Struggling along as best I can

WinterWarrior

I hope you feel better soon. 

Kantankrus_Mare

Hopefully its just a 24 hour bug!!  Hope you feel better soon! X

Toonie

Feel better soon! I've been struck down with a cold, a parting gift from the little'un I used to look after, I'd have rather had a homemade card!

nannygladys

Thanks for kind words everyone.

I woke in the night absolutely boiling hot, not surprising really, so all covers, bottles etc went!!
Woke this morning feeling much better but remade my eye appt so have had a quiet day in, not eaten yet but will have something light for tea.

That's about it really. Dd tried to get to Sainsbobs to do some shopping but couldn't get into the car park with people waiting to get into the petrol station!! So she came back home - another toilet roll scenario ....

Be back tomorrow hopefully with more to say
Nannyg

nannygladys

Since I haven't been out much this week I've been reading about frugal people and budgeting. I've decided I should have started this journey way back, but as I didn't, I still have a way to go to get fully into the right mind set, the frugal mind set.
It's not just about cutting a few pounds off the food bill, although that helps. I thought if I was careful with money, tried to grow more, make do and mend clothes etc it would take me to a better point to start again and enjoy life, but it's not going to happen like that, and its not being frugal. I have to learn to live on what I have and live my life now frugal or not.  I really do know this already but it's taking time to actually sink in, perhaps it hasn't sunk in because I didn't want to acknowledge it and that this is my life, here and now, with all the good bits and not so good bits.
So that's it really, I will carry on much the same really but I have to start being 'me' more just with less money and I'm afraid that means less at Xmas for one thing. I'm so busy going without to buy the usual presents for Xmas that it's making me unhappy because I know I'm struggling to save the usual amount of money for those presents. My dds don't expect/ask for anything for dgc or themselves and I have tended to over compensate all their lives as I bought them up on my own, so this Xmas is going to be different somewhat, not just for them but me as well, I wonder if they will notice!!! 
So sorry for this little revelation of mine but now I've written it down it somehow makes me feel more positive about the budgets, Xmas, life ...
Nannyg

nannygladys

Ok, as I haven't been out anywhere no money has been spent, so that's a positive! I have finished reading my final library book so will probably go and get some more tomorrow, along with some milk and needed toilet rolls!!! 

Soup to eat in a minute or two and then I will have to have a quick tidy in the garden as it's green bin day tomorrow and I have some dead flowers to remove. And also clean the hamster out, he belongs to one of the dgc but never went home after they had a holiday, last year I think!!
So better get on.
Have a good afternoon everyone
Nannyg

WinterWarrior

That’s a good idea nanny. We scaled back Christmas a few years ago, it was getting silly and too hard. Christmas is really about the food and the company, not about struggling to buy things we can’t afford. 

nannygladys

WinterWarrior- you are so right about Xmas. I will leave the extravagance to others this year. I have enough decorations etc and usually go to dd3 for Xmas dinner, so that's me sorted, I do usually buy a few treats for myself food wise but I don't go as far to really buy myself presents. 

Just had a visit from sil and 2dgc, they use my food recycling bin along with myself as I never fill it and there are 5 of them, their council don't recycle food!! It was lovely to see them but the little one was tired. 
Nannyg

WinterWarrior

Treats are important at Christmas. I would definitely not stop treating yourself to a few bits! Why not get yourself a lovely chocolate advent calendar? I like the lindor ones, you can usually pick them up for about £10 and you get a special chocolate every day 😋 and of course a few nice bits and pieces for watching all the fun Christmas films x

cbsexec

Just remember it’s not things people need - we all just need to know we are loved.  You do that every day by all the things you do for your daughters and grandchildren.