Dancing in the Rain

doingitanyway

BEAT_THE_DEBT wrote: »

Hi just checking in. You are on a mission well done but don't burn yourself out!;)

Thank you BTD. That's why I'm reading your diary BTD so I get some balance....In the end I really want to enjoy my journey too. I want to arrive at my destination with grace and having enjoyed the previous few years

doingitanyway

Best bit of my day? An invitation to a book launch party for a famous author in June —really nice venue too. Stepping up my healthy eating so I can be trim enough to wear a dress I already own and love

A fat red-breasted Robin through my window made me smile

Can you send a swimming suit to a charity shop? It’s a good one from Bode* but slightly too big so indecent in the boob area really…Maybe I should just bin it. It seems a bit indecent like sending knickers to the charity shop but I hate throwing clothes in the bin

Drinking lots of camomile and honey tea today. I realise I can get by with less coffee as long as I have a decent shot first thing…

Getting a bit worried about the state of my house, inside and out. FlyLady seemed too much. I need to start smaller….They have a stage 1 task like hoover both sides of your mattress. Perhaps, I’ll clear and hoover my stairs and take it from there…:o

3 actions update

1 Barclays closed on Saturday for the department I need.

2 DVD returned

3 Budget done and redone and done and redone to the point of boredom. Anyway, done.

It’s not quite warm yet is it? I was tempted to have some heating on. Instead I made do with a hot water bottle

I had a 20 minute cycle to the library. It refreshed me and I took the DVD back of course.

On the way to the library I bumped into a guy from my road that another neighbour told me to approach for builder contacts but I didn’t like to, he might have someone to do the outside of my house. I’ve learnt not to get my hopes up but it might lead somewhere….

I got my weekend paper and spotted cottage cheese with chives and onions reduced for £1.38 a tub to 9p a tub. I got two tubs. Not a huge fan of cottage cheese but had it with humus and pickles and it’s okay with rice cakes for a light supper as I had chilli at lunchtime.

A easy day, but after yesterday I needed easy

I hope your day flowed in the direction of your desires

DIA x

beanielou

PITA~~pain in the ar5e.

mothernerd

I would look round the charity shops and if they have swimming costumes in, donate to them. I was helping at a school jumble sale once and someone had sent in a whole bagful of bras and matching bottoms. I was doing the door and ended up in charge of the undies as several helpers refused to touch them. They were really popular and sold out quickly.

doingitanyway

A very quiet lazy day.

I should have gone to my gardening course but did not....I am starting to remember that days where nothing is scheduled are very important to me

Spoke to a friend in Australia and laughed a lot. The best bit of my day

Cooked and ate and washed up a lot

Paperwork decluttering done. I now have a pile to take to work and shred

Progress on cleaning room I work in (but still not completely done).

I had a brainwave and will give a friend a present I already have that will suit her.

I explained I couldn't see a film with another friend and why and she was fine with it. I hate conflict and usually end up doing the thing I don't want to/can't afford to do, but this time I didn't and it feels good

To avoid the awful, awful situation I was in this month I am being EXTREMELY careful with money from the get go (as my Yankie friend's say) I can't cut debt repayment so other expenditure hats be pruned

Actions. Tomorrow I will get my haircut, swim, steam, cycle, (saving on fares) get my eyebrows threaded, (only £3 where I live and the results are like a mini face-lift. Truly) buy some decent undies and tights and shoes. Expensive yes, but all essential. I've spent a very shabby month

I have decided to have my online shop delivered on the day after I get back from Scotland instead of getting it now.

I am also going to have a Nero coffee as a treat. I can't wait

One thing this debt free journey does is make you appreciate the little joys doesn't it?

Happy Sunday fellow debt busters

BEAT_THE_DEBT

Saying no gets easier

RosaBernicia

Totally agree about appreciating the little things. Please don't stop talking about food, you are my meal planning guru and inspiring me to do similar when I get exams over with! Also friends get more used to your chosen priorities so that you can meet for different kinds of events.

I wouldn't worry about sending a swimming costume to the charity shop - it may be exactly what someone needs and can't otherwise afford. You might enable someone to exercise cheaply! The shops check stuff and I think most of them have a steam cleaner, so they just won't sell anything they don't think is appropriate. I have sent swimming stuff, and nightwear and underwear so long as it's new enough to look completely clean and not lost its stretch (this does mean I end up sending bras but not the matching knickers, however apparently not everyone is as bothered about this as I am :rotfl:).

Oh and re FlyLady, are you looking at the thread on here or her website? Stage 1 of her book and site certainly isn't about hoovering mattresses, it's about spending just 15 minutes a day decluttering - so if that's not what you're seeing, have a look at the website - http://flylady.net/ . In my old house, I got it slowly sorted and then could keep a 2 bed house well looked after in less than 2 hours a week.


Rosa xx

Rosa xx

doingitanyway

BEAT_THE_DEBT wrote: »

Saying no gets easier

I hope so...

doingitanyway

RosaBernicia wrote: »

I wouldn't worry about sending a swimming costume to the charity shop - it may be exactly what someone needs and can't otherwise afford. You might enable someone to exercise cheaply! The shops check stuff and I think most of them have a steam cleaner, so they just won't sell anything they don't think is appropriate. I have sent swimming stuff, and nightwear and underwear so long as it's new enough to look completely clean and not lost its stretch (this does mean I end up sending bras but not the matching knickers, however apparently not everyone is as bothered about this as I am :rotfl:).

Thanks Rosa You and mother nerd have convinced me. I will send the swimsuit to the CS

doingitanyway

RosaBernicia wrote: »

Totally agree about appreciating the little things. Please don't stop talking about food, you are my meal planning guru and inspiring me to do similar when I get exams over with! Also friends get more used to your chosen priorities so that you can meet for different kinds of events.

Oh and re FlyLady, are you looking at the thread on here or her website? Stage 1 of her book and site certainly isn't about hoovering mattresses, it's about spending just 15 minutes a day decluttering - so if that's not what you're seeing, have a look at the website - http://flylady.net/ . In my old house, I got it slowly sorted and then could keep a 2 bed house well looked after in less than 2 hours a week.
Rosa xx

Thanks Rosa, :A I am going to keep posting about food

I am also going to use the Flylady site. I was using the flylady thread on here before and although they are lovely, perhaps they are a little too advanced for me