Get a grip !

Skint_yet_Again

The massage was lovely 😊 Head neck and shoulders, plus facial massage £20 for 30 minutes. I was so relaxed after I couldn’t stand up straight and was all wobbly 😆 It had been the tense muscles holding me up and I had compensated with poor posture. Felt like I was floating after 😊

Also spent £4 on 2 bottles of mixed fruit cider and £1.25 on a large sharing bag of crisps on the way there. I only drank one bottle and brought the other home for another time. On the way back I also bought a duck hoisin wrap for dinner reduced from £3 to 70p and a bag of fresh baked choc chip cookies reduced to 32p 

MovingForwards

You definitely needed that massage, hope you've booked another!
Food and drink topped the day off.

Skint_yet_Again

Had a lovely dog walk earlier. No frost today. She played with her ball on the field then we bumped into my friend with 2 dogs and walked on with them for an hour. Very muddy so had to hose the dog off when we got home and gave her a bit of a shampoo and towel dry. 

I have put some soup in the slow cooker to use up some wrinkled parsnips and a couple of carrots. Added half a red onion and stock and tablespoon of curry powder for curried parsnip soup. 

Dog is now snoozing in her chair so I think I will have a lie down on the sofa 😁😴 Got an old Columbo on so will probably doze off 😆

MovingForwards

Columbo is great for Sunday relaxation.
Yummy soup, getting into having that quite a lot myself.
Hope the weather warms up.

savingwannabe

I think the doggie got a massage like you did. Glad you had great food yesterday - what a bargain. Today's is so healthy too well done. Glad you are chilling. I honestly think everything will fall into place for you. 

longway2go

Your soup and sofa snooze sounds amazing! You have reminded me of a nice SW curried parsnip soup I used to make and hubby liked so might squeeze that in somewhere this week,. 

Skint_yet_Again

Thanks SW, MF and Lw2go. Puppy dog may have had a bit of a massage SW, but I’m glad I didn’t get the cold hose down in the garden like she did 😆 Don’t worry she is a lab with a double thick fur coat designed for such things. 

Soup was lovely. There is a portion for lunch tomorrow and 2 portions in the freezer. 

A friend phoned this afternoon needing some company so I went with her for a walk and to the pub. It was her turn to pay and I just had a Diet Coke. DS did the afternoon and evening dog walks. 

Used up a few more items in the fridge for tea, was a bit of a mixture! Fresh smoked mackerel, beetroot, cucumber, mozzarella and crisps 😋

Skint_yet_Again

Had a bit of a tidy up yesterday but not much decluttering done. I cleared the floor in the utility room by putting stuff away on the shelves. Did get rid of one large empty plastic bag which originally had dog food in. (15kg bags). I didn’t like throwing it away because 1. It’s plastic and 2. I can never find a big heavy duty plastic bag when I need one. However we have 2 more full bags so I will have another empty one soon. I will also be buying another 5 bags when I go to see DF around Easter time. 

Then I moved DS’s kit bag from the hallway by the front door into the utility room which means we can get up and down the stairs safely and in and out of the front door easily. Fed up of nearly breaking my neck climbing over it and despite asking several times it has not moved.  Hallway was then hoovered & inside of front door & side glass panel washed down. 

Wasn’t much but it’s a start. Aim is to declutter at least one item a day. 

Bills money from DS and his gf should arrive in my account today. I can then see what I have left & decide what to do with it. Am considering buying some premium bonds. 

MovingForwards

If you can buy PBs on a regular basis, to build up to about £10k, the odds are quite good each year.

Don't blame you for dealing with DS' bag, you put up with it long enough. Setting mini tasks mean you are going to get on top of it all.

Skint_yet_Again

I have £300 leftover this month. Balance of xmas money from DF. Will have a think about pb but not likely to get anywhere near £10k. 

All food from stores today. Bacon and egg roll for breakfast, parsnip soup for lunch and meatballs in chilli sauce for dinner with one portion for the freezer. 

Today I decluttered - one empty  plastic George bag & one plastic clear bag from my bedroom. Seems a bit pathetic but it’s something else that I am hoarding. I hate throwing plastic bags away but we have so many I realise I cannot realistically repurpose them all. Also got rid of about 5 empty pill packs. These seem to multiply overnight on my bedside table 😆