Escape to the country & living off savings

Skint_yet_Again

Thanks dia it was a very warm day. 🥵

Bought cans of cola & peach squash & filled up a bottle with water to keep cool in the fridge. I sat in the garden for a while under the parasols before lunch then retreated to the living room which was much cooler. Went for a 30 minute walk in the evening. Hopefully the pool will be nice and cool today. Am going to wash my bedding & will walk down to my friends this afternoon. 

Niece is coming over wed or thu so I look forward to baby cuddles 🥰 

thriftylynny

Hope the one time you'd rather cool pool water that it is & not overly hot !!! You've reminded me to clamber in shed to get parasol out ..bet I can't find the base ! x

Skint_yet_Again

Thanks thriftylynny 😊 Pool was lovely and cool. I must admit I got DF to get my parasols out & check there were no 8 legged creepy crawlies 😳

Cloudy but muggy yesterday. The sun didn’t make an appearance until 5pm. Enjoyed aquafit. Nice tuna salad for lunch. Walked to my friend’s house in the afternoon and had a nice cuppa in the garden. Popped in to see DF on the way back. 

Cloudy again this morning. I’m picking my friend up this morning and driving us to nearby small high street. It has a small b&m, pound land, gregs, post office, 2 card shops, 2 banks, a few cafe/greasy spoon, spek savers, few charity shops, butcher & baker, super drug, weather spoons. Sounds bigger than it actually is 😂

I need £20 cash to go in nephew birthday card, a couple of birthday cards (from xmas/ birthday pot), some pork scratchings and southern fried chicken gravy from b&m and we are going to get a cheap lunch in ‘spoons. I have £17.47 left in my current account for food & have transferred money for birthday card so should be plenty. 

MovingForwards

Sounds like a good high street to me, have fun!

leftatthetrafficlights

I hope you have a lovely day with your friend 😁

Skint_yet_Again

Thanks MF and Leftatthetrafficlights 😊

Had a nice lunch with friend. Chicken, salad and coleslaw plus drink £8.68. 2 x birthday card £1.40, b & m gravy granules and 2 x multi pack of pork scratchings £5.29 and stamps £6.80 (Xmas/birthday pot). 

My niece has been over this afternoon so got lots of baby cuddles 🥰 

Got my new i phone £130 but I have no idea how to set it up 😂 Will take it to my sisters on Friday & my b-in-law will set it up for me. 

Chicken with southern fried gravy with broccoli and cauliflower (from freezer) tonight. Remaining chicken with Thai green curry sauce & veg tomorrow. 

Have just hung out my washing. Lovely & sunny this afternoon ☀️

doingitanyway

I think your user name needs changing! You are one of the best money managers on here...
I hope you enjoyed your sunny afternoon with your niece and the baby 

Skint_yet_Again

Lol dia when I look back to when I first started lurking on MSE in 2012 I was a Skint single parent. 

I started my first savings thread in 2017 with £500 in an emergency fund, a car loan from my parents & £50 a month entertainment fund, savings were £100 a month. DM sadly passed away in 2018 and I ended up with some debt again. However I paid it all off and paid back every penny of the parental car loan. I managed to save enough over 5 years to afford to move house, paying for surveyor and legal fees etc. DS & his gf ended up buying my house which meant there was no estate agent fees. 

I hope I will never be in debt again so I try to budget for everything but I try to enjoy my life with family and friends as you never know whats around the corner. 

Had a lovely afternoon thanks with DF & niece & great nephew 🥰

SuzeQStan

You really are an inspiration!  Skint Never Again - has a ring to it xx 

Skint_yet_Again

Lol SQS I think I will stick with the same name as it reminds me of what I have come through. 

Have cancelled aquafit tomorrow as I have had pain in my neck/shoulder since Tuesdays session with the underwater dumbbells. Lots of rest & brufen gel today but did a 45 minute walk round the village. Sunny but nice cool wind. Off to Dsis house tomorrow