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Escape to the country & living off savings

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  • Skint_yet_Again
    Skint_yet_Again Posts: 8,531 Forumite
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    Thanks dia & Suze I did have a lovely morning☀️

    We had brunch in a lovely little cafe, fry up & hot drinks each, my turn to pay £15.40 in total from entertainment fund. Also clothes / shoes from household bills pot 

    bonm = £18 new jumper
    Primarni = handbag & purse £8
    shoe z = £7.99 new slippers 

    The afternoon was spoiled by family tensions (not my lovely sister) which I will not go into here. So I still aim to get the house emptied as soon as possible so that is one less thing that I keep having to go through. 

    I did manage to rest last night but there are a few things on the list for today, mostly gardening (plant up fuchsia cuttings at mine / cutting dad’s grass and I also need to disconnect his washing machine. Anyone know how to do this? I think there should be little turn “taps” on the water supply? Then remove the red / blue pipes. Will water come out from the machine end? May need to watch a u tube for instructions 🤣

    Sunday is a day off everything 😊

    0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
    House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
    House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗

    Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).

    Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1

    Living off savings diary
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6429003/escape-to-the-country-living-off-savings/p1
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 8,070 Forumite
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    You sound spot on with your description of how to disconnect the WM 😊 There may be a little water in the hoses but a washing up bowl will be plenty big enough to catch it. Might be worth taking a bit of string or some such to secure the hoses once loosened as although most WMs have brackets on the back to wrap them round I find they perish quite quickly and break. 

    Sorry about the family tensions - the last thing you need …

    Hope tomorrow is a lovely chill day for you 😊

    KK
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