Put away your purse & become debt-averse

Blackcats

1964 too! 

foxgloves

@Pixiehouse55 - That's so exciting! It's a good while yet till my pension, even longer for Mr F, as I am very definitely the older half of the relationship! We are still enjoying thinking about future plans though.
I think living in a campervan while travelling around looking at boats sounds a fab thing to do. It really appeals to my inner hippy. 
F x

foxgloves

Oh well that's it then, @Blackcats.... we are defo a product of celestial £££ signs aligning in the stars!
F

foxgloves

Another two bags of stuff going off to the charity shop this morning. As we still have a lot of room-emptying to do on & off until all the work is finished, we are getting as much surplus stuff shifted out of the house as we can. It's less to store.
Busy weekend planned.
F x

Blackcats

April 64 - total eclipse of the sensible spending sun until the planets re-aligned many years later 😁.
sounds like you are doing lots of de-cluttering.  I need to get going on that again but I've been doing plenty of shredding - so much ancient paperwork.  

Pixiehouse55

foxgloves said:

@Pixiehouse55 - That's so exciting! It's a good while yet till my pension, even longer for Mr F, as I am very definitely the older half of the relationship! We are still enjoying thinking about future plans though.
I think living in a campervan while travelling around looking at boats sounds a fab thing to do. It really appeals to my inner hippy. 
F x

@f@foxgloves yes, it's the hippy side of us too. My hairdresser makes my smile as she always says I should of been a hippy with my bright colour shoes/boots and saddles, my long flowing skirts and bright coloured tops lol. But she always says no if I say I want red green or blue hair with my pixie hair cut...  I was born in 1962. Hippy Days are coming back for me and Mr P xx

foxgloves

It's a lovely future to look forward to, @Pixiehouse55.

Mr F has just informed me that the rain is setting in this afternoon & continuing all day tomorrow, so I think I will finish my coffee & go & do some greenhouse jobs. I could usefully get on with potting up the basil seedlings, also the ragged robin. Apart from that, we are aiming to have a gentle day which involves neither furniture moving, cleaning or tip runs.
If I got a couple of bedspread squares knitted too, that would be a bonus (92 / 144).
F x

Onebrokelady

Hmmmm I think the celestial spending alignment took place from June 1963 until at least May 1964 😉😂

foxgloves

Lol, @Onebrokelady, I think some of these stellar allignments can hang around for a while, so I'm sure you're right.
F x

foxgloves

Hello Sunday Savers,
Well, as there is a lot of spending happening on the home improvements project, allbeit budgeted for, I am also embracing an urge to 'shop from home' atm where possible. Am pleased to report the following recent shopping from home successes:
*An unused basket is now holding all my writing paper, cards, envelopes, etc.
*New bra now not required as I was able to repair the pokey plastic thing. 
*Another redundant basket now neatly holding my toiletries stash.
*Removed deceased plant from ceramic pot I'd forgotten about & used it to plant up my free azalea.
*Re-strung 3 items for Mr F using leather thonging from long-forgotten jewellery-making supplies which had been in the loft for 19 years!
*Found an empty lidded plastic storage box, now repurposed for medicines/first aid supplies.
*Scented candle. No, I haven't bought a new one but I have been successfully using the leftover scented wax on my wax-melt burner. Each small handful provides 2 burns.
*Long piece of lightweight packing material from new bedroom furniture now being used as horticultural fleece in greenhouse.
... & from this afternoon, we were just wishing we'd bought some biscuits for afternoon coffee & were just contemplating a biscuit run, when Mr F said 'What's the quickest thing you could possibly bake from stuff we' ve already got in? ', so I made a half batch of scones. We were eating one 35 mins later topped with my friend's home made blackcurrant jam! I always use Mary Berry's recipe for' best ever scones' now because they are so speedy - I never bother with rolling - & always rise well without fail. 
Well, it is so chilly, I have already put the greenhouse to bed. Time for those pesky bedspread squares now.
Stay cosy,
F x