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

tootallulah

It is at the point it looks worse than when I started, nice to see you Greent. Today I am not leaving the house until all the fabric boxes are either unpacked or have a new home and I have labelled them so I know what I have. I also need to get back on Ebay as I need to clear my London flat ready for it being rented out.

greent

tootallulah wrote: »

It is at the point it looks worse than when I started, nice to see you Greent. Today I am not leaving the house until all the fabric boxes are either unpacked or have a new home and I have labelled them so I know what I have. I also need to get back on Ebay as I need to clear my London flat ready for it being rented out.

Ahhhh - *that* stage! Inevitably my husband always walks in on me if I'm doing something at just *that* stage - and then asks why it looks worse than before I started!!:eek::rotfl:

Good luck with ebay - I seem to remember you had some good success before? The swines now take 10% (I think) of your postage price as well as your sale price

tootallulah

I genuine HATE selling on ebay but needs must, sadly I still love buying..........

I spent £4.56 today on fruit and veg. For the next four months I am living on what I will receive as my pension, I hope to do plenty of consultancy but I also need a bit of training on sticking to a budget. From Monday I will be back to my £10.00 a day challenge. One change is that I have weaned myself off my morning coffee, Cafe Nero changed the coffee and I didn't like the new brand so I gave it up.

Still creating my sewing space.......................

Anna_Glypta

tootallulah wrote: »

For the next four months I am living on what I will receive as my pension, ...

Hi Tootallulah, Just dropping in to say hello and that I think that's a really good idea and one that I am going to adopt as soon as the mortgage is done and dusted - hopefully in a couple of month's time - fantastic incentive to see if it can be done! Good luck - AG :-)

tootallulah

Skips in "14 weeks to go, la, la, la". Okie dokey. I have £50in my purse, it is very heavy as they are from my pound coin stash, £202.34 in the bank and two weeks until pay day. And I retire in 14 weeks time so it really is a count down. I also paid £350 off my mortgage this morning and I am loving the round numbers.

Today I am making a rag doll for a friend who is collecting her adopted daughter from China in two weeks time. Great to have some positive news in hideous January.

museumworker

I'm on the countdown too, only 16.5 weeks til mat leave starts :eek: :j:j! Am sure it will fly by. Not sure I could contain myself if I was retiring!!

Ragdoll sounds like a lovely and thoughtful gift.

My office (which is the room am concentrating on in Jan) is currently at *that stage* too. Sigh.

tootallulah

Oh the excitement MW - what good news. £90.89 in the bank, I forgot it was insurance payment time, 11 days until pay day. £50 in pound coins still intact. Also I remembered my £10.00 "emergency" money in my bus pass.

gallygirl

museumworker wrote: »

I'm on the countdown too, only 16.5 weeks til mat leave starts :eek: :j:j!.

Note to self - you'll have less jaw dropping moments if you look to see who has posted before reading the post :eek:

Thought I was going to have to start knitting toots :rotfl:

tootallulah

And it would have been a divine intervention too!

tootallulah

In the bank £65.20, in pound coins 43, emergency £10.00 still intact. Pay day is ten days away now I am determined not to be over drawn, there is no need but it will be a close run thing. I am expecting some expenses so they may save the day.

Going to work and living on the pension sum is not easy but I really think work hoovers up unnecessary spending so perhaps that will be easier once I have retired. Odd thing is that I have an interview for a job on Friday......................