Aspirations of Frugality and Fun on the Road to Mortgage Freedom

DedicatedDFW

To Do List to Ta Da List for the weekend

1, Make new soup recipe

2, Minimum of 7 hours study

3, List 3 items on the bay of e

4, check if book should be listed or stashed in car boot pile

5, add 4 more meals to meal plan - already added 3 today so another 4 will be another weeks worth

6, Big walk with my Mr

7, Start next section of wardrobe declutter that i didn't get done before xmas

8, complete shopping list - checking ingredients to make sure not buying unnecessarily

9, check for recipes for 1/2 ingredients i bought before being told i didn't need to cook - both as no more ingredients to buy and as spent over £5

10, Try new jumper on

11, Extra big walk with my man

12, Set up bird feeder

Alchemilla

Just made a Cabernet Sauvignon from a beaverdale kit at £1.33 a bottle. It is our first red and it tastes like blackcherries. Delicious, not too sweet or too dry. Easy as getting into credit card debt!!

slowlyfading

Loving the look of your menu plan - may have to ask for some of your recipes!

Also, I'm glad you decided to sign up - it's a great motivator for saving

DedicatedDFW

Alchemilla wrote: »

Just made a Cabernet Sauvignon from a beaverdale kit at £1.33 a bottle. It is our first red and it tastes like blackcherries. Delicious, not too sweet or too dry. Easy as getting into credit card debt!!

Thanks for this Alchemilla - i'm put a query in about what a kit contains from a seller so hopefully i'll be good to go with this soon :beer:

I really appreciate any advice. And am excited at hopefully being able to cut back on the budget again

DedicatedDFW

slowlyfading wrote: »

Loving the look of your menu plan - may have to ask for some of your recipes!

Also, I'm glad you decided to sign up - it's a great motivator for saving

Aw thanks SF although i'm pretty sure i've thrown mostly easy stuff on there

Yes - in view of signing up i've been thinking about what extra i can do to make money

DedicatedDFW

Hi All,

Well it has been a thoroughly unproductive weekend I've not been too well this last couple of days - feeling flu-ey Hopefully its passed now.

I gave away 10 meals to family today - either made yesterday or from freezer - still it helps them out

I cooked another meal today - some left to freeze or for tomorrow.

I've been spending today too - a new dress, leggings, top and skirt :eek::eek::eek: £23 in total after huge discounts so not too bad and all from the comfort of my sofa - even better :T

I also expect i'll be spending in the next few days on the wine making kit - just awaiting a reply.

So lots to catch up on in the next couple of days.

I meant to say i haven't lost any weight - but i've not gained any either which is a good thing :T There are a couple of pieces of exercise equipment that i want to invest in when i can look into them too - they're maximum £25 so nothing too big but will hopefully help. I am going to a wedding in may so that is a good date for the first target i am aiming towards

Sold the book i listed :T

Going to read some diaries for some inspiration

pavlovs_dog

DedicatedDFW wrote: »

Thanks pavlovs_dog I am just not used to having spending money and know the logical thing to do is save it for months where we have a couple of nights out planned etc. + £20 week is a very small budget really. I am still getting used to not throwing all of the money at bills

What kind of things do you envisage spending it on? I have the same budget, but am a cheap date so it is ample for my needs and often builds up if I am too busy in work to have time to spend it.

DedicatedDFW wrote: »

I really enjoyed Amsterdam - have you been before ?

nope, first time for both of us. We have 4 and a bit days there. Any tips?

DedicatedDFW

Hi PD, my weekly spends is to cover all my toiletries, make-up, new clothes, shoes, bags, accessories, meals out, days out, nights out, theatre tickets, gig tickets - basically any tickets to events as well as what i'll need to spend whilst i'm there, hairdresser normally comes a bit out of this and a bit from extra money i try and make and weekends away and any additional travel expenses these incur. Think thats most of the things this is for :eek:

Alchemilla

If you like beer you can get a tour of the Grolsh factory. Claim it is your birthday if they ask!!
Botanical gardens are fab.

DedicatedDFW

I have had more hours in bed than i care to think of - lots and lots of broken sleep but i do feel rested.

I now want to achieve something today so i will be doing one of mini tasks of study until complete this section, wash pots, move 1 xmas present not yet homed - then back here for a break / catch up

Weather is horrid here today - completely overcast x