So our final bill came back for our car. It hurts even to write it down .... TWO THOUSAND POUNDS! Actually more than our car is even worth! Yuck - we're not even convinced that the first bit of work carried out, which amounted to fifty per cent of the bill, was even necessary. Impossible to prove, though. What a joke! We can pay it, but the next few months will be a bit tighter as a result... since giving up work I'm getting use to more frugal living though, so I see it as a challenge.
On that note, I've been doing some shopping..... At nine and a half stone I wondered if I might dare to buy myself some clothes in a size 10! My sister said I have body dysmorphia as I am still buying 14s - I bought some leggings the other day that just look like baggy trousers. I got some new dresses and leggings from ASOS including this one. Sadly, they do not make me look like the model in the picture, but they arrived yesterday and I love them!
Been doing some Christmas shopping, too - this tool from Moneysavingexpert is brilliant - it finds some amazing discounts on Amazon.
I got a pair of Animal socks for £1.50 for a Christmas gift, and an Animal shirt for £6 - reduced from £35 for the day. Amazon sometimes only discount items for as little as 24 hours (as I learned to my cost once with a double buggy that was reduced to £200, until I went to buy it on pay day, when it had gone back up to full price!).
I'm going to try to make a lot of Christmas presents this year. Hopefully by making things people will actually like and use rather than stuff I've just made for the sake of it. I've made a list of things I have to do, including two knitted hats for the wee ones, macarons, salted caramel bars, pictures, and chocolate vodka. It's going well so far but I'm pushing myself to do a bit every night - I had great plans last year for lots of home made gifts and ended up in a panic the week before Christmas as I still had a ton of things to make! Needless to say, it didn't get done.
I saw this bread in a bottle gift idea, recently, too - I'd love to receive something like this! So much to make but so little time....
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