Travelling On

Karmacat

Well, there was an absolute rainstorm within 5 minutes of me trying to do the garden, and very little else got done, but it's a Sunday in December, I don't care that I didn't do anything terribly much not even the Christmas cards Though onions and lentils have magically appeared cooked on the hob

I *did* accidentally start buying Christmas presents, delivered tomorrow to the local Waitrose. Two of them will need to be posted, so I kind of *had* to get my act together. Slippers and gloves and more gloves and notelets, and since my identity within the family is mostly "impoverished singleton aunt" :D:D and I have pacts not to buy with friends, thats over half done. I'm quite surprised ...

earthgirl

"impoverished singleton aunt" lol!

I agree Sundays in december are for ..nothing!

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Karmacat wrote: »

…... "impoverished singleton aunt" :D:D

Several cruises, other trips and holidays, a lovely new kitchen, sometimes shopping at Waitrose etc etc. (You not me). I wish I were as impoverished as you are, KC:rotfl:

Karmacat

earthgirl wrote: »

"impoverished singleton aunt" lol!

I agree Sundays in december are for ..nothing!

Yep, it was nice enough, particularly because I kind of made myself stop faffing and just relax

Finally_Solvent wrote: »

Several cruises, other trips and holidays, a lovely new kitchen, sometimes shopping at Waitrose etc etc. (You not me). I wish I were as impoverished as you are, KC:rotfl:

Including the holidays, I live on about £10k a year, £2k more than the state pension, which I'm not yet eligible for. The kitchen was bought with inherited money, since my mum died 3 years ago. Frozen food at Waitrose, which is 95% of what I buy there, costs about 20p per kilo more than Sainsbo, I think. Walking the further distance to Sainsbo is beyond me, so that 20p is a spend I'm willing to make. The London trips, I'm staying at my nephew's maisonette catsitting - very little extra money is involved in that.

I don't bother talking about the day to day ways I skimp - the number of layers I wear inside the house, or going out for a walk around the block simply to warm up. Very few new clothes (I did have to buy a warm coat for the first cruise - half price in Trespass, the only other thing I bought was a multipack of socks). Staying in bed in the morning so I don't put the heat on. Never, ever going out to evening events (partly because my health isn't good enough). My recent two months without a tv licence was mostly for financial reasons, that saved £24. Oh, and not having cats again, partly because of the everyday expenses, partly because of the big expenses like a catsitter of my own, and vets bills.



I have it better than a lot of people, but I don't have it easy.

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Karmacat wrote: »

Yep, it was nice enough, particularly because I kind of made myself stop faffing and just relax

Including the holidays, I live on about £10k a year, £2k more than the state pension, which I'm not yet eligible for. The kitchen was bought with inherited money, since my mum died 3 years ago. Frozen food at Waitrose, which is 95% of what I buy there, costs about 20p per kilo more than Sainsbo, I think. Walking the further distance to Sainsbo is beyond me, so that 20p is a spend I'm willing to make. The London trips, I'm staying at my nephew's maisonette catsitting - very little extra money is involved in that.

I don't bother talking about the day to day ways I skimp - the number of layers I wear inside the house, or going out for a walk around the block simply to warm up. Very few new clothes (I did have to buy a warm coat for the first cruise - half price in Trespass, the only other thing I bought was a multipack of socks). Staying in bed in the morning so I don't put the heat on. Never, ever going out to evening events (partly because my health isn't good enough). My recent two months without a tv licence was mostly for financial reasons, that saved £24. Oh, and not having cats again, partly because of the everyday expenses, partly because of the big expenses like a catsitter of my own, and vets bills.



I have it better than a lot of people, but I don't have it easy.

Oh dear, Karmacat, I feel really bad now:o. I do know how you skimp (as an avid reader of your diary but a relatively new poster) but I have a feeling that you thought I was 'getting at you' in some way by my earlier comment. Absolutely nothing of that sort was intended I promise you. I was having a little bit of fun at the term 'impoverished' and my attempt at humour somehow was lost in translation so to speak. Sorry xxx

Karmacat

Nuff said, Finally Solvent, I don't know your voice well enough yet, so it didn't come over to me as you intended. Stay around, and we **will* know each other well enough :kisses3:

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Karmacat wrote: »

Nuff said, Finally Solvent, I don't know your voice well enough yet, so it didn't come over to me as you intended. Stay around, and we **will* know each other well enough :kisses3:

Thanks, KC. That really means a lot:T:beer:

beanielou

I have to say that I had not thought that one of the reasons you did not have cats was the cost
A very valid reason as I know, though would not be without my boys.

Karmacat

Finally_Solvent wrote: »

Thanks, KC. That really means a lot:T:beer:

Aww :kisses3: :j:beer::A Keep going, the issues of getting and staying solvent are slightly different, and we all need to share and learn where we can. Twinges from prior lack of money notwithstanding :o:o

I was serious when I said before about posting a link to your own thread, if you decide to start one: I'm utter rubbish at using anything apart from User CP, which just gives me threads I've already subscribed to.

beanielou wrote: »

I have to say that I had not thought that one of the reasons you did not have cats was the cost
A very valid reason as I know, though would not be without my boys.

I feel bad about it, but it's right for me and its not the only reason. Living with my two lovely cats (a grey and a black and white, mother and daughter) gave me allergies to cat hair, which I never had before.

And I'd have felt absolutely *awful* going away like I have if I'd had cats: 8 days on two Sun caravan holidays (very short travel times, because local, but still, I wasn't in the house), 5 day trip to brother for my mum's ashes, 5 weeks catsitting in London, the 12 days cruise that we went on half price bleep thats a lot :rotfl:that's, erm, two months!

If I had my own, I seriously couldn't leave them for that long, I'd miss them too much. But I was so ill for so long, I was desperate to get out and have a bit of life once I was well enough for train journeys. Oh my, I feel quite sniffly for how bad things used to be. It's wonderful to think how far I've come, actually!

apple_muncher

I remember that I used to dip into your diary yonks ago(?) and then you received your inheritance. And - if I recall rightly - it was a huge help and has enabled things like the kitchen to be done just as you wanted it, not to fit to a v tight fixed budget? I enjoy hearing about your out-and-abouting, your fights with the brambles + laurel + weeds in general, your walks, your ancestor-hunting, U3A, eco stuff...


And when you finally do get your SP, does that mean you'll get 8k more p.a.? If so, you'll be rolling in it :rotfl:!!