Best money well spent.

Allira your H has settled in well.
He doesn’t mind the rules, tea brought to bed precisely at 8am.
Preparing a light lunch provided I cook in the evening and he loves the rule my H and I had, a well chilled G&T at exactly 6pm.
How is Molly settling, do you provide Butler services as I did which means howling by the front door for it to be opened while ignoring a perfectly good cat flap in the back door?
Do you want to swap back?

I am so sorry to have hijacked this perfectly good thread.
It just happens sometimes on GN.

Not a thing, exactly, but money spent on good times with other people is money well spent, for me.

Our new walk in shower. After 8 years of having a bath that we never used, the shower is a dream.

Books....Money always well spent on books !

I'm with Jaxjackie on the glasses front.
I would be registered blind if my sight was uncorrectable but, despite my specs costing both arms and both legs I am always so grateful that they enable me to see to do all the crafts I love.
Worth every penny

Many things over many years, especially as Chocolatelovingran said "money spent on good times with other people". Most recently, it is a £12 make-up light, rechargeaable with USB about once a month (so no cord) from Amazon. I can now see both sides of my face in bright, clear light no matter what time of day or year.
(This kind of thread is why I love Gransnet! )

Greyduster

Recently, the tweed jacket I splurged on while on a visit to York the year before last. Made of cloth dyed and woven in a Yorkshire Mill from Yorkshire wool, and beautifully tailored. was. I don’t get excited about much but I had been looking for one for what seemed like a lifetime and there it was. I love wearing it so don’t begrudge the cost which was probably more than I would spend on clothes in a year. And under the collar…..

My friend has that very jacket and looks a million dollars in it, as I am sure you do. I am always envious of it.

hee hee, cant tell you

Many thanks Jaxjackie!

My hot tub, now 9 years old, but still used every other day. I do miss it when we're away in the motorhome, which was also money very well spent!

We had the same issue but with rats!
Bought an Only Cat ai cat flap that won’t let them in if carrying prey! Not cheap but money well spent!!! It definitely works!
Whilst we had rats one ate the inside of an american fridge freezer … not a cheap thing to replace!!

Before Christmas I bought a pack of five stick on rechargeable under cupboard lights for my kitchen. I’ve always wanted under cupboard lights and feel very excited every time I walk in and they pop on. Grand total of £25 😄

My hearing aids without which I wouldn't hear the GC who give me such pleasure. It's a bonus that I can remove them (the aids not the GC!) when DH behaves like Victor Meldrew

My cat once came home from the fields with a rather large rabbit (still alive) and managed to jump through a window at the top with the rabbit still in her mouth! My children and I had to put the cat out, then chase the rabbit - who was terrified round the house to catch it. The cat was banished to the garage for the next few days!!

Oh my little Yorkshire Terrier got from a rescue centre at 8 months old and is now 13

SueEH

Before Christmas I bought a pack of five stick on rechargeable under cupboard lights for my kitchen. I’ve always wanted under cupboard lights and feel very excited every time I walk in and they pop on. Grand total of £25 😄

This is just what I want, would you mind saying where you got them from, thanks

For UsedtoBe and her mouser cat.
She is just trying to say thank you for being a good human.

We're on cat #8 these days, spread over about 30 years. Most don't bother with birds and mice, the present one barely goes out (has to be warm & sunny!).

We had a big idle ginger chap, he found a mouse to play with once, but in general he couldn't be bothered with anything that required more than a gentle amble. And the local birds all knew him, carried on at the bird feeders even as he wandered past, or snoozed nearby.

Sadly if they DO bring 'presents', it's very hard to tell them that something from the off-licence would be better?!

I had an 18 year old Dyson vacuum cleaner. It worked perfectly but, oh boy was it heavy. Carting it up and down the stairs was an accident waiting to happen but, when I started having a look round for cordless, stick vacuums, the prices were well out of my reach. Just last weekend, someone posted on our Facebook group that they were getting rid of a Miele cordless stick vacuum; full working order, all attachments included: £30. It's in fab condition, very much lighter than my own and would cost £379 new. Best £30 I've ever spent!

Wow! Bargain, where did you get them from? Last pair I had from Boots cost over £600.

We had a cat like this, actually it's a compliment, she's a hunter and she's bringing you food. Love her.

My InSinkerator near boiling water tap (which delivers exactly that and nothing else) is the best thing ever! We love not needing a kettle on the worktop too.

Usedtobeblonde

I love my cat to bits, she is my best ever Christmas present.
I just wish she would listen when I tell her *NO MORE MICE THANK YOU*

Surely, you prefer her to rid the garden of mice, rather than have all those little furry pests moving into your house next autumn?

Make a big fuss of her when she brings you dead mice - they are meant as presents for you. Make sure she understands that you prefer dead mice to living ones. Then, with a little luck, and a very great deal of perseverance on your part, the penny will drop.

My queenie cat brought live mice in, and gave them to her brother until I realised that the cat food I was giving them was the reason he had lost nearly on the upper layer of his fur on both flanks. Once I changed their diet and his fur grew back in again, she stopped bringing him live mice.

You really cannot beat the female instinct to mother those .you love, can you?

Might she be hinting that you are eating wrongly?

I discreetly gather the dead mice she give me up in a non-transparent rubbish bag and take them out to the bin, when Trubel is not nearby to see how I dispose of the mice.

Usedtobeblonde

Allira your H has settled in well.
He doesn’t mind the rules, tea brought to bed precisely at 8am.
Preparing a light lunch provided I cook in the evening and he loves the rule my H and I had, a well chilled G&T at exactly 6pm.
How is Molly settling, do you provide Butler services as I did which means howling by the front door for it to be opened while ignoring a perfectly good cat flap in the back door?
Do you want to swap back?

Yes, I trained him well, UTTB!
He won't want to come back here. He has to cook in the evenings sometimes chez nous.

Molly decided I'm a tough nut to crack, she found the cat flap because I was too busy sorting out a difficult pattern and it was pouring with rain outside. She is sulking on the best chair now.

Might she be hinting that you are eating wrongly?
😁
She lives here now and so far hasn't found a mouse but did try to catch a squirrel this morning.