greent's mfw journey

greent

Sorry for the grumbling post last night - was feeling it somewhat


Update on my Sept goals:

• Keep grocery spends to <£350 - need to add these up - not sure, though - there was some comfort spending in there!
• Lose 5lb - oh dear - not helped by takeaways a couple of times following m-I-l's death when we were too shocked and busy to cook. And cake!
• Increase Florida Fund by £200 - £216.11 added to it as at today's date:T
• List remaining items on ebay (only about 4 to do, I think) - all those were done - and all sold bar one (which is a party dress, so may go closer to Xmas):T
• More decluttering! - only a tiny bit done in my house, but has resulted in 2 more items which I now need to list on ebay
• Start Xmas preparations! :santa2: - um, no - total failure here other than checking out what I've already got and making a list.

However, I am going to forgive myself, as it has been an unusual month!


Doors/ windows and boiler have now all been paid for :T AWOL kitchen man is visiting tonight, so hopefully we can make some progress there. My food stores living in the family room is not a satisfactory arrangement, so I am really hoping we can get it done and dusted before Xmas (he was meant to be doing it next month - but having been awol for about 6-8 weeks I can't see that still happening!)


In other news, DS2 is on a school trip today (to Leicester) - and had to be at school for 7am!! He won't be home until 6pm ish, either - he'll be shattered! (He's 9) That's a very long day - I don't envy the staff that one! (not from him, just dealing with 60 tired 10 and 11yos in general!) Home, food, bath and then reading in bed will be the order of the evening, I think!

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Hi Greent, that's such a long day for youngish ones. Sounds like an excellent plan for when he comes home

Definitely admire your eb@y commitment. I have a small pile of things to do but password problem. I need to stop prevaricating and fix it.

It is lovely that Mr Greent has put a slide deck together. I'm sure people will really appreciate it.

Take care, Tilly x x

Karmacat

I went on a trip to Leicester ages ago - to the Space Centre there

greent, I think your month definitely qualifies as unusual, and you really, really aren't grumbling, you know. Though I *do* see you wearing yourself ragged trying to sort your late MiL's stuff immediately do take it easy and be kind to yourself.

xxx

greent

Afternoon


KC - his (DS3's) trip was to the SPace Centre in Leicester - and he thoroughly enjoyed it - although was tired for several days after!!


Well, the funeral for m-I-l was last Friday - and it's nice to have that bit done and dusted. Service was good and everyone who did a reading did really well. M-I-l's sister read a poem which she'd written herself and we had a variety of music and a bespoke coffin in purple, with unicorns, a rainbow and fairy dust on!


We were shattered after that, so did succumb to another takeaway:o for all of us on Fri night.


Am posting Sept challenge final updates today, as it's close enough to month end
Keep grocery spends to <£350 - £351.93 - am impressed at this, tbh! :T
Lose 5lb - lost 2.5lb, so not achieved, but still a loss overall. Must try harder in Oct!
Increase Florida Fund by £200 - £380.23 added to it :T Got paid for some invigilation at beginning of Sept, so that got added, which increased it nicely
List remaining items on ebay (only about 4 to do, I think) - all those were done - and all sold bar one (which is a party dress, so may go closer to Xmas):T
More decluttering! - masses of m-I-l's stuff decluttered. But have made a bit of progress on our stuff too. To be continued in Oct
Start Xmas preparations! :santa2: - nothing done other than checking out what I've already got and making a list.




I'm feeling a bit unfocussed at the mo, so will set some Oct Challenges in the hope of re-focussing me somewhat.


xx

greent

• Keep grocery spends to <£400 - still looking to run down some stocks/ not hold too much in advance of kitchen re-fit. But Oct does have 10 days of half term.......
• Lose 6lb - upped the ante slightly, even though Sept's target wasn't achieved
• Increase Florida Fund by £1250- I have a £1000 bonus which I know is coming, so that's cheating a bit
• List items on ebay as any are found in decluttering - currently have 3 to list from this week's decluttering
• More decluttering! - both here and m-I-l's. Want m-I-l's clear within next fortnight (other than any items which will be used to 'dress' it). Then needs redecorating, new carpets, new internal doors, new heating before marketing it
• Start Xmas preparations! :santa2: - get spreadsheet up to date and buy/ make presents for at least 2 people who aren't already completed!
• Only 1 takeaway (max!) to be purchased!!!

Secret_Saving_Squirrel

Well done for keeping so focused with everything you have going on. All the best to you all.x

greent

And just to get this up to date ready for Oct:


720. 3 bras - charity for women in Africa
721. 1 nail polish - binned
722. lots more paperwork shredded/ recycled
723. old mobile phone- donated to charity for recycling
724. several old mobile phone boxes and instructions - recycled
725. 3 vest tops with holes in - CS rag bag
726. 2 books - given to mum for her to read and pass on
727. 8 work shirts of OH's - CS ragbag
728. 5 polo shirts, 1 pr shorts. 3 prs trousers - passed on to school
729. load of broken slabs and bricks from behind garage taken to hardcore recycling at tip.
730. Clarins large washbag (GWP) - binned
731. huge vest top - recycled
732. lots of hotel and sample sized toiletries - used up
733. carrier bag full of clothes to charity
734. another huge pile of paperwork filed/ shredded/ recycled
735. gift bag, card and 3 small presents from stash - used for 3yo's party
736. 2 thank you cards from stash used (still have 2 left, plus a load of blanks which could be used instead)
737. 2 full carrier bags of 'stuff' to OP Christmas Child
738. Kenwood Chef bowl and recipe book - SOLD - ebay
739. Kenwood attachments - sold - ebay
740. Bulgari toiletry set - sold - ebay
741. half a dozen greetings cards from stash - CS
742. Pair of waterproof over trousers (bought for DD DofE) - sold - ebay
743. Manky football which has been living in the garden for a couple of years - binned
744. Paperback book - CS
745. About a dozen books - SOLD - Ziffit
746. lots of old PC boot disks/ burned audio disks - binned
747. some more paperwork - recycled/ shredded
748. cardigan - CS
749. lots of packaging used on ebay and ziffit (also sold a load of stuff for charity)
750. 2 virtually empty and dried up tins of paint - binned

smallholdingsister

Doing well. Don't forget to *relax*.

Cream_Tea

I'm pleased the funeral went well. Well done on weight loss as well not easy when you're as busy as you've been recently.

apple_muncher

How is Ds3 getting on at school?