Prosperous soul, mortgage neutrality & creativity Year 2

Honeysucklelou2

Those are impressive savings…well done. Hope you have enjoyed your day with or without your nephews/nieces.

savingholmes

Thanks Jwil, FS, Skint, Beanie, Lucielle, Tahlullah and HSL. Always lovely to come back to posts. Very grateful for the savings. Keep having to resist temptation....

Just after I posted BIL rocked up with the kids. He'd told DD he was coming but not me - and she hadn't communicated either. I had a lovely time with the littlies -  fishing leaves out of my pond, doing crafts and then going to a park and onto a lake on a little boat. We were all worn out by the time we got back. BIL had bought some food to make for tea which I supplemented with some gammon.

DD has put a deposit down on a car - which is having a service, mot and a couple of niggles fixed and then should be hers this coming weekend.

Mortgage went out today - so around £656 came off the principal.

I have a meeting at 10. Glad it's a short week this week and next - and then I'm on my holidays for a week. 

WelshmansDaughter

Yay for DD. And fun time with small people 

savingholmes

Thanks WD. Finished early today - had no concentration. Think will go into the office tomorrow to break up the week. Beautiful day outside - need to make myself go out in it!  

I need to clear some stuff out my car - and then preferably buy some more soil  and bark... I then need to get seeds planted. I did put another load of soil in a raised bed last week but there's a long way to go! Garlic still growing well. Want to plant some sprouting potatoes today - and then that's at least one job done... 

I unpacked and packed the dishwasher earlier. Also done a load of washing. Need to get it hung out to dry. Need to buy a couple of replacement retractable washing lines too.  

jwil

Glad you had a nice weekend.  Hope you manage to get out in the sun.

Swayingseaweed

our potatoes are going in this weekend, hopefully the soil will have dried out abit more.
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MovingForwards

Fantastic savings, haven't taken you long in the grand scheme of things and you've done a lot along the way too.

Glad to hear DD has a car sorted out, one less thing going on in the background.

Maybe there's a one bed property with a sofa bed in the lounge, which could keep holiday costs down.

skint_spice

Offspring driving themselves about is wonderful 😂 hope she passes soon.

savingholmes

Thanks Jwil, MF, Skint and Swaying... 

Yes I'm really looking forward to when she passes. More freedom for both of us.

I topped up my fuel today to make sure it lasts me to payday for £28. I also went and bought some extra food £22 even though I had a delivery coming £60... Keep adjusting my budget... I have spent what feels a lot on food. I'm really into a certain hazelnut choc spread again having had it on my waffle a couple of weeks back... Drizzled over strawberries, icecream and chopped nuts... 

Window cleaner came today so that took all my spare cash and I still owed him 80p!

Mowed a quarter of the lawn and then the battery ran out... Now on charge will try again another day. 

Tahlullah.H

Well done for getting the lawnmower out!