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An in-between phase

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  • Baileys_Babe
    Baileys_Babe Posts: 6,605 Forumite
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    We've done the last 2 big plastic counts and have signed up to do this years, if the format is the same as previously it is very easy.

    Fashion on a ration 2025 0/66 coupons spent
    79.5 coupons rolled over 4/75.5 coupons spent - using for secondhand purchases

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  • PennysIntoPounds
    PennysIntoPounds Posts: 5,928 Forumite
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    It's such a good idea and campaign @Baileys_Babe, we try to reduce, reuse, and recycle, but the sheer amount of it is shocking and that's for two adults who have the knowledge and time to bother, I dread to think what larger households with more pressures and less recycling availability are getting through

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    '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
  • PennysIntoPounds
    PennysIntoPounds Posts: 5,928 Forumite
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    edited 7 February at 5:04PM

    On the subject of AI and tech, it is very annoying hearing a goal at the Emirates and having to wait half a minute for it to appear on t'internet 😂

    It wouldn't take a person a whole 30 seconds to write 'goal' and press send!

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    '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
  • PennysIntoPounds
    PennysIntoPounds Posts: 5,928 Forumite
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    Well my masked singer guess was completely off for Sloth and correct for Can of Worms but only because I thought Mo Gilligan was right.

    How did you get on @Sun_Addict?

    No idea on the remaining contestants

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    '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
  • Sun_Addict
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    I really thought sloth was Joe Wicks so that was a complete surprise. I didn’t guess can of worms but could tell it was a professional singer. I will confess to getting up and dancing to Cha Cha Slide as that’s one of the routines from my Zumba class 🤣🤣

    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • Blackcats
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    what a shame PIP. Would it help if there was a ban on goals at that stadium? Just a kind thought to help reduce goal related stress 🤔

  • PennysIntoPounds
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    I was going for Matt Hanc*ck or Ed Balls for Sloth @Sun_Addict as there were so many parliamentary clues but I knew neither was quite right, especially considering the gusto with which the contestant kept throwing themselves on the floor!

    That won't really work for me but thank you @Blackcats and I really appreciate your team instigating that policy at our stadium last week x

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    '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
  • PennysIntoPounds
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    Usuals

    Half wussy situps

    Bit of flat clean

    Free exercise of steps taking cat feeder to tip and going for Sunday beer with Mr PIP (with camra discount)

    We were going to have leftovers out of the freezer but Mr PIP made the error of mentioning cheesy mash and beans and I could think of nothing else so we shamefacedly paid full price for a bag of spuds on the way home. I am willing to accept this extravagance

    Ha, managed to paste on second attempt by trying to time when the godawful autosave was about to happen and thwarting it. F*ck me this is the worst 'upgrade' I have ever seen (love you MSE)

    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
  • Watty1
    Watty1 Posts: 7,847 Forumite
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    Sometimes full price must be paid - writes she who went to the chippy for her tea :)

    Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became

    In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!
  • in terms of re using plastics, I recently became aware that a local community centre is grateful for take away containers to package up left overs from when they host meals

    Mortgage at 01.01.14 £119,481.83:eek: today £0 Emergency fund £5.5/5.5k & £200/200 cash.:jWeight 24/02/19 14st 7lb now 11st 12lb determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection.:T100%through my 1% mortgage challenge. 100% through my pb challenge. I’m not perfect but I’m good enough for now.
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