Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally

Sunshine_girl2

HH , I have been to MR T today, I thought I would let you know what happened. There was a small queue , nhs staff could go straight in their ID was checked by the security guard . My trolley was cleaned for me , inside the store it was lovely and peaceful not many people in . They are doing one in one out , everything was there barring long life milk. The checkout has markers , you get told off if you get to close ,! It made the whole thing less stressful so if you have to venture to Mr T I think you will be ok. 

HairyHandofDartmoor

teafor2 said:

Hi HHD Glad you've managed to cover your bills and have some set aside, but crikey that water bill! Ours if just over £40 a month so yours is double plus some. 

I reckon it won't be long before you see the fruits of your labour in the garden if you do a bit every day. At least the weather is nice so we're able to get out for some fresh air. Not sure how we'd all be feeling if it was raining and we were all cooped up inside. Even being able to get the washing on the line makes the house feel better.  Have a lovely day. xx

Thanks TF2 . I'm so jealous of your water bill. Our water bill is going up in April too to over £100. It's very unfair as it will almost be as high as our council tax bill. It's to pay to keep all the beaches clean that we're not allowed to go to at the moment 😭.

Yes I hope my garden tidying efforts will pay off in time. I'm very thankful it's sunny atm, although maybe if it was raining I wouldn't feel like going out 🤔. I agree that washing drying outdoors always makes me feel better .

HairyHandofDartmoor

My diary is going to be moving fast at the moment as I come on here and blather nonsense every time I get bored. Apologies in advance if I'm boring everyone to tears, but then I guess no one has to read it 😁.

elizabethhull

HairyHandofDartmoor said:

 paid our £94 water bill for March (no we don't have a swimming pool, that's what people in the SW have to pay 😭), paid our weekly NP0w3r bill of £45, and paid £120 for two months of broadband and landline (Feb and March). 

I know from previous posts that your water bill is iniquitous, but £60 a month for broadband and landline ? Do you get eg mobiles with it as well, because we pay Jo*n Lew*s £34 a month for fibre-optic and landline. We have to limit calls to an hour at a time, but we neither of us use mobiles for calls at all.

I'm getting lots of washing done, including guest bedding that obviously only gets done occasionally. I tend to reckon if its the same people (ie DD1 and DSIL) that it gets done after approx 3 w/e visits. Although I'm sitting on 'their' bed in the mornings to do my jigsaws !!!

redofromstart

I think our BB is about £30, unlimited but not super super fast.

Its your diary, you post however often you like.   Many of us are also bored, or in my case seeking light relief from daytime stress, its only an issue if there is nothing for me to read and I can hear the inner fret dialogue.

beanielou

Keep posting 😊

HairyHandofDartmoor

elizabethhull said:

HairyHandofDartmoor said:

 paid our £94 water bill for March (no we don't have a swimming pool, that's what people in the SW have to pay 😭), paid our weekly NP0w3r bill of £45, and paid £120 for two months of broadband and landline (Feb and March). 

I know from previous posts that your water bill is iniquitous, but £60 a month for broadband and landline ? Do you get eg mobiles with it as well, because we pay Jo*n Lew*s £34 a month for fibre-optic and landline. We have to limit calls to an hour at a time, but we neither of us use mobiles for calls at all.

I'm getting lots of washing done, including guest bedding that obviously only gets done occasionally. I tend to reckon if its the same people (ie DD1 and DSIL) that it gets done after approx 3 w/e visits. Although I'm sitting on 'their' bed in the mornings to do my jigsaws !!!

No it doesn't include mobiles Elizabeth, but bear in mind that DH works from home, so we pay extra for a super fast broadband connection which is a business expense (partly). We get unlimited landline calls too.

I'm getting loads of washing done too, at this rate our houses and gardens will be spotless 😁.

HairyHandofDartmoor

redofromstart said:

I think our BB is about £30, unlimited but not super super fast.

Its your diary, you post however often you like.   Many of us are also bored, or in my case seeking light relief from daytime stress, its only an issue if there is nothing for me to read and I can hear the inner fret dialogue.

Ours is super fast Redo as DH works from home permanently.

Inner fret dialogue is a very good description for my ramblings 😂

HairyHandofDartmoor

beanielou said:

Keep posting 😊

Thanks Beanie .

HairyHandofDartmoor

I sat in the garden for a bit because I felt bored indoors and it was so hot I had to fetch sunglasses and a sun hat 😎.

I ended up doing more gardening as I was sitting looking at weeds and felt impelled to pull a few up after a while 🌱. I also lightly pruned our clematis which is covered in pink buds 🏵 and bagged up some more of the mountain of branches, which is half gone now. I'm not sure what to do with the weeds and branches I've bagged up as our garden waste collection has been cancelled and our recycling centre is closed 🤔. I do think that I'm going to make some real progress on the garden tidying if I keep this up every day 🙂.

I also know a lot more about our new neighbours now after sitting in the garden for an hour 🙄. One side is a rental and the neighbours seem to change every year.