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  • You are right. I would never have bothered looking before. I would have gone & bought a 6 pack & scoffed them all 😆 Maybe not all in one day 😳 but easily over a weekend 🤦‍♀️
    0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
    House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
    House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗

    Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).

    Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1

    Living off savings diary
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6429003/escape-to-the-country-living-off-savings/p1
  • Irenadler
    Irenadler Posts: 884 Forumite
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    Hi Skinty
    I know what you mean, crisps, drool, too moreish....
    "...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains however improbable, must be the truth..."
    "Mastering a low budget lifestyle now, means you are set for life" quote by 'Miss Babs'

    Dog's 'Pot o' Gold' = £23.85
    Household maintenance = 0
    Prolific Academic = £41.64
  • I see noaidi’s diary has been deleted which is a shame 😕

    New walking shoes gave me blisters yesterday ouch! Have packed them with newspaper to try & stretch them a bit. 
    Then I was breaking up a wooden pallet to fit in the car & stubbed my toe on a rusty screw 😫
    Had a lovely walk with puppy dog this morning & now it’s pouring with rain. Typical when I’m just leaving home to go to the tip !  Then I have to go to hospital drop-in centre for a tetanus as advised by my GP as my last one was 1991 ! 
    0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
    House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
    House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗

    Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).

    Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1

    Living off savings diary
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6429003/escape-to-the-country-living-off-savings/p1
  • MoneyWorry
    MoneyWorry Posts: 232 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts
    Hate breaking in walking shoes. My OH bought me a pair of walking sandals this year. I hadn’t had a pair for years. They’re sandals, but waterproof which I know sounds contradictory and really comfy. 
  • MovingForwards
    MovingForwards Posts: 17,149 Forumite
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    I saw that and don't blame her, will miss seeing how she gets on with her plans ☹️

    No, not the dreaded new shoe blister. If you shop on 3bay, a shoe stretcher contraption is only a couple of quid.
    Think you jinxed yourself saying everything was back to normal and healed. Please be careful, we can't have you incapacitated again 🤨 new (few years ago now) research suggests the T jab lasts a lot longer than 10 years, don't fret too much about not having one for nearly 30.

    Hopefully the weather dries off a little for this evening 😊
    Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.
  • All rubbish from the house & the shed has now gone to the tip. 🤗 No more falling over the microwave trying to get in the utility room ! DS put it in the car before he went off to work & a kind tip worker lifted it out of the car & took it away for me. 

    When I got home the rain was easing and so I walked to the hospital. Have now had a booster tetanus. The sun was shining when I came out so a nice walk home. 

    Crispy Chilli belly pork for tea with roasted veg, rice & soy sauce 😋 There is enough belly pork left for another meal. 

    Friday tomorrow & payday yay!
    0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
    House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
    House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗

    Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).

    Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1

    Living off savings diary
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6429003/escape-to-the-country-living-off-savings/p1
  • MovingForwards
    MovingForwards Posts: 17,149 Forumite
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    Yay 🤗
    Belly pork is soooooo nice.
    Isn't it strange how having payday on a Friday always feels double good 🤭
    Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.
  • atrixa
    atrixa Posts: 549 Forumite
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    I'm now wondering when I last had a tetanus jab! The best way I've found to break in shoes is to put them on and wander round the house for a bit, then put blister plasters on where they're rubbing. Not completely foolproof but saves a few areas.
  • Lovely sunny morning ☀️ walked puppy dog to the park & played football. Wore my old walking shoes which I have not taken to the shoe bank yet. Gentle walk home as feet are still sore even in my old shoes which have never rubbed before 😕

    Just starting work. Will sort out my banking & budget after. Have hard boiled some eggs for lunch / snacks over the weekend. 
    0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
    House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
    House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗

    Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).

    Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1

    Living off savings diary
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6429003/escape-to-the-country-living-off-savings/p1
  • MovingForwards
    MovingForwards Posts: 17,149 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Seventh Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    Soak your feet to help comfort them and if possible put a few plasters on the sore or wear your sandals for a couple of days while it gets better.
    Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.
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