Giving every £ a job

Blackcats

Thanks Lucielle - that's such a simple but great idea.  Reminds me of the story about NASA spending lots of money and time developing a pen to use in space whilst the Russians just used a pencil.  😀

foxgloves

And there's a good chance they were grown in this country too, Blackcats, instead of being heavily sprayed & flown in from abroad.
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savingholmes

Flowers are a beautiful luxury. They can make such a difference.

Franalamadingdong

Fellow stationery lover here! Got to love flowers too. We have a local florist who encourages grown not flown. She always gives me a discount too (advantage of my job! Lol) 

Blackcats

I find that I really enjoy my flowers now when I buy or when I am given them.  I took them for granted before.  Your florist sounds great Fran.  I like the grown not flown philosophy and even better that you get a discount.  

When my husband died the flowers from his funeral were collected by the hospice and turned into bunches of flowers to brighten up patient rooms.  It is a lovely idea and although it was very poignant it felt better than leaving the beautiful flowers at the crem.  Sorry if that sounds a bit morbid but after quite a few years it's relatively easy and quite comfortable for me to talk about these things.  

In money related news, my quidco money has arrived in the bank so I shall transfer that to savings, top it up a bit which means I can fill in 3 squares which takes me to the end of a line of squares 👏

lucielle

I do like Stargazer lillies, don't get them very often.
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Franalamadingdong

A lot of families like to do that. It's so nice for the residents too. My grandmother passed when she was 41.  Before my mum had even met my dad. And there were so many flowers they went to the hospitals and care homes and there were still so many. 

Yippee for colouring in a bit more!!!

Blackcats

A couple of unplanned spends this weekend.  A nice breakfast in a new coffee shop this morning.  Kept me full up til tonight though.  I needed to use up some time between appointments but instead of going to browse the shops (resulting in inevitable spends) I went for a nice walk, I got back to my car at the time when light drizzle turned to real rain.  I'm genuinely surprised how little I've spent this month ... so far.  I don't think I've missed out on anything.  I was thinking about having a few ultra low spend months during the year to boost savings.    

Franalamadingdong

Well done Blackcats! I love looking round shops! You're stronger than I!

savingholmes

You're doing well. Great to fill in a few more squares and be that much closer to your goals.