Keeping the wolf from the door.

pennywisepoundstupid

Evening all and thank goodness tomorrow is Friday, work has been bonkers this week and at times my stress levels have been a little high, lots to do and not enough time. More staff and children are ill with the dreaded C and i'm on daily LFT.

Only thing i have managed to declutter so far this week are some dried out felt tips.

Money wise everything seems to be ticking along, small grocery spend on Monday of £3.94, been really good and taken lunches from home and have used some odds and ends out of the freezer making some space.Also spent £20 on fuel and put £25 on DS lunch account. Sent £3 overpayment to CC and received £14 in amazon vouchers.

pennywisepoundstupid

Morning, another week of work over and a nice quiet weekend.

Been up since 6am as DH and DS have gone off for the day, they had received a gift voucher for an off roading experience and have gone to do that and DD is on placement for her Uni course. So just me and the dogs for the day and we have already had our morning walk and sorted chickens out.

Did a food shop on my way home from work last night and spent £64 in lidl, need to pick up a couple of bits this morning that i couldn't get when i go to small town to pick up some pictures i have had framed.

£25 landed in account yesterday from opinium research so that has gone straight to CC.

Plans for today are to do some more decluttering, make some banana bread and a chocolate traybake, clean bathroom, hoover/mop through downstairs, change bedding and sort out Royal mail stuff. Speaking of Royal mail stuff I had a message from them to say my stint is coming to an end shortly which is a relief as i'm sick of it and won't be doing it again.

Have a great day xx

pennywisepoundstupid

Been to small town and picked up pictures which cost me £40, I had budgeted £50 but must of misheard the lady when i dropped them off before christmas, so i will send the £10 to CC. Picked up few bits i couldn't get yesterday spending £4.75. Also popped into pet shop for some treats for the woofetts so another £4 gone.

pennywisepoundstupid

Didn't get anything else done yesterday except for a 2nd dog walk, seriously regretting having a lazy day as i now have loads to do.
Did manage to do a bit of decluttering -
2 cardigans 
2 tops
scarf
lipstick
paintbrushes 
odd glove
bag
Christmas gin   

Plans for today are to clean the house, washing, bake, sort out royal mail stuff and  parcel up ebay item i sold yesterday.

pennywisepoundstupid

Afternoon, house is all tidy and i've made a banana and sultana loaf, didn't bother with the tray bake as we still have a tin of M&S chocolate biscuits left over from christmas.
Bit more decluttering done -
some out of date microwaveable spicy grains 
felt tips
lunch bag that the lining had ripped
comb.

Been notified this morning of another case of covid at work and I was sat near them on Friday. I have done a lateral flow this morning and feel fine so fingers crossed.

Hope everyone has had a good weekend xx

Sun_Addict

Hope you didn’t throw the Christmas gin away 😱

Fingers crossed you don’t catch Covid 🤞

pennywisepoundstupid

Sun_Addict said:

Hope you didn’t throw the Christmas gin away 😱

Fingers crossed you don’t catch Covid 🤞

Absolutely not i drank it  , still counts as decluttering.

debtfreeoneday

Fingers crossed you don’t get it Penny. Well done on the decluttering. 

Choccygirl123

Morning pennywise,

Seriously impressed with your decluttering! I need to have a good sort out but tend to focus on the things that I can stick on eBay and the real junk lingers.

I do the postal surveys too, but am lucky I drive past our post office on the way to work. It's frustrating though when it shuts early and I miss it on way home. 

pennywisepoundstupid

Choccygirl123 said:

Morning pennywise
I do the postal surveys too, but am lucky I drive past our post office on the way to work. It's frustrating though when it shuts early and I miss it on way home. 

The letters are ok as there is a postbox about 5 metres from my house it the parcels i find annoying and logging everything,  i have done it now for many years and have just got fed up of the hassle, the stamps have come in handy though and if I end up with a few booklets i sell them on ebay.