Only freedom will do

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Time for a Juliet update for all the virtual aunties and uncles

How did the registration go? Does she drop to sleep when taken for a walk? How's Mrs E doing and what's on the menu this weekend?

Truly when I had DD and DS we either had a takeaway or a HM frozen meal for the first two weeks. I'm mightily impressed that you're cooking real meals.

Take care.

Tilly x

Our posts have crossed x

edinburgher

Registration was absolutely fine, Glasgow has a fantastic registration office (they even have little booths to park prams in!) She behaved herself when we were in town and made a great impression on my work colleagues. I was less impressed when she required a full change as the result of an errant nappy, but what's a girl to do when she has to go? :rotfl:

She sleeps well in the pram and in the car and is usually so contented that she falls asleep when you try to wind her (baby massage?)

Mrs E is happy and feels useful and was also receiving compliments about her appearance after less than a fortnight. Frankly I think this is a load of sexist nonsense. That said, the compliments were all from other women, so hey ho!

Tonight we are having deep fried confit pork (health food alert!) served on a salad of shredded carrot with a honey and yuzu dressing and wholewheat noodles. Tomorrow we will be having boiled beef (nicer than it sounds, you simmer brined boiling beef for 3-4 hours (until it melts!) with carrots, onions and aromatics), the next day we'll be having Italian style meatballs using leftover boiling beef and spaghetti.

Next to no food shopping planned this weekend, my orange sticker binge in the runup to the birth is paying dividends.

Karmacat

Wonderful stuff! I'm happy that you're all happy

edinburgher

Oh Lord, I have become Alex! I did not, repeat, did not spend £145 on a bottle of whisky

Goldiegirl

NorthernMonkey1 wrote: »

Because it skews your calculations in a way that makes them less useful.

Compare person 1 who has a 400k house, and no savings, and person 2, who has a 150k house and 250k savings.

Person 1 is in no position to retire, he has no cash, so has to continue to work. Person 2 is in a position to possibly reduce hours, reduce work or whatever he wants.

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Person 1 could downsize their house to release capital, and then be in the same position as person 2

slowlyfading

edinburgher wrote: »

Oh Lord, I have become Alex! I did not, repeat, did not spend £145 on a bottle of whisky :D

Really...? and yum to the food!

edinburgher

slowlyfading wrote: »

Really...? and yum to the food!

The food was so blinking good, well worth the days it took to make

The whisky is borderline collectable, one of the top tiers as scored by a respected critic and was put in the barrel over 30 years ago.

Planning to keep it until FI, or to sell in 10-15 years time to speed up FI :beer:

edinburgher

Excuses aside, it feels like I have gotten very lax about keeping on top of the family finances. We ended last month about £400 in the red and while it can be recouped from other sources, it's not really good enough. In addition to longer term goals, we do want to move house in the not too distant future, not just become one of those couples that talks about moving house for years but never does

So, time for a bit of life admin. I will:

• Stop using the credit card until all payments have cleared
• Balance up all MB payments in and out of our main current account
• Not make any splurgy purchases in the near future
• Try to use cash until our bank accounts reach equilibrium
• Send off the Child Benefit application form
• Start a long overdue spending diary
• Bag up any change that I can and pay this in at the bank

I am already horrified (sorry, but I am) with the environmental impact of having a child. We have doubled our rubbish and recycling, trebled our laundry and car use and spent ££££ more on items that I consider to be bad for the planet in the last month or so.

Determined that we don't add financial indiscipline to my list of crimes! :eek:

Alchemilla

turtlemoose wrote: »

OH is 39 and has only this year started payi to a pension, I've nagged him to set it at 5% (if he doesn't he just pays proportionately more CSA. Either way he can't have the money now, so why not have the money later rather than not at all!?).

You want him to put money in his pension instead of paying it as child support?:eek:

Ed how did the colleague decide on £1.50?

edinburgher

[STRIKE]It is the equivalent of a fortnight's wages in Glasgow[/STRIKE]

I believe that it was what she had in her back pocket after popping out for lunch