Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend

alt80

@foxgloves we've had a number of scam calls recently with similar type RP accents along with increasingly sophisticated email scams - be vigilant. 

foxgloves

@alt80 - Thanks. Yes, I shall be very vigilant. I think we've probably all had a bit of a snigger at how poor some of these scams are - ridiculous phone calls, emails incorrectly written full of daft situations, etc, people thinking they're in a relationship with a film star who desperately needs gift cards, etc, but the reality is that some of the banking scams are getting pretty sophisticated. I think it's helpful to share experiences of these so people know what range of red flags to look out for. Even though I did realise I was talking to a scammer & thankfully didn't lose any money, I still learned from the experience & there are 2 or 3 things I would do differently if it happens again, which I'm sure it will as these s***s are everywhere.
F

foxgloves

Hello Wednesday Pence-Wranglers & thanks for all your comments.
Not much to report today, but here are the budget-friendly bits for what it's worth:
*Waitbl00m first thing with Week 4 grocery shopping list. Made use of a £9 off a £90 spend voucher by buying a few items for a family meal we're hosting the weekend after next. Also used 1 of the 3 x £5 vouchers I received from my email about a foreign body found in a jar of nut butter, as well as a few loyalty card money-off e-vouchers. 
*Naturally we both took advantage of free coffees while we were there.
*Plant hospital duties: turned out a drowned dahlia (accidentally overwatered by Mr F) & repotted the only 2 tiny pieces of unrotted tuber plus 2 little side shoots just in case. 
*Garden pickings: A couple of decent windfall pears, courgettes.
*Over lunch, we made a list of all the jobs we need to do before we go on holiday. A vast amount of them are jobs for me.....though as Mr F is out at work earning the money for holidays, that is probably fair enough. I always feel better once I've quantified what needs doing & formulated a plan with a timescale. It puts a brake on my wearisomely large capacity for overthinking.
*Made a sourdough for baking tomorrow morning.
And that's about it. Bit of reading (me), blasting a few virtual aliens (him), hanging about the kitchen endlessly pestering for food - until they twigged it is de-fleaing day (cats). We had another go at the weekend crossword & now only have 1 clue left to solve, so may see if we can get that later over a bit of TV. Not my cooking night & Mr F's chosen recipe requires 800g courgettes!!! So only another 27 stone of them to go then!
Peace,
F x

alt80

@foxgloves one of the best ones I had was someone posing as HMRC calling because I apparently owed tax from a few years back and they would only accept Apple gift cards as payment. Very much doubt anyone fell for that ha. 

badmemory

I used to get one a week saying my prime membership was about to expire.  Like I would fall for that.