Atrixa's Saving Diaries

Skint_yet_Again

@atrixa Well done on the promotion and payrise. Painting the radiators makes a huge difference doesnt it. I found it instantly lifted the room and was shocked at how yellowed mine were and I hadn’t realised. 

savingwannabe

Hello again, so good to hear from you. It's clear you have been v busy we are v glad to see you and that you are doing so well at work, as well as saving and doing positive things to the house. It's brilliant that you have sorted your flooring too. That sounds very MSE!!!! 

MovingForwards

Glad you're back, I've missed your house updates and thought you'd become so focused on getting it all finished 😃

Huge congratulations on the promo and rise! That's really lovely to hear.

atrixa

Skint_yet_Again said:

@atrixa Well done on the promotion and payrise. Painting the radiators makes a huge difference doesnt it. I found it instantly lifted the room and was shocked at how yellowed mine were and I hadn’t realised. 

Thanks everyone!

That's exactly it, Skinty- I can't believe how much of a difference it made to the feel of the room. Time and money well spent.

I've had the week off, so just trying to take a bit of time to relax and wind down. Popping out to Sainsbo's later and I'll be taking advantage of the new Nctar prices and offers. They have such a good world food aisle in there.

MovingForwards

Long overdue break where you can sit back and admire how much everything has changed.

Enjoy your shopping trip!

savingwannabe

Happy shopping and have a good weekend.

atrixa

Payday yesterday! Moved money into my savings accounts straight away, and my payrise has been processed without any fuss

I finished a little frugal project recently. I inherited a chest of drawers and two bedside cabinets when I bought this house, but I've never been keen on the hardware (cheap looking black hoops that make a noise when you open them). I had a look on fleabay and bought a set of 12 reclaimed stainless steel knobs for £7 and a wire stripper for £8 to cut the screws down to the right size. looks much better now and loads cheaper than buying 12 brand new furniture knobs.

MovingForwards

Congratulations and well done for paying yourself first.
The furniture sounds great, upcycling and tweaking is a fantastic way of breathing new life into things.

atrixa

I keep meaning to get caught up on everyone's threads, then life gets in the way!

I'm doing well, I've decided to do a cheap grocery challenge for February since prices are going crazy at the moment. I've also picked up some bad grocery spending habits that I want to nip in the bud. I'll be batch cooking much more and avoiding impulse spending on junk food.

The money saved will go to fun things that I'd much rather spend money on, or into my savings.

MovingForwards

Let us know how you get on with the challenge. Offsetting the money helps you spend less as you want it for more fun things.