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

in_need_of_direction

well done on factoring in the fb.  Take care

Sun_Addict

I love Harlan Coben books, I've read most of them. 

HairyHandofDartmoor

Sun_Addict said:

I love Harlan Coben books, I've read most of them. 

Me too. My Mum introduced me to Harlan Coban books. She used to email him and he used to reply before he got really famous . I watched a brilliant tv series on N3tfl!x called The Stranger which was based on a Harlan Coben book.

HairyHandofDartmoor

You sound like you had a productive Sunday SSG . It's very kind of you to drop off food at the FB as it's obviously hard for them to get enough with the current restrictions.

I hope work goes well today.

milann

The Stranger was filmed in my home town....The opening scenes are the market and old church.... I’ve never seen it looking so good 👍 I watched it and thought it was brilliant but the main attraction was spotting places we recognised. It was quite surreal as some was filmed in other nearby towns - on minute they’d be by my market then in big town nearby and next in another town not far away....played tricks on my mind 😂😂

moving_forward

I've had to skim read the posts to catch up I'm afraid but I think I've got caught up!
Is your friends child ok now? I may have missed you saying what happened.
Sorry your having to be alone at this horrid time.  I'm glad you have your work to keep some human interaction and are getting out whilst staying safe.

Seasidegal58

Thank you all for your posts - I've never read any Harlen Coben books but what I've seen of the TV adaptations, they must be good!  I'll have to investigate. I've been sucked into 'The Stranger' now - was watching it last night. Several years ago I saw an excellent French thriller called 'Tell No One' which won a few awards at the time. Apparently it's based on the Harlen Coben novel so another one for HC fans to catch up on if they've not already seen it. 

Thanks @in_need_of_direction and @HairyHandofDartmoor - I've decided to put aside money that I would have spent on the weekly Ad Hoc Spends towards the FB budget. 

@moving_forward - the CV test for my colleague's little grandson was adulterated so he had to have another test. The family are still waiting the results for the poor little chap. ☹️

So I'm writing this whilst I'm having a coffee break. Boss has given me a dispensation to go shopping at Waitrose this afternoon so I'm working around this. I didn't shop yesterday as I ended up busy in the morning and then had a conference call in the early afternoon and then I had to type up notes on it to circulate to our team. I did nip out for a walk lunchtime through the park this time (a few dog walkers, joggers, joggers with their dogs and a couple roller blading on one of the tennis courts!). I passed Aldi which had a very long queue so hence the later shopping time for me today. 

its weird how busy I seem to be at home even though I'm not commuting. The day is work, pop out for walk/shopping, dinner, catching up with family and friends and then some TV and diaries!  I've been sleeping so well too - my body clock is getting used to the later wake up hour and I found it harder to get up this morning!

SCRIMPY MSE THINGS

I received back my refund yesterday for my cancelled rail tickets to DD's   Very efficient of the rail company as I only put my application in at the weekend.   Nothing much else to report really - I'm just spending at the supermarket, but will be looking for some noise cancelling headphones online. 

Right - back to work now......

milann

It’s funny - most folk I’ve spoken to are sleeping better than usual....myself and dh included.

HairyHandofDartmoor

milann said:

It’s funny - most folk I’ve spoken to are sleeping better than usual....myself and dh included.

Maybe it's connected with not having to go out and face the world. Or maybe it puts your normal worries into perspective.

Sun_Addict

Another one here sleeping better. Also waking up much later which will have to be addressed when back to normal.

I hope your colleague’s GS gets sorted soon, what a worry for them.