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Progress not Perfection

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  • I cannot believe you've got me and Mr PIP hooked on Masked Singer 😂

    Hope you're having a lovely cosy evening 🥂
    Thought of you when Wolf came on 🤣 It’s the most bizarre show ever but very addictive, whoever thought it up needs certifying 😆
    I will have to remain true to my crush whoever is revealed, I really don't like that song and they still sang it sexily 😂
    I had a really good guess but guess was American not British so I'm wrong

    I think the show concept came from Japan, where many of the most brilliantly bonkers ideas originate!
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase/p1

    'self-blame can be as egotistical as self-praise... any work worth doing is greater than we are... we must not overrate our importance to it, either for good or ill' Margaret Kennedy Lucy Carmichael
  • badmemory
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    I never seem to win on the lottery only on the set for life - so £10k a month for 30 years.  It always used to say that it could be inherited but I re-read the t&cs recently.  They buy an annuity & the person inheriting only gets the balance of what they paid for the annuity less what has been paid out.  So at my age I doubt there will be any left as it is unlikely that they would expect me to live to 108.
  • milann
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    A face mask, candles whilst reading a magazine in the bath sounds lovely 😁
    January spends - £587.58
  • Blackcats
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    Haven't watched the Masked Singer but I'm surprised to find myself enjoying and I mean really enjoying Great Pottery Throwdown.
  • Cherryfudge
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    Another Throwdown fan here. Even DH, who thought it would be like watching paint dry, is hooked. This week's was fascinating, though I do wonder if they have first aiders just off camera when they get things out of the kilns!
    I think a bit of sunshine is good for frugal living. (Cranky40)
    The sun's been out and I think I’m solar powered (Onebrokelady)

    Fashion on the Ration 2025: Fabric 2, men's socks 3, Duvet 7.5, 2 t-shirts 10, men's socks 3, uniform top 0, hat 0, shoes 5 = 30.5/68
    2024: Trainers 5, dress 7, slippers 5, 2 prs socks (gift) 2, 3 prs white socks 3, t-shirts x 2 10, 6 prs socks: mostly gifts 6, duvet set 7.5 = 45.5/68 coupons
    20.5 coupons used in 2020. 62.5 used in 2021. 94.5 remaining as of 21/3/22
  • We love Throwdown, if anything even more than Bake off!  The Raku week always terrifies me as I'm always convinced they'll drop their items getting them out of the kiln with those tongs! 
    🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
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