Countdown to Freedom

brizzledfw

And then perhaps someone could declutter my DD1s room....I would even pay them to do that!! And feed them wine..lots of it

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Morning, :eek::eek: no pennies at all to OP :eek::eek:

Out for dinner with friends this evening so it will a spendy day. Coming out of entertainment pot though

I need to grab something from the freezer for kids and lodger. I'm hoping to do some ironing on a couple of calls today as I am way behind. I hate having a backlog but it will get sorted. Taking clothes back very late afternoon so I may see my dining table again.

Right, off for a cuppa, have a good day, Tilly x x

brizzledfw

Have a nice dinner. I am out tomorrow..also out of a entertainment pot. Nice feeling to know its all budgeted for.

Good luck with the ironing!!! I have never managed that on a con call!! I must learn how to do that..maybe it's just a question of me talking less:rotfl:

Brizzle

Mortgage_Reduction_Novice

Enjoy your dinner with friends Tilly... I do like a good dinner party!

If anyone wants a ruthless decluttering session I can offer my services - MFW-mates rates available!

p.s. I didn't get champers or carrot cake in the end.

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Goodness, what a day - I am only just jumping in the shower, having ironing is finished so that was a good multi tasking session. At least it means I am not drifting off and reading emails.

Tilly

Polkadot_Dress

De lurking to say hi and thanks for the inspiration. I have been reading your thread avidly over the last few weeks and am hugely impressed!

Keep up the fantastic work!

Polkadot Dress x

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Morning Polkadot, what a great message for first thing. Thank you

I am just getting back up to speed as I had a few weeks in November of being quite off track. Fortunately all the :money: ways didn't desert me, so financially things were going well though.

If you are considering starting a diary, then my advice is jump right in and don't wait. It really does bring daily focus to your activities

Best wishes Tilly

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Morning, I have £80 left in my entertainment pot which gets topped up next week, so I am OPing it. No pennies to tidy up again :eek: my account is now too tidy . I may have to go back to having two lodgers as I miss my twice a week bigger OP. I am now starting to look for new lodgers - I may sound completely barking, but I love having more people here. How on earth will I cope when the kids go - more lodgers? Hopefully I will learn to cook smaller portions and enjoy some solitude occasionally - my happiest moments are cooking for hoards of people.

I have the local food bank box ready to deliver. I have been adding to the box each week, so have quite a haul now. I may be able to do that today. Kids have sorted some stuff for the refuge, clothes, toys and I am passing these to someone to hand in to the refuge. You can't just walk in the front door, so they will go via church. I don't mean to sound holier than thou, but I am pleased we are doing this. The kids have embraced it as well and things are so tough, I want to know that we are making a difference somewhere. Albeit small

I definitely need a cuppa now so have a great Friday, weather looks blinking cold but it is December. Roll on the shortest day and we start the slow journey to longer days, gardening, picking produce :T.

Tilly x

slowlyfading

*de-lurks* the box for the food bank sounds like a great idea - I'm going to have a go at that

unhappy_shopper

We are doing the shoebox for needy kids. All unwanted new stationery, small toys, child-oriented freebies and such goes into a box throughout the year and at Christmas gets put into shoeboxes and I hand it over to a person at work who collects them and sends to the Shoebox Appeal for Overseas kids.