The Edcawber Principle

edinburgher

£12.82 paid off a CC, I am lower than a bow legged caterpillar today :eek:

Just checking out some electronic 'filing' and a couple of my lovely colleagues have put 2018 work in the folders for last year - sigh! I had thought that one folder for current year and one folder for everything else ever was reasonably sensible :rotfl:

On a more positive note, C25K went very well last night, I finish in a fortnight and then plan on starting a 10k training plan :j

edinburgher

Went grocery shopping - feeling relatively virtuous as it's largely fruits, veg, vegetarian pretend meat and a sprinkling of organic stuff. Used £30 of vouchers which have been recycled through the groceries budget and paid off a CC :j

Edit: Also used £15.10 of our Amazon voucher stash and paid that back off a CC.

slowlyfading

All sounding good today

PositiveBalance

edinburgher wrote: »

Went grocery shopping - feeling relatively virtuous as it's largely fruits, veg, vegetarian pretend meat and a sprinkling of organic stuff. Used £30 of vouchers which have been recycled through the groceries budget and paid off a CC :j

Edit: Also used £15.10 of our Amazon voucher stash and paid that back off a CC.

Where's the halo-wearing emoji when you need it?!

Glad to hear you sounding a bit more chipper, Ed. More please! :T

AlexLK

Sorry to hear about the work colleague.

What's the vegetarian pretend meat like? We have quite a few meat free meals but never tried the pretend meat as I really don't like the idea of it.

edinburgher

PositiveBalance wrote: »

Glad to hear you sounding a bit more chipper, Ed. More please! :T

I can't do chipper, but I do intend on sharing some chips for lunch with Mrs E

AlexLK wrote: »

What's the vegetarian pretend meat like? We have quite a few meat free meals but never tried the pretend meat as I really don't like the idea of it.

I quite like analogues as a stepping stone between meat and having to figure out what to do with a mass of pulses and vegetables that I'm used to eating as sides, not the main event. Like all things, they range from the good to the awful. For example, I quite like vegetarian sausages and Qu0rn do 'fillets' that are great for adding into a stir fry and a passable clone of smoky bacon :drool: On the other hand, I've never managed to make anything from textured vegetable protein mince or chunks that tasted of much (and I consider myself a competent cook).

edinburgher

All my payments for February have gone out this morning and I'm feeling skint again! We have ok jobs, but it still takes my breath away that the mortgage and council tax alone are over £1,000/month :eek:

£0.84 paid off a CC and about £150 in minimum payments out as well :j

beanielou

edinburgher wrote: »

All my payments for February have gone out this morning and I'm feeling skint again! We have ok jobs, but it still takes my breath away that the mortgage and council tax alone are over £1,000/month :eek:

£0.84 paid off a CC and about £150 in minimum payments out as well :j

As you say scary.

Colleague sounds toxic sadly.

edinburgher

I know it will get better beanie, the first few years of a mortgage are always horrible as all your money goes to interest and precious little to capital.

beanielou

edinburgher wrote: »

I know it will get better beanie, the first few years of a mortgage are always horrible as all your money goes to interest and precious little to capital.

now less than a quid a day.

This is so true.
Not to brag at all as it has been a long long hard slog but my interest is now less than a quid a day.
So there is light at the end of the tunnel:D