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5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2
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Chickenopolis wrote: »Skint - well done on the weight loss!:j
Thanks Chicken, not sure I will have lost anything this week after pizza, kebab and ice-cream sundaeWeigh in on friday
DundeeDoll wrote: »Good on you vjsmum hope oh gets out soon
:rotfl: We know what you meant DD
For today
1. managed to get 2 final loads of washing done and ironed to take on holiday on sat
2. got grass cut, tidied back garden & weeded front forecourt
3. watching some of olympics and goodwood this afternoon
4. afternoon nap
5. kebab for tea... naughty but nice0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗
Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).
Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1
Living off savings diary
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6429003/escape-to-the-country-living-off-savings/p10 -
1. Took four bags of clothes to the exchange and got £15.50 for them!
2. Did a few small weeding bits in the back garden this afternoon.
3. DH bought me a bar of Galaxy chocolate - my fave
4. My Emma Bridgewater sale items arrived today and I was thrilled with them - not exactly OS but these few bits have nearly finished off my collection and they are slight seconds. They are so good that I cannot tell the difference and I saved £53.00 doing this which allowed me to speand my birthday money on something worthwhile.
5. Just having some R&R with the dogs and watching TV!Cat, Dogs and the Horses are our fag and beer money:beer:
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1. Woke up with OH, then DD came in to do pinch, punch to us
2. Back on the healthy living bandwagon
3. A friend popped in for a natter and paid me back some money I'd forgotten about, yay
4. DD changed into her dance leotard to show me her Olympic gymnastic routines as she was so much better than the chaps on screen, lol
5. We had a very lazy day....only went out to shop for fruit and veg (and the rest......*sigh*) and spend the rest of the day snoozing, cuddling, singing, being silly and just 'being'.
6. Bought 2 tins of paint probably for my room, on the 2 for £20 offer on Dulux at B&Q. It's supposed to help motivate me to get cracking on doing more for the house
7. I'm currently watching a hilarious episode of Buzzcocks on some freeview channel
8. OH has texted to say he's arrived in Italy *sigh*, lucky beggar being back there, but he'll be back in a week, yippee!
9. As mentioned earlier, I bought Paralympics tickets for me and DD
10. Our teeny tiny courgettes are growing nicely in the greenhouse0 -
Not the best start to the day, I pulled over to let a boy racer, who was flashing, tooting and sitting in my exhaust pipe, through and hit a kerb, buckling the wheel and splitting the tyre :mad:. Stupid, I should just have shown him my brake lights and slowed right down, but...
Only have myself to blame for the money it's going to cost in the morning
It did improve a bit though...
1. The plastering is almost dry and I spent an hour washing paintwork down before..
2. I met DD at the gym and had a really good work-out, I always feel so much better for it. Can't believe we've been going for two months already and how much better we feel for making the effort
3. Paid a cheque into the bank. I love that feeling
4. Discovered that cracker bread with sun-ripened tomato cream cheese and prawns is absobloominglutely delicious!
5. Olympics and medals :T
Sweet dreams0 -
Grrr to nasty boy racers sparrer0
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OH has a passport. Now just got to hope his ESTA comes thro.
Got my own back a bit as he has literally had a sh¡te time cleaning out our sewers
Fun time at Lake Erie - canooing and rising a 4 person "surrey" (with a fringe on top) bike
Last long drive done
Glorioisly warm and sunny. I can feel it storing up in my bones
Sorry about tyre sparrer
DD lecturing? in August? oh and thankz re OH i know what u meantI wanna be in the room where it happens0 -
@chickenopolis Thanks for your kind compliments.
Hair is totally history making, life saving and thankfully if I haven't said it before a total vindication of MSE advice to look at Model Appointments.
Bread will repeat as necessary, long rises look like being good thing.
I now have Fresh Yeast from Bertinent on Amazon to add pzzazz to future loaves.#TY[/B] Would be Qaulity MSE Challenge Queen.
Reading whatever books I want to the rescue!:money::beer[/B
WannabeBarrister, WannabeWife, Wannabe Campaign Girl Wannabe MSE Girl #wannnabeALLmyFamilygirl
#notbackyetIamfightingfortherighttobeMSEandFREE0 -
1) really good time with friend who I had been distanced with-she's a Christian and I felt threatened which made me aggressive. Good prayer time!! (my one 'Christian bit along with Church Coffee and Cakes Session and NOT service itself).
2) really nice food that I didn't spend money on she brought that I've been grazing on all day.
3) Helpful looking assessments on POF and a couple of chats with men on my iphone.(distant, casual play) which has exhausted my 'internet energy'
4)No spend day!!! an NSD!!!!!!
5) I am really pleased with my new look and feel sexy again only needing a few hair and beauty products to make my hair go with a bang.
Hi and best wishes to everyone.xxx
Thanks for support on thread with thanks!!!!!#TY[/B] Would be Qaulity MSE Challenge Queen.
Reading whatever books I want to the rescue!:money::beer[/B
WannabeBarrister, WannabeWife, Wannabe Campaign Girl Wannabe MSE Girl #wannnabeALLmyFamilygirl
#notbackyetIamfightingfortherighttobeMSEandFREE0 -
DundeeDoll wrote: »If only i'd played china at badminton today i might have won. What a load of old shuttlecock that was. Off to bible study. Still on Mark. Still on cider.
Dundee - don't you give that Personal Trainer any ideas now :rotfl:
VJsmum- I did have a chuckle - Bet you are glad you won't have to come home to a load of s.h.i.t.e!
Sparrer- sorry about your wheel - you don't seem to have much luck with them !
Kittikins -thats a lot of sighing x;)
Have a good day all !:AToo fat to be Felicity Kendal , but aim for a bit more of the good life :A0 -
Chickenopolis wrote: »Dundee - don't you give that Personal Trainer any ideas now :rotfl:!
Sparrer ouch
Vjsmum bleuh
Wouldbe stunning hair-do
Have a grrrrreat day everyone. Sun shining here :TMrsSD declutter medals 2023 🏅🏅🏅⭐⭐ 2025
25 for 25: 371 / 625
declutter: 173 / 2025
frogs eaten: 100
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