My journey to a debt free life

Onebrokelady

Sun_Addict said:

I think all the online supermarkets have a £40 minimum spend.  Usually I have all the bulky/heavy items delivered then pick up fresh stuff as and when needed. You could even have a monthly non-perishables delivery so you've got all the basics in then pick up the rest separately.

  A monthly non perishable shop is what I was thinking of, so it would be ingredients to make meals, tinned  food and household stuff and pet food, this would save me having to carry heavy shopping home on the bus 😊 I don't mind popping out to pick up the fresh bits it the rest that's a problem, I really don't know why I haven't thought of doing this before 🙄

Onebrokelady

Today was a nice day at work,I sent most of it playing with a small child or sitting with a teenager so nice and varied plus a bit of fun thrown in too
 When I woke up this morning I felt awful and wasn't sure I should go to work,I sounded ok but felt horrible with a sore throat, aching all over and a horrendous headache but I dosed myself up with paracetamol and went anyway,I was ok as long as the paracetamol didn't wear off,I can take two more before bed then I've had the maximum amount I can take,I'm hoping this will just go away and won't develop into anything major,I can spend the day at home tomorrow but I'm meant to be going to my mums on Tuesday for a hair cut,if I'm ill I won't be able to go because I don't want mum and dad to catch anything, I've also got DD1 coming round with the DGC on Tuesday and won't be able to cope with them if I'm ill,I will have to tell her not to come which will annoy her but hey ho can't be helped, hopfully I will be ok by Tuesday,I probably caught it off the DGC when they came last week because they were both ill 😟

The weather has been awful as well today but I've been in the hospital all day so can't really see it, it was chucking it down when I walked home though and the wind was really bad,it sounds like it's calmed down now so hopefully it's gone past us now 

I'm so glad I now have two days off to try to recover 😊

Willowtree222

I tried to do the Tesco ordering and it did work. I just didn't sustain it, which is my own fault and time etc. Have a lovely day. x

Thanks Cherry- I will keep an eye on the rabbit. He was out for about 5 mins before I brought him in. I dried him and then put him in his indoor cage. I hope that is enough. He's eating and drinking fine so hope he will be ok. 

Onebrokelady

Nicnak said:

I tried to do the Tesco ordering and it did work. I just didn't sustain it, which is my own fault and time etc. Have a lovely day. x

Thanks Cherry- I will keep an eye on the rabbit. He was out for about 5 mins before I brought him in. I dried him and then put him in his indoor cage. I hope that is enough. He's eating and drinking fine so hope he will be ok. 

I used to do it when the girls were both at home but got out of the habit when they moved out,I'm hoping I will keep it up but it does take some planning and I'm a bit lax in that regard,I've realised lately though that forward planning is my friend if I want a more relaxed stress free life 😀
 Hopefully the rabbit will be ok is he just got a bit soggy as a one off,it's if they are getting constantly wet that you get problems 😊

Willowtree222

He should be ok. He lives in the house so is warm pretty much most of the time. His fave spot is under the radiator when it is on. 
I know what you mean. I always start with the best intentions, but then lose it once something unexpected crops up, or I am tired one night. x

Onebrokelady

Still feeling under the weather but I think I will be ok to get my hair cut,I just won't kiss mum and dad 😊today I went out for Cough medicine and brufen because I had run out,I also needed some bits of fresh shopping that I forgot to add to the online shop
While I was out I went for a wander round my local shopping center which has a Next and M&S and TKMax,I tried on a top in next but didn't like it so put it back, I nipped into TkMax to see if they had a Tea set for DGS to play with but they didn't have anything, I felt a bit shaky while  I was out so I stopped in M&S cafe for a cheese scone and hot chocolate,that sorted me out, then I nipped to the coop for my bits of shopping and home again

ive done the usual at home today so hoovered and polished,I also did a couple of loads of washing and cleaned out the 🐓🐓

Tomorrow I have to be at my mums for 11 to have my hair cut,DD 1 is coming so we will go in her car, this will save lots of time as I normally get the bus, I'm hoping the DGC will be in good spirits because mum and dad don't cope too well with grumpy children 😀 DGS1 has his nap at about 12.30 so we need to try to back home by then,I'm looking forward to getting my hair cut because it's not behaving like it normally does and it's annoying me 

Onebrokelady

Had my hair cut at last and it feels lovely now, I didn't need to worry about going to mum and Dads with a cold because they both have it as well and my niece who cuts my hair was also not feeling to great, my head isn't so bunged up now but it's gone down onto my chest so I have a cough as well now,I felt quite rough this afternoon but couldn't go for a lie down because the DGC were here,I did enjoy seeing them but really wanted to go to bed for a couple of hours 

