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  • MovingForwards
    MovingForwards Posts: 17,149 Forumite
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    Hope you've bumped up the rent.

    Try and focus on some rest and if you're determined to do some tasks, pick easy ones.
    Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,616 Forumite
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    i agree with MF. Sometimes you just have to take it easy to cope. I hope you are ok. It will get better. 
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • I’ve decided to order this weeks shopping for delivery from co op. Total £30.03 including £3 delivery. Order included salad, veg, fruit, meat, bacon & eggs, peach squash, cheese & 8 pack pepsi max. Arrived within an hour of ordering. Will save me having to go shopping after work this week.  

    Food plan 

    breakfast -
    bacon /egg
    Beans on toast 
    cheese on toast 
    fruit pancakes 
    porridge & fruit
    Fruit bread toasted 

    Lunches
    pulled pork & salad wrap
    pulled pork, fries & sweetcorn 
    home made veg soup
    Peri peri chicken wrap
    cheese & beans on toast
    chicken salad 
    boiled egg salad 

    Dinners
    steak & salad
    chicken fajitas with grated cheese & natural yoghurt
    tandoori chicken (natural yoghurt & tandoori spices) & roasted veg (courgettes, peppers, onions)
    Chicken thai green curry 
    chicken & peppers in black bean sauce 
    mince beef chilli & rice
    beef meatballs & spaghetti 
    beef mince & courgettes/ peppers/ onions/ sweetcorn / tin cream of tomato soup pasta bake 

    Some of the dinners may be lunches instead. Any extras will carry over in the freezer. 

    Only 1 of last week’s cases left and hopefully that will be done tomorrow. 

    DS is cooking dinner for him & gf on the bbq so I will chuck my remaining medallion steak on too & have it with salad. 
    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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    Don't blame you for having a delivery. Meals look great and I'm envious of you having a BBQ again! One day I will buy one.

    Hope your week goes well and work eases up.
    Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.
  • Your meal plan sounds great skint_yet_again. I absolutely love my food and this all sounds delicious!
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,616 Forumite
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    Yum, that looks lovely, I never plan all those lovely meals like you which is why i end up snacking on rubbish and getting big. It's going to rain here for the rest of the week which is great for the garden so no chance of bbq for me! I hope you can enjoy a bbq over the long weekend.
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 9,892 Forumite
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    Lovely meal plan :)
    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

    Emergency fund 0/1000
    Buffer fund 0/100
    Debt March -1,119 (April) -889 (April) -498 (April) -378 (May) -875 July (190)
  • We’ve had rain tonight for the first time in ages. Good for the garden I suppose. Whole of the bank holiday looks wet apart from Sunday according to the forecast. Will be back to walking the dog in the rain every morning. 

    Finally got an email from the range apology for non delivery of sun parasol & confirming now with courier. I will believe it when I see it. It will probably arrive now it’s raining! 

    Made a batch of chilli for tea & leftovers portioned up & in the freezer. 


    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
    Planted needed a drink and hopefully it's just passing weather.

    Do get the fizzy wine on ice in readiness for your delivery, it should arrive this time.
    Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.
  • Skint_yet_Again
    Skint_yet_Again Posts: 8,431 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Hung up my suit! Mortgage-free Glee!
    edited 1 May 2021 at 6:53AM
    Hurrah it’s the weekend, payday yesterday and a bank holiday on Monday 🥳

    The weather forecast is sunshine & showers, could be worse, they had snow near here yesterday. 😳

    My planter fasciitis is v painful at the moment. I got new laces on amazon 2 pairs £2.19 and am wearing my walking shoes with inserts the podiatrist made for me before, but not much improvement 😩 also doing some physio exercises. Hopefully it will pass by the summer. Last year I spent all summer in walking sandals with memory foam insoles which helped. I have just bought a new pair with delivery £40 but worth it if they work. Just too cold to wear them yet 🥶 

    Hoping to have a no spend weekend. I treated myself to kfc delivery last night paid from monthly entertainment budget. Not much planned for next few days. Will be dog walking every day. Hopefully meet up with a friend for a dog walk one morning. Lots of stuff needs doing but I have not regained my mojo. Hope to at least 

    1. check / inflate tyres for free at home with machine DF bought me 2019 for  xmas. 
    2. Batch cook some meals 
    3. cut grass & tidy shrubs. Most of my garden is low maintenance, borders are covered in heavy duty weed free membrane (tool station) & slate (b&m). My DF gave me a lightweight hover mower so no grass clippings to pick up/ dispose of. 
    4. Disinfect the patio with a bucket of diluted zo flora & long handled, stiff bristled, garden brush to get rid of nasty dog niffs
    5. Wash down upvc front door & bay window, just a quick slosh with a bucket of soapy water, sponge & squeegy 

    Hope you all have a good bank holiday weekend & get to see some sun ☀️ 
    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
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