A Budgeteers Quest to be Debt Free & Mortgage Free By 40

DedicatedDFW

jwil wrote: »

Again you've done loads!

I can't recommend a specific flask, but I'm with PG - go for one with a wide neck so you can take food as well as soups. I'm sure I've seen them recommended on here somewhere, but can't remember where. Maybe it is on the old style board? Otherwise I think amazon reviews are generally pretty good, so if one was getting very good reviews on there, I'd probably pick that one.

It's something I've always thought about getting too, but we do have a microwave at work so have never gotten round to it.

Hey hon :wave:

I didn't do anything yesterday i don't think Apart from getting extremely stressed at work - not good at all and gave me a terrible nights tossing and turning

I will pop onto the old style board and have a mooch but i have only been there once or twice. There were quite alot on amazon with good reviews and that kept contents hot for 24hours which i thought was good as i sometimes leave the house at 9 but get lunch at 3, 4 or 5pm.

DedicatedDFW

Mrs PG and jwil thanks for all the advice - just spent half an hour or so looking at all the reviews :think: In the end i was torn between 2 but went for the cute dedicated 'food' flask and it comes with its own little spoon which is great as i am bound to forget to take one It came down to 2 after i decided to follow PGs advice and go with a smaller one - especially as i need to carry it with me so no point carrying a huge weighty thing about unnecessarily

What was hard though was clicking on an item to find it didn't say how long things kept hot for - so these were quickly crossed off the list. Then with the 2 i really wanted the other one had no spoon and the main thing was (again with many others) no external dimensions so i didn't know if it had a wide lid or not. Plus it only mentioned, as did all the reviews, liquids so i thought for now i'll go with the one i've ordered but as PG said i can get 2 smaller ones so when i've enough vouchers i'll try the other one too

Right, dreaded work is looming large on the horizon there were no suitable jobs to apply for yesterday so again will look tonight when i get in - part of the reason i want an ipad is that if i saw something to apply for on the way home i'd have a decent uninterrupted hour to do so whereas my phone is just too small a screen for me to consider faffing about with important application letters And though i crave a simpler lifestyle i feel the ipad fits with that - small, sleek and helping me to get things done quickly - for me of course the simpler lifestyle isn't about not using technology but only using the gadgets that make our lives easier to manage and therefore give you more free time too

jwil

I'd like an ipad too

Glad you found a flask though

Hope today was better for you.

DedicatedDFW

jwil wrote: »

I'd like an ipad too

Glad you found a flask though

Hope today was better for you.

Thanks hon Struggling on lots of fronts at the moment to be honest

Yep, thinking of starting one of my change pots for an ipad - they didn't work out so well for me last time though - had to raid them for bills all the time

An ipad would also stop computer wars between me & my fella

Excited about my flask :T:T:T

DedicatedDFW

JUNE TARGETS

Pay off £1550 £1334 / £1550

Sort cardigans Done! Keeping 7 of 9 and 2 to be listed for sale

Sort jumpers Done! Keeping 13 of 15 so 2 to be listed for sale

Sort leggins Done! Keeping 10 pairs and 1 pair to be listed

Sort shorts Done! Keeping 4 pairs and 2 pairs to be listed

Sort skirts Done!

Sort outfits Done!

Sort long tops Done!

Sort long sleeve tops Done!

Sort t-shirts Done!

Sort vests Done!

Sort going out tops Done!

Sort jackets Done!



Sort dresses going out Done!

Sort dresses work Done!

Sort day dresses Done!

Sort coats Done!

Sort trousers Done!

Sort jeans Done!

Sort long skirts Done!

Sort boots Done!

Sort shoes Done!

Sort casual shoes Done!

Sort make-up Done! couple of items chucked and will only need to replace foundation when it runs out. Need to top up on cleansers etc with vouchers

List 150 new items 55/150



2 dresses to try on - and list if they do not fit Done! 1 to keep 1 to the selling pile

sunglasses to tidy away (in accessories storage) Done!

bags to sort out Done!

Hats Done!

Scarves Done!

Gloves Done!

Belts Done!

Jewellery

Hair Accessories Done! Very easy to do as i had a very thorough purge on these last time so all are in order and being kept

3 other things to sort 1 still to do - a dress - i found a few more things so its been alot more than 3

Copy all photo's and writing to external drive

Sort drawer of gardening stuff

Actually do the underwear drawers - no reason why not

DedicatedDFW

Gah! I'm getting nowhere with the rest of my list at all Am soo tired though when i get in and when i get up - feel like i'm dropping back into the sleep - work - sleep pattern with no energy to do anything else and also the sleep not really being sleep but more of a restless night of worry

Just realised for 2 days in a row i've listed habits i need to break: - comfort shopping (today it was food ) comfort eating (same as yesterday but at least the food hasn't had to be thrown out! And now a pattern of just spending the working week working which i know isn't good for me

I also need to stop moaning about things!

The thing is there's alot i'm not posting on here about stuff so i need to rant about a few things to let off a bit of steam

jwil

((hugs)) shout if you need to

InaPickle

Blimey Dedicated, you aren't half hard on yourself: I'm exhausted just reading what you've been up to! Please just be a bit easier on yourself, and that will take a lot of the stress off as you are massively productive but because you don't give yourself any credit for what you do, you're making yourself hugely stressed which is causing the not sleeping. Then you are tired, feel less productive...what's that, I hear you ask? Why, it's a vicious circle, of course!

Take your foot of the gas pedal a bit and I bet you will find that you're still zooming along, but just with more time to appreciate the view!

DedicatedDFW

InaPickle wrote: »

Blimey Dedicated, you aren't half hard on yourself: I'm exhausted just reading what you've been up to! Please just be a bit easier on yourself, and that will take a lot of the stress off as you are massively productive but because you don't give yourself any credit for what you do, you're making yourself hugely stressed which is causing the not sleeping. Then you are tired, feel less productive...what's that, I hear you ask? Why, it's a vicious circle, of course!

Take your foot of the gas pedal a bit and I bet you will find that you're still zooming along, but just with more time to appreciate the view!

Oh pickle you are a wise one

I do find it hard to switch off to be honest though. Hoping that will get better in time x

jwil

InaPickle wrote: »

Blimey Dedicated, you aren't half hard on yourself: I'm exhausted just reading what you've been up to! Please just be a bit easier on yourself, and that will take a lot of the stress off as you are massively productive but because you don't give yourself any credit for what you do, you're making yourself hugely stressed which is causing the not sleeping. Then you are tired, feel less productive...what's that, I hear you ask? Why, it's a vicious circle, of course!

Take your foot of the gas pedal a bit and I bet you will find that you're still zooming along, but just with more time to appreciate the view!

Well said

Hope you are feeling a bit better today DDFW