Half way there and a slight change of direction

elantan

Right I've set out a very basic finance plan for January, I don't seem to have any more left over for either work or our London break

That's gonna require some thinking I reckon

skint_spice

elantan wrote: »

Right I'm gonna set a budget and stick to it ... Skint says so and she is right ... cause quite frankly I've been terrible for months


Gonna warn you all now a) I will need text and WhatsApp back up b) I will moan like hell c) I will try and wriggle out of it

D) I will do it

I'm liking D:T:T I would just like to say I wasn't just nagging I was moaning about being awful myself and trying to get support:o You can only really shave the food budget, I know you aren't keen but realistically it's your best plan.

elantan

I know you were meaning well ... your kind that way ... opened up the liquors we bought in summer ... gonna have some later on



Wellllllllllllll the budget might just have to go out the window or extra added in ... I'm attempting our first Xmas dinner in 15 years and decided to put the gammon on today to boil so that I just need to oven it tomorrow to finish it off ... and my cooker blew ... I still have the oven thankfully but the hob is kaput, so phoned the inlaws and will take the gammon down there and manage the rest tomorrow on a camping stove


Then next week sometime I will go and have to purchase a new hob, gonna be difficult though as I think we have an unusual size so will need to figure out a way to make it fit in the space ... hmmmm

elantan

Well cooking on a camping stove has proven to be all about timing


Were not done yet, but so far it's not too bad, I do keep finding myself thinking something is gonna go wrong cause this is too easy ... just waiting for that to happen

Hope everyone is having a good day

beanielou

Won't ask why you are. Cooking on a camping stove!!!
Have a lovely day you two. xxx

elantan

The cooker blew up last night Beanie ... my first Xmas in 15 years and the cooker blows up


Wonderful


Have a good one yourself ... hope santa has been good to you xxxxx

elantan

Don't ha just live how you have everything timed to perfection ... but the one thing out of your control IE:when people actually arrive ... doesn't go according to plan ...

We're running nearly an hour late so far ... I mean seriously this dinner wisnae a walk in the park to organise ...

Its gonna be dry ... ahhh well

Butti

You tried 😂

Karmacat

They're lucky to get anything at all, El! And its true, you really can't control when people arrive. Is the bridge open still/again? Has that affected you?

beanielou

Bridge reopened last week apart from to HGV's
It is much closer to me than to El.
Hope all went well in the end.