Ready for the next stage!

savingwannabe

Mini sounds like she is having a wonderful time. I am glad you are training first as it gives you time to get used to the hours of work. Have a good day tomorrow and wish riot dude good luck with the booster. 

Skint_yet_Again

How sweet that mini loved her dancing lesson and she’s growing up so fast now you just drop her off and go 😊 Well done to riotdude for batch cooking and great that you found the credit on your account to pay for minis new trainers. Fingers crossed you can still get bargain ones when she’s in her teens 😆 Start telling her now she’s saving helping to save the planet by recycling/ reusing! 😁

MovingForwards

As it's e-learning do WAH, with occasional trips in. It will ease you into the working world while allowing you to see where you're overdoing it.

Ask RD to batch cook and freeze it. Not only does it save money, it also frees his time up too.

Mini will thrive at dance class and her trainers are a bargain.

riotlady

Thanks SW, Skinty and MF Not sure I’ll be getting trainers for a tenner when mini’s a teen! xD 

We didn’t have to pay any nursery fees this month thanks to our grant back payments going through so we’ve managed to save £900! I am trying to push us hard so we can get back on track for house buying. Since February is a nice short month (and our last month of no nursery fees) I’ve set myself a stretch goal of saving £1200. I’ll have to really watch our spending and try hard with prolific/vinted selling but I think it’ll be a fun challenge. 

I’m going to pick mini up for dance and then we’re going to hide inside for the rest of the day because the wind is MAD! All the roof tiles were coming off her dance studio, it was a bit scary! Think I will make some pesto pasta for lunch and we can play with playdo and watch a movie.

My dad started chemo this week so no seeing my parents til I’m over my current cold fingers crossed for next weekend. 

MovingForwards

Impressive savings and the goal looks good too.
Fingers and toes are crossed. You'll be seeing them soon and have a few more days to fully recover yourself.

The weather is supposed to hit again later, stay in and have fun with mini.

riotlady

Thanks MF that wind was crazy! Thankfully it’s settled down today so we got to play in the back yard for a bit.

Have been having a lengthy saga with my car tyres which I won’t go into here but basically I’m going to have to replace them all. To be fair the back ones are 9 years old apparently so they’ve had a good run! 

MovingForwards

The next storm is to hit this evening, I'm not sure if you're going to get caught by it too.

You've had good use out the tyres, is the fault definitely them and not with the wheels? 

atrixa

Great to hear about you in your new job!  You saved such an impressive amount last year, v inspirational!

riotlady

We did get another storm, MF! Did you get hit badly? We nearly lost our recycling bin but other than that all fine. Think it was a bit of a combo of the wheels and the tires, but the tires definitely needed doing as they were all cracked and old, have had them all replaced and the wheels cleaned and balanced so should be all fine now! £300 + £10 for the taxi. So my month of saving is not off to a great start! 

Thanks Atrixa! Fingers crossed we can keep it going this year.

Our holiday that we've been trying to take since 2020 has been pushed back again because of my dad's chemo (and we didn't want to go without him) so I've booked us 3 nights in a caravan park in June instead. It's not fancy but there's loads of activities and a big pool so I think we'll have a great time. I've paid £60 deposit and another £180 due in April. 

MovingForwards

We got the other storm and another today! Work took a couple of hits in the storms, but not my office.

Not a bad price for a full set and balancing. At least you don't have to worry for a few years.

The holiday will be fun!