Progress not Perfection

Cherryfudge

You are doing so well with your NSDs, and the imminent reduction in the mortgage is exciting! Paying off ours made all the difference though our circumstances were different.

Looking at a major theme of your thread - can you work it to get commission for recommending recipes?      You have some superb ones (I'm about to send the Moroccan-style vegan Shepherd's pie to my DD, and I think that's one I read about here). I suppose you'd have to blog to do that, but I'm not the only one keeping an eye out for what you're eating. 

Sun_Addict

Had a very productive half hour on the park: the dog got a good run, I got a screen break, some fresh air, sunshine and some steps in, litter picked a bag of rubbish plus picked a bag of blackberries. 30 minutes well spent 😁

A little girl asked me if I was the park cleaner 🤣 Well unofficially - yes!

@Cherryfudge most of the recipes I share are WW ones. I try to share recipes if I can find a link, I don't want to just say I made X and it was lovely without sharing wider. I've noticed a few people on the forums do the same. 

RelievedSheff

Exciting news about the imminent mortgage payment reduction and next years extra from the windows.

That will make a big difference to the budget.

We still need to decide what we are doing with my recent COL rise. The next two  months of extras are going into the savings account to use as extra spends while we are in France but after that we need a plan for them. I expect it will be two thirds as a further overpayment on the mortgage and the other third into the savings account.

Sun_Addict

As if I need a new source of recipes 😆 I've discovered this website which is a vegan website with loads of recipes. If you sign up to the weekly emails she sends you a 4 week vegan meal plan with shopping lists and hints and tips on the recipes. Some really great ideas on there. 

Sun_Addict

Good news for the grocery budget I’ve completed the 4 weeks required for the &More voucher so have £35 off my next Mr M shop 🥳 

This means the grocery budget should, in theory, be showing at least £35 underspend at the end of the budget period. 

EssexHebridean

Great news on the upcoming boosts to the finances - I like to plan ahead for that sort of thing as well to help to keep a grasp on where things should be heading in the future. 

milann

Everything going in the right direction on the money front there SA👍

pennywisepoundstupid

All sounding good moneywise SA xx

redofromstart

Sun_Addict said:

Good news for the grocery budget I’ve completed the 4 weeks required for the &More voucher so have £35 off my next Mr M shop 

I've got one more to do but it's only £13 of points for me for spending 4 lots of £35. 

enthusiasticsaver

Good news on the extra borrowing/doors/windows payments being gone from next year.  Well done on the litter picking. My eldest granddaughter says she wants to go litter picking over the summer holidays.