Embracing a frugal mid life in the country.

misspickle_2

Moominmama76 wrote: »

Just wanted to de lurk and say hi 🎅🎅🎅🎅 love ur sparkly new diary contemplating trying to do one myself but not yet got the courage lol xx

Ooooh Moomin! Do a diary! :j Do a diary :j

Its good fun

The diary peeps are lovely and its great to have the support and it keeps you organised :T

I will subscribe and follow it give it a go :beer:

misspickle_2

I've just tidied my wardrobe but there are only 3 items to go to charity :rotfl:
I need the rest but at least its tidy now :T

I'm off to walk the dog now, after that I'm gonna count my coppers and declutter the kitchen drawers

MissShoes

Happy decluttering day!

fuzzyduck22

Well done, three things to go to charity is great though!

misspickle_2

Oh dear it all went a bit pear shaped after the dog walk.
Well, it was suppose to be a nsd but I've ran out of bin liners, so I thought I'd pop to lidl to buy just bin liners
They've got all their Xmas stuff in I've bought 3 Xmas pressies for DD non of which are on her Xmas list but I know she will love them :j
Then I had to pop to our bizarre shop to buy wrapping paper otherwise she will spot them coz she's sniffs them out and I drop hints coz I get so excited I love Xmas!
Then I remembered the tin opener was playing up so I bought one.
It gets worse though I succumbed to buying a bottle of wine which is really really naughty of me.
I am bad :mad: and about £30 odd lighter after my pootle round the shops.
I only wanted bin liners

misspickle_2

I'm contemplating it all over a coffee and its all good!
I am quite brilliant at being positive/deluded when needs be

Wrapping paper was always gonna be bought at some point and it was only £1 a roll and I only bought 4 rolls

I can't open my tins without a tin opener, its an essential and was only £3.75

My dds presents were a hot water bottle with a super duper cozy red cover for only 3.99 , bargain and means I can turn the heating off earlier at night hence saving money
A book of coloured card which she would need for her art at school anyhow
And a wall clock in love lettering which she can take with her next year coz she is doing a residential course next year. She will need a clock and it will be something familiar to remind her of home

Surely I'm allowed a little bit of wine later as a treat to christen my new diary
Or I might lose the will to live and that would be counter productive!

Its all fine peeps :T and I didn't use my cc.

misspickle_2

I don't think I really had a lightbulb moment. I think I've ALWAYS been a little bit terrified of being homeless or not being able to meet the bills.
I'm a single mum and my dd is my weakness. She will be gone next year off to jockey school in Newmarket. 800 applied and only 200 got in :eek: very proud mum that she made it. Its been a long exhausting road.

Don't split a rib laughing but all I really wanna do now is work in a cafe or a tea shop and muck out and ride horses at the weekend. That's all I want
I love my telly, my home, my animals, cooking, baking, reading, walking. Im a happy little chick but I need to sort work out and get a bit more of a life
I'm single and have been for near on ten years. I'm quite happy to have the odd encounter, dinner and sex once in a blue moon, a bit of company, but I don't fancy a relationship. Its just not for me. I couldn't think of anything of worse :eek:

So that's the main thing for me to sort peeps. A job in a cafe :rotfl: how hard can it be eh?

fuzzyduck22

I have a small spends purse so if I need something like binbags/milk etc I take the purse (has about 20 quid in it) and go. This makes it harder to buy other stuff as I may not have enough money with me and I find it psychologically harder to hand over actual cash. If I see things I think I actually want/need I can think about it when I get home and return later if needs be.

Sorry that was a bit of a waffle

misspickle_2

Thanks fuzzy I'm gonna do this.

I had a nsd yesterday :T

I'm off job hunting today.
Taking dd swimming tonight. That's not cheap but we love it and keeps us fit and makes us feel good. We do loads of walking together but we do like a swim once a week. She will be away working next year and we won't have chance to do stuff like that then, so pooh to the money, I'm making the most of it

I have a dog to clip and groom tomorrow so that will pay for it and I won't get a take away this weekend. Just gonna have a quiet weekend and lots of food in to use up. Cauli cheese and chicken tonight :j

misspickle_2

Coppers came to £19 and have been paid in :T

That will pay for mine and dds joint birthday meal. There is only two days between our bdays

We were going to swim tonight which would cost £7.30 for the both of us but we have decided to do the aqua class on Tuesday instead which OK will cost £9.20 but its a whole hour of tough fun exercise plus a swim after
Cmon now girls! You know it makes sense :T
The £7.30 wouldn't benefit us! Wed just pootle up and down doing breast stroke and natter in between.
The £9.20 is gonna burn all those calories and rid me of evil toxins