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Pippilongstocking

Paid the housekeeping money to the CC £200

Spends yesterday reduced stuff £8.97 - sugar, dog treats, soup, bread, salad, bits and bobs that filled the cupboards. Our local COOP has a good hiding at the back reduced section with all sorts of stuff.

Weekly wages not in. Must transfer uni money to kids this week.

starnac

Sounds positive then. Hopefully you'll find out if you have hours over the winter soon too.

You do walk a lot. Have you tried tracking what you eat? I find for me it's as simple as only having one biscuit instead of two (or three) with a cup of tea or not finishing off the kids leftovers, rather than a radical diet overhaul.

Pippilongstocking

Yeah starnac I think that's a plan I started using myfitnesspal - steps today (at work) 14713

I'm finding it hard to get a balance as I'm out all day and rabid hungry when I get home.

Shhh don't say this you know I'm not much of a consumer but I'd even thought about a fitbit type thing to help me.

Don't know I want to spend so much but I've heard good things about them. I don't mind spending money if it's an investment.

starnac

I use myfitnesspal. Between you and me *whispers* I've heard good things about the Fitbit too. I have been eyeing them up but then DH bought me a gps watch for Christmas but gave it to me to use during the half marathon and I may have *forgotten* to give it back.

Get it on your Christmas list

Pippilongstocking

Shh. Turns out my pal has 20% off a certain retailer u til Thursday and there's also £15 off sports gear like this.

So I could get one for £64

I've just heard I'm due an anniversary present.......And I hear ts Christmas somewhere o the planet right?!

starnac

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

Shh. Turns out my pal has 20% off a certain retailer u til Thursday and there's also £15 off sports gear like this.

So I could get one for £64

I've just heard I'm due an anniversary present.......

Even better. I'm sure if I remember rightly 2nd wedding anniversary is either cotton or electronic exercise recording devices

rtandon27

I hear electronic devices are very a la mode for 2nd anniversaries

Pippilongstocking

He he he ladies. I heard that too.

A solution has presented itself. As life always does. Thank you universe.

You're amazing.

Good morning world. I have a semi-day-off.

Which is a day at home doing some of my other job but no outside in a barn for 6 hours.

Pippilongstocking

Fly lady today.

Today I want you to spend 15 minutes getting rid of anything that does not belong in your living room. Things that have gotten thrown in a corner, on a chair, or even the floor. If you have children get them involved. Make it a family game with the timer. If you do not have any kids set the timer for yourself! You should only declutter for 15 minutes, and when the timer goes off sit down and breathe.

I've a duck carcass (reduced) on the stove bubbling away to make stock. yesterdays we scoffed the last of the soup I made on monday. Darn it for making it so tasty.

Must ferret through the fridge and do some tidying up/freezing of anything looking sorry for itself and must make another batch of pasta/courgette/tomato sauce. The courgettes still cometh.

Pippilongstocking

PS flat viewing went well. Guy is downloading home report.

Paid so put £100 into uni accounts for the theiving berstewards.



Just updating work spreadsheets and doing banking.