Time to Face The Music

RelievedSheff

Not a no spends day. I have been a picked a couple of Christmas presents up this morning. Only a couple more to buy now and then we are done. Think I am going to have another wrapping session on Sunday then that is done as well.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner are from stores. It was toast for breakfast, we have both taken our packed lunches to work and dinner tonight is lamb chops with garlic and herb potatoes and vegetables.

Tonight's jobs are:

• walking the dog
• cleaning the kitchen
• wrapping the dogs birthday present.

RelievedSheff

alt80 said:

The weather is really getting my family and I down. It’s always so dark in November/ December and January then we have the wholly miserable days. Don’t find these months pass as quickly either personally.

I have noticed a widening disparity between petrol and diesel prices around here. Tbh filling a car is not something that I miss plugging in at home a lot less fuss imo but compelled to look at the price from time to time. Wife thinks it’s funny when I tell her that petrol is up or down now we have a classic car that does about 2k miles a year and a lawnmower.

 

We were chatting with our neighbours about their electric car at the weekend. They reckon that there isn't much difference in cost now between running their electric I3 and their diesel Seat Leon!

Interestingly diesel prices do seem to be drifting back down again a little locally. Most of them have lost a few pence per litre this week. The cynic in me doubts that will last long though. 

alt80

You've managed to get Christmas sorted before we have this year ha tbh even my wife isn't really looking forward to it this year.

As for your neighbour and their electric car, I've no idea how much ours cost to run and tbh I don't really care so I have no idea why I look at the petrol prices as I can't say I cared about what the car cost to run when I was running petrol cars either, just know it was a lot more than the electric cars. Think I just like checking the market for it ha.

EssexHebridean

For anyone charging on standard electricity rates rather than on a specific EV tariff with very cheap overnight costs then it's widely reckoned that April could see the per-mile cost of driving electric  go above the cost of driving even a traditional combustion-engined vehicle. Certainly not something that for a lot of folk can still be sold to them as a money-saving option now! of course for those who DO have the EV tariff, and also use as much else in their home overnight on the off peak rate, there are still good savings to be made.

RelievedSheff

It will be a no spends day today. Number 5 for November.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be from stores. It was crumpets for breakfast, we have both taken our packed lunches to work and dinner tonight is chilli, rice and garlic bread.

Tonight's jobs are:

• walking the dog
• cleaning the bathrooms
• vacuuming the house

It is the dogs birthday today. He has very much enjoyed opening his present this morning and having a bowl of his favourite Lily's Kitchen campfire stew for his breakfast.



The weather is vile this morning. We all got soaked walking around the block. We had just about dried out when we got to work.

There has been some minor flooding on the roads on the way in. If this heavy rain continues there will no doubt be more. One of the access roads into our estate was flooded this morning, but that's nothing unusual after heavy rain and we have an alternative route out that stay dry.

Sun_Addict

Happy Birthday to the dog 🥳

I got soaked walking to work this morning. I might have dried out by home time!

milann

Happy doggie birthday 🦴🍖🦴
Hope the roads stay accessible and there aren’t floods near you. It’s really grey and dank - still raining here too.

LittleMissDetermined

Awww Happy birthday to the dog!
LMD x

RelievedSheff

Not a no spends day today. Its car insurance renewal day.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner are from stores. Breakfast was toast, we have both taken our packed lunches to work and dinner tonight is tuna with noodles and stir fried vegetables.

No jobs to do tonight. We have set ourselves up for a steady Friday evening in front of the TV with a couple of beers.

enthusiasticsaver

Lol. Love that you bought your dog a birthday present to unwrap.