Progress not Perfection

beanielou

Warm sunshine! Pouring rain ☔️ here.

PennysIntoPounds

Aw that's so sweet about DGS, great that he's being taught about money! Tell Mr SA he can earn £25 too if he does those jobs 😁

We are being so lucky with this weather aren't we (sorry Scotland!), its meant to get more autumnal soon but nice to at least enter October without thinking 'crikey, it's going to be like this but worse for the next minimum six months'

Enjoy your prosecco and strictly 🥂

Sun_Addict

Afternoon all, happy Monday.

Worked in the office until late morning, WFH this afternoon.

The paint has dried nicely in the pantry cupboard so I'll start moving the tins etc into it later. Still need to think about where some of the items from the cupboard will go but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

Monday finance check done. CC balance cleared. Last of the money shuffles done. Oddment of £3.26 sent to the Christmas pot.

Received confirmation of when my state pension will be paid starting next March. This means I can now put my going down to part time plans in place.

Today's exercise has been walking to/from work. Still sad the live Monday evening strength training and yoga classes have been cancelled but will replace them with FitOn sessions.

Tonight's dinner is stir fry which wasn't planned but Lid! had a half price stir fry veg kit that looked really nice. I do love my stir fries though.

Heard from my book swap friend and we're doing lunch next week.

To do this week:

• Book nail appointment for a couple of weeks time
• Book Mr SA's dentist appointment
• Book flu jabs for me and Mr SA
• Book table for lunch with friends on Friday
• Book JL Christmas event - I went to this last year and it was lovely
• Source a handyman to replace the bathroom lights
• Source a carpet cleaning company to professionally clean the stairs/landing carpet
• Make a list for my trip into the city centre on Friday

Sun_Addict

Updated - took all of 15 minutes to work my way through the list.

To do this week:

• Book nail appointment for a couple of weeks time ✔️
• Book Mr SA's dentist appointment ✔️
• Book flu jabs for me and Mr SA ✔️
• Book table for lunch with friends on Friday ✔️
• Book JL Christmas event - I went to this last year and it was lovely ✔️
• Source a handyman to replace the bathroom lights - someone coming tonight
• Source a carpet cleaning company to professionally clean the stairs/landing carpet - sent message
• Make a list for my trip into the city centre on Friday - ongoing as and when I think of something

Also booked on to the energy saving hour 6-7.

Sunshine_girl2

Which event are you planning on doing at JL ?

Sun_Addict

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82159508#Comment_82159508

Christmas tree decorating. It’s £10 and you get that back to spend on decorations. It’s was lovely last year, everyone got a glass of Prosecco or a soft drink and there were mince pies, chocolates and other nibbles.

Sunshine_girl2

That's the one I like the idea of . Going to see if our local one does it, thanks

Sun_Addict

So we’re getting the bathroom lights fixed next Friday and the carpet cleaned next Thursday. That didn’t take long to sort out once I put my mind to it. I got the names of both from local FB group recommendations.

Started moving things into the pantry cupboard from the kitchen. How many tins/jars of chickpeas 🙀It was like they’d been breeding at the back of the cupboard. Every time I thought that was it another tin appeared 😆

amber03

JL event sounds lovely, Prosecco and mince pies perfect.

Makingabobor2

You're a bit of a whirlwind once you get going, aren't you? Well at least you won't need to buy any chickpeas for a while