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It has been really interesting, being here so much. We have a big clump of echinops outside the kitchen windows and a big clump of lavender in a large half barrel with witch-hazel - both have been almost exclusively bumble bees (as we have a nest in our pig shed, about 15m away). The honey bees have been sharing the snowberry (Symphoricarpos) and the Russian Sage (perovska) with wasps for the last month. It is a good job there is plenty. Lots of wasps in the porcelainberry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata)
Save £12k in 2025 #2 I saved £14,660.97 of £6000 or 244.35% of my target. The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I finished the year at £2880.99/£3000 or 96.03% of my annual spend so I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the grow your own in 2026 discussion thread
My keep within our budget diary is here7 -
Been shopping this morning at about 7am - lovely and quiet but the butcher was still shut so we will make do with freezer contents. Money ticking along. Going to mention the Halifax switching bonus to DH after @BusyMee1 has alerted me to it. I can hear him now...Save £12k in 2025 #2 I saved £14,660.97 of £6000 or 244.35% of my target. The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I finished the year at £2880.99/£3000 or 96.03% of my annual spend so I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the grow your own in 2026 discussion thread
My keep within our budget diary is here4 -
Oh dear SL - I just had a dopey moment - saw the link to your debt free diary in your sig & thought that I must have a read of that! clicked only to find myself back in the exact place I already was! - SIGH - must go have a coffee & chase the cobwebs away - you'd not believe I've been up since 6:20 & have been working since 8! - this is why I have a routine & normally drink coffee first! 🤣🤣🤣4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)(With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)Original Date - Sept 2041 New projection - Dec 2039 (reduced by 21 months)6
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Often when I am here I see the same link and think the same, so you are in good company 😂rtandon27 said:Oh dear SL - I just had a dopey moment - saw the link to your debt free diary in your sig & thought that I must have a read of that! clicked only to find myself back in the exact place I already was! - SIGH - must go have a coffee & chase the cobwebs away - you'd not believe I've been up since 6:20 & have been working since 8! - this is why I have a routine & normally drink coffee first! 🤣🤣🤣Fashion on a ration 2025 0/66 coupons spent
79.5 coupons rolled over 4/75.5 coupons spent - using for secondhand purchases
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I might have to change my signature... 🤣🤣🤣Baileys_Babe said:
Often when I am here I see the same link and think the same, so you are in good company 😂rtandon27 said:Oh dear SL - I just had a dopey moment - saw the link to your debt free diary in your sig & thought that I must have a read of that! clicked only to find myself back in the exact place I already was! - SIGH - must go have a coffee & chase the cobwebs away - you'd not believe I've been up since 6:20 & have been working since 8! - this is why I have a routine & normally drink coffee first! 🤣🤣🤣Save £12k in 2025 #2 I saved £14,660.97 of £6000 or 244.35% of my target. The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I finished the year at £2880.99/£3000 or 96.03% of my annual spend so I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the grow your own in 2026 discussion thread
My keep within our budget diary is here3 -
Shame your signature can not automatically change being viewed from your diary 🤣🤣🤣Fashion on a ration 2025 0/66 coupons spent
79.5 coupons rolled over 4/75.5 coupons spent - using for secondhand purchases
One income, home educating family5 -
The other bit in my signature is the unicode for the [eek] emoji
Save £12k in 2025 #2 I saved £14,660.97 of £6000 or 244.35% of my target. The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I finished the year at £2880.99/£3000 or 96.03% of my annual spend so I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the grow your own in 2026 discussion thread
My keep within our budget diary is here6 -
ROFL - too funny! 🤣🤣🤣
4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)(With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)Original Date - Sept 2041 New projection - Dec 2039 (reduced by 21 months)6 -
I'm still hopeful
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:resigned to being a prat:ETA at 15.28 nope, altered this one 4 times. I'm officially a prat
2023: the year I get to buy a car5 -
Maybe ignore my eek in square parenthesis

Save £12k in 2025 #2 I saved £14,660.97 of £6000 or 244.35% of my target. The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I finished the year at £2880.99/£3000 or 96.03% of my annual spend so I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the grow your own in 2026 discussion thread
My keep within our budget diary is here5
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