Escape to the country & living off savings

SuzeQStan

bless you SYA - lurgy sounds awful. So glad you have support in place to help when you need it xx feel better soon lovely lady

Tresinia511

Sya I got quite excited by the spoiler alerts😁thought we might be getting to see something interesting! Glad you are coming out on the other side. It sounds like you have had a right dose of something

badmemory

It sounds very much like a bad sinus infection. That can give you tooth ache where you have no teeth. Maybe talk to a pharmacy.

Skint_yet_Again

Thanks KK the £40 a week includes toiletries, loo rolls, bleach, washing liquid, kitchen roll, tissues, dishwasher tablets etc but doesn’t include the hot roast chicken I sometimes buy from my surplus in the budget or entertainment pot.

Thanks Suze for the get well wishes ❤️

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Sorry Tresinia nothing interesting! 😂

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Thanks badmemory. I do have teeth 🤣 but thankfully that has stopped now just bunged up nose / runny nose & thick head now

I managed a shower and hair wash & sorted a load of washing and hung out. Liver and onion gravy with root veg mash & green veg all from freezer for lunch. Feeling sleepy now & dosed up so will try & doze 🥱🫩😴

badmemory

The tooth ache where I have no teeth is me not you. It just means it is not actually tooth ache. But if you ever feel like your eye brows are trying to reach your cheek bones a pharmacist will recognise the symptoms. Over the counter meds available but not instore meds.

doingitanyway

Your budget is looking great as usual.

I looked at your budget before I moved as something to aim for. Mine is looking a little bit more like yours now. However, I'm still spending much more on food and I'm addressing that.

Wishing you well

Skint_yet_Again

Thanks badmemory & dia 😊

I felt a bit better this morning after shower and hair wash so popped to aldee as it’s meant to get colder and snow as the week goes on.

Total spend £34.05.
4pt milk £1.65, peach squash £1.09, 6 pack no sugar (similar to max) cola £1.69, toilet rolls (6 soft double rolls equivalent to 12 standard) £2.49, diced beef 400g £4.49, chicken fillets 600g £3.99, 1kg chicken wings £2.19, tin lentils 49p, tin pineapple 95p, nuts mixed £1.75, dark chocolate 70% £2.49, 6 eggs £1.55, sardines in tomato sauce 45p, tin beans 40p, carrots 89p, celery £1.19, shampoo £1.29, bleach 59p, pears 99p, shredded spring greens £1.49, low fat soft cheese 200g 95p & no added sugar wholemeal loaf 99p.

I still have left over from last shopping some apples, cheese, parsnips & swede, onions, courgettes & peppers, tin tuna, weet bics, natural yogurt, stock cubes, gravy granules, herbs & spices, half pack noodles, shower gel , dishwasher tablets, liquid soap, washing liquid. Plus the last butternut squash left from dad’s allotment

Menu will be

Breakfast- eggs on toast, weet bics, omelette, sardines on toast (x2)

Lunch - veg & lentil soup or butternut squash & lentil soup with 2 slices of bread & butter, cheese or egg or tuna sandwich

Dinner - chicken wings with Cajun spice & roasted med veg x2, beef stew x 4, tandoori chicken fillets with butternut squash chips, chicken & veg stir fry with noodles,

Snacks - apples, pears, nuts, 70% choc, celery or carrot sticks with soft cheese, pineapple & cheddar cubes.

Feet up for the rest of the day

doingitanyway

Nice meal plan. You still need rest so take it easy…

Skint_yet_Again

Shopping trip totally knocked me out 😂 Walked up to dads about 4pm & I could see my breath outside 🥶 I don’t need to go out now for the rest of the week. We have some snow over the next few days in the forecast so I will be staying in. 🤗

Skint_yet_Again

Update interest 1 Feb

Various pots £1.71 = left in account

Regular saver £22.35 = transferred to current account will go towards weekly hot roast chicken after aquafit (when I am feeling better)

isa diy/emergency 0.89p = left in account

living off savings account £6.16 = left in account