Seasidegal's Scrimpy Retirement Diary!

doingitanyway · 9 June at 10:15AM

I am glad you joined. I am not too far from Charleston. Tickets are £26 but joining plus taking a friend is £61? £63? A friend can be taken too, so I've made the same decision as it will be a nice treat for visiting guests and for me too

I love the V&A

Lovely meal!

Seasidegal58 · 10 June at 2:12PM

Thanks @milann! There is a forthcoming Marie Antionette exhibition there coming up in the autumn which covers her influence on fashion in design, film, art etc. There are a couple of special free Members preview days beforehand but DD is on holiday then so I will have to find a friend to go with and revisit with DD further along the line!😂
Hi @doingitanyway! Charleston Farmhouse looks gorgeous - it's on my bucket list to visit! I love that whole 'Bloomsbury Group' vibe!

Yesterday was a slow day. DD WFH here and went home late afternoon. I didn't do much - washing, changed the bedclothes, did my usual daily light housework and read.

Today I had Pilates and gym. Stopped for my usual post-gym coffee and bought some smoked almonds (which I absolutely love) from the health food shop, batteries for scales from pound shop and some Wonderweb tape from the fabric shop as the hem on a pair of trousers has come down.

This afternoon I'm going to sort out my pop sock drawer which needs pruning!
Tomorrow I'm out with DSis for a spa day as it's my birthday present to her and a meal afterwards.

MSE SCRIMPY THINGS
It was a NSD day yesterday but today was spends as above.

One thing I noticed on my Amex card statement was cashback of £9 from my recent purchase of the Adidas sneakers. I get cashback anyway on purchases from this card but they always have special offers on extra cashback from different retailers. I don't always remember to look at the list and opt in as the offers tend to be for things like higher end hotels etc but this time I remembered so I'll keep on checking in future.

WEIGHT
I gained 0.8lb this morning on weekly weigh in. I'm not too bothered as I had a largish meal out on Saturday and I tend to eat more when DD stays! I'm back on the wagon this week apart from tomorrow when I'm out with DSis, but the restaurant we're going to has some good choices.