Gallygirl's "A journey of 121,226.67 pounds begins with a single penny" diary

Goldiegirl

I've found it quite difficult to balance my funds between longer term savings and immediate access.


My instinct is to 'lock' money away for higher interest, but I don't want to get to a point where I decide to book a holiday and I haven't got the readies available.


I'll be looking at it again in April, after we get back from our holidays.


But I love my 123 account for easy access savings


I think the sale of the car is one of those bittersweet things. It's good, as it fits in with your plans, but a little bit sad as well, as we get fond of our cars (or maybe that's just me!:rotfl:)


PS, I love that London place too....... we've generally visited about 3 - 4 times a year, and hope to carry on doing that, as there's a lot of museums I want to go to

Karmacat

I'm loving the faux-Mulberry bags :rotfl: as well as the thoughtfulness about which accounts to stash the money in. Good for you! Mindful money ...

gallygirl

Goldiegirl wrote: »

I think the sale of the car is one of those bittersweet things. It's good, as it fits in with your plans, but a little bit sad as well, as we get fond of our cars (or maybe that's just me!:rotfl:)

It's the first time in over 30 years I haven't owned a car .

DS has emptied loft of it's random treasures, most of which were his .

My children have stolen my garden :eek::eek::eek:.

coldcazzie

gallygirl wrote: »

Etc etc, etc, sore brain and so on :rotfl:.

My brain feels like that after debating where to put the pennies too.

gallygirl

coldcazzie wrote: »

My brain feels like that after debating where to put the pennies too.

We should be ashamed of ourselves when there are so many people on here losing sleep over really having to juggle money to pay bills etc. Very much a first world problem!

coldcazzie

gallygirl wrote: »

We should be ashamed of ourselves when there are so many people on here losing sleep over really having to juggle money to pay bills etc. Very much a first world problem!

Perhaps. But we're all living in our own reality, and have to deal with the problems our reality presents to us. Playing the "oh but X person is so much worse off than me so I should just shut up" isn't really helpful, cuz there's always someone who's worse off, and them being worse off doesn't change your problems that you need to deal with. All you can do is try to make the best decisions that you can with the reality you're faced with, and not compare yourself to others, because their reality is not yours

Not easy though

Edited to add: I'm not saying ignore or play down other people's challenges, but don't play down your own either

Karmacat

Well said, cold cazzie

gallygirl

I agree, but a bit of perspective helps calm me down .

Decluttering Friday night's curry for dinner

Secret_Saving_Squirrel

I am never quite sure where decluttering ends and just using thins up begins.....

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Gally, the boots have died:eek::eek::eek::eek:

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