June 2010, 80 payments to go............

tootallulah

Hello AL, so is retirement as good as it sounds? You are right I can do £5k a year I am lucky to have a good pension and some rental income. I might do a bit of consultancy too. Today I have been seduced by the world of Farrow and Ball paint pots blooming heck they are £3.99 each, eek! However once I have chosen a colour I can hopefully get at least one room painted over Easter.

tootallulah

It's snowing, that's right SNOWING. Blooming heck. Builder arriving at 9.00, meeting a friend for lunch and travelling to London this evening. I need to start recording my spends so today I will start. My aim is 10 NSDs a months, and five days of less that £5.00 per day. We shall see!

museumworker

Hello and good to see you posting again. How exciting and you can completely do it! And the tester pots are surely cheaper than making an expensive colour mistake

tootallulah

hi MW, I must stress that it is EARLY retirement.

Worst try at an NSD ever. I paid the builder £350, and spent £210 on paint. I am expecting the resulting decorating to transform my home into something that looks like a grown ups home. I want everything finishing by the end of September, sadly the list is quite long.

tootallulah

Food shopping £7.12. Gosh it is cold, I have just eaten soup had a bath and am off too bed - darlings the glamour. I am hoping for a sunnier week-end.

tootallulah

Two coffees £4.50, lunch £7.80, train tickets £64. I need to have a no spending day tomorrow I NEED NOTHING.

tootallulah

Warm and cosy indoors, snow bucketing down outside. My quince tree has blossomed, I think this definitely means no quinces this year all the blossom is frozen. I am going to finish a skirt I am making today and annoyingly I have to work tomorrow to do everyones year end appraisals etc. Still having the job done will be great. I have £212 left in the bank with ten days to pay day. I am aiming to have £150 left for an extra overpayment.

tootallulah

New Epson printer £59.99. I need a printer for working at home, and soon I won't have access to a work printer. Half price on Amazon so I am happy with that. Off to my brother's for lunch - lovely. The sun has just come out which makes all the world look shiny. I am really looking forward to a long week-end I do hope the snow has gone by then. I want to start my tomato seeds etc.

museumworker

SUN?? If you south londoners have stolen it all, please can we have a bit back?! Tis freezing north of the river.

Early retirement - message received loud and clear. Oh to be retiring at 35

tootallulah

We transpontine dwellers have the occasional moment in the sun MW, it is still very cold though. I can't sleep so I am geting up to go to work.