Aspirations of Frugality and Fun on the Road to Mortgage Freedom

DedicatedDFW

Banking all done. I have a payment to make in the next few days but suspect it will be too early to do it now so have diaried that one.

I have gone through a pile of receipts to check transactions and returns and all are correct so that is a job done :T:T

I also have a pile of correspondence to go through so will start on that next.

Did i mention the gutter savings and the loft savings? I have double checked and these will hit target first week of October :T

I will then move on to saving for a new hoover - this one really is no good now and hasn't been for a long time. This will be the larger amount to save so £300 is the target and £100 target for the new gate as the smaller amount to save. My Mr has agreed to the gutters :T hopefully that will mean he will pay half so there should be some left in that pot to pay towards the other needs / jobs. I say some as i am budgeting £500 but with any work i've ever had done there has always been something extra that has needed to be sorted out and therefore paid for. Hoping this won't be the case but there should at least be some contingency :T

Appointment for further tests at end of the month and it cannot come soon enough - of course there is the wait after that for the results but this is usually only a week and then hopefully i can get my medication re-set and have a bit more oomph!

Ok, garment to move, receipts to shred. Paperwork 1 to start

DedicatedDFW

Item moved. 2 more receipts found all receipts shredded. tokens i've been carrying round for months finally put in right place Upstairs bins all emptied. Bag of new tights moved - yes a whole bag of them :eek::o - ultra thick winter ones, smart thinner ones and evening ones. Make-up applied, breakfast half-eaten, important e-mail sent, several messages replied too, screened out of another survey, quick read on here, 1 piece of correspondence dealt with.

Next: hang up 2 x garments, 1 piece of correspondence. Commence operation veg rescue

Cheery_Daff

I'm very impressed at your industriousness But, er, at some point are you going to eat the other half of your breakfast?? :rotfl:

Karmacat

Brekkie

You're a whirlwind, DDFW! Remember to listen out for the doorbell too, for those pesky delivery people

DedicatedDFW

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

I'm very impressed at your industriousness But, er, at some point are you going to eat the other half of your breakfast?? :rotfl:

You'll be pleased to hear its all been snaffled now cheery Except for the cuppa coffee that i seem to be eeking out - very frugal The thing with breakfast was i had to get up early for the whole day window of time the people coming needed and i was too tired to eat brekkie so it got a bit dragged out

DedicatedDFW

Karmacat wrote: »

Brekkie

You're a whirlwind, DDFW! Remember to listen out for the doorbell too, for those pesky delivery people

It must've been about the time of your post that they came KC - we don't have a doorbell so i really needed to listen out for them - still all been and done now :T Then i rushed off to complete some errands for family - which i'd offered to do and then got the days all messed up but it worked out in the end and all completed now :T

Other jobs completed were: ironing, throwing away a very old pj top - the bin was the only thing it was good for veg was rescued, 3 lots of correspondence dealt with, 2 items hung up, top of worktop cleared, cooked lunches ready for next couple of days, pots washed, dried and moved, urgent e-mail responded to, several hundred (maybe a slight exageration) phone calls made and still not got to speak to the right department, further urgent e-mail dealt with. new correspondence opened, bay of e parcels packaged and posted and thats about it!

Going to try and do a bit more now as i need to do the food shop later as wasn't able to combine this with family errands :cool:

next:- 3 items hung up, 1 more piece of correspondence dealt with, file away other vouchers that were mixed in with post

Hope all are good xx

slowlyfading

Oh my goodness me, you've been so busy! I need some of your motivation, please

DedicatedDFW

brizzledfw wrote: »

:eek::eek:

Was the surprise present worth it then?;)

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Sorry I missed this earlier brizzle - no present as yet x not to worry am sure something will be sorted out at some point x

DedicatedDFW

slowlyfading wrote: »

Oh my goodness me, you've been so busy! I need some of your motivation, please

Throws some your way SF to be honest its just been a case of needs must as I am just so busy with work & trying to keep on top of the house stuff that I do what I can when I can x

DedicatedDFW

Hello all

I am so very tired - i really must get some energy from somewhere ! Mostly i think its all connected with tweaking medication and nothing at all can be done with that until an accurate reading can be taken following end of month tests - earliest opportunity for those too as i have to have been taking new medication for a certain amount of time. Plodding on it is then

I have kept on top of the pots - a constant battle, as well as feeding me and my Mr

Got through another piece of correspondence as intended the other day and hung up 3 garments :T 2 were a pain as really they are for folding into a drawer or on a shelf - but i only have a wardrobe :eek: problem solved by folding, bagging and hanging over a hanger :T

Today has been a very long day in work followed by my first attendance at the language class - which was very :eek: - it is going to be tough (at absolute most basic beginners level ) but i have heard good reports about this place and am all enroled so i will go with it i never expected it to be easy - but perhaps didn't anticipate it being this hard either :rotfl: - i mean its beginners right? Seriously though, was good, hard work, but good and the time flew by :T

Still not got hold of the place i needed to speak to yesterday, add to that not getting hold of the place i need to speak to today and it has been a busy day of work and calls and new class.

I also got in touch with an old friend today, life seems to be good for them which is nice to hear and typing this reminds me i ran into a much older friend last week too and life is also good for them which is always nice to hear

Right bed beckons - night all x