2020 - 'Nothing in your life will change until you make the decision to change'

jwil

beanielou said:

We do forget how far we have come.

Definitely!  Especially when it's slower progress so big changes don't happen at once.

jwil

Just back from a quick wander around the local boot sale.  It was nice to do something like that again.  I was very good and didn't buy anything 😇.  

This afternoon we are going to sell at another boot sale.  Fingers crossed we clear some stuff!  DH says we don't have a huge amount which is good.  My shopping will arrive this morning so we will take a picnic.

Yesterday I spent £120 buying clothes for the kids 😱  Little miss seems to have grown out of everything at the same time, so has pretty much got a new wardrobe.  Just a couple of t-shirts for little jwil.

Hope everyone is enjoying the sun and the long weekend

NeverendingDMP

They do have growth spurts all of a sudden don't they and it ends up being a  full clothes and shoe shop. At least you should have summer  clothes sorted for now

jwil

NeverendingDMP said:

They do have growth spurts all of a sudden don't they and it ends up being a  full clothes and shoe shop. At least you should have summer  clothes sorted for now

Thank you, yes fingers crossed that's it for now!

jwil

We are back from the boot sale.  We've done quite well, so that's good   A couple of bulky items gone.  Considering DH said we didn't have a lot, there seemed to be an awful lot of stuff!  We took a picnic, and then bought an ice cream whilst there.  I bought a hat for me, but that's it.  When we came back we nipped down to the local fair.  It was so expensive!  We paid £2 each for the kids to go on one ride, but that was it.  We've come home for chinese/chippy takeaway which is a nice treat.

beanielou

Sounds like a lovely day 

Kitten868

Jwil! Look at your mortgage!! Its vanishing! You're doing so well on all fronts. Debt is disappearing and so is the clutter. 5 years of hard work slaving away on ebay and everything else. That's so amazing. Be proud. 
I hope you get an electrician soon. I have heard that workmen across the board are in such high demand right now. Keep trying. You'll get there. 

Keep going brilliant lady xxx

HairyHandofDartmoor

Well done on getting rid of bulky things at the car boot sale 👏. It's lovely to feel life is a bit more back to normal now 🙂.

Children's clothes are so expensive now 😬. I remember how much it used to cost us. Thank goodness ours are grown up now and can buy their own clothes 😁.

WinterWarrior

It sounds like you had a lovely day. 

They don’t have boot sales up here, not sure if it’s a Scottish thing or a small popular thing! 

jwil

beanielou said:

Sounds like a lovely day 

Thank you, it was lovely

Kitten868 said:

Jwil! Look at your mortgage!! Its vanishing! You're doing so well on all fronts. Debt is disappearing and so is the clutter. 5 years of hard work slaving away on ebay and everything else. That's so amazing. Be proud. 
I hope you get an electrician soon. I have heard that workmen across the board are in such high demand right now. Keep trying. You'll get there. 

Keep going brilliant lady xxx

Thank you   We're getting there.  I think I'll feel more comfortable when we could get the mortgage on one salary, so that's why I want to get it down as a priority.  We're really benefitting from the low interest rates as the majority of our payment is going to the balance now, so that plus the PADs is really having an impact   How is everything with you?

HairyHandofDartmoor said:

Well done on getting rid of bulky things at the car boot sale 👏. It's lovely to feel life is a bit more back to normal now 🙂.

Children's clothes are so expensive now 😬. I remember how much it used to cost us. Thank goodness ours are grown up now and can buy their own clothes 😁.

Thank you   It is nice to do a few things again   Some of the prices are quite scary for kids clothes.  This is just from the supermarkets so I got more for my money than some places!  I was going to get myself a couple of tops for in case I go back to work, but I think that can wait for a bit until I know for sure.

WinterWarrior said:

It sounds like you had a lovely day. 

They don’t have boot sales up here, not sure if it’s a Scottish thing or a small popular thing! 

Thank you, it was nice.  My folks have a boot sale near them (though it's usually indoors!) so they obviously are around in Scotland but maybe not so popular because of the weather!