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Escape to the country & living off savings

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  • Skint_yet_Again
    Skint_yet_Again Posts: 8,456 Forumite
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    Thanks thriftylynny, choc gateau sounds lovely 😋

    Grey and cloudy this morning. Trip to tip with DF. Back home & then it rained. Brightened up this afternoon so washing hung out. Popped to local high street & got a Father’s Day card £1.29 for DF & big bar of caramel choc £2 (his favourite). I already pay for a publication subscription for him for his birthday & Father’s Day. All paid from Xmas & birthday pot. 

    Then had a walk round the village. Resting again now. Feeling a bit better today. 

    I am now 8 weeks into my lower carb / lower sugar attempts. 4 weeks until next hb a1c is due. Must stay away from cake! 

    Dsis is coming over for the weekend & niece is coming over with baby on sat 🥰 

    I am cooking a roast dinner for DF & Dsis on sunday so I need to go shopping tomorrow, then I’m going round to my friends for a cuppa & chat in the afternoon. 

    Aquafit on Friday 

    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
  • Skint_yet_Again
    Skint_yet_Again Posts: 8,456 Forumite
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    Food shop at aldee this morning £49.70. Home & beef stew on in slow cooker. DF came round for a cuppa. After lunch I went to friends for cuppa and catch up before she goes on holiday. 

    It’s been raining & cold since 5pm. Stew was warming 😋 Dinner tomorrow night at DF’s. We are planning on an Indian on Saturday and I bought a sage & onion chicken to cook on Sunday with roast potatoes, butternut squash, carrots, swede, plus broccoli and cauliflower. 

    Will be making a chicken curry next week & chicken fajitas and tandoori chicken & Mediterranean veg tray bake. Lunches will be tuna, cheese, egg, ham salads or sandwiches (no added sugar bread 9g carb a slice). Cheese & ham omelette. I already have wheat shreds for breakfast (30g = 20g carb) with strawberries & snacks will be apples, pears, cheese “crisps”, pork scratchings, boiled eggs. Up to 130g carb a day including milk. 

    Current account now £80.36 =
    Food £40
    Petrol £20
    Entertainment £20

    plus £20 cash in my purse for takeaway on Saturday. 😋
    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
  • MovingForwards
    MovingForwards Posts: 17,150 Forumite
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    Can't seem to make up it's mind what season it is, rain, sun, thunder, flooding roads. Not surprised you've been under the weather (no pun intended).

    It's great you've managed to get out and your shopping was good.

    Enjoy baby cuddles.

    Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.
  • Arrietty
    Arrietty Posts: 133 Forumite
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    Hello,

    just catching up with your 'doing's' and glad that you're feeling a bit better after the cold.  Your menus sound delicious as always and I cannot tell you how much I love reading about your daily life  :)
    SAVER o:)
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,048 Forumite
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    Just thinking could you make an almond and orange cake? It is delicious and lower carb due to no flour. 
    You could control the sugar if you bake it too.
    It will be nice for sitting in the garden with friends.
    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

    Emergency fund 100/1000
    Buffer fund 0/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/072025
  • Skint_yet_Again
    Skint_yet_Again Posts: 8,456 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Hung up my suit! Mortgage-free Glee!
    Thanks MF, Arrietty and dia 😊

    I’m not supposed to eat citrus fruit dia due to acid reflux but lemon drizzle is my favourite after chocolate or carrot cake 😆 I really do need to make an effort to do some sugar free / low carb baking. 

    I have had a lovely weekend with DF and Dsis despite the weather. Heavy rain and thunder storms. A few sunny spells yesterday. DF was cold Saturday evening & put his heating on! Roast dinner yesterday was lovely. 

    I am up early this morning as my replacement boiler is due to be delivered today between 8am - 6pm. It’s been making rumbling noise since it was fitted and despite numerous visits by the manufacturer engineers they cannot fix it so they are replacing it under warranty. 


    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
  • New boiler has arrived. It is being fitted on Wednesday. Aqua fit tomorrow. 

    I have been to aldee for a few things to do some batch cooking. 
    Butternut squash £1.15
    curry sauce £1.49
    watercress spinach & rocket 59p
    chickpeas 49p
    double cream £1.05
    5% fat beef mince 30% off £1.53
    gammon joint £3.99

    Chicken fillets (unopened from last week dated tomorrow) in slow cooker with curry sauce, butternut squash, red pepper, onions, tin chickpeas and will add spinach from bag of spinach, watercress & rocket. 

    Chicken fillets (rest of pack from last week) in yoghurt & tandoori spice will be tray baked with courgettes, peppers, onions & butternut squash & a couple of carrots. 

    Mince beef (dated tomorrow 30% off) will be made into a chilli with remaining courgettes, peppers, onions, butternut squash, tin tomatoes (from last week) & half a tin of kidney beans (in freezer). 

    Gammon will be cooked in the slow cooker & I will make cheese sauce with double cream & cheese (from last week) with broccoli and cauliflower (already steamed & in freezer). The rest of the cream will be used with strawberries or added to hot chocolate drink. 

    I have 2 portions of stew left in the freezer & 2 roast dinners left over from yesterday. 

    Should be enough dinners to last to end of month. I still have money left to buy extra milk & fruit for next week. 
    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
  • Bright sunny morning here ☀️ Off to aquafit shortly. 

    Have been offered a refurbished i phone 12 for £130 which seems a good price when most are over £200. Decisions decisions. 
    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
  • Bright sunny morning here ☀️ Off to aquafit shortly. 

    Have been offered a refurbished i phone 12 for £130 which seems a good price when most are over £200. Decisions decisions. 
    Go for the phone and treat yourself!
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