Must try harder!

KajiKita

Tbh, I’m still topping up pots based more on need and timings, than to an exact budget. It does help to keep things that are coming up in mind though 😊

KK

WinterWarrior

Good morning and happy Thursday ☀️ The sun is out this morning, but sadly I had to draw a curtain to see my work monitor 😣 I wonder if it will last until Saturday ?
Yesterday I blew my calories with a glass of wine and a sprinkling of cheese on my pasta (I drank the wine,I didn’t sprinkle it).I was so over going up points of a pound every day this week while doing all the steps and staying in a deficit. It makes no sense! Today I stayed the same as yesterday, so maybe wine actually helps! Anyhow, back on the wagon today. I may get to me desired size by 2027 at this rate 😖
My mum announced that she had lost some weight recently by just watching her portion sizes, so it can’t be an age thing, it must just be a WW thing! I shall keep plodding!
My mum has said I can have a birthday present around the £100 mark this year. Very generous, but I really have no clue what to ask for, so I have been cruising the internet for a few days. Normally I would ask for posh chocolate or biscuits. Any ideas what I would like? 

I hope you all have a fabulous sunny day 🌷

PennysIntoPounds

Is there something pretty or useful you'd like for your garage room when it's done that you have room to store in the meantime? 

WinterWarrior

PennysIntoPounds said:

Is there something pretty or useful you'd like for your garage room when it's done that you have room to store in the meantime? 

Sadly I think the garage room is going to be too expensive to be done this year, otherwise it would be a lovely idea. 

PennysIntoPounds

Could you ask her to do £100 worth of clearing your garage 😁

KajiKita

I would be asking for £100 of books or plants, but that’s probably just me! 😉😂

KK

PennysIntoPounds

How about asking for/making yourself a nice 'advent' hamper for the rest of this year or until your next birthday? 
@KajiKita has just ordered a lovely 2025 calender and if you saw one you like you could open that in January, you could get a white/rosè/red wine for a bonus treat for different seasons, an occasional box of lindt or favoured choccies, a book for snuggling up with when weather gets really horrid in November, a packet of seeds or voucher for planting out for spring in autumn, etc 

redofromstart

Kindle or kindle credit? Is there a decent beauty box that appeals? A stripy kitten (that one might just be me). Cashmere dressing gown.  Decent stainless steel border fork and spade. 

I burn with the need to buy a kindle scribe at the moment, even though the sane and frugal head knows I'll never use it enough to justify the money and I own many notepads but oh I want one. 

Sun_Addict

A year’s subscription to a beauty box? Although I really love @redofromstart’s idea of a stripy kitten 😻

WinterWarrior

Oh I would love a kitten, but a ginger one or a Persian grey to replace my much missed boys. I already have 2 stripies and 2 blacks, so I’m not sure I could justify another…sigh.
My TBR kindle pile is huge, but it’s still tempting. 

Thanks redo for sending me down a kindle scribe rabbit hole! 

Pip I’m all about instant gratification, an advent wouldn’t last a month without me having a little treat from future me 😅 
Cashmere anything is for people without clicky paddy cats I think. My world record was 1 day with a nice cotton t shirt before it had claw holes, so cashmere feels risky 😖
I love the M&S beauty bags and advents SA, but I’m not sure I’d want a monthly subscription as a friend sent me a single month glossy box and I wasn’t blown away with that. It had some strange bits. 

I’m terrible with presents!