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Sun_Addict

foxgloves said:

That's a good Christmas Pot, @Sun_Addict..It's certainly healthier than mine, although I have been buying a few presents here & there.
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I save it from shaving off oddments all year round and aim for £600 before I release it. I don’t have many presents to buy just for immediate family. I’d say half of it goes on presents, the rest on meals/drinks out,   extra food, assorted sundries etc. 

Sun_Addict

That’s Wednesday done ✔️ 

Stayed in the office all day. It was very busy even at 7am when I arrived. I expect people will go in more often now to save money on utility bills. Makes no difference to me with Mr SA being home all day. 

Went for a lunchtime walk with a work walking group, just to the river then back along the canal. It was very pleasant and I got chatting to people I’ve never met before. 

Just resting with a coffee after my walk home before a live Zumba class at 6. 

It’s a good job I went to the outside freezer this morning to get tonight’s dinner out of it as the door hadn’t closed properly where part of a bag had caught. Fortunately nothing had defrosted. Anyway tonight’s dinner is a portion of Sri Lankan curry with rice.

Money wise today has been NSD 6 of October and an oddment of £5.20 has gone to the Christmas pot so now £526.21. 

Humdinger1

Slightly off-topic @Sun_Addict but may I say how much I love the word sundries?  Probably just an eccentric trait of mine but I find it comical; can't think why as the only place I see it is on curry menus and solicitors' bills; nothing very funny there.  Adoring your diary as ever onwards and upwards love Humdinger xx 

Sun_Addict

Humdinger1 said:

Slightly off-topic @Sun_Addict but may I say how much I love the word sundries?  Probably just an eccentric trait of mine but I find it comical; can't think why as the only place I see it is on curry menus and solicitors' bills; nothing very funny there.  Adoring your diary as ever onwards and upwards love Humdinger xx 

I think it’s a throwback to my double entry bookkeeping days, many many years ago 😆

Sun_Addict

 Spotted on the way to work this morning walking through the city centre 😆 One advantage to walking in the dark. 

milann

You won’t miss that place 😂 wouldn’t want their leccy bill though.
The dinner time walking group sounds great 👍 exercise and meeting new people 👍

Sun_Addict

Morning, happy Thursday.

WFH today thank goodness. Will shortly be nipping up to Aldi before it gets busy so that will count as my morning walk.

I'm hoping for a catching up on admin day work wise, although who knows what could pop into my inbox!

I'm joining a live tone & stretch session at lunchtime and FitSteps tonight via the instructor's personal classes she's set up. The Zumba class that replaced FitSteps on the WW app last night was brilliant but I would still like to carry on doing FitSteps too. 

Today's cleaning task is the bathroom (again). I've got a load of washing in but no idea what the weather's doing as it's still pitch black.

Tonight's dinner is a portion of lightly dusted lemon sole from freezer stocks with lots of veg. I had an idea re the freezer to keep a drawer solely for that week's dinners so I know where everything is for that week without having to rummage through mounds of stuff. I can also put things in there that need using up next. Lunch is sorted for the rest of the week as I made 4 portions of carrot, ginger and butterbean soup - it's delicious but think I may have been a bit heavy handed with the ginger!

Money wise I've done a quick check of finances and found an oddment of £3.98 to send to the Christmas pot, now £530.19. Hoping to be at target of £600 mid November so I can make a start on Christmas shopping. I have a day off work to meet friends for lunch on 11 November so would be good to at least pick up one present then.

RelievedSheff

Good job you checked the freezer!

I always worry about our garage freezer defrosting. We usually have quite a lot of meat in there and it would be an expensive job replacing it all again!!

Bathroom cleaning for us tonight as well. Every Thursday I curse myself for buying a house with three bathrooms  

Makingabobor2

Been reading your diary for a while & now decided to subscribe. You're doing well on the Christmas pot...that amount would last me at least 2 Christmases, probably 3...lol.  You sound just like me with the walks & online exercise classses, I love it. 

milann

Good idea saving a shelf for the weeks meals if you have the space. I virtually emptied my freezer and did a Costco shop last month. I’d kept a free shelf to stock Christmas things but by the time I’d made meals from some of the haul I’d bought it was totally full again. Not a bad problem to have atm though.