Escape to the country & living off savings

Skint_yet_Again

Lovely sunny warm day ☀️ Very windy but at least it’s a warm wind. 

Had a good session at aquafit. Temperature ok, pool not warm but not too cold when I got out. 

Payday 🤗 £10 petrol in the car. Picked up my friend. Lunch in m& s cafe was tomato and basil soup & cup of tea. Friend had toastie, crisps and coffee. My turn to pay, £18 from entertainment fund for May. Spent £19.50 mat Alan (5 pairs socks, white Tshirt & black canvas pumps) £6 b n m, £8.75 asd@ living (food weighing scales & batteries). Back to friends for cuppa and home now. Have washed swimsuit and hung out with wet towel (which will be put in wash once dry until I have enough to make a small load). 

Lasagne for tea with courgette instead of pasta. Going to mr T with my friend on thu so will look for some alternative noodles & get some lower carb wraps. Am not a huge fan of quinoa or cous cous dia. I find it confusing looking up foodstuffs online, high in carbs but low gi 😵‍💫

SuzeQStan

Happy payday SYA 😊

that’s rubbish you don’t get proper guidance off your nurse for foods that would help low carbs! ‘Just take another tablet’ honestly am fuming reading that 😤

Skint_yet_Again

1st of May already! Cloudy this morning but warm & no wind. 

This months budget

Phone sim only £10

Tv licence 15.00    

Water 13

Council tax £102

Union £2.24

Gas & Electric £100

Annual bills £100

Birthdays / Xmas £50

Car pot £50

Petrol £40

Entertainment £100

Food £160

Aquafit £32.50

Income £833

Outgoing 774.74

Remaining £58.26

Skint_yet_Again

Trip to the tip this morning with DF. Final car load. Home & cuppa in garden & DF planted up my tumbling toms in the shepherds hook hanging basket left by previous owners. 

Dinner was Cajun chicken thighs with roasted Mediterranean veg. I’m making it up as I go along SQS with info from online 🫤

It’s been cloudy until 6pm & the sun has appeared so I think I will go for a walk.  

SuzeQStan

Sounds lovely food SYA 😊👍🏻 glad the tip trips are sorted for now and hope the rain holds off during your walk.  Got rained on proper here during mine but didn’t mind as it was warm 😊👍🏻

SuzeQStan

Meant to say we still haven’t had our tv license go up yet - keep waiting on being emailed / mailed but nothing so far it’s weird!

Skint_yet_Again

SQS I think it depends on when your annual review is. 

No rain here. Had strawberries and cream for pud. 😋 (6.5g carbs 😉)

doingitanyway

Great budget.

Your food always sounds tasty, healthy and low carb. Do you have an app for carb counting? If not, how do you do it?

Skint_yet_Again

Thanks dia 😊

I just search the internet search for ‘carbs in ..’ or use the info on the packaging. 

Skint_yet_Again

Quick update. Interest for April

2.67% instant access £21.60
6% account £18.55
savings pots £2.38

Other equity in bonds which mature and pay out Feb 2025. 

Gas and electric meter readings submitted. Gas £38.70 Electric £41.73. Will sort the money shuffle to pots later. Just going to mr T with friend.