My 5 Year Plan to a better life!

RosaBernicia

MuffinTops said:

RosaBernicia said:

MuffinTops said:

So now I have a house with minimal contents and it’s making me rethink my life and my consumption of material products. Most of what was taken has been in boxes for a while and I don’t think I’ll miss much of it so more clearing out when I get my new house. 

I did purchase a key safe so that when I need to hand over this house I can put a key safely aside for them. It was on a flash sale and also offered a discount so I hope it does the job.

Absolutely recommend doing that... I still have stuff to sort through here after my madly disorganised move and am going to really try to do better next time!

Interested to hear about the key safe, I was just wondering about something like that myself for emergencies.  Is it one you have screwed to the outside wall, or hide, or something different?

RB xx

@R@RosaBernicia it's on the rain forest site.  Do a search for Combination Key Lock Box, and with the promotions it was £8.06.  The cheapest I've seen by a few £'s.  You can screw to a wall, or hide it somewhere as it's not huge. I just wanted something cheap and effective as my house sale is with an online company and so I don't have an Estate Agents to drop the keys off to. 

Thanks @MuffinTops .  I think I'll get something like that as it would solve a couple of issues here - I'd feel safest with it screwed to a wall but hopefully that should be doable.  I don't know my neighbours well enough yet that I'd feel comfortable giving them keys, but a combination could go to my emergency contact and then anyone who needs to know could have it.  

MuffinTops

You're very welcome.  It's a good idea in an emergency and I'm thinking of getting myself one for the new house too.  MTxx

MuffinTops

It's so weird living in a house that is no longer a home.  I'm actually now looking forward to the weekend when I can do a big cleaning blitz though. 

I popped to the shops before work this morning and didn't spend any budget money as I still have vouchers.  I've got at least one more voucher shop, but I'm going to try to drag it out to two if I can.  I've also bought clothes on those last 2 shopping trips, but shouldn't need to do that again which will help to keep the spend amount minimal.

No financial surprises, so still going well.  It's just the first few months I expect to find things I forgot about.  It's also nice seeing my yearly payments account (for things like insurances, MOT etc) having money in there.  I'm only about £20 ahead of budget for the daily spends, but I'm really hoping to pull that back further so that I have some money to squirrel away at the end of this month.

MTx 

MuffinTops

Happy Sunday!

Tomorrow is meant to be the day we exchange contracts so I’m hoping that goes smoothly. Yesterday I managed to take my essentials to my Mum so that I have what I need when I’m there. Today I need to devour the loft frog 🐸. He has lived far too long but getting that done today has been best as it’s mostly rubbish up there and it would have been in the way if I’d done it last weekend. No excuses for today!

I visited the launderette on Friday and found that quite expensive. £8 for 1 standard size wash and tumble dry at £4 each part. So today I bought some cheap washing tablets and I’ll go to the other launderette I used when my machine broke a few years ago and see if that’s cheaper. 

I’ve hardly stopped rushing around for the past 10 days so I may sort the loft, have a shower arms then vegetate for the rest of the day. The rubbish sorting and cleaning can get done during the week after work but I’ll see how I feel once that big job has been completed. It may motivate me to do more 🦸‍♀️ or, more likely, I’ll tumble out of the loft aching like mad and won’t be able to do any more! 😂.

Food first, then let’s get the day conquered.🍕🥤🧁.

I hope you’re all enjoying your weekend, so far. MTx 

MuffinTops

Yesterday was a bit of a wash out. I didn’t do anything but sleep and eat!

I made up for it today though. The loft frog has been conquered 🐸🌰 and I now have bags of rubbish around which I’ll save for the clearance company. 

I was getting stressed about not hearing from my buyers ☎️to exchange contracts 📑, but had a call at 4pm to confirm our agreements prior to contract exchange - which is happening right now. Phew. I really thought there would be some issues so am very happy it’s sorted 🥂 . 

Because I was in the loft all morning I bought fast food for my lunch 😔 spending more than I should and eating utter rubbish. I need to make sure I buy something more wholesome tomorrow! I’ve really struggled not having a fridge which has surprised me a little. I am looking forward to living with amenities again! 

I hope the week has started well for you all. MTx

the_end_of_the_rainbow

Congratulations
What day do you move?

another_casualty

Great news about completion MT 😼👍🥂
I can't remember what the plans are now . Staying at your folks while you look for another place ? 

Good luck with finding launderette 🧺
I wouldn't worry about the junk food etc , as you're unsettled at present . 🍟🍕
Hope the week is going well .. 

MuffinTops

the_end_of_the_rainbow said:

Congratulations
What day do you move?

Thank you 😃. I move out of my house on Monday afternoon!  Mixed feelings, but overall feel like it's a great thing.

MuffinTops

another_casualty said:

Great news about completion MT 😼👍🥂
I can't remember what the plans are now . Staying at your folks while you look for another place ? 

Good luck with finding launderette 🧺
I wouldn't worry about the junk food etc , as you're unsettled at present . 🍟🍕
Hope the week is going well .. 

Thanks AC.  Yes, I'll be staying with my Mum while my house sale goes through.  I found a decent launderette last night which was half the price of the other one, so that was a good find.

MuffinTops

I managed to get a fair bit sorted last night - well a fair bit based on it being a work day.  Tonight I'm hoping to do a bit more.
I've booked the last clearance pick up. This is for the furniture etc that I've needed to still use while I'm here as well as the last bits from the loft.  I hadn't realised how much was left in the loft, but it's all bagged up now and ready to go.
The hotel is now arranged for Monday evening too, so that once the clearance company have been I should be done.  I added a cheeky extra night for Sunday too, in the hope of a decent night's sleep (the sofa isn't comfortable anymore) and to keep my belongings out of the way.
I've cancelled all of my utilities, set up the Royal Mail redirect and am now going through to update my home address on as many things as possible.

All supermarket vouchers were used up yesterday, but I've just had the next batch arrive from my usual supermarket so hopefully have enough for at least one more decent shop again. 

Financially there are no surprises, although I did stupidly pay for the hotel out of my grocery money 🙈.  If I'm careful the next few days then it should just be a glitch rather than an issue.

OK, I need to crack on again and get myself organised.  Happy Hump Day all.

MTx