Dancing in the Rain

I googled champagne to see how long you can keep it. Apparently it doesn’t age. It just goes flat and acid when its too old. They say it lasts 3 years unopened. I have a bottle of pink champagne I meant to open in June when I became MF, but I was put off by the colossal £20,000 + debt that still needed paying.

I opened the champagne today. i’m forever putting off opening it and now it is 8 years old but tasted fine.

The debt is in the 16,000s and WILL be below £14,000 by the end of the year

I toasted my MF status and the debt reduction I have achieved so far

A lovely restful day today for me where I planned and planned and kept my eye on the prize

It’s going to be okay.:)

It is.

DIA x

in_need_of_direction wrote: »

of course it is, what else can it be with all this planning and a track record of achievement

Thanks for the vote of confidence INOD

I slept poorly. My tummy was acidic and I had an awful headache. Moral of the story. If you have had champagne for 8 years throw it away.:o

I forced myself out of the door to have a walk and get some fresh air even though I felt sick.

I saw the following reductions in MnS today. They are all ok until 04/17 and these jars are good beyond that date. I also love and will reuse the jars, so I almost cleared the shelf!


Spiced chips £2 to 20p x2
Jalepano hot sauce £2 to 10p x4
Black bean paste £2 to 20p X8
Creole sauce £2 to 20p X5
Chocolate (single estate!) £2 to 25p x5

24 items @ £2 each = £48
20 items @20p/4 items@10p TOTAL =££4.40 :T:T

I bought a leather pink journal. It’s beautiful. They couldn’t be bothered to find the price and it was the last one left so they said I could have it for £4.99!! :T:T

I practised bullet journalling in an ugly notebook, now I am ready to use the new one. Exciting! Yes Tink I am well and truly hooked and obsessed. I don’t mind really

So happy with my bargains today

Today I am thankful for:

Lovely friends
My MnS bargains. They will jazz up all manner of future meals
Good health (my health issues are temporary but for some people they are ever present)

I hope you too have something to be thankful for about your day too
DIA x

My second day arriving home late and there being nothing to eat as I haven’t had prepping time. Yesterday I had tinned soup. Today, kippers and mushrooms at 9pm!! All I can say is, being organised makes a BIG difference to EVERYTHING. So glad tomorrow is a WFH day, so I can use my lunch break and travel time saved to cook, clean and organise.

Drinks after work but my boss paid so that was nice.:)

One of my trains was cancelled so a long walk home for me…Not so nice.:(

The bullet journal is helping greatly. I am more organised, I can capture random thoughts and fit them within the system and I am so happy with it. :T

One of bullet journal pages I have created is a STANDARD WORKING WEEK page. Completing this helped me realise I have been wanting study after work to be part of my working week for years now. So I acted on it…:T

There were 2 places left on a course that I have been wanting to do for 2 years. It gets booked-up very quickly and usually I don’t have the money until it is sold out. This time I paid in full today. I will be going after work once a week for 2 terms. It’s a lot of money for me but I am grateful that this year I had the money to make this possible. I now have to find a way to get there on time without asking work if I can leave early. Roll on January

Feeling physically tired, but mentally energised.;)

Happy hump day
DIA x