No going back....gaining £s and losing lbs...

Allotrope

Half term is over, sadly, back to school on Monday. But I've had a very productive few days. We've got my DDs French penpal coming over to stay for ten days at the end of March and I'm very aware that our house is a cluttered pit at times, and there's lots of little bits of DIY that need doing (and definite decluttering of the spare room as it's tiny!).

I also made the kids go through their DVDs (and I had a look at mine) and we have a bin bag full to take to Cex or list on music magpie next weekend.

House snagging to do list before French Penpal arrives

Put up blind in spare room - bought but not put up yet
Put up blind in bathroom - DONE
Get a shower fitted in bathroom (currently the only one is in my ensuite and I don't want a stranger wandering through!)
Put doorhandle on downstairs loo (removed it when I got stuck in there a few months ago!)
Put lock on downstairs loo
Put lock on upstairs bathroom
Declutter spare room wardrobe
Declutter spare room
Sell cd racks on Fbook (currently stored in spare room). DONE

In addition I built a new set of drawers for my bedroom for all my makeup and other stuff, and decluttered loads - I haven't done anything to my bedroom since we moved in 4 years ago - there's always other stuff to do first - and although there's still some to go, it looks so much better.

Money wise, I overspent by £10 (£70 instead of my normal £60) on the food budget this week, but will recoup that back from the eating out budget. Sold some bits on eBay and my CD racks for £20 so a little extra made.

Diet wise - still pants (currently eating birthday cake in bed,,,) but I have a plan for tomorrow and will post more about it then

Not ready for back to school, I'm feeling all relaxed and not at all ready, but better go to bed and try and mentally brace myself!

Allotrope

Feb extra income update...

Ebay so far in Feb...£103.81 (Another two eBay sales... £12.79 and £3.15)
Interest... 3.07 + 10.38 = 13.45
Premium bonds win....£25
Fbook sales £10
Nectar points gained £15
Mini survey £10 pets at home voucher

Total extra income this month: £177.26

Pending income (not yet arrived...)
Swagbucks £20 amazon vouchers
Swagbucks £10 PayPal voucher
Sainsbury's energy £100 Sainsbury's voucher
MSE energy switch cash back £30 (due May 2017)
Sainsbury's Credit card nectar points £25
Fbook sale (not yet collected) £10

Pending income total: £195

gallygirl

Well done on sorting out your pension - knowledge is power :T:T:T. Your plan sounds very sensible. If I was you though I'd be wanting to retire earlier . Here's hoping the private pension has increased a good bit. Maybe you could earmark that to fund you retiring fully at 66, then hopefully it will increase and get you to 65, 64, 63 etc. :T.