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Progress not Perfection

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  • dawnybabes
    dawnybabes Posts: 3,407 Forumite
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    Blackcats said:
    I think lidlee put the £1.50 boxes the other side of the checkout to stop shoppers loading them up with full priced veg on their way round the shop.  However, last week in the fruit aisle I watched a shopper ease open the net bag containing oranges and manage to squeeze in 3 extra oranges.  
    That’s almost as bad as the lady I saw topping up the fabric conditioner and washing liquid ….
    Sealed pot challenge 822

    Jan - £176.66 :j
  • Makingabobor2
    Makingabobor2 Posts: 4,252 Forumite
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    4000 steps, for 1 loaf of bread! Think I'd have made Mr SA wait. Hope he got up & actually ate some of it
    Making the debt go down and savings go up

    LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £28,524....its going down

     Mortgage Free December 9th 2024! 
    18mths ahead of schedule.  Since 2022 we paid over £15K in OPs.

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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,831 Ambassador
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    Blimey. He couldn’t wait til 9. You are a better person than me as I would not have gone. 
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  • foxgloves
    foxgloves Posts: 12,662 Forumite
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    Couldn't wait till 9?? You must have the patience of a saint!

    2025's challenges: 1) To fill our 10 Savings Pots to their healthiest level ever
    2) To read 100 books (36/100) 3) The Shrinking of Foxgloves 7.7kg/30kg

    "Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards" (Soren Kirkegaard 1813-55)
  • milann
    milann Posts: 11,426 Forumite
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    Phewwwwww just caught up.
    Glad the cat is better.
    Im not surprised you woke Mr SA up…he doesn’t know how lucky he is👏👏👏👏not many would have gone out for his bread. Funny how he can pester for things only important to him but forget to mention bread 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️
    January spends - £587.58
  • RelievedSheff
    RelievedSheff Posts: 12,691 Forumite
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    I'm afraid he would have stayed breadless in our household :) 
  • foxgloves
    foxgloves Posts: 12,662 Forumite
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    Hope it all goes well today. No jobs for you tonight, Missis & an early night.
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    2025's challenges: 1) To fill our 10 Savings Pots to their healthiest level ever
    2) To read 100 books (36/100) 3) The Shrinking of Foxgloves 7.7kg/30kg

    "Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards" (Soren Kirkegaard 1813-55)
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