Pay off mortgage and start having even more fun 😁

CathT

Hope you've had a lovely birthday Newgirly.  

newgirly

Thank you everyone 😊

Yesterday I did my usual weekly trip with best friend to the shopping centre nearby, but this time has breakfast and lunch out, hot cross bun for breakfast and Greek salad for lunch. Spent a bit of money on makeup (this is very rare!) but on 3-4-2 in Superdrug, nothing posh 😆 and also bought a second lot of hair colour remover which I did again, to try get it lighter. I might need one more go though as it’s still to dark, but my hair feel fine still.

Last night we had dd and her hubby over and although I had  many offers of a takeaway from dh, I cooked a curry and freezer veggie stuff instead,think he probably hoped I would say yes!

I got lots of lovely presents, including some heart dangly earrings from the family run jewellery makers he bought from at Xmas which was a surprise from dh. I’ve got some birthday money and a couple of vouchers, I need to pay for a couple of things from the order I made to the vintage style clothes website and pay for lunch out today ,maybe the rest will go towards the Norway trip 😬

Jessy103

Belated birthday wishes 🎉🍰🍾

newgirly

Busy weekend, dh wanted me to book a night away, but as it was so rushed I didn’t look until Friday night and there’s wasn’t much that looked good on a budget. Last year we found a night in a hotel near St Albans for £69 with breakfast, in a really nicely renovated place and I couldn’t help but compare. It was a bit rushed so in the end I booked (he paid!) for tickets to visit Leeds castle in Kent instead, expensive I think at £29 each but you can use the tickets for the rest of the year and it’s only a 40min drive from us, so we will go again. 

Then we had a takeaway curry (all the kids were out 😂) so that was a treat we don’t often have anymore. 

Today I’m hoping to check the accounts, do some washing and tidy up a bit maybe. 

Courgette

Happy birthday, Newgirly! 

newgirly

Hi courgette, how are you? 😊

I’ve been ill again, throwing up through the night on Sunday night 😩 had the same thing mid January and I’m sure I did before Xmas too. Nobody else has been poorly so not sure if it’s a hormonal thing or intolerance. Feeling better today although will be taking it easy still. 

Finances need looking at, I’ve put some of the weekend things (Leeds castle and breakfast)  on the grocery card and dh gave me the cash so I might try to keep that back if it’s possible, ds1 is not around all week again, he’s at his girlfriends and also flying to Cyprus to watch West Ham , as you do 😆 plus I’m not feeling like eating a lot at the moment. 

themadvix

Sorry to hear you've not been well again NG - make sure you keep a track of when it happens and what you might have eaten. And get a doctors appointment (if it's anything like here, you'll have potentially had another episode before you get to see a dr!).

Flying to Cyprus to watch West Ham - as you do indeed!

newgirly

Thanks Vix, felt better for a day then terrible yesterday, stayed in bed all day (thank goodness for having an en suite 😱) I actually have a dr’s appointment for later today, booked a month ago for something else! 

The washing machine died in spectacular fashion yesterday, flooding the laminate and blowing it, I was upstairs of course 😩 it can’t be fixed so I’ve had to order a new one , there were none suitable in stock nearby so it’s being delivered tomorrow for a total of £639 😱😱😱 we have to have integrated, A rated and a 9kg load with a high spin as we have very heavy usage and don’t use a dryer. 

We don’t have a separate emergency fund , it’s basically the offset whch I didn’t want to touch this time, so I’ve take out 12 month 0% finance on it. The money will come from the garage savings which we’re headed to a pot for a holiday in 2024, oh well. 

themadvix

Oh no NG, that’s rubbish! Good plan to 0% it though and I’m sure you’ll rejig the plan at some point to find money for the 2024 holiday!

I hope the doctor is helpful.

newgirly

😆 I probably will Vix! 

Not the best doctors appointment, she was nice enough and reassured me regarding some symptoms I’ve been having, but didn’t say anything about the repeated sickness. I guess I’ll see how it goes and whether it happens again, maybe it’s just bad luck. 

I would say I’ve saved some money being stuck inside poorly but I’ve managed to buy a washing machine so not really 😆