I've been a bit worried tonight because someone posted on our community Facebook page that there have been some men seen walking into peoples houses,the police have been informed and I heard the helicopter out overhead,I had to go out with the dog but didn't want to go on my own so DD2 came with me, we just went on a short walk round the block,I've now come in and made sure all my doors are locked,my family all laugh at me because I lock my front door when I'm in the house,they don't lock theirs if they are at home so anyone could walk in 🙀

The weather is also quite wild again tonight and there are some branches down up the road,I'm hoping my trees will all be ok,the big one nearest the house is worrying me at the moment because it lost a really big branch in the last storm, I'm getting my niece and her chap out to have a look at it in case it's dying, if it's safe to stay I will just ask them to raise the crown a bit and give it a good trim, it's just that if it should come down it will land on next doors conservatory which would be a disaster,normally storms like this only last a day and they blow themselves out but this is dragging on a bit now 

Tomorrow I am back at work on a late so I can have a lie in in the morning, hopefully I will feel a bit better than I do now because it's going to be an unpleasant shift otherwise

I realised this morning that I only have 10 days to go until my next holiday,I booked myself two weeks off at the beginning of March,I don't normally take two weeks at a time but I'm so  mentally worn out I thought I would treat myself,I'm really looking forward to it and I'm hoping to use it as a chance to first have a few days relaxing then get some jobs done in the middle followed by a bit more relaxation, maybe if the weather cheers up I might even get out in the garden 😀

Willowtree222

10 days will fly by and you'll then be off. Relaxing sounds great, if you need two weeks then you need it. 
I always lock my front door when I am in the house. I have two bolts and one actual lock. I make sure I put at least one bolt on when in the house to just stop anyone walking in. If I am in the kitchen, then I wouldn't hear the door go and someone could just take anything.
Hope you are feeling better. I always feel a bit better after a hair cut too. It just makes me feel like I have treated myself. x

Onebrokelady

Nicnak said:

10 days will fly by and you'll then be off. Relaxing sounds great, if you need two weeks then you need it. 
I always lock my front door when I am in the house. I have two bolts and one actual lock. I make sure I put at least one bolt on when in the house to just stop anyone walking in. If I am in the kitchen, then I wouldn't hear the door go and someone could just take anything.
Hope you are feeling better. I always feel a bit better after a hair cut too. It just makes me feel like I have treated myself. x

It's always best to be safe than sorry,I always thought it would be ok because the dog would bark if there was anyone at the door, but the other night I came home from work let myself in and had taken my shoes and coat off and gone into the kitchen before she even came ambling down the stairs 🙄😀

Onebrokelady

Yay another day at work done and dusted, it was quite a nice shift that seemed to go by very quickly, I nearly didn't go in because I felt awful this morning but I dosed myself up and was ok, my chest is quite wheezy and I'm still coughing so I will have to keep an eye on that ,work is going to be getting busier this year because we have four HCAs who are leaving this year, one finishes on Tuesday and is going to be a child minder and the other three have all got into uni to train as nurses,I'm so pleased for them all because they are all going to be such good nurses but we will miss them 😟 

Im off tomorrow so can have a lovely lie in,I'm supposed to be going into town but I will wait and see how I feel,I need to wash my waterproof coat but it has to be washed with a reproofing agent to keep it waterproof, the shop that sells that is in town so I can't wash it until I have been in, there was something else I wanted to do but I can't remember what it was, hopefully it will come back to me before tomorrow

The weather is quieter this evening so the wind has dropped but it's still raining so no change there, apparently it's going to be worse again over the weekend which is great because I have rearranged to meet my mum 😡it looks like we might get soggy

I saw my friend today who I stitched the picture for for Christmas so we had a nice catch up at work, we are going to meet up when I'm on holiday and try to go out for the day somewhere, she can drive so we will get out of the city and go somewhere else for a change, it's so long since we did anything social so I'm looking forward to that, the HCAs at work used to go out for a meal once a month but it's fallen by the wayside so I'm thinking I might suggest we start doing it again,it was a good chance to have a nice relaxing night out and chat to everyone away from work 

I'm also thinking of getting my slimming world books out and having a go at shifting half a stone,I lost weight really successfully before I started looking after DGS1 but I had to stop going when I started looking after him so now I've out all but 4lbs of it back on ,half a stone off would make my jeans a bit of a better fit and wouldn't be too hard to maintain,I'm just not sure if I can do it without going to a group