Pay off mortgage and start having fun!

newgirly

Eek, I went to mr t last night and spent the last of the budget, bar £1 I think may have to borrow a bit to get through to weds.

Weather is rubbish here today, where is the summer? I'm wearing winter boots and. Jumper for today's BBQ

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Enjoy your winter BBG newgirly! Its grey and non-summer like here too!!

Good luck with your new tactic/plan - sounds like you have thought it through! good luck on stretching the pound in your budget to next week too!

skint_spice

Summer is up here! Wall to wall sunshine for a couple of weeks now - not like Scotland at all:D

newgirly

Glad someone is having some sun, its freezing here! BBQ was nice but started with mum wearing her quilted long coat and ended up indoors as it was too cold.
I have left overs though :T sausages, bit of chicken , bean salad and a bottle of red :beer:

I should be having a look back a last weeks to do list to see how far I got but I don't want to I know I should have done lots of de cluttering which I didn't get round to. This week I thought I might do it the other way round and post what I have done in a list at the end of every day.

pammyj74

I have got so much to do on my to do list, I keep ignoring it and saying I will do it next weekend, then next weekend...

We were a bit overcast this morning in the midlands but the sun came out this afternoon thankfully, did get the grass cut but havent finished the weeding halfajob Pam!

newgirly

Hi Pammy , thanks for popping in

I spent hours last night doing an online shop ready for when I can use the cc on weds, I used the supermarket comparison site and mr s came out cheapest. £170 spent on basics , nearly all value stuff but I have decided to order an organic fruit and veg box from riverford as well, and get a couple of bits from the butcher round the corner who is great but I never use. I probably won't get he veg box each week but thought one or two a month would be nice, plus decent stuff in the supermarket is getting dear anyway, the other day I bought a bag with 5 red apples in at mr t and the price was missing, when I checked the receipt they were £3.25. :eek:

Only 4 exams left for dd this week then she is free until sept. what am I going to do with her! She wants to get a summer job, but is not 16 yet, so all her friends have a bit of a head start.:cool: I guess she may end up going in with dh to help out hopefully.

newgirly

Freezing here today , I have been sorting through what needs buying out of my grocery and everything else budget this month.

£600 in

£153 sainbugs shop
£70 petrol
£50 towards Disney next yr
£23.70 fruit boxes x2
£22 birthday decorations,banners and candles for dd's 16th
£15 cake
£15 balloons
£30 birthday stocking fillers
£40 party crisps/nibbles/sweets
£30 prescription dog food
£150 fresh food/meat/bread/snacks and milk.

£1.30 left.:o

It's also the twins birthday , all presents are now covered just a treat to plan and pay for :eek:

I should be paying more towards the trip next year but its a bit tight this month.

newgirly

After a very busy day yesterday for some reason I decided to start decorating the living room last night. It a big job as its a through living/dining room/conservatory as well and is about 36 ft long with a fish tank in the way. now I am wishing I hadn't started, I think that's the whole week gone now!

I am doing it on the cheap, magnolia and re using some deep purple for the fireplace we already had, plus a huge bright canvas from the DIY store for £5 in the ale reduced from £30.

Off to get on with it again, sorry for not catching up on diaries lately, hope everyone is ok

Peonie

Your decorating plans sound good. Can you come and do mine when you've finished?

CathT

The decorating will be worth it. I pay to have it done (not very MSE I know) but I always wish I hadn't started and don't quite finish it off to a decent standard!