Taking it slowly, but doing it well.

£2.90 to post a parcel & £1.20 for a couple of bits for a friend we were visiting for a play date today were my cash spends today (all recorded on the appropriate page of my bullet journal) then a £5.95 payment for the bacon subscription are what made today a spend day rather than a nsd. This means I've got nothing to Tilly tidy into the mop pot. However, to hit my target for the month, I need an average of £5 per day, so I'm ahead at the moment. I can cope with that.
Tomorrow should!! Be a nsd, let's see.

Hubby on his way home for another brief stop off before heading to somewhere else tomorrow. He wasn't meant to be home until later, but rang saying they'd finished sooner than expected and he was on his way home. He also declared he'd want feeding. So I've had to magic an unplanned meal up with the only veg in the house being tinned tomatoes and fresh mushrooms. I could feed him a batch cooked freezer meal, but he's not fond of them, think it's a child hood thing. Oh well. All from the stores so no unplanned spending.

The plus side to this is that I might make it to the bake off gathering tonight. Even if he walks in the door at 7:55 I'm going! He's been away for a fortnight. I need to leave my house alone.

Updates below. (Not that there is much to report)

Tuesday
Post parcel✅
Put dry washing away✅
Spend an hour sorting the loft - if I don't go to bake off I'll do this. ✅he didn't make it home in time so in the loft I went
Avoid bake off until I collect my bake along hamper - might not need to! ✅avoided so far, logged out of bookface, Bake away has been delivered, biscuits are acceptable for breakfast right?

Wednesday
Washing - as always!
Sort through baby stuff to lend to a colleague of hubby's

MSE SEPTEMBER GOALS

1) reduce mortgage capital by £445.00
£42.82/£150
2) cash out £30 on surveys/mystery shopping/cashback etc
£4.85/£30 (Shopm1um: £4.85)
Survey world has been dire this week, pa has only had ones you need a computer for, and that I can't do while trying to get the pickle to sleep & I keep getting screened out of vo ones. Hopefully it will pick up soon.
3) 30 lots of decluttering/organising
6/30 side table drawers in Pickle's room.

Enjoy bake off everyone

Wish

Bed time edits in bold...

Another nsd today, that's 3 in 6 days so I'm going to add another goal below of 10nsds in September. I thought about doing 15, but I think that might be something to work towards.
I was able to do a TT late last night as hubby requested an online order for coffee machine cleaning tablets. I've taken that from the 'stuff I'll forget' pot, although I think it should be renamed 'hubby spends pot' never mind.

Been to the baby group I volunteer at this afternoon so free for me and Pickle to attend. This morning we mooched at home.

I've 'completed the trade' on a load of books, cds & DVDs, finally parting with my 17year old uni books, which were actually some of the better earners. I'll box it all up tonight and take it to the collection point tomorrow. The app says £36.40. How much I'll actually get, who knows?

Hubby was home for 15ish hours again, so why does the whole house look like a bomb has gone off? I'll get on top of it tonight before sitting down with my bake away and watching bake off.
Although I did oink oink all his receipts, need to remember to do this every time he's away.

Also signed up to a cashback rewards thing with my bank? Don't think I'll earn a lot, but anything is better than nothing.

Tomorrow is an errands day, after coffee with friends who's little ones are doing half days at school for the first time this week.
Book package to send off, tip trip, maybe the shopping. Not sure what else yet.
I'm hosting craft group tomorrow night, it will be nice to spend some time with adults child free.

I think that's all from me. Happy saving everyone. Updates below (as usual)


Wednesday
Washing - as always!✅
Sort through baby stuff to lend to a colleague of hubby's✅

Thursday
Parcel to collection point
Tip trip with rubbish from loft
Bake something for craft group.

MSE SEPTEMBER GOALS

1) reduce mortgage capital by £445.00
£44.37/£150 still ahead of the £5 per day average at the moment.
2) cash out £30 on surveys/mystery shopping/cashback etc
£4.85/£30 (Shopm1um: £4.85)
Surveys have picked up a little today, edging closer to a payout on both.
3) 30 lots of decluttering/organising
7/30 sorted a box of books, cds & dvds to trade in.
4) 10 nsd in September
3/10


Wish