The final countdown

wishingthemortgaheaway

Congratulations. Great news.

Karmacat

Congratulations El! And what a wonderful celebration day you had, it sounds perfect.


Really pleased for you.

elantan

thanks everyone I appreciate it, and yeah KC it was wonderful

well so far today Mr El has found a canoe for £500 a bargain down from £1100 ... the fact we are going on holiday in July and don't have near enough money for the holiday is by the by it's a bargain lol lol lol

I think we may need to have yet another wee sit down and chat and a few things about money and saving needs to come up, no point on being mortgage free if your going to waste the money your now not paying on a mortgage

to hum onwards and upwards

edinburgher

If it's any consolation El, I think the *only* holiday that Mrs E and I have budgeted for was our first trip to Greece 11 years ago :rotfl:

Do you have any secret Scottish tips for food shopping? While we are not doing the whole Paleo thing, I think quite a few of our healthy eating preferences (organic, grass fed etc.) might match your own.

elantan

I'm not doing strict Paleo Ed tbh . it is more of what you are doing, son did discover that bulk buying fish wasn't as easy as he first thought, I'm struggling to find an organic grass fed farm place I can trust, and eggs ... sheesh £1.80 yesterday from Tesno for 6 so that deff needs to change,

I have found bulk buying coconut oil helps, but I am struggling to replicate that with avocado oil and olive oil,

my food budget is £400 a month for us 2 which I understand is a lot for people but I seem to struggle if I am eating healthy .. the shop that used to be in your village ( but has now gone) was great to shop in ... but it was anything but cheap

if u can solve anything ket me know

p.s trying to sit with budgets just now and I'm attempting to out money by for holidays and kayaking ... it's not working well, where on earth do we get the money for holidays I wonder

elantan

I do like damdelicious in Thankerton, I think I will need to go back to them, they are tasty grass fed but I don't think they are organic.


https://www.damndelicious.co.uk

edinburgher

Re. Fish, I wonder if any of the cash and carries do wild caught MSC salmon whole? Around £1.50-2 seems normal for a small fillet these days.

L1dl are c. £1.30 for 6 organic eggs

elantan

I can hit litl on the way home from work ... Will do that in the morning I reckon ... thanks

because I've been concentrating so much on the whole health thing with Mr El I have forgotten to be bothered to check prices, I was just in Tesno yesterday and did note the price of the eggs

chicken for dinner tomorrow so will be dropping into litl for some supplies

does anyone happen to have a costno card ? I'm trying to decide if it is worth getting one ... I think I will stick with the farm that I like for meat but I other things need to be bought

beanielou

I have a booker card.
Think you pay for Costco cards now so you need to see if worth your while.

elantan

yeah they are I think £35 ( not sure though)

trying to figure out if it is worth it tbh