Escape to the country & living off savings

Skint_yet_Again

Ordinary_Yet_Unique said:

Are these two pensions linked? Can't you take Pension A Option 1 and Pension B  Option 2?

Yes
No. 

Its option A or B

doingitanyway

I will have a small pension (being sorted) that is DB and will be just a few hundred pounds a year. I'm going to use the money for a treats fund and will have fun planning my treat. I like that I will have it forever 

Glad you have a regular place for F&Cs with DF 

Skint_yet_Again

Great idea dia ☺️

Really enjoyed trip to the city. Fish and chips, mushy peas and pot of tea £8.50 each. DF paid. I spent £6 on bus fare and £7.50 on half price shoes 😁 at D mann. Lovely warm sunny weather. Have been sat in the garden reading a book since I got back. 

Tresinia511

Sya, nice to be in the garden with a book.  Is it all sorted now?

Skint_yet_Again

Do you mean the garden Tresinia ? I wish it was. Have chopped back the bushes near the fence. DF is coming down tomorrow to remove the paving which was the base of the shed. Then we can check the measurements again and go to see the fencing company to order posts, gravel boards and fence panels. Once fencing is done I will see how much money is left and decide what to do about plants & seating 

Skint_yet_Again

Lovely sunny morning. 6 Slabs lifted with help from DF. More pruning. We sat and had a cuppa outside then DF left to go to his allotment and I went to aldee. Just a few things for over the weekend £15.40. I am cooking a roast on Sunday for DF for Father’s Day. 

Remaining in current account £133.73 =

Groceries £40 x 2 =£80.00 
petrol £10 x 2 =£20.00 
entertainment £33.73

Off to my friends this afternoon for a cuppa. Aquafit tomorrow, then my niece is coming to visit with little ‘un

Doris17

Have a lovely afternoon.

Tresinia511

Sounds like a lovely weekend coming up sya

SuzeQStan

Excited you are getting back into sketching SYA - great idea to begin using it for planning your garden.  Sounds like you have quite a lot sorted so far.  You can get alot of materials free from places like visage volume marketplace, oli@, tr@sh nothing etc. you can put up wanted ads for free as well if you need something specific.

sorry not posted on your diary a couple days - have caught OH’s flu sleeping the days away 

Skint_yet_Again

Thanks Doris, Tresinia and Suze 😊 Sorry to hear you have / had flu Suze sounds like you are getting plenty of rest hope you feel better 😘 

Ive been looking at outdoor rugs as a possibility for covering the cracked concrete outside the back door as a cheaper/ easier option. Also looking at click together pvc / composite deck tiles. My friend is keeping an eye on visage volume marketplace (😂 love this Suze) for me

Aquafit this morning then looking forward to seeing niece and little lad. I have a bag full of toys from my other sisters decluttering (her child is 18!) including a tea set so we may end up in the garden with water getting wet! Warm sunny day so far. Tomorrow I am cleaning my oven. I have been putting it off but I’ve had one of those shelves in a bag cleaners for months and bought some muscle spray for inside and the glass door so hopefully should be fairly easy. Famous last words and all that 😉