Progress not Perfection

milann

Good to see you Buffy…..hope life is treating you well.

Hope you manage to repair the freezer drawer especially as you are changing it soon. I know exactly what you mean about trying to use the freezer contents and them multiplying again.

Sun_Addict

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82013024#Comment_82013024

I've got some repair tape that's really sticky but first I need to dry off the drawer or it won't stick. I can shove contents into a basket back in the freezer while it dries.

Sun_Addict

I was only in the dentist's chair for 5 minutes. I have regular hygienist appointments included in my dental plan for the cleaning so it's purely a check up.

Had to pick up some milk from the local shops. I had a Mr M delivery yesterday and didn't order milk because on Monday evening there was plenty!

After lunch I took two bags of donations and an unused folding sun lounger to the charity shop so that's a load more clutter left the house. Mr SA was sifting through the bags to see if there was anything he could salvage.

Had to pick up some nuts for the squirrels as they're digging up the plant pots looking for buried ones 😐

In gardening news, on Sunday I bought the aubergine plant because there were no signs of my seeds germinating. Since then I've had 8 seeds germinate and push their leaves through, isn't that just typical. The courgettes have really grown in the past few days too. The tomatoes are doing really well. All the plants are loving the sunshine, just like me 😆

I managed to fix the drawer with the tape, have left it to stick a bit more then will return it to the freezer. I'm definitely getting a bigger fridge-freezer next time, this one is too narrow and the freezer drawers are tiny, that's why I bought the little freezer I keep in the covered area where Mr SA's scooter lives.

I finally got round to ordering the new hosepipe that's been on the wish list for over a year. The one we've got at the moment is rubbish, it's one of those that shrink back and it's got so many holes it's more or less held together with tape. This one is a 'proper' hosepipe on a reel, hopefully this will encourage Mr SA to wind it in when he's finished with it instead of leaving it trailing all over the garden.

foxgloves

We had one of those 'shrink back' hoses too. It was Mum's. We were with her when she bought it & it definitely wasn't cheap! She barely got to use it before she died, yet I think we had less than a year's use out of it here before it sprang multiple leaks & had to be replaced. Looked a great idea but turned out to be a waste of money.

PennysIntoPounds

Hope the freezer door repair is a success

Hurrah for getting clutter out the gaff, unused sun lounger definitely takes up space!

Sun_Addict

Morning all

WFH today so another nice relaxing start to the day. Looking forward to my day off tomorrow.

Payday eve so will be doing the money shuffle tomorrow. Today should be a NSD.

Today's exercise plan is dog walking, strength training and Zumba.

Tonight's dinner is leek and mushroom risotto.

Cleaning tasks are bathroom and bedroom.

Dakota_Rose

Your dinner sounds delicious! We over-ordered on birthday pizza yesterday so that’s what we will be eating for lunch and dinner today 😂

Sun_Addict

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82014290#Comment_82014290

Can’t beat leftover pizza 😋

Sun_Addict

Morning all, happy Friday.

Day off today and am going to my friend's house for a catch up. She lives in a village in an adjacent county with the worst bus service ever, the buses just don't turn up randomly. Hopefully all will run smoothly with them today. There's no other way to get to her village without a car and the journey takes around an hour. Not looking forward to that bit but it will be lovely to sit in her garden chatting and drinking Prosecco. I broke the news to Mr SA last night and he didn't look none too pleased - tough!

Payday today and finances have been sorted. A couple of oddments have gone to the Christmas pot and it's standing at almost £500 already which is brilliant considering it's not June yet. That pot has been funded entirely from tidying up 'loose change'. Just goes to show how the little bits add up.

Just waiting for the 1st of the month so I can feed the regular savers.

DD has paid her board so that's gone to the holiday pot. Even though there's no current plan for the next holiday it's good to have the funds there ready.

Going to get ready now and have a coffee and potter round the city centre before catching the bus to my friend's house. My line manager sent me a C0sta gift card at Christmas which I still haven't used so planning to do so this morning.

I need to hang out some washing and get a portion of tempeh bolognese out of the freezer for tonight's dinner.

Today's exercise will be walking to/from the city centre.

I will need to stop off at Lid! on the way home but don't need much. I'm 9 points away from being able to redeem a £5 off voucher.

Makingabobor2

Have a great day.

The L!d! Points have added up quick. I need another 93 to get the £5