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  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 18,357 Forumite
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    Ooh that's an excellent haul, well done! Glad you did half an hour of cleaning too, most satisfying!

  • EssexHebridean
    EssexHebridean Posts: 25,885 Forumite
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    Hey all - how’s your Friday been? Fairly standard one here - a walk first thing, shopping has been done, and the usual odds and ends around the house.

    MSE Stuff:

    • free veg item claimed in Lil’s - opted for a £2.49 fancy pack of tomatoes
    • Some additional bargains had in the main shop too - a block of nice vintage cheddar with a long date at20% off, the butter we like was 15% off, Braeburn apples at £1.19 a pack, 15% off thr mixed sweet peppers, and 15% off all their own brand. Rackers - so I bought a couple of packs of Cream Crackers and one of seeded oatcakes for the store cupboard. It’s fairly rare the crackers get discounted so that was worth having.
    • This morning’s porridge used a punnet of TGTG raspberries
    • MrEH’s rugby this evening got cancelled - he is unsurprisingly disappointed but it did at least mean food this evening made good use of the noodles from the TGTG bag, plus some of the spring greens too. Hot cross buns for pud, too!
    • a half hour burst of activity round the house saw the washing up done, and the hob cleaned, plus a general kitchen tidy.
    • Got my budget book out and noted the base budget for the new tax year. Also started the note of estimated interest to be received too.
    • Free exercise was the morning walk, a couple of short dance-fit workouts and yoga, plus I also got the bike out for a few miles too which I thoroughly enjoyed!

    We have another excellent day on Agile electric pricing tomorrow, so I’ve got Tapo plugs set up to run the dehumidifier and both oil filled rads, the central heating is switched back off, and all the underfloor heating will be on. I’ll run the DW and the WM can certainly go through twice - I might throw all the cleaning cloths in on a hot wash too.

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