Lulabelle's MFW Diary

CathT wrote: »

My two have been at football club all week aswell and have loved it. Missed having them around though!

I remember de-cluttering some of dd toys and her being distraught at seeing a toy in the charity bag announcing it was her favourite toy! She had never bothered with it! Lesson learned that day.

Yes, sometimes better to be sneaky and do it whilst they aren't around - thats definitely my plan.

DS2 has loved football club too which is a surprise as he's not really a big football fan. He's been coming home exhausted and even had an early night last night, result!

Lovely unexpected sunny day today.... been fairly lazy as we had a full on long fab day out yesterday, so we're all a bit tired, including the Dog who slept in until 08:45!

Nipped out to return school shoes to Next, ordered two pairs, kept one. Just need to get DS2 some school shoes now - waiting until the last minute though as he seems to grow daily at the moment.

Rejigged my wardrobe earlier... for the first time since we bought our own home I have all of my clothes & shoes in my own wardrobe. Until recently they were spread across my own wardrobe, DS1's, DS2's, huge amounts under DS1's bed. After a LOT of charity runs, donations to family/friends and a little bit of eBaying it's all gone. Feeling really quite happy withe myself.

My fave store launched it's new season on Tuesday along with a 10% discount code. I'd usually have ordered a few things... instead I've just added them to my wish list. I looked at my wish list again earlier and removed half of the things I'd added. I'll see how long I can last before ordering.

We've booked a week away in Cornwall for next May half term. Booked early as it gets booked up fairly quickly. It was recommended to me by a friend, reasonably priced and looks really lovely. So, deposit paid earlier.

I'm avidly reading loads of blogs, websites etc etc about minimalism and focusing on whats important and I'm really enjoyment. This is what got me kick started with the whole decluttering. It feels fab and is very therapeutic.

Wow - mid Sept already and it's feeling very Autumnal.

I transferred some saves to the mortgage, so it's now down to £95,500. And, I've slightly increased my SIPP contributions.

It's been a bit tight this month with the dentist bills... but, I'm nearly there. Just one filling left to replace, the brace is on - so it'll "just" be the wire changes that I need to pay for every 6/8 weeks or so.

We made a final decision on the wedding in Mexico next year and decided we wont be going. We looked at various options but it was just working out to be too expensive. We had a big holiday at Easter and quite simply can't afford to do another next year... so we've booked a week in Cornwall for Aug next year and the boys are really looking forward to it. We'll take the dog with us too which will be great.

Amazingly enough I've still not bought any new clothes etc.... BUT I did buy some skincare products. I was recommended a newish brand called "The Ordinary" - their ingredients appear to be top notch but due to their unique approach, the prices are fairly rock bottom - especially when comparing their products to premium beauty brands. I've been pleased with the products I've tried in the last few weeks and the pricing is amazing, I'd recommend if people are looking for quality skincare ingredients without the price tag. Word of warning, you may need a chemistry degree to understand what you're buying!

With the Autumnal weather I've started switching my wardrobe over... so, Summer stuff has mostly been packed in to the plastic box in my wardrobe and some warmer jumpers have made an appearance in their place.

I've looked through and listed everything I've got and tbh I think I'm pretty much covered for the Autumn/Winter seasons - the only things I'm possibly considering adding are a Grey Cardigan and a casual black loose fit jumper - both of which would be very versatile and see a lot of wear over the next 6 months. I'd been tempted by a rather gorgeous "custard" yellow jumper and whilst I think I'd love it - I'm not convinced as to how versatile it would be?

Menu planning continues along with the weekly Aldi/Tesco shop. I don't remember the last time we had a takeaway, but I think we might need to have one soon as a treat - our fave is Thai, yummy.

Secret_Saving_Squirrel wrote: »

You are so well organised, well done on sorting out the wardrobe. You have inspired me to go through mine. And well done on saying no to Mexico. It is easy to feel you have to do things like this to please friends, but it is their decision to marry abroad and if it doesn't work for you, you shouldn't feel obliged.
And well done on decluttering. I love it too and regularly go around the house and fill a bag, even when it looks as if there is nothing left to throw! It does also make you very resistant to buying more stuff.

Thank you! Did you get started with your wardrobe sort out?
Decluttering is fab isn't it... still haven't worked up the courage to start on the loft - mainly because I know I just want to bin everything and I need to get DH on side so that he'll take care of the tip run.