Working the numbers 2019 style

mark55man

report for Saturday

Steps 3500
Veggie - No
Weight - Quite good no snacking
NSD

clean/fix - finished the lounge and decluttered the kitchen
save/make - nothing again

mark55man

Just done weekly check against the budget

• Car - looking good, even OH week away in Cornwall not costing too much
• Clothes - still under control
• Coffee - still showing holiday bounce but should come in only a little over
• Hobbies - no further spends
• Entertainment - looking very good, but did do a little more last week including take-out
• Grocery - looking very good (for us) predicting low £600s which is unheard of
• Holiday - OH had some days out in Cornwall, but cafe lunch territory
• Kids settled down a little, and started to see some coming back
• Household costs are lower as well, still decluttering

mark55man

report for Sunday

Steps 4600 - walked around local farm/coffee shop
Veggie - No - tuna salad
Weight - Not the best - 2 ice creams and 2 beers but had nice salad sat outside for supper
LSD - £5 for coffee no cake and £5 for beer to toast the cricket result

clean/fix - nothing really
save/make - did my pension spreadsheets, so no points today but good will stacked up for 10 years time

DebtFreeMonkey

Aye! Quite the cricket result it was and all!

Hope you have a good BH!

mark55man

yes - was checking the score on my phone, then when it got down to 30 runs to go, I begged my OH pardon and put the radio on for Test Match Special - that was an exciting 20 minutes :-). Then a beer to toast success - fittingly it was a bottle of "Goliath" beer

grown up kids have got the paddling pool out (6' circle thing) and enjoying simple pleasures

mark55man

Steps 701 - in my defence havent gone upstairs yet
Veggie - No - chicken curry
Weight - OK - just a Fab ice cream as a treat
LSD - OH got YS bonanza at Mr S

clean/fix - dish wash
save/make - saved about £30 on YS items - so I think that will do

mark55man

Tuesday's entry - bit late try to post daily

Steps 4200 - lunchtime walk
NSD - Yes
Veggie - No - left over tuna salad in a wrap - yum
Health - no treats and am nearing 18st on the way down which is still way over, but was verging on 18st 10 a while ago

save/make : kids have started paying back some money now their pay cheques have come in
clea/fix : dish wash on before I left home - hope its still not going as I'm out on a work focused road trip - premier inn no less - but haven't met anyone famous

baglady1

Hi , just wanted to say I really enjoy reading your diary - humour plus practicalities especially with your kids. I shall gloss over the cricket result.. With 2 Tasmanians in the Aussie Test team I was hoping for a different outcome. Ah well always another Ashes series.
Cheers and keep on posting Baglady1 :beer:

mark55man

why thank you baglady

I love the Ashes - sometimes one sided, but when its close its just so exciting

mark55man

Wednesday's entry - bit late - got a deadline so had to stay at work a lot late - my reward will come but not today (yesterday or probably tomorrow)!!!

Steps 1700 - lunchtime walk
NSD - Yes - every spend was for work
Veggie - No - because Cheese or and Chinese a treat from work
Health - may be undoing good work, but no beer or cake :-(

save/make : pay day! and remembered to put my irregular regular saving in to qualify for interest this month
clean/fix : still in the premier inn still haven't met anyone famous

been a bit dull haven't I - well to the weekend and I will really show you all how to [STRIKE]party[/STRIKE]snooze

plus will do my monthly reports and totals - not looking forward to it as I've said its been a bit swings and roundabouts