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

jwil

My £6 survey was approved nice and quickly so I'll cash that out tomorrow.

I've had my car insurance renewal today, it's about £20 more expensive than last year.  I've done a comparison, and apart from one quote which is a lot cheaper, they are all largely similar.  I have to phone them to either cancel or renew as I want to switch to annual payment rather than monthly (hurrah!) so I will try and haggle a bit before I decide.

Kitten868

Good luck on haggling. Tell them the cheap price.
I hate toilet seats. They never last long enough. If it just looks ugly I'd let it go for now. I keep mine going til they hurt your bum lol. 
Electrics are a big step forward to getting your house your way. You'll get there lovely xxx

jwil

Kitten868 said:

Good luck on haggling. Tell them the cheap price.
I hate toilet seats. They never last long enough. If it just looks ugly I'd let it go for now. I keep mine going til they hurt your bum lol. 
Electrics are a big step forward to getting your house your way. You'll get there lovely xxx

Thank you

I might leave the seat for now.  It is so much sturdier than the previous one, so in that sense it's an improvement.  It's so annoying though.

jwil

I had a good tidy up of the kids toys downstairs today.  It looked much better for 5 minutes until little miss spotted all the toys she hadn't seen for a while!

The kids identified a few more bits to go.  DH has prepped and I have listed. 36 items listed today.  Several from last week are selling as well, so progress being made slowly but surely.

beanielou

Good progress on all fronts. 

jwil

beanielou said:

Good progress on all fronts. 

Thank you

jwil

9 parcels posted today, with a couple of bulky items gone, hurrah!  We still have a few more to pay up as well.

We've also given away a TV, video player and freeview box today.  They were all very old and destined for the tip, but someone requested them just as DH was loading up the car.  It's nice to know they have gone, and it's another bit of space recovered.

I realised yesterday that the headboard on our bed is cracked.  DH is going to check it hasn't extended to any of the rest of the frame.  I think it all needs a bit of tightening up.  Hopefully that will be enough to keep it going a bit longer!

beanielou

That’s great news on getting rid of more stuff. 

Kitten868

I always love hearing about the bulky bits disappearing from your house. And I love the tip runs he's sorting and clearing which is great. I love that the kids are getting on board too. Kids that declutter are a rare find so well done you. Xxxx

jwil

beanielou said:

That’s great news on getting rid of more stuff. 

Thank you, I'm very pleased

Kitten868 said:

I always love hearing about the bulky bits disappearing from your house. And I love the tip runs he's sorting and clearing which is great. I love that the kids are getting on board too. Kids that declutter are a rare find so well done you. Xxxx

The bulky stuff is very satisfying for sure!  The kids are doing well but they may have been encouraged by me telling them there isn't any room for any new toys, so they don't need anything for Christmas 😆  (I do make it clear they only need to get rid of stuff they don't want to play with any more!)