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

redofromstart

Sounds like a lovely day out

Sun_Addict

Great to have plans in place for your retirement, 2 years will fly by. I've got 8 years to go, it seems a lifetime away but in reality it won't seem that long. If you can afford to do things and have some treats now and then I think that's fab.

milann

Sounds like you had a lovely time time at the matinee followed by dinner. Here’s to being spoilt by grownup offspring:beer:

HairyHandofDartmoor

The play sounds fantastic, what a great venue .

DD's town sounds really nice; good shops, history and nice countryside, what more could you ask? Except maybe a sea view or river frontage .

doingitanyway

The play sounds great. What a lovely day out.

It is so important to make the most of living near/in London otherwise it is all the stress without the pleasure.

Have a lovely B/H weekend

Sunshine_girl2

Your plans for retirement sound great , you will be up north , hope you can survive the weather:rotfl: I think your DD lives in a lovely place and I think you would be very happy there, out of the London madness.

Your trip to County Hall was a success . I seem to remember staying in a premier inn at County Hall is it the same place ?

What plans ha enyou for the rest of the weekend ?

Seasidegal58

redofromstart wrote: »

Sounds like a lovely day out

Thanks redo. It's always good to have a full day out with DSis as we both have busy lives and don't actually see one another as much as we would like.

Sun_Addict wrote: »

Great to have plans in place for your retirement, 2 years will fly by. I've got 8 years to go, it seems a lifetime away but in reality it won't seem that long. If you can afford to do things and have some treats now and then I think that's fab.

Hi SA. It's funny – I've been at this firm for eleven years now and time seems to have zoomed by – feels more like five years. I'm hoping the next two years will do the same!

milann wrote: »

Sounds like you had a lovely time time at the matinee followed by dinner. Here’s to being spoilt by grownup offspring:beer:

Hi milann – I was actually out with my sister – the day was my birthday present from her and her OH. But she's very good at spoiling me! And I do very well from DD too! I'm very, very lucky!:)

Seasidegal58

HairyHandofDartmoor wrote: »

The play sounds fantastic, what a great venue .

DD's town sounds really nice; good shops, history and nice countryside, what more could you ask? Except maybe a sea view or river frontage .

No sea view I'm afraid, but DD's town does have a couple of rivers running through it Hairy (they sometimes flood though!):eek:

doingitanyway wrote: »

The play sounds great. What a lovely day out.

It is so important to make the most of living near/in London otherwise it is all the stress without the pleasure.

Have a lovely B/H weekend

Hi DIA – when I retire I aim to have a year living where I am before I'd relocate. This is in part because I enjoy where I live and don't make the most of it because of full time work. The same with London really – a few years I could quite happily go out after work but now I get more tired and I just want to go home! My friends who have retired or have never worked there look forward to hitting London, but it can seem like a chore to me travelling up there because I'm commuting five days a week and like to have a break! When I retire I'm going to make a point of going up there to make the most of the exhibitions, etc.

Sunshine_girl2 wrote: »

Your plans for retirement sound great , you will be up north , hope you can survive the weather:rotfl: I think your DD lives in a lovely place and I think you would be very happy there, out of the London madness.

Your trip to County Hall was a success . I seem to remember staying in a premier inn at County Hall is it the same place ?

What plans ha enyou for the rest of the weekend ?

I'm going to have to wrap up well Sunshine! I don't mind the cold as long as I'm wearing something warm!

Yes – the Premier Inn where you stayed is the same place. I think they also have a Marriott Hotel there as well – and Seaworld!

Seasidegal58

I had a very boring Bank Holiday weekend! I caught some sort of gastric bug and just lolled around for three days feeling sorry for myself! Not nice, but I did lose 4lbs when I weighed in! The last two days have been very busy at work – today feels a lot easier.

END OF SCRIMPY WEEK 2 - MAY

Budgeted spends have been hair on Tuesday night and nails last night.

Ad hoc spends since I last posted have been:

• £19.50 -New umbrella at M&S –I don't normally pay as much as this for a retractable, but I'm fed up with them blowing inside out and breaking. So I've paid a bit more for a man's version. It actually feels like it might last and is a bit bigger so more coverage as well!

• £31.46 -Paperbacks from Amazon. I've decided to re-read all Donna Leon's Inspector Brunetti mysteries that are set in Venice. The annoying thing is that about four of them are not on Kindle. I thought I had these packed away but I must have de-cluttered rather too well in the past and charity shopped them with the others. So I've splashed out and treated myself to them. I'll be re-reading them again sometime in the future so money well spent!

• £4.00- taxi on Tuesday from station to home as I was late home from the hairdressers.

So all in all, £64.16 spent for the week which leaves £35.84 to wing over to the Flat Renovation fund. Not the most scrimpy week, but the books took up nearly half the budget (which was a "want" I know, but I did "need" the umbrella!) I also received my monthly Santander 123 account interest and cashback (£21.02) so this will be transferred across as well.

milann

Glad you’re feeling better - not how you wanted to spend the bank holiday at all :eek: