gratefulforhelp's austerity measures

gratefulforhelp_2

£1.40 a litre here.

Been reading India Knight's thrift book-my fav chapter is the last one on emotional thrift, so true,unfashionable, but true.

Followed this with reading Elspeth Thompson's wonderful weekend book, which is lovely but if one followed all her suggestions it would cost about 10k.

I'm all about gratitude today,so...

1. My children (all 3) were exemplary this morning in town.
2. Puppy is so beautiful,my heart leaps when I look at her, and she's becoming a respectable citizen - apart from her electrical works.
3. I am gradually winning the battle to populate the garden with herbs, and flowers in white and blue.

CathT

I've heard a lot about this India Knight book, think I may have to read it too.

cha97michelle

I confess, I have wanted that book for ages. I requested it on read it swap it but no-one wanted to swap. It has been on there so long, that when earthie an museumworker mentioned it the other day my finger clicked on amazon and it is now on my kindle. There goes some more of my hard earned credit, but I guess i earned it.

Lois_E

I've never heard of it.
What's it about? And what's the emotional thrift bit about, in particular?

gratefulforhelp_2

Some of the other MFWs were reading it. I will give you the gist later.

Off to Taunton,haircut (both of them!).

M and S dine in is back.

gratefulforhelp_2

So emotional thrift...

her contention is that we are all up to here in self help books and consequently have entitlement complexes and a conviction that if we are not continually blethering away about our problems then we are repressed or something.

Instead we should live in gratitude for what we have and try to get over problems without wallowing, because, and this is the harsh bit, its really not that interesting.

Stiff upper lip, basically.

Got haircut, lunch in pizza express, got dine in deal for tomorrow (not sure the wine will last!), bought some henna in lush and the girls a bath bomb each, and ordered the school uniforms from M and S online (20% off plus extra loyalty points). Spendy day.

DH, from his inheritance, has paid off £24,000 from the mortgage. New totals appearing in siggy!

*Jellie*

I'd forgotten that chapter. Will have to reread it soon as I think there is truth for me to learn there! Thanks for reminding us of it.

Totals are looking great!

gratefulforhelp_2

Busy day, and NSD.

We have scaffolding up, and the roofers have started. Met with the guy who is doing the shower room. DH is marking, DD1 is back to school, her report was storming. DD2 has gone gallivanting with her grandparents.

Puppy is all goodness today - I dropped a biscuit on the floor and she stood and looked at it, didn't touch it 'til I said ok.

Exercise done for today, checked on kids' investments. DH has to set up bare (or bear?) trusts so they don't pay tax.

I need to ring up and confirm glass order for internal window.

*Jellie*

Wow- so busy my head is swimming just reading about it!

gratefulforhelp_2

Teehee, jellie.

Ballet done, got DD1 a back protector and new johdpurs, DH bought me flowers (happens about once a year) been to a fun day at the sort of farming supermarket. Stroked exmoor and dartmoor ponies and Mist who is a celebrity border collie(!!).

DH is marking. I slipped on a highly polished floor at ballet and dropped carseat with baby in it. He seems ok.