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Re: First year of retirement
Friend : What have you got planned for today? Me: Same as yesterday. Friend: But you didn't do anything yesterday. Me: Ah, but I hadn't finished 😉13 -
E: 22/08 9am Win £25 cash
My Weekly Missing Link No 957 2 readers will win £25 Entry by email only. Send your answer, name and address to mwlink@dctmedia.co.uk with "Missing Link No.957" in the subject line. Answer …87 -
Re: Cheery's path to fulfilment - finishing the DIY, looking after myself, appreciating the garden 🌻
Ha, yes. We are planning a rather more abstemious September (although it won't be completely cold turkey). For now this month is being treated a bit like a holiday at home. We have saved a bit t…10 -
Re: Cheery's path to fulfilment - finishing the DIY, looking after myself, appreciating the garden 🌻
Thank you! Big spends are always alarming, even when they're necessary 😬 I have to keep reminding myself that, if absolutely necessary (which it isn't) we could downsize and be mortgage-le…7 -
Re: From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future
Good Morning MFW'rs Well, I'm a prize parsnip. Well, a parsnip who's been fed incomplete information and made the wrong choice as a result. I joined the c0-op the other day. Except I&#…5 -
Re: Progress not Perfection
Well it’s been a day of arranging catch ups - £5 deposit paid for a December meal with friends. Another two catch up lunches arranged with different sets of friends for September and October. Good to…8 -
Re: Progress not Perfection
Afternoon all. Worked in the office this morning, WFH this afternoon. No more office days until next Tuesday now 🎉Not liking having to get up in the dark again, that seems to have suddenly come back…7 -
Re: 2026 - consolidation and calm
Little miss got up and wanted to go and feed the ducks and have a wander around a local park, so we went out for an hour or so. Whilst out we had the first rainshower we've had for weeks. Sadly …6 -
Re: Summertime 2026
Bought two LED candles in a pack the other day, and one didn't work. Could hear myself starting to go 'well they were only a couple of quid, and you only really wanted one anyway' so m…6 -
Re: My Off-grid and need to be frugal diary
Yesterday was a busy day on the moor road - well busy for here. Two cars, 4 cyclists and 2 walkers. Sometimes people stop by the gate for a chat with me or DH if we’re in the garden. I had a lovely c…6
