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Beanie- your day will come ๐ Not long now till MF ๐๐January spends - ยฃ587.581
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Iโve just had an amazing afternoon tea delivered from a friend. Sandwiches, clotted cream, jam and scones plus a couple of kinds of cake. Weโd just eaten dinner too so the salmon weโd taken out for tea can stay in the fridge for tomorrow and weโll have it for tea. Lol we hadnโt heard anyone knock and dh nearly stood on it putting the bins out ๐ณ๐๐January spends - ยฃ587.582
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How lovely and what a good friendย ๐ฅช๐ฐ๐๐ชโ๐. You deserve to be pampered after what you've been through recently.Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally
Debt in July 2017 = ยฃ58,766 ๐ฑ DEBT FREE 31 OCTOBER 2017 :T ๐
EMERGENCY FUND 1 = ยฃ50/ยฃ5,000. EMERGENCY FUND 2 = ยฃ10/ยฃ5,000.
CHRISTMAS SAVINGS = ยฃ0/ยฃ500. SEF = ยฃ1,400/ยฃ12,000 PREMIUM BONDS ME = ยฃ350. PREMIUM BONDS DH = ยฃ300.
HOLIDAY MONEY = ยฃ0 TIME LEFT TO PAY OFF MORTGAGE = 5 YEARS 1 MONTHS1 -
Weโve been friends since we were 5.....best part of 57 years ๐ฑ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐ HOW did THAT happen......
We had most of it for tea but there was too much cake so weโve got more to come tomorrow. Itโs just a pity with the lockdown she couldnโt join us.ยJanuary spends - ยฃ587.582 -
Baby steps and all that...Iโve just been promoted from daily district nurse visits to every other day ๐๐๐ itโs finally beginning to heal a bit better ๐ปJanuary spends - ยฃ587.583
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How thoughtful of your friend to send the afternoon tea ๐ Great news on reduced nurse visits, on the up ๐I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)1
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Dd sent me some cardigans for my birthday...both form M&S one fitted perfectly the other one buried me.......different styles. So weโve just been to the big M&S about 3 miles away. Itโs an out of town complex where you can park right outside. I found a different cardigan and did a straight swap - we didnโt even look around at anything else. We werenโt out of the house an hour and Iโm ready for a sleep.....shattered.com. Iโve got a couple of nice warm cardigans now though ready for winter ๐January spends - ยฃ587.584
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Good news about the nurse coming less frequently
. I'm glad your wound is healing better.
Recovering from illness does make you weak as your body is focused on healing your wound and that leaves no energy for your legs and arms, etc.
Good news that you have two warm cardigans now.Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally
Debt in July 2017 = ยฃ58,766 ๐ฑ DEBT FREE 31 OCTOBER 2017 :T ๐
EMERGENCY FUND 1 = ยฃ50/ยฃ5,000. EMERGENCY FUND 2 = ยฃ10/ยฃ5,000.
CHRISTMAS SAVINGS = ยฃ0/ยฃ500. SEF = ยฃ1,400/ยฃ12,000 PREMIUM BONDS ME = ยฃ350. PREMIUM BONDS DH = ยฃ300.
HOLIDAY MONEY = ยฃ0 TIME LEFT TO PAY OFF MORTGAGE = 5 YEARS 1 MONTHS0 -
Well my reduced visit from the nurses didnโt last long. The nurse who came yesterday and suggested every other day, phoned this afternoon and said heโd made a mistake and after reading my notes, I need to continue every day. Apparently there is still 5 cm under the surface of the scar that isnโt healing as quickly as it should.......so he came this afternoon and changed and packed it again.....
I had a lovely lazy morning though....bacon butties and Saturday morning tv in bed. There was no need to get up early in case the nurses arrived.....or so we thought.
Just watching something called Life.....Iโm undecided...January spends - ยฃ587.581 -
I quite enjoyed Life actually.
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