Pay off mortgage and start having fun!

mrsp1987

newgirly wrote: »

The posher end of town currently has 4 bed semis for £830k and 5 bed detached for £1.5 m :eek:

I know things have gone a bit crazy in the house market in this part of the country, .

:eek::eek::eek: Where abouts do you live?!?

CathT

Well done on the exercise newgirly, getting started is the hardest bit. I really enjoyed 'gone girl' and also have the book here to read. I really should make time to finish my current one and start on it.

We aren't vegetarian butfrom a health point of view we are all easting less meat and the meals are just as enjoyable. We have had the odd comment off dd of 'where's the chicken?' but none of us feel deprived of meat! Part of me wants to cut it out completely for me.

Also, since we started juicing, dh seems happy to add spinach to most meals! Did you manage to acquire the nutribullet?

newgirly

mrsp1987 wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek: Where abouts do you live?!?

Nowhere that thrilling :rotfl: an Essex town in an east London borough with very good train links/schools.

Morning cath, i didn't bother with the nutri bullet as I didn't real like the juice so much when I borrowed mums , but was happy to eat the raw veg/fruit.

My lot all eat meat, I've been veggie since 11 so it's not something I think about really, going vegan for a month was just a way of forcing myself to eat just healthy stuff, I can't wait for march though, I hope by them I am more into a routine and can add a few treats back in (although I am having a small bit of vegan chilli chocolate everyday now actually )
You are lucky to have open minded family that will eat minus the meat, my dh is usually most unimpressed if it's veggie, apart from quorn chilli as its so similar apparently. if you can get away with it its so much cheaper to eat veggie

Dh off to Wembley to get the bed today, I am debating tube or car to go to the vintage fair. Don't often drive into London but it is a Sunday so would be easier and save us the fares.

Still in bed so the early ironing did not get done!

Pushkin

newgirly wrote: »

Still in bed so the early ironing did not get done!

Very glad to hear it as it would put me to shame :cool:We are about to go out for the day and I will be ironing when we get home or (unfortunately more likely) panic ironing whats needed for Monday tomorrow morning!

newgirly

Hope you had a nice day Pushkin

Ironing now done, we had a great morning at the fair, nothing bought and it was more ladies clothes than anything else so we did not stay long (not really ds2's thing ) we were right across the road from the V&A museum of childhood so popped in there afterwards, dd wanted lunch there until we saw it was £8 for a sarnie, can and a packet of crisps on their "deal" :eek: so I bought them a mr t meal deal for £3 next to where we parked. (I took a packed lunch for me).

Great place though and retro video games consoles that the boys own on display.

Total spends: £6 entrance fee
£6 kids lunch and drinks
£5 ish petrol?

Dh had a nightmare collecting the bed as ideas electric charge point was out of order in Wembley so he had to find another one nearby. The bed is a flipping wreck :eek::eek: bits missing, rusty in places, battered finials, very chipped paint job. But dd loves it :rotfl: we will have to some serious renovation, dh obviously doesn't get why we would want it and is convinced the seller just found t dumped at the side of the road :rotfl: I have a vision though , and it is proper cast iron and very old.

Already had a nice hot bath and have tea and cat, are watching legend (again) tonight with ds2 tonight who has not seen it, you can't go wrong watching Tom hardy as a weekend treat :smileyhea

May also do some financial updating tonight as this is supposedly a mortgage free wannabe diary.

mrsp1987

newgirly wrote: »

Nowhere that thrilling :rotfl: an Essex town in an east London borough with very good train links/schools.

I should have figured it would be somewhere down south. I'm in Shropshire and where I live house prices don't usually get anywhere near those sorts of figures unless they come with a swimming pool and 10 acres of land :rotfl:

newgirly wrote: »

May also do some financial updating tonight as this is supposedly a mortgage free wannabe diary.

It's still very nice to hear about your life as well. I think if you're going to follow one of these journeys you want to know about the person you are following. It's not just about the pounds and pence after all

newgirly

Ha ha I wish we had land and a swimming pool, just a mid terrace with a small garden :rotfl: I love reading other people's diaries, but always feel mine is so dull and repetitive

Successful day today, ate 140 calls under budget, did Zumba and didn't die, watched X files :j not bad for a cold windy Monday

AlexLK

Sell the house and move north, you'd get a much, much nicer place for c.£400,000.

:rotfl: So is mine, re. diary. In fact, mine is more a place to rant ... . Having said that it does motivate to bother with the savings, I'd have give up long ago if I weren't on here thinking I ought make some savings.

newgirly

Up north might might make our commutes a bit long :rotfl:

Feel very exhausted today, have eaten more cals than I should but healthŷ stuff. I've decided to start having dairy again but cut cals a bit more. Was on 1650 but might try 1400. Just being veggie should make it easier.

Beautiful irregular choice shoes arrived, "future ladybug" in metallic red :smileyhea mum and dad are getting them for my birthday next month , plus they were half price :T

Mr t delivery coming tonight, without bags 40p saved , and the 9-10pm slot so it's only £1 delivery mid week is always cheaper and if I get food at the weekend they eat it even quicker.

newgirly

:jfrozen avocado has arrived! if it's good it could work out very mse :money: