cat sitting last weekend (and probably some moaning about Olio). Apart from this, tomorrow should be a NSD.

Ha, love that Mr Cheery is used as a benchmark for being outraged at tea prices 😂 I've just informed him of his widespread fame, and in return been treated to a(nother) small rant about cafe tea prices 🙄😂

I just love that 🤣 it's absolutely the perfect thing to rant about.

badmemory

I will no longer drink tea in a public place and as for the coffee, don't get me started.  Even drinking chocolate is a toss up.  I tend to look down a menu & try to decide which is going to be the least unpleasant.  Funnily enough if they serve alcohol it does tend to be alright.  Maybe tea & coffee drinkers are more polite so they don't worry about their reactions.

Cheery_Daff

Ah, I love sitting in a cafe and, while I am as stingy as Mr Cheery in some regards, and more so in others, I do make an exception for a nice cup of tea. Always a risk of a disappointing one of course, but I think tea is harder to get wrong than coffee. This is why we brought in our joint treats budget - because we get great pleasure from a little trip to a cafe, but sometimes this was a bit of resentment about prices... so we put aside a set budget just for cafes and then don't think about it after that. 

Having said that, between us we are quite particular about the type of cafe we go in 😂 We have our local favourite one, and while we do love it, we never eat lunch there, only ever toast for breakfast. Lunch is far too flashy and expensive. If we want a cafe at lunchtime we go somewhere else for an egg butty 😂