Paid off the £31,000! BUT - still scrimping!

milann

Eating out is my downfall too.... I rightly or wrongly think I feel I’ve missed out sometimes in the past so when I get the chance I like to make up for lost time - and like you I treat it like a chance to have just what I want It is far too often lately though but I don’t like to say no to an invite. I think I might be making slightly better food choices when out.

Good news about your friend - hope she is home soon.

I quite like the Neom candles when I go to my dds - she used to buy them before she had kids :rotfl::rotfl: Now she waits until I buy her one as a present :rotfl::rotfl:

Seasidegal58

milann wrote: »

Eating out is my downfall too.... I rightly or wrongly think I feel I’ve missed out sometimes in the past so when I get the chance I like to make up for lost time - and like you I treat it like a chance to have just what I want It is far too often lately though but I don’t like to say no to an invite. I think I might be making slightly better food choices when out.

Good news about your friend - hope she is home soon.

I quite like the Neom candles when I go to my dds - she used to buy them before she had kids :rotfl::rotfl: Now she waits until I buy her one as a present :rotfl::rotfl:

Its good that you are making better food choices when you eat out milann. I've got to start doing better on this!:D

And the money pit that is children eh? It's lovely that you treat your DD to the Neom diffusers as a present. I actually looked up the Valentte diffusers I mentioned in my previous post. They have a website and the diffusers are £25 - which compares favourably with Neom. The Valentte diffusers I bought are smaller, but the oil seemed to last quite a while along with the fragrance. They appear to have discontinued the cardamom, but still sell the lemongrass along with some other lovely sounding fragrances. They sell scented candles too along with skincare. I'm definitely going to buy from here next time I need to buy a new diffuser.

Seasidegal58

And so yesterday was the END OF SCRIMPY WEEK 1 - MARCH

It was a nine day week and really felt like it!

Budgeted spends yesterday was my hair appointment.

I also had two Sky rental movies that popped up on my Sky bill so £10.98 from Ad Hoc spends.

Total Ad Hoc spends for the week was £21.18 so with my monthly Santander 123 interest I winged over £68.33 to Ad Hoc Savings.

Only £6.30 left in the Entertainments budget though for the month so will be raiding the spends again.

Sun_Addict

I've had a Neom candle in my monthly beauty box once - they're lovely so I know the diffusers will be the same. One of my friends recommends Molton Brown diffusers, she says they last ages. She thinks the thickness of the reeds makes a difference.

Seasidegal58

......... and so today is the beginning of SCRIMPY WEEK 2 - MARCH

So £72 in the Ad Hoc spends pot. From here I spent £7.99 on Amazon Kindle books for a copy of Anthony Horowitz's new detective novel 'The Sentence is Death'. I love his books!

Also booked this Sunday's cinema tickets - £10.25. We're off to see 'Fighting With The Family'. The scrieenplay is by the guy who wrote The Office so should be good.

Nothing else today apart from chicken Kievs from M&S for DD who is staying tonight. We're off tomorrow to visit the Christian Dior Exhibition at the V&A in the morning and then meeting DSis later for a matinee performance of 'All About Eve' with Gillian Anderson and Lily James. Afterwards we're all off for an early dinner. All the tickets have been bought but as this is DSis's birthday treat from me I'm also paying for her meal tomorrow.

And - good news on my friend - she's comecout of hospital today!:j. I'm waiting to hear from my other friend to hear how she's got on.

I'm signing off now as DD is about to arrive and she doesn't know about my diary! Sshhh!:D

Seasidegal58

Sun_Addict wrote: »

I've had a Neom candle in my monthly beauty box once - they're lovely so I know the diffusers will be the same. One of my friends recommends Molton Brown diffusers, she says they last ages. She thinks the thickness of the reeds makes a difference.

Just seen your post SA. I haven't tried the MBs though I use their hand washes. I agree about the reeds - and I'm always turning them upside down!

Sun_Addict

Fab news about your friend

redofromstart

The MB shower gels are lovely. Have a lovely day out tomorrow!

HairyHandofDartmoor

That's good news about your friend .

Enjoy your time with DD and the theatre, etc, it sounds like you'll have a great time .

milann

Like the idea of a secret diary - mine don’t know about it either (as far as I know):p