Escape to the country & living off savings

Skint_yet_Again

Thanks SQS 😊 Just waiting for my friend and her husband to take away my wooden summer house & then new metal shed can come over onto the concrete base. Old shed (rotten) can then get broken up and taken to the tip. 

New tyres fitted today. DF came with me in his car & we went to b n m and Morries after having lunch in a nearby pub. I paid for lunch, 2 for 11.99 and 2 drinks each £6.98. 

Aquafit in the morning 

SuzeQStan

Let’s hope it’s a bit warmer tomorrow! 🥶😰🤧

Skint_yet_Again

It was a bit warmer in the pool yesterday. Called off for milk & a hot sausage sandwich on the way home. 

DF and his neighbour had fitted most of the board to the kitchen floor when I got home. Just a few little bits still to stick down once the glue has dried on the main board. Kitchen is out of action but I have the fridge, microwave and kettle in the dining room with cups, plates, cutlery & bottles of water for tea/coffee. Should be back to normal by Friday apart from the washing machine which will have to wait until the lino has been fitted 

Popped down to see my friend for a cuppa and couldn’t resist a cake 😬 Hopefully the walk back would have stopped it spiking my sugar levels. 

Niece is coming over today with baby & dog. Looking forward to baby cuddles 🥰 The dog is coming to stay one night at the weekend. 

Tomorrow is shopping in the morning and going to look at lino in the afternoon. Spent so far on the kitchen floor £78 paid from interest earned on maturity of 1 year bond. 

Remaining in current account £100.98
”Payday” tomorrow & will submit meter readings. Can’t believe it’s the end of February already! 

SuzeQStan

It’s come round fast hasn’t it SYA - I know you don’t enjoy gardening but I’m so excited to see the leaves and blossom budding - spring is on its way 🌺🤞🏻 

glad Aquafit was bit warmer at least!  Exciting baby and puppy cuddles all on the same day!! V jealous here 🥰

loads left in account for end of month xx

MovingForwards

Great news the kitchen will be up and running soon and a free shed is always welcome.

Perfect month end with family and friends.

~FlowerPot~

Not long until yor kitchen floor is done. Its so tricky to manage without using the kitchen!

Getting a free shed is a real bonus!

Skint_yet_Again

Thanks SQS, MF & Flowers 😊

Paid myself today £833 from savings & moved £150 from my 2.51% savings account ready to go into my 6% savings account tomorrow. 

Budget for March

Phone sim only £10

Tv licence 13.25

Water 13

Council tax £0

Union £2.24

Gas & Electric bill £100

Annual bills £100

Birthdays / Xmas £50

Car pot £50

Holidays £100

Petrol £40

Entertainment £100

Food £160

Aquafit £32.50

Income £833

Outgoing £770.99

Remaining £62.01

I have been to aldee this morning total spend £39.40. Meals this week are chicken fajitas, mince beef butternut squash & bean chilli & treated myself to 2 lamb shanks in mint gravy. Will use the rest of the butternut squash to make soup in the slow cooker. Snacks/ puddings will be cubes of cheese, apples, tinned pineapple & bananas. I also have no-added sugar strawberry jelly’s.

Off to look at lino this afternoon with DF. 

thriftylynny

You're budgeting is so well organised SYA every month , I'm not too bad at keeping & sticking to  monthly budgets either , it takes discipline but I stick to it! I've  never thought of building up separate 'pots' tho for different things so I have started doing that putting away £70 p/m over 12 mths ! Hope the lino got chosen today x

SuzeQStan

Sorry short notice @thriftylynny - saving sesh on this eve - only 6pm-6:30pm

Skint_yet_Again

Sounds like you are doing well with your budgeting and saving pots thriftylynny 😊

Unfortunately no further forward with the lino. I am going to some other showrooms next week. 

I have moved money into my savings pots this afternoon 

Car £750   (£50 a month)
Holiday £300 (£200 from 2 months council tax free as paid over 10 months plus any leftover in monthly budget)
Annual bills £338 (£100 a month)
Gas & Electric £455 
xmas / birthday £110.  (£50 a month)
DIY pot £751. (From 1year bond interest)


Credit card bill due around 5 March. Will use money from pots to pay for car tyres £150, car tax £150, gas & electric £149. Kitchen floor £78.

Have been to my friends for cuppa and chat this afternoon. Then I walked up the hill to the chemist to pick up my meds & got a book from the old red phone box book exchange. 

Nights are getting lighter & spring bulbs are flowering around the village. It’s quite mild today and the first time I have walked round the village for a few months. Legs are aching now 😆