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Was your night at the opera the Britten? I saw it a couple of weekends ago and thought it was great.
Fingers crossed for your quote
“the princess jumped from the tower & she learned that she could fly all along. she never needed those wings.”
Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One2 -
I remember us using a paint-on plaster at our last house, for the inside of a built-in cupboard - so out of sight. It was quite straightforward but a bit messy and I don't remember us sanding it to a perfect finish but it was a cheap fix for an unseen area. (I wondered if this might help keep the cost down for your fix?)
Save £12k in 2026 #2 I have banked £2870.61 so far, against a £10k target The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
OS Grocery Challenge in 2026 I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026 - currently £568.34 and most of my March purchasing made
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the grow your own in 2026 discussion thread
My keep within our budget diary is here4 -
@PennysIntoPounds - Thanks. I've always been quite a poor sleeper with some really long periods of insomnia. Atm, that's not too bad as I always say that sleeping until any time after 5am is good for me & I do.usually achieve that. Good job I like early mornings! I do often have vivid dreams though & can wake feeling discombobulated & peculiar at times.
@thriftmonster - Yes it was! We thoroughly enjoyed it. My ancestors were fishermen off that coast so that adds to the interest for me too.
@Suffolk_lass - Thanks for the suggestion, but it wouldn't be a goer for this job as it is in a difficult place & is going to need a more significant repair than we could do ourselves.
2026's challenges: 1) To rebuild our Emergency Fund to at least £5k.
2) To read 50 books (12/50) 3) The Re-Shrinking of Foxgloves 8.1kg/30kg
Remember....if you have to put it on a credit card, extend your overdraft or take out a loan to buy whatever it is, you probably can't afford it, as that's not your money, it's somebody else's!4 -
Dear Diary Readers,
A very pleasant day spent with my friend who came over for lunch & a long catch-up. News shared, no turn left unstoned (to borrow a phrase). We considered a little trippette to the garden centre but then discovered another few hundred things we hadn't yet yakked about, so that doubtless saved us both some ££.....hey, I will start off today's budget-friendly efforts with that:
*Avoided garden centre temptation by avoiding garden centre!
*Baked a batch of red leicester & wild garlic scones for our lunch (wild garlic from our garden).
*Checked propagator seedlings & moved the aubergines to a warm windowsill.
*Watered greenhouse seedlings & the sweetpeas I potted up recently. Quite a few trays of seeds germinating now.
*My friend brought me a basket of plants from her garden (all in flower so will look really cheery when I plant them out), some leeks from her allotment & a big bunch of daffodils.
*Picked next week's meals from March's master meal plan & wrote grocery shopping list.
*Started a new book from my 'to be read' charity bookshop shelf - 'Transcription' by Kate Atkinson.
*Effortless nosebag tonight - jacket potatoes topped with some of the curried mince & peas I made in the slow cooker last month (one of Mr F's favourites from the 'I ❤️ my slow cooker' book).
Also saved money by not giving Soot the 3 lunches he thought he so richly deserved.
Enjoy your evenings, all.
F x
2026's challenges: 1) To rebuild our Emergency Fund to at least £5k.
2) To read 50 books (12/50) 3) The Re-Shrinking of Foxgloves 8.1kg/30kg
Remember....if you have to put it on a credit card, extend your overdraft or take out a loan to buy whatever it is, you probably can't afford it, as that's not your money, it's somebody else's!7 -
I'm reading a Kate Atkinson for book group and enjoying it. I haven't read any of her books before and trying new authors is one of the best bits of book group but we've also read some awful books too (well I thought they were awful).
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Ah Transcription is her best book, I think
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Loved Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson but haven’t been able to get in to some of her others.
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I really liked Life after Life by Kate Atkinson. I'll have to look up Transcription.
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I like her Jackson Brodie detective books 📚
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Yes, I like the Jackson Brodie ones too, @teapot2. It was my lovely friend who sadly died a few years ago who got me onto those & I always think of her when I read one.
F
2026's challenges: 1) To rebuild our Emergency Fund to at least £5k.
2) To read 50 books (12/50) 3) The Re-Shrinking of Foxgloves 8.1kg/30kg
Remember....if you have to put it on a credit card, extend your overdraft or take out a loan to buy whatever it is, you probably can't afford it, as that's not your money, it's somebody else's!6
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