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Milann's life keeps getting in the way.......

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  • milann
    milann Posts: 11,582 Forumite
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    Beanie- your day will come ๐Ÿ‘ Not long now till MF ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘
    January spends - ยฃ587.58
  • milann
    milann Posts: 11,582 Forumite
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    Iโ€™ve just had an amazing afternoon tea delivered from a friend. Sandwiches, clotted cream, jam and scones plus a couple of kinds of cake. Weโ€™d just eaten dinner too so the salmon weโ€™d taken out for tea can stay in the fridge for tomorrow and weโ€™ll have it for tea. Lol we hadnโ€™t heard anyone knock and dh nearly stood on it putting the bins out ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚
    January spends - ยฃ587.58
  • How lovely and what a good friendย  ๐Ÿฅช๐Ÿฐ๐ŸŽ‚๐Ÿชโ˜•๐Ÿ™‚. 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 ๐Ÿ˜ฑ DEBT FREE 31 OCTOBER 2017 :T ๐ŸŽ‰
    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 MONTHS
  • milann
    milann Posts: 11,582 Forumite
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    Weโ€™ve been friends since we were 5.....best part of 57 years ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ HOW did THAT happen......
    We had most of it for tea but there was too much cake so weโ€™ve got more to come tomorrow. Itโ€™s just a pity with the lockdown she couldnโ€™t join us.ย 
    January spends - ยฃ587.58
  • milann
    milann Posts: 11,582 Forumite
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    Baby steps and all that...Iโ€™ve just been promoted from daily district nurse visits to every other day ๐Ÿ˜„๐Ÿ˜„๐Ÿ˜„ itโ€™s finally beginning to heal a bit better ๐Ÿป
    January spends - ยฃ587.58
  • Sun_Addict
    Sun_Addict Posts: 24,781 Forumite
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    How thoughtful of your friend to send the afternoon tea ๐ŸŽ‚ Great news on reduced nurse visits, on the up ๐Ÿ˜
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • milann
    milann Posts: 11,582 Forumite
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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 weโ€™ve just been to the big M&S about 3 miles away. Itโ€™s an out of town complex where you can park right outside. I found a different cardigan and did a straight swap - we didnโ€™t even look around at anything else. We werenโ€™t out of the house an hour and Iโ€™m ready for a sleep.....shattered.com. Iโ€™ve got a couple of nice warm cardigans now though ready for winter ๐Ÿ˜„
    January spends - ยฃ587.58
  • HairyHandofDartmoor
    HairyHandofDartmoor Posts: 13,960 Forumite
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    edited 2 October 2020 at 8:03PM
    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 ๐Ÿ˜ฑ DEBT FREE 31 OCTOBER 2017 :T ๐ŸŽ‰
    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 MONTHS
  • milann
    milann Posts: 11,582 Forumite
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    Well my reduced visit from the nurses didnโ€™t last long. The nurse who came yesterday and suggested every other day, phoned this afternoon and said heโ€™d 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 isnโ€™t 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.....Iโ€™m undecided...
    January spends - ยฃ587.58
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 97,501 Ambassador
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    I quite enjoyed Life actually.

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