The Happiness Fund.

savingwannabe

First day of hols. I've washed and vacuumed and am roasting chicken legs.

I have sold a picture on marketplace for £2 which is great as I would have just given it to charity. My other picture has one watcher on flea bay.

A local department store is closing down and having a half price sale but to be honest I don't need anything. It's not worth travelling down.

I might see if I can declutter my kitchen drawers. I could only chuck 4 things from my maybe drawer I am not sure whether I may need the other stuff.

Plans for tomorrow:

• [STRIKE]Do ironing [/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Write 16 reports [/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Post neighbours Christmas cards[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Sort out shoes in store room[/STRIKE]

When I am bored I watch decluttering videos and I get ideas of things I can get rid of. The house is definitely looking emptier.

I have spent most of the last two days in bed which is good as it means I am sleeping this cold off. The boys insist I visit them for Christmas but I don't want to infect them.

savingwannabe

I spent most of the day in bed yesterday and was not good in the night. I am not feeling brilliant so the boys are coming to collect me. Merry Christmas Everyone.

VintageHistorian

Merry Christmas SW!

savingwannabe

Merry Christmas VH. The boys kidnapped me and rescued me and now I am rested but still ill. If I am not better by Wednesday the dr will give me some extra medication but it may sort itself out as I am going through the change. OOOOH how exciting it all is. lol.

I haven't been sale shopping or anything I had to stay in and J&hn L*wis,bless them, left it till 4pm then all the internet/phone went off and it took 2 hours to get it back on. OOOOH what a palaver. As a result, no work has been done today at all. Mind you, no money has been spent either. lol.

Next year is going to be a low spend year for me I have decided. I will only buy food and essential things. Fingers crossed I will save loads and can put this towards retirement. I am also going to put £30 in my Christmas fund every month so I have more to spend at the end of the year.

I received £125 from my new bank account and I am saving an extra £100 of this. So this month I have made an OP of £250 towards the mortgage. Hurrah. I am also paying off my credit card bill of £161 in full.

I still have £25 cash and £50 in my account (summer job and rest of the bank incentive) which I may add to OP at the end of the month.

ginnyknit

Hope you are feeling better today. Sounds like you are organised for the new year, and I like the reward from the bank.

savingwannabe

I am feeling much better my menopausal symptoms have calmed down now and I might be able to do more things. I have been resting as I am so anaemic but am also marking at home.

Mum and dad are being amazing and doing lots of shopping for me so I am just staying warm inside and marking. So far I am on target. My Christmas decorations from fleabay came in the post earlier than expected and are hanging on the tree. I am v happy chilling at home.

It is Sunday and I have done today's marking. Tomorrow I pick up a picture I bought at the start of the month. I hope to carry on with marking for the rest of the day. There is one week of my holiday left and I am feeling so much better.

savingwannabe

So it is the end of 2019 this month I have saved £150 and made an OP of £150. (This is only because parents gave me £100 and I lived on that. lol).

I had to spend extra money this month for the works Christmas party (£65 OMG in total) and also because I needed more for presents and I paid £30 for a train ticket I didn't use. Lessons learned from this are that I am saving more in my Christmas Fund next year. I wont be going to any more expensive Christmas do's as I will be meeting the nice people separately from now on I hope. I will only buy a ticket on the day I am travelling next year.

Mum and dad have left me with lots of food in the fridge which is brilliant. I am looking forward to 2020.

I may take down Christmas cards today and am still deciding about Henry.

[Deleted User]

Sorry to hear you have been ill over the holiday's but you have a great support system and it's good to know they have been taking great care of you.

Want to wish you all the best for 2020.

I will be back to cheer you on in the New Year.

Dxxx

savingwannabe

Thank you Dolly. Right in honour of the New Year I am taking today off. My friend and I are out gallivanting and I treated us to lunch for £12 which was a bargain for me and spent £4 on cards and wrapping for a friend's gift. I have only withdrawn £50 and will see how far it will go.

So far I have vacuumed, dusted, washed sheets. Im going to tidy away my Christmas cards and chill. It is so nice to be rich, shame it only lasts till the DD's start!!! I have seen some sparkly coasters on social media for only £10. Im going to buy them.

Skint_yet_Again

Go on SW, treat yourself

Glad you had a good Christmas with friends and family looking after you. Ready for a new year of saving AND enjoying life