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Get a grip woman!
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Oh my giddy trousers, @Suffolk_lass - What a start to 2023. I do hope things start to improve very soon. I was going to suggest getting your seed box out as a cheer-up & reminder that Spring isn't too far away, but actually, that might make you feel.worse if it just reminds you of busy gardening jobs on top of everything else. So I'm sending calming vibes instead.
F x2026's challenges: 1) To rebuild our Emergency Fund to at least £5k.
2) To read 50 books (12/50) 3) The Re-Shrinking of Foxgloves 8.1kg/30kg
Remember....if you have to put it on a credit card, extend your overdraft or take out a loan to buy whatever it is, you probably can't afford it, as that's not your money, it's somebody else's!5 -
Well that's enough 'excitement' & activity to cover the fast percentage of the year so I wish you a dull and easy going rest of 2023
Well done to DH for being persistent with the nurse but a shame that the eye is being stubborn in its healing- Mortgage: 1st one down, 2nd also busted
- Student Loan gone
Swagbucks, Mingle, GiffGaff, Prolific, Qmee & Quidco; thank you MSE every little bit helps4 -
Hope you are on the mend and DH is being sorted out.DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)2 -
Thanks for the good wishes everyone. I am still positive but I am starting to feel a lot better. DH is still in the spare room as there is a suggestion that we could reinfect one another and neither of us wants that. He is still pretty breathless but managing to take the dog out at a sedate pace (him, not doggo, who sprints around happily)
His eye follow up appointment is on 23rd and as you can imagine, everything is crossed ahead of this (both in terms of eye health and Covid to be gone). Although he is feeling well enough to walk our dog we have had to call off walking the big cockapoo we usually take out.
I have just ordered a click and collect from Morries in the hope that I am well enough to collect it on Thursday. I increased a couple of things to satisfy the £20 off £80 offer but I already realise I omitted some things so need to go back in and tweak it. In the meantime I am making courgette soup with some preprepared and frozen butternut squash that will give it a nice creamy texture. Everything except the carrots were grown here last summer.Save £12k in 2026 #2 I have banked £2870.61 so far, against a £10k target The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
OS Grocery Challenge in 2026 I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026 - currently £568.34 and most of my March purchasing made
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 -
I do love your soup reports. Hope you are both feeling so much better soon.Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!2 -
Hope your DH can get to his appointment.I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 19months left.2 -
Ho hum. Still testing positive here. Day 14 and heartily p'd off. SO bored with not being able to get on with things. I have had a temper tantrum this morning. Proper swearing and throwing things in frustration. DH has taken the dog out to avoid me and stop me upsetting the dog and him with my ranting. So now I have a sore throat and guilt too.Save £12k in 2026 #2 I have banked £2870.61 so far, against a £10k target The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
OS Grocery Challenge in 2026 I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026 - currently £568.34 and most of my March purchasing made
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 here2 -
@Suffolk_lass - I don't blame you at all for shouting, swearing & throwing things, as that's exactly what I'd be doing if I'd just tested positive after 14 days! That is just a ridiculous length of time. I do hope you get a negative test very soon.
F x2026's challenges: 1) To rebuild our Emergency Fund to at least £5k.
2) To read 50 books (12/50) 3) The Re-Shrinking of Foxgloves 8.1kg/30kg
Remember....if you have to put it on a credit card, extend your overdraft or take out a loan to buy whatever it is, you probably can't afford it, as that's not your money, it's somebody else's!2 -
Poor you
it really hangs on sometimes, and it's one of the unknown quantities about it all, I'm sorry you've come down on the wrong side of it. Thinking of you. 2023: the year I get to buy a car1 -
Sometimes it is better just to get it out.I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 19months left.2
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