Dancing in the Rain

doingitanyway

Thanks Rosa and Beanie for the positive vibes

Sharing my menu plan this evening

OK, so I have gone through my freezer and cupboards to find meals for the next week so amazingly I don’t need to shop. Turkey features heavily because I have lots of the stuff frozen from my Christmas haul.

I am going do the envelope system this month for food…see how far I can go with £35 a week for the month, so £140 in the kitty…

I ALREADY HAVE…

Breakfast

Apple, seeds, almonds, maple syrup and yoghurt X1

Pear and blueberries with almond meal, linseeds and yoghurt X2

Scrambled eggs with mushrooms or tomatoes on almond and millet bread X2

Quinoa and chia porridge with yoghurt, maple syrup and blueberries X2


Lunches

Lentil, courgette, leek and miso soup X2

Chicken, leek and red bean soup X2

Leek and blue cheese frittata X3


Main meals

Turkey, courgette and lentil curry
with cauliflower couscous X2

Turkey, stuffing, brussel sprouts, gravy X2

Turkey stir fry (brussel sprouts, leeks, turkey, cauliflower rice) X2

Thai red curried vegetables (Brussel sprouts, peppers, aubergines and courgettes) with almond and millet flatbread X2

Whatever else happens this week I will eat well

I hope your day has gone well
DIA x

doingitanyway

A year ago I began this diary.

Back then I thought I had debts of £23,000 plus. In fact they were upwards of £25,000. I have since paid £12,000 of debt off.

Back then I had a mortgage and now I live mortgage free

Back then I thought I could not survive without spending on my card but a few months later I cut it up and stopped using money that did not belong to me.

Back then I thought road kill was an extreme meat eaters way of saving money on shopping bills.

Back then I wondered whether I could hack full-time work after so long of working part-time (I could and I do!)

Back then I found NSDs scary, they left me feeling poverty stricken and gloomy. Now, I find them renewing and motivating

Back then I thought I had plenty of time to repay the debt. Now I see the debt as a burden that limits my future opportunities and potential and I want to be free as soon as possible.

Back then I bought myself countless ‘treats’ on credit to dull the pain of the mess I was in.

That was then and this is now. I am so thankful for now.

Thank you for all your support over the past year. I really couldn’t have done it without you

DIA x

beanielou

How far you have come in a year
Awesome.
Be proud.

angelpye

Inspiring! I am just coming to terms with my new lifestyle and your comment about NSD's really resonated with me. Thank you. I will get past this and well done to you - you have achieved so much already!

Orange_Ena

Wow wow wow. That's an absolutely incredible achievement DIA, truly inspiring :T:j This year is going to be amazing

To quote popular "poet" Fatboy Slim, "you've come a long way, baby" x

Fortune_Smiles

Amazing! Well done :T:T:T

Fortune x

RosaBernicia

Orange_Ena wrote: »

Wow wow wow. That's an absolutely incredible achievement DIA, truly inspiring :T:j This year is going to be amazing

To quote popular "poet" Fatboy Slim, "you've come a long way, baby" x

... through the hard times and the good
I have to celebrate you baby, I have to praise you like I should! :T:j:beer::T

Thread Anniversary Party! _party_
*dashes off and returns with arms full of wine bottles and corkscrew between teeth *


Rosa xx

doingitanyway

Late for my own party (Grabs bottle of wine and pours a large glass of fizz)
You are all wonderful. :A
I am raising my glass to you all.
(Turns music up)
Here's to 2017 and to us all being able to handle whatever happens

DIA xx

doingitanyway

There are days when money just slips away despite my best interests.

So, today I took in lunch but a colleague wanted to go for lunch and we rarely work together. We went to Pret. I got the cheapest thing on the menu, soup and a bag of crisps £5.

Fares to get to work £6.00

Fares to get to the Post Office after work (missed closing time by 5 minutes) £2.20 :eek:

Posted a letter to Oz £2.25

Nut milk on offer in Waitrose, a paper, some bacon =£7.75

It feels like it costs me money every time I leave the house

£23.20 in one day :eek::eek:

I am planning NSDs this on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at the very least this coming week!

It’s been a hard week work wise so I’m not going to beat myself up, but if I was marking my own report card I would write MUST DO BETTER

Hope you are enjoying your Saturday

DIA x

beanielou

Bear in mind though that you have had lots of NSD's though.
Nice to have lunch with a colleague though.
You can claw the pennies back another way