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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 97,261 Ambassador
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    Glad you enjoyed Madrid jellybaby. 
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

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  • bubbs
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    Evening all 😁

    Jelly glad you had a nice holiday, shame about the rain 😢, bet you felt at home 🤣 it has lashed it and i mean lashed it down here today!

    Coxy hope dh is ok.

    Denise that was bugga!

    Food today
    Picky  plate , part hexb and 0.5 syns for mayo, 

    Tea free, steak , chips, mushrooms and onions, peas and tomato
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • bubbs
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    Here we go 😋😋😋
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • Jellybaby
    Jellybaby Posts: 1,431 Forumite
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    Morning all,

    Weather warnings now in place for torrential rain all day - oh joy. I’m going out shortly to the library to pick up a couple of books I requested then collect an order from our local M&S foodhall.  It’s T-shirts for DS2 who is off on holiday tomorrow so hope they fit!

    I had my usual fruit and yoghurt for breakfast and added 40g of the new Special K high fibre clusters that are out to try them. Very crunchy and don’t know if my teeth will survive eating them regularly!   Lunch is tomato and red pepper soup and chilli salmon, new potatoes, roasted veg for dinner.

    Have a good day everyone.
  • joedenise
    joedenise Posts: 18,091 Forumite
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    Afternoon all, spent half the morning trying to get into Sittingbourne to sort out our holiday for next year which has been cancelled by the tour operator!  Booked the holiday in May for DH's 75th birthday and got an email yesterday cancelling the flight!  So we spent a couple of hours last night and again first thing this morning deciding where to go!

    Left home about 8.40 (without breakfast!) and then spent nearly an hour rather than the usual  25/30 minutes to get to Sittingbourne and then it took over an hour to sort out as we'd booked a 2 centre holiday and wanted to change to a single destination and apparently they can't do it in store so the girl spent loads of time trying to sort in out on the phone.  Still it's finally done.

    Hope you don't get too wet @Jellybaby going out to the library and M&S.  No rain for us today but is extremely cloudy.  Think rain is forecast again tomorrow.  What are the new Special K cereal, are they a bit like the crunchy nut Clusters?

    So only 2 meals today - brunch and dinner

    B - spicy prawn wraps - HEB; P; S; 1.5
    D - beef bourguignon, mash, green veg - P; S; F

    HEA - milk
    HEB - WM wrap
    Syns - sweet chilli sauce 1.5

    Have a good day everyone.
  • bubbs
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    Afternoon all 😀

    No rain here today.

    Oh Denise what a nightmare! Glad you have sorted it now where are you going?

    I have bloody back ache, think it's moving crates, not as young as i was 🤣 

    Rest tomorrow as we are going Corby! Let's get some bargains 🤣🤣

    Food today

    Picky plate, part hexb or 4 syns.

    Cottage pie, veg and gravy , 4 syns
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 97,261 Ambassador
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    Absolutely tipping it down here with localised flooding. 
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • bubbs
    bubbs Posts: 68,050 Forumite
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    Oh no Beanie, bloody weather! 
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • joedenise
    joedenise Posts: 18,091 Forumite
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    We've changed from Morocco to Egypt for DH's 75th birthday in May.  Of course the dates don't tie up with the car parking I'd booked but can't change it online!  Have spoken to someone at the call centre and they've just said either take a ticket on the way in or press the button to talk to someone and explain that our holiday now starts a day later than our cancelled one and they'll let us in.  We'll then have to talk to someone on the way out and pay £15 as an overstayer!  He said it won't be a problem it happens frequently - but at 3 or 4 in the morning!


  • maman
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    Sorry to hear about the awful weather @beanielouand @Jellybaby. It's actually been a reasonable day here, even a hint of 🌞. Stay safe.🤗

    Hope you're lucky with bargains tomorrow @bubbs . I called into Asda last night after 9pm as I needed petrol and although there were reductions they weren't brilliant for that time of night. I did get some chicken breasts, baking potatoes, carrots and blueberries. They were cheaper than Aldi but not the give away prices they used to have.☹️

    That was a lot of faffing around and a long journey with the holiday @joedenise but at least it's sorted now. I'm surprised at this much notice they don't refund your parking and then you could start again for the new dates🤔. Are you going to a resort or a Nile cruise ?

    We had chilli and ginger salmon last night @Jellybaby so I need to add half a syn to yesterday's total!🤣 Also I've had a couple of Soothers as I've got a cold coming so that's another 1.5! What a waste!😁

    DH has gone to a meeting and won't be back before I go out dancing so I changed the planned dinner. he'll have something when he gets in and I'm having a ham salad as it's what I fancy. 

    Today's plan-
    B- HEB toast, scrambled eggs (P), mushrooms and tomatoes (S), HEA milk
    L- cold meat (P), LO veg and pickles (F, S)
    D- ham salad (P,F,S)
    Syns- LTL mayo 1, Soothers 1.5😡
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