Spring Thrift

I'm not really sure what's come over this household in the last couple of days. The fabulous warm weather has clearly fired up a hither to unknown "thrift gene" - maybe it's Vitamin D dependent or something.

Anyway - AB, bought a new bike from a neighbour for £15, then sold her old one to my partner at work (for his 7 year old not for him !) for £20, she had to throw in her bike hat for that but now she has stolen mine so she is still quids in.

I decided to quash my ludicrously expensive amazon habit and have joined readit/swap it (www.readitswapit.co.uk) instead, I now need to head to the post office tomorrow morning and send a whole pile of books around the country. But won't it be exciting when the new books start dropping through the letter box. They won't smell as good as amazon parcels .........and yes we are talking tragic new book addiction here.

The TB has run true to type and put everything that he was going to take to the tip in the "Bargains under £50 section of the local newspaper. So far his sales include - 24 paving slabs for £20 ( I really don't understand that one, that's the same price they are in Homebase, maybe it's a green thing?) and a hexagonal glass fish tank (with accessories) for £25. The fish tank was one of my tactical errors - it looks wonderful, but takes up half a room and about 40 gallons of water.