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PD lived up to her reputation and got a sneaky paw in the dregs of my hot chocolate earlier - luckily only flicked it against the kitchen splashback, and then settled down for a long licking session. It's a good job she's pretty...
A perpetual work in progress.
Personal stretch target - Get an emergency fund of £500 -£47.20 at 01/07/20
I don't mind snow (although not fond of how a 40 min commute turned into 1 hr 20 mins) - it's just the slush that's lethal, so fingers crossed it doesn't freeze. I was quite tempted to see if I could wrangle working from home today, but was told before I could even ask that I. Had. To. Be. In. The. Office. Told by whom? Oh, yes, by my line manager, who was, entirely coincidentally, working from home today
Anyway! This is a very tough budget month, so trying to keep the NSDs up. PD needs some food bought this week, but apart from that and some ground coffee for me, I think we're set. I've been reusing my paper coffee filters, but I am going to keep an eye out for a decent reusable material one (metal ones are no good). I'm also trying to avoid Amaz0n at all costs (haven't bought anything from there in months), so we'll see what I can do without it
A perpetual work in progress.
I use a mini cafetiere daily which has saved loads on my morning coffee I used to keep buying on way to work. At work as im a coffee snob I use decaff coffee bags which still is cheaper than buying takeaway coffee. I considered taking a cafetiere into work but would be a right faff cleaning it out. At home we tip the dregs into a fine mesh sieve and then tap them into the compost caddy (or bin if Mr M_F thinks i'm not looking)
Personal stretch target - Get an emergency fund of £500 -£47.20 at 01/07/20
I hope yours is better behaved than mine is
A perpetual work in progress.
Word on the street is that the Council Tax increase is getting decided this week, but I'm not sure how reliable that is - there is a budget meeting, but I don't think they announce the figure at that meeting. It's rumoured to be 4.8% increase - I think that works out about £8 a month more.
In saying that, I did fall mildly in love with a recruiter who called me earlier today, so maybe all hope is not lost
A perpetual work in progress.
Although, there's not much love today - PD has just thrown up a hairball 🤢and I've spilt some wine. Story of my week!
Still, I have some unspilt wine, crisps, and some boxsets to work through on N0wTV, which is currently costing me the princely sum of £1.60 a month (until next month, when I'll properly cancel it 😉), a sofa, a small furry feline, and a blanket. What more could you wish for? 🥳
A perpetual work in progress.
Personal stretch target - Get an emergency fund of £500 -£47.20 at 01/07/20
A perpetual work in progress.