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We are grateful to the chap who owns the garage for doing our work at trade prices. He is a good lad.milann said:Pleased the mh wasn’t as expensive as you expected.The trip sounds amazing 👍
The more we look at the islands the more excited we get to go. They look beautiful 😍0 -
The islands aew just awesome
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Just de-lurking to say that Barra IS awesome, particularly when you land on the beach in a VERY small plane from Glasgow! Enjoy!#2 Saving for Christmas 2024 - £1 a day challenge. £325 of £3663
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Not a no spends day today but it shouldn't be an expensive day either. Need to pop to the farm shop and the garden centre.
Today we are going to do a bit of cleaning around the house and a bit of tidying in the garden.
We will walk the dog as well. Nothing too stressful today. We are going to have a weekend off.
Bacon sandwich for breakfast and dinner later is slow cooked chicken saag masala with lime and coriander rice, vegetable samosa and naan bread.1 -
Weekend off sounds good. Curry night in our house too.I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)1
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Who can shop visit a garden centre and not spend. I have a small family run garden centre by us that I go to. Doesn’t open on a Sunday or bank hol. Staff are so helpful and knowledgeable. Plants are so healthy and half of the price of the other garden centres around here.We’re having a quiet weekend after a hectic week, minding GKids with it being school hols and we all muck in. DS treated us to a chippy tea which was lovely and a change from me paying for it.
Hope you have a relaxing day tomorrow.xx:j Debtfree and and staying that way.:j3-6 month emergency fund, No.61 £140.002 -
It should be a no spends day today but I won't call it just yet.
Breakfast and dinner will be from stores. Full English for breakfast and roast pork and all the trimmings later on for dinner.
It's forecast to be dry today so I'm going to get the bedding washed and hung out on the line to dry.
We might try and get the front garden tidied up today and the seeds planted for the carrots, beetroot and chard. We are so behind with the garden this year. I think the back garden will still be too wet to cut today. Will take a view on it later.
Will need to take the dog for a walk as well. Not sure where yet though.2 -
Similar day ahead for me, enjoy your Sunday!
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Well the garden turned into a bigger task than expected!
We did persevere though and do the back and the front. Glad we did because there is no way we could have done it after work.
It looks loads better now. Hopefully it has a fighting chance of drying out now.
This year's veggies are now planted. We have gone for carrots, rainbow beets, Pak choi and rainbow chard. All easy to grow stuff. We are easily bored with growing stuff if it takes too much looking after 🤣🤣🤣
We have just walked locally around the estate with the dog today. It's amazing how quickly new roads keep opening. We don't see it with where our house is tucked away. They are not that far off finished now. Early next year I expect.
Didn't quite make it to a no spends day. We had to go and buy some compost. Went to the Moles Country Store. The dog loves it in there and their prices are very reasonable. We also bought something to treat the grass which is not great on the front. Mind you it never has been!2 -
I like the idea of growing my own but can’t be doing with too much faffing about. I like to plant it, water it and that’s it. I don’t have the time to invest in anything labour intensive.I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)0
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