Ongoing Journey to being a Frugalista..

jwil

Well done on the accounts and 32% :T :T

mfmaybe

Doing brilliantly as always Brizzle. Hope the new job is going well.

brizzlegirl

Thanks all.

Relieved to have got to Friday. Quite a week. Lots of juggling but did 1.5hrs of cycling to get to meetings and to other stuff yesterday which was hard work but has to be good for me. Pleased about that. And looking at the Friday afternoon traffic was the best call.

Girls here there and everywhere this weekend. So some lift provision but will try and keep it containable and also pop to the cinema if we can. haven't been for ages so keen to go.

Have taken the decision to take the ILs and parents out for Xmas lunch....makes it nice and easy for us...there will be plenty of other opportunities during their stay to be sweating in the kitchen and the restaurant that will host us is magic. It’ll be great. We had a meal there in the week with friends and it was lush. I will now cancel the turkey order and start to plan the rest.

So.plan for the day..

- declutter 15 items {decluttered 5 - magazines to take to my friend - so recycling really)
- meal plan for next week [done]
- make an OP to the holiday CC (done) - my plan of paying off a transaction every day (using YNAB entries as my guide) is working well in bringing down the residual amount so that December is not a big hit. Been doing this since we came back on 4th. Will try and pay a restaurant bill today and maybe another tomorrow rather than the little ones as cash flow is Ok at the moment and I hope I am in the payroll run this month without emergency tax. Fingers crossed
- make sure DD2 does plenty of homework and revision despite having friends over [done, she partied hard too but all done]
- reconcile YNAB (done)
- do some housework.badly needed!! (hoovered, laundry, cleaned bathroom - that'll do)

Have a great weekend all x

pennywisepoundstupid

Great to hear things are ticking along nicely.

Christmas lunch out sounds like a good idea, something I would like to do one year.

Enjoy your weekend.x

beanielou

Have a good weekend

brizzlegirl

Thanks PWPS..it'll be the first time I have actually carried this plan out..been tempted but never done it and in fact often we are away at Christmas skiing etc so see them all before, often early December. Not sure it will be the last time tho if it works the restaurant has said canap!s at 2 and lunch at 3...I am looking forward to it already

Have a great weekend beanie..any plans?

beanielou

Been chanting today

Gearing up for DS's Masters graduation this coming week!!

Seasidegal58

Having Xmas lunch out will be a nice change - as you have posted before, you know the restaurant and that the food will be good. We have done this a couple of times over the years - does make for a less stressful day.

jwil

Xmas lunch out sounds great!

brizzlegirl

It was a good weekend. Here's hoping that this one is just as good.