Future Proofing my life: Deposit saving then MFW journey in under 13 years

Queen_of_the_Hive

Its funny you say about summer going in a flash LaPlan.. I've been working a lot too. Sadly just full time salary so haven't been able to rake it in as such to speak but but the project has been full on and summer had flashed me by so quick too!

Love the dating news...! I've been binge watching Love is Blind, Stranded on Honeymoon Island and apparently Married at First Sight start tomorrow. Not the same thing, but gosh there is an art to it! 

Good luck...!! and looking forward to hearing how it goes! 

LadyWithAPlan

Aside from my new ‘let’s get out there and start dating’ I have a new passion as well - a ZIIP Halo to add to my facial stuff - I left my led face mask in London and really missed it whilst I was away - so I have been eyeing up the Ziip for over a year since a vogue review. 

I realised I could buy it abroad  & save £120 on it due to forex - here in UK they £399 so it was my birthday gift and a well done on working so hard gift to myself.
 
Anyway  I love it and now I am home I use the LED mask first then the Ziip - my skin is really glowing and I have a tiny mark on my face (like a pore) and also a sunspot which I am using as my benchmark which popped back over the summer - but I can see them shrinking . Plus you can actually see it lifting - early days as had it less than a month so i will report back 
My skin is back to looking like fairies have been gently brushing it at night with dew @ angel dust - super glowy & my pores are almost invisible in some places 
I am trying the double whammy - both led and the zip to see if I can see my face lifting - I think my few lines on my forehead are far less pronounced -

dawnybabes said:

Ooh good luck, I’m dipping my toe in the water and they all seem mad tbh out there ! 

Oh dear !! Not even possibles ? 
 My first date we had a drink last night and was nice and normal (which I am probably not ) - I read somewhere about meeting people 3 times but we will see - maybe we can go to a gig together or something 

KajiKita said:

< straps on seat belt and braces for the ride of LWAP’s dating escapades > 😉

In all seriousness, I hope you find some kind, funny, sensible people out there, who even if they aren’t ‘the one’ are good company, civilised and maybe become friends 😊

KK

I think the seat belt may be necessary & thanks for the good wishes - I /They will need them 

Maybe the Androfeme is really kicking in (testosterone) been on it 4.5 months and feel strong, look leaner and fitter, mentally I was able to cope with a lot of pressure whilst I was away. 

I am  feeling ready to get involved with someone - I have been single for a year now 

I am seeing another new date today 2.0 this time outside a nearby pub he knows - I am thinking meeting 2 each weekend is a good baseline 

South_coast said:

I can't get past the thought of a tequila and tonic 😱

Yes it was a first for me too but quite refreshing actually & far nicer than a shot  - normally a vodka or wine person - you ? 

beanielou said:

Oh & can you let me know about the tea towels when the times right. 

You want a teatowel ? I have not done the official LaPlan one yet (i do like the idea of that ) just my side hustle one so far 

@Watty1
@Merlin’s_Beard
tx I feel like Sept is back to new habits and learning 

LadyWithAPlan

Just noting on here 

date 2025 1.0 made a point of showing me his very large hands & insisted we did a comparison hand to hand - easily twice the size of mine. Now thinking it was his way of flirting … 

I ate loads of dairy last weekend as was in Europe for 5 days  in a hotel with a fabulous buffet breakfast - even a gf section & its own DF fridge & GF toaster . However to be mse I would take a plate of GF bread, meat & the fabulous cheeses with some pickles etc to pop in my hotel room fridge for a lunchtime snack to save money .. however that much daily cheese has meant I am this week coughing up mucus and had a huge bloated belly .. plus suddenly an itchy scalp (dairy known to have skin side effects ) 
I am noting  this for myself as I am 100% GF but I keep thinking I can have bits of dairy .. I am clearly quite intolerant especially if I have it for a couple days straight - so annoying 
I am off the dairy now - bar some Reese’s pieces last night  as there was a comp on it so I bought chocolate - yes I know … and yes this morning I am coughing up mucus a lot . I may be more allergic than I want to admit to dairy 
at least I can eat Harib* 

Finally printed off Dana K White 5 steps declutter- I know @savingholmes is a fan .. 
so I have been focusing on the trash step . Flat already looking tidier /clearer but more to do, much more 
Having been away for so long I am super aware of how much stuff I have (& didn’t need as I travelled for months) 

food - I am leaning hard into autumn cooking - I buy a FR chicken every few days - gets me 4 meals plus stock - love my pressure cooker 
Today from fresh stock I made a lentil and loads green veg soup / some YS watercress, organic spinach, kale & broccoli ends with a bit of coconut milk (frozen the rest in muffin trays ) as well as onion, chilli, fresh lime & coriander 
I then served with air fried streaky bacon, GF toast and more fresh lime 
I literally had my halogen oven, my air fryer & my PC on all at the same time - my oven looks forlorn as I roasted another chicken to feed me Sun thru Wed in the halogen - quicker & crispier 

LadyWithAPlan

Queen_of_the_Hive said:

Its funny you say about summer going in a flash LaPlan.. I've been working a lot too. Sadly just full time salary so haven't been able to rake it in as such to speak but but the project has been full on and summer had flashed me by so quick too!

Love the dating news...! I've been binge watching Love is Blind, Stranded on Honeymoon Island and apparently Married at First Sight start tomorrow. Not the same thing, but gosh there is an art to it! 

Good luck...!! and looking forward to hearing how it goes! 

Actually I have become recently obsessed with Chenford - not actually watched the Rookie 7 seasons but their slow burn romance (on YT shorts TikTok etc) does remind me of the joys of falling in love!! 

(I am very happily single most the time & pay my own bills etc) however Chenford may be a game changer ! 

Not watched any dating shows !! Maybe I should

beanielou

A big haribo shop just opened in Scotland. 

KajiKita

beanielou said:

A big haribo shop just opened in Scotland. 

Seriously??! OMG … just watch LWAP fly up there on the power of thought alone … 😉

KK

Queen_of_the_Hive

@KajiKita- don't tell my kids! They'd be up there like a flash! Where abouts is this? Edinburgh at a guess? 

There is a lot of love for Scotland in our home 

beanielou

Queen_of_the_Hive said:

@KajiKita- don't tell my kids! They'd be up there like a flash! Where abouts is this? Edinburgh at a guess? 

There is a lot of love for Scotland in our home 

SAdly not EDinburgh or Perth.  Glasgow, in Silverburn I think.  

dawnybabes

I’m also coeliac and struggle with lactose - if I’m going to eat cheese / chocolate I pop a lactase tablet and I’m normally ok.