Get a grip !

[Deleted User]

Congratulations. Personally I feel that when you are settled in you should give yourself a treat. Maybe little holiday. It will do no harm to park the MSE approach for a short while!

MovingForwards

Congratulations 🎉🍾🎉 I'm so pleased for you! 

How long until you retire for a while?

Skint_yet_Again

Thank you. Just over a week to finish work. 

Spends so far 
the range 53.93
toolstation £40.31

Went into town today on the bus, total £4. DF used his free bus pass & paid for lunch 😁 Fish & chips, mushy peas, bread & butter & pot of tea each. £9 each. I also picked up some toiletries including toothpaste in £land total £5 and opened my new fixed rate bonds. 

Tomorrow we are off to b&q 🤗

MovingForwards

Good spends and great price for lunch.
Enjoy yourself tomorrow 😊

Chrystal

So happy for  you.  Wishing you all the very best for your new beginning (((hugs))) XXX

doingitanyway

Congratulations. Wishing you happiness in your new home x

Skint_yet_Again

Thanks for the good wishes MF @Chrystal and @doingitanyway

I met the new neighbours on one side and had a lovely chat. Haven’t managed to catch the other side yet to say hello. 

Spent £92.95 at b n q 😳 all necessary spends. I am keeping a record so I don’t get carried away and overspend. 

Popped to see my friend I went to school with for a cuppa and cake 😋

Lined up a gas engineer to take out the old gas fires and back boiler and move the pipe work to install a combi boiler with a 10
year guarantee. £3670. I picked the most expensive option 🙄 but the boiler will be tucked away in the airing cupboard rather than in one of the bedrooms. 

Filled the car up with petrol £33 ready for the drive back to the old place. Back at work on Monday for the final slog. 

[Deleted User]

Excellent idea to put in a good quality boiler. So much better not to have a boiler in one of the bedrooms.

Skint_yet_Again

I have switched mobile providers to g gaff and taken a no contract sim-only £10 goody bag with unlimited calls & texts and 20gb data. I have downloaded their app which shows me how much data I have left. At the moment I am attached to DF’s wifi and I will still be attached to wifi at DS’s. Once I have moved into my new house I will have a better idea whether 20gb is enough going forward. 

Next week I finish work 🤗 and I need to sort virgin media, council tax & water bills and hire a van for DS to move my stuff or get a man & van to move me depending on the cost for over 200 miles. 

Once I have moved I will change car tax, insurance, tv license, car driving licence. I have already registered online for council tax at the new property. I can change my bank address on their app. I can change my gov . Uk address online. I’m sure there are lots of other things I haven’t thought of. 

MovingForwards

I'm so pleased things are moving fast for you and looking forward to hearing your new adventures as the stress melts away ☺️