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The Edcawber Principle
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£3.49 paid off a credit card.
Appears to be another miserable rainy day in Glasgow, DD has rejected first (free) day out suggestion, will need to come up with something better :think:
Alternatively, I might just make an executive decision and take her to see the river that runs through Rouken Glen, it should be looking impressive after all the rain.0 -
That sounds great. Opportunity for Pooh Sticks?
As the weather is poor, have you started "cooking" with her yet? I still have my first book but was given it at 6 because I used to help my Great-Grandma. I remember tea parties with the funny bits of pastry I modelled and got cooked...Save £12k in 2025 #2 I am at £4863.32 out of £6000 after May (81.05%)
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I am at £1286.68/£3000 or 42.89% of my annual spend so far
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the Grow your own thread
My new diary is here0 -
Suffolk_lass wrote: »That sounds great. Opportunity for Pooh Sticks?
As the weather is poor, have you started "cooking" with her yet? I still have my first book but was given it at 6 because I used to help my Great-Grandma. I remember tea parties with the funny bits of pastry I modelled and got cooked...
We went out for quite a long walk (3-4 miles, although I carried DD for 1/2 a mile). Our timing was lucky, we started directly after a torrential hailstorm and stayed relatively dry. Got some great photos of sunlight dappling the river through the canopy
Then a quick wander round the garden centre and a relax at home.
Dinner was reduced sirloin steak with steamed sweet potatoes and Savoy cabbage.
Knackered!0 -
£1.48 paid off a CC.
Will get a rest from cooking today - going out for a (free) family meal covering 3-4 birthdays and events 0 -
How lovely. Have a lovely time. Also v impressed that another £1.48 of the CC bill has gone when you are so close to your end of monthSave £12k in 2025 #2 I am at £4863.32 out of £6000 after May (81.05%)
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I am at £1286.68/£3000 or 42.89% of my annual spend so far
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the Grow your own thread
My new diary is here0 -
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One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.0 -
Lunch was hell. DD was a bad tempered whiny tool for 75% of the meal. For those of you without kids, yes, parents think such things.
Exhausted, a free meal has never been so much effort.
At least retired rentals are happy, healthy and off on several holidays 0 -
edinburgher wrote: »Lunch was hell. DD was a bad tempered whiny tool for 75% of the meal. For those of you without kids, yes, parents think such things.
Exhausted, a free meal has never been so much effort.
At least retired rentals are happy, healthy and off on several holidays
They do indeed.
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Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.0 -
£5 paid off a CC.
Have checked my LGPS pension and am pleased to see that it has edged past £1,000 a year :j
Just keep plodding, as long as it's in the right direction it will all work out in the end
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Oh dear, sorry to hear your lunch was spoiled by DD's behaviour. We might think that but we still love them unconditionally - even when we don't like them.
Plodding is good, as Beanie's signature impliesSave £12k in 2025 #2 I am at £4863.32 out of £6000 after May (81.05%)
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I am at £1286.68/£3000 or 42.89% of my annual spend so far
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the Grow your own thread
My new diary is here0
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