Countdown to Freedom

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Morning, lodger money OPd, no shrapnel to OP. No cooking whatsoever this week due to batch cooking frenzy this weekend. Free movie this evening :T

The Tilly band need to sort the garage again. Half of it acts as a larder and every couple of months or so it needs a sort out. Will have a go at fitting this in tomorrow evening.

Have a great week. I have committed not to spend anything until the weekend. I have a secret mortgage balance goal to achieve by end of this year so am on a mission :rotfl: Unlikely to achieve but gives me something to aim for.

Best wishes Tilly x

nattypants

I have every faith that you will achieve your 'end of year' goal:A

cotswoldaccountant

Always good to have a goal, especially a secret one! Lucky you with no cooking to do - I spent the entire weekend cooking, but it was for guests and sadly there are no leftovers!!

CA

ammonite

Bit late to the party but I can't understand people who say they have no money but swan around in £200 dresses and coats. I struggle to spend £20 on a dress!

Good luck with your secret goal. I have a not so secret goal which involves saving another £400 and not using any of my savings but I don't think its going to happen unless I have a lottery (which I dont do!) win!

Mortgage_Reduction_Novice

I have no secrets, no goals but one hell of a mission!

gallygirl

I have a secret goal too . It's so secret I don't even know how I'm going to achieve it :rotfl:.

ajmoney

ammonite wrote: »

Bit late to the party but I can't understand people who say they have no money but swan around in £200 dresses and coats. I struggle to spend £20 on a dress!

I don't wear £200 dresses and coats most of the time but I do have some very nice dresses around the £100 mark. However I never buy myself anything and they get worn on a regular basis and last so I don't mind too much. I have a lot of friends who treat themselves very regularly to clothes and because they don't necessarily cost much they don't notice but I reckon they spend more than me through the year! I am trying to go to different shops to cut my costs but haven't found much I like which has had a good effect...I haven't bothered buying anything.

SJ1

I do the same, I tend to buy slightly more expensive stuff but I will get comments from people about how nice something is, and occasionally it's something that I bought after my son was born (9 years ago :eek:).

I too have tried cheaper places and it has the same effect on me, I haven't bought anything at all....:rotfl:

SJ

moneycurious

I actually like shopping cheap - often i will wear a "supermarket dress" and jazz it up with heels and people always comment on how nice it looks - plus you can guarentee that no one else will have it on!!!
I do like to push the boat out with jeans though as i am a funny shape, long legs, small waist and child bearing hips!!!

Cheap shopping can be as good as expensive shopping - but knowing me id trash the dearer one first!!

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Evening, Mr T was only saying yesterday that he hasn't had any new clothes, at all, since we were in the US in October last year :rotfl: I felt so bad but not bad enough to buy him anything :T. Please bear in mind that he has more clothes than I do

NSD and in the office. Sorely tempted by choc machine but no purse means no money, means no snack machine :T

I actually still have some clothes from when my daughter was born and she's 16 now . Classical cut and lovely fabric so makes sense as they don't date, like MoneyCurious I just jazz up with scarves, jewellery etc.

Another interesting conversation today. One of my male colleagues loves shoes. He regales us with tales of his shopping adventures in a way which I cannot do justice but then moans about the credit card bill. I suggested he save up and buy them with cash, I knew I should have kept quiet when I saw the look of horror cross his face :rotfl: Mr Ts last pair of shoes was bought about 4 years ago :rotfl: sorry too many smiley faces but I was helpless with laughter.

I have to keep the goal secret as Mr T doesn't know yet and he reads my diary

Off to the movies for a free night out.

Have a god evening Tilly x