Make do, Mend and Minimise in 2015

cheerfulness4

Congratulations on paying off that CC, Misstara.
:T:T:T:j:j:j Feels good, doesn't it?!

Hope the meds help you feel better, kitty. You take that type of thing very well, keeping cheerful through it.
Also hope things go well with you and yours Howmuch, too.

Can't wait to get stuck into my knitting and my movie but catching up with food posts first.

SAT 28 MAR
DAY 28

Money Spent Today - £1.37 Vouchers Spent - £0
Money Spent in Total - £79.16 Vouchers Spent in Total - £8.80
Money left in purse - £4.84 Float left- £0/£15
Jan non-foods left- £2.90/£15

Just bought milk @ 88p and an iceberg lettuce at 49p today.

SUN 29 MAR
DAY 29

Money Spent Today - £7.62 Vouchers Spent - £0
Money Spent in Total - £86.78 Vouchers Spent in Total - £8.80
Money left in purse - £0.22 Float left- £0/£15
Jan non-foods left- £0/£15

Whipped to Morries for a few bits. Got 1 x milk @ 88p, 1x YS bag of salad @ 9p, 1kg of chicken breasts @ £3.99, 1kg+ of bananas @ 74p, 1 x sweet potato @ 32p and 1 x YS joint of lamb @ £2.55 (reduced from £8.69!)

We also bought from the non-foods budget 1x 6pk dbl length loo rolls @ £1.95. I decided to use the remaining 95p in the non-foods budget to supplement the grocery budget today.

Off for some knitting now while the garden dries out for further cleaning and clearing. Love this time of year.

silvasava

Why can't I get my photo to appear? I've copied & pasted the URL & all I get is the 'picture' logo

cheerfulness4

She's gorgeous, Silva. I'd never want to put her down.

cheerfulness4

OOh I meant cuddle, not that type of put down. (just to clarify!):eek:


Okay, I'm not crazy. There was a sweet, wee puddy cat here a moment ago. Silvas hiding her, me thinks.

silvasava

Don't know whats happening - tried to edit post to show photo & still get the logo. At least you managed to see it cheerful!

Try again



Looks like I've cracked it - too many http's lol

good_advice

Wow, Silvasava your cat looks fluffy. So comfi in the sewing box.
Our dog loves adult DD's feather bed and v pillow. The dog has x2 beds of her own. A toy box and food station.

Today I have been dancing with Dyson. Snapped my mop when washing kitchen floor.
Always laundry. Putting away/ taking off the airers, washing machine on. New stuff on airers to dry. Ironing board out to do a small amount of ironing.
Feet up on sofa to watch some tv wile knitting.
Then onto dinner to cook and wash up.

Nothing exciting then?

Yesterday DD took me to a craft show. Lots of Hm things. Just like the sewing and baby knits I do. So many people like us were just out for the afternoon and just looking.
We thought the price asked was to high for many sales.
THe stall holders were quite happy to chat.

Lynplatinum

Hi folks

Am on hols here with my good friend who looked after me when I broke my leg last summer and pinching her internet!! :-)

Weather here quite rainy but it has cleared up sufficiently each afternoon so far so that we have been able to walk along the cliff tops (yesterday) and around Charlestown (where both the new and the old Poldark were filmed) today! I remember the old Poldark - I even was in one of the crowd scenes as an extra when I was a teenager here (being as I was in the local drama group!)

Well, my friend is still doing here Sl!mmin World and doing really well - only 6lbs to target! After that she wants to try for another half stone but she has already lost 1 and 1/2 and is looking great - bless her! This is very MM&M because both days we have walked towards rather lovely tea shoppeis and said 'Well, we could eat here but it would wreck our diets. So we will go home (back to her place) and have a money and a weight saving cuppa and a saffron bun (no butter or jam) instead!! (well its better than cakes ooozing with fat and sugar!) We are going to spoil ourselves though on my last day - at a fab restaurant in St Ives whos food is wonderful and there are low cal non creamy sauces and fish etc which will be very delicious!

Am having a great hols - thanks, once again to my dear friend! Must sign off now and go to bed as tomorrow we are going to pop in and see her Mum (who is very dear to me! And was one of the people from whom I learnt to bake!)
Well done Misstraa (excuse spelling) I cant wait until I have also got rid of the cc!!!
Keep on saving!:A

misstara

cheerfulness4 wrote: »

Congratulations on paying off that CC, Misstara.
:T:T:T:j:j:j Feels good, doesn't it?!

Lynplatinum wrote: »

Well done Misstraa (excuse spelling) I cant wait until I have also got rid of the cc!!!
Keep on saving!:A

Thanks cheerfulness and Lynplatinum. I'm so happy to have finally paid it off and tonight I made the first overpayment to my loan :j

silvasava

Misstara - well done you. Isn't it a lovely feeling to see the back of a debt. Good on you for overpaying on the next one too and keeping up the momentum - you'll soon be debt free

good_advice

Morning money savers.
A lovely sunny start here in Hampshire.

Making do = put the empty Arial gel bottle in with the washing in machine for a rinse out. Then recycle bin.

Trialing some general use cleaner - transferred the liquid to a squirt bottle from screw lid bottle.
This will stop any waste and it coming out in a rush.

Cut the toothpaste tube in half this morning to use last time.

Just going to look in the freezer to see how many dinners are there before going to the supermarket for essentials.
I had an Approved foods delivery on Friday. That will help with the food bill over the next few months.

Craft is knitting a blue baby cardigan. Can't help thinking I am knitting for my own pleasure as I never see babies in the cardigans I have given.
Spent ages knitting MIL a beautiful mid blue cardi last year - have still not seen her wear it when we visit. Hmmmmm.