May No-Spend Days 3
May Grocery Challenge Spend £31.18/£186
May Baking Fund Spend £7.45/£24
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Decluttering 100 items by the end of the month 0/100
Try being A Bit More Nellie
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Pick'n'Mix - the joy of the chaz in '26!
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@Rosa_Damascena - I agree that the silicon moulds look unused, I suspect they were an unwanted gift or an overly optimistic purchase. I hadn't realised The Commitments was that foul mouthed so perhaps I shan't copy it after all. I do like the sound of your new coat, sounds stylish and warm too. Good luck with your library search.
@Floss - I do agree that Roddy Doyle's writing really shows you what life is like from the point of view of his characters and that's the thing that I find most attractive about his work. I do value being shown the world from someone else's perspective. I also have Persiana: Easy so hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
No charity shopping for me today as the morning was taken up with baking and housework and the afternoon with a long walk and then a birthday celebration for a friend.
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That's true. I particularly liked his books about Paula, poor woman downtrodden by DV 😪. But his printed work was nowhere as near as sweary as Alan Parker's movie.
I had a chazzer win yesterday - managed to walk past one without entering! I am going to have a great big declutter this Easter weekend.
No man is worth crawling on this earth.
So much to read, so little time.7 -
I popped my head round the door of my favourite bhf shop yesterday lunchtime and snapped up this little haul.
The Roald Dahl and the R.F. Delderfield were both £2 as well. I was especially glad to find the Mark Diacono Fruit book because it's been on my wanted list for a long time. The card is for a friend of mine who's celebrating a birthday this coming week.
May No-Spend Days 3
May Grocery Challenge Spend £31.18/£186
May Baking Fund Spend £7.45/£24
May Bulk Buy Fund Spend £18.00/£100
Decluttering 100 items by the end of the month 0/100
Try being A Bit More Nellie10 -
I’ve been away on my hols so have just caught up with all your lovely bargains. I’m totally with you on the Fisher and Paykel dishwasher drawers @Goldfinches. We visited NZ a few years ago and I fell in love then ( I think it’s a NZ company.
My latest purchases:
White House Black Market black cropped jacket £25 from the bougie hospice shop £25. Vinted suggests I may have overpaid, but I do love it and it fits me perfectly..
Asda George sun hat £5.
Zara white tee with green trim. BNWT £5.River Island blue skirt with a slightly too revealing side split £2.40
Black Primark trackies for DGS BNWT £1.50.Purplesoft fleece to cat proof my sofa £4. I have 2 large ginger beasties so they clash magnificently with it.Lots donated and sold on Vinted.
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@Potternerd. I too have two ginger cats. One boy who is long haired. A girl with short hair.
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I have a half ginger cat - head, tail, and spots, rest is white. The two cats we feed outside are related - mother cat is mostly ginger and her second kitten (ours was number one) looks like ours. We also have a black and white extra-large male cat (22 pounds) who sheds all over and a solid black 7-month old kitten. Every day I am sweeping up cat hair.
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@Potternerd - I was intrigued by your reference to Fisher & Paykel so took a look: . Clearly a premium brand!! I am happy with my standard NEFF DW because I have mastered the art of loading it to full capacity.
No man is worth crawling on this earth.
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Hello everyone - I’m back after a bit of a break from posting, and all is well. In between dashing around running errands today I called in to the lovely town of Woodstock. They only have three charity shops (one of which is books only) but I bought a really pretty burgundy floral Per Una v-neck lace-edged jersey top (£4) from the Red Cross. I then negotiated the awful Oxford traffic to Botley and the Rafiki Thabo charity shop, where I got a nice pair of Hotter sandals in a groovy dark blue/purple metallic colour (£5) which look unworn.
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I love Woodstock, it is so chocolate box perfect and wonderful in the summer, I have fond memories of evenings picnicing at Blenheim! I also remember a small library but no chazzers…?
No man is worth crawling on this earth.
So much to read, so little time.5
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