Saving lots in pots!

Arrietty

Hello Flowers,

my goodness you've made a lot of progress since I last popped in here!  Those pots are all filling up and the garden sounds like it will offer a full harvest too. I was gifted some rhubarb and vanilla jam a while back and it was incredible.

Your trip to the beach and cafe sound wonderful too.

Loved reading about your happy day   

~FlowerPot~

thanks @Arrietty really nice of you to comment.

I want to keep eating the rhubarb and vanilla jam, it is so good!

Yesterday was a good and productive day. Today has also been good, but not so active as Im aching and tired.!!

 Still, we went to the garden centre x3 and got the plants i wanted and a few more!!! A ceanothus, a lilac and a hydranga we also bought a camelia which was reduced (but still pricy1!) and then DS2 dug up the final 4 box hedges and removed the falling down frame (which we intend to replace) and I continued to weed the bit where 2 of the plants were going. This was really compacted and was very slow going. DH came out and dug the holes and three of the plants are in ~ yey! really pleased, just need to finish weeding another part of the garden for the hydranga. 

Had a lovely roast chicken with wedges and ceaser salad for tea and relaxed this evening!

~FlowerPot~

Tuesday smoosmoveday! 
Having a tired day today, so have not achieved much at all, but have been looking at all my accounts and had a little money shuffle. 
My ef met it's (first) target, but I haven't upped it in the acc, so did that and moved another 100 into that account as its sitting in the current account waiting for the SO, but there is still enough left, so popped it across.
Popped a few pounds and pennies across to the pupster acc, and put the healing money which came in yesterday into the pension holding account, need 25 more to get to the next 100, which should be Friday and then I can move it into my pension. 
Had a look at the pending and I've added £531.25, this month which is my best ever. It is also the first month of trying to add 144 a week,
144 x 52 is 7500 and then hopefully if hrmc still pay the 25% in 10 years I will get to 100 000! It's a long shot but I'm gong to give it my best shot!! Whilst in the pension site I saw that if you refer a friend you both can get £100, so I've suggested to DS2 to open a pension up, he hasn't got one yet, and he could add a small amount, get the 100 and then just leave it until he's finished uni and starts working and then use it or move it!
But it would be a quick 100 for both of us! 
I can refer 50 people! I wonder if DH would open up one!! 

~FlowerPot~

early doors start this morning as I had to drop Dh off at the hospital for another eye surgery!! Got back and Im having a nice cuppa coffee and some delicious rhubarb and vanilla jam. It is so delicious I think I could eat it for breakfast lunch and dinner!!! So pleased we made 5 large jars, but I think I might actually make another batch for gifts, it was so good!

MovingForwards

Golden jam would possibly look like marmalade or lemon curd. See if you get enough to make a small jar.

I found the roots of box to be a PITA, the plants were 2ft max but the roots spread right into my plot.

Share or message me the rhubarb and vanilla recipe as that sounds right up my street!

Have you made rhubarb and ginger squash / cordial/ diluting juice? It's been highly recommended to me and I'll get the recipe (next time I see my physio or when we're both at the plot).

You prioritise the kids, ensure their rooms are ok, they have what is needed while growing up and going through school, before finally getting to look after yourself.

What pension site as I'm interested in having a few small pots, message me the details to avoid people searching and finding your diary. And just open DH one up.

Hope everything went ok with DH and you've been busy with the garden, work and had nice weather.

~FlowerPot~

thank MF

 I have sent you a msg and inclued the pension info and the jam recipe.

I am defiently going to try and make the golden raspberry jam IF we have enough, but I dont think there will be enough ready at the right time to do so.

i would love the rhubarb squash recipe if / when you get it, always looking for thing to do with our rhubarb crop as there only so many crumbles you can eat!

DHs eye op went well, thank you. Hes got a billion eye drops and has to relax and not do much for 2 weeks ~ which he is finding rather frustrating!!

~FlowerPot~

Sunday

Managed £120 to the pension this week. Will be difficult impossible to get to £144 each week, but if I can make £100 and then the healing work I do as a bonus, that will help!!

Still spending too many pennies on none essentials, need to rein it in. Vinted has become a bit of a habit!! Plus I took DD to burger king last night as a treat as she doesnt like pealla which we were having and she is having a very stressful time as exams start in 2 weeks ~eek!

went to the gym yeehah!! (its only a bike and a rowing machine in the garden studio, but its great to have somewhere to go, just need to used it more DH has been inthere practically everyday since we set it up. But is not allowed to exercise for 4 weeks now.

MovingForwards

Thanks FP, safely received x

That's an impressive amount put away. If you've the pennies for V, put those into your pension, you'll not have access to them 🤭 or allow a monthly budget for V?
It is hard after starting to spend to stop again, cold turkey and stop looking at the sites, fill that time with something else like a puzzle book, planning a bit more of the garden, listen to music, do some gym as you've got it available.

~FlowerPot~

MovingForwards said:

and stop looking at the sites,

Thats the key!! Its when Im feeling low energy I sit and surf!!

Will stop now, there is nothing I actually need, except I am going to replace my work gear at some point; the fleece top is horrid and one of my tshirts has a hole (small but not very professional!  and My trousers are those jeggings type which are going at the seams (oops!) All down the legs!!  I should get a different style which is less tight and they might last longer than 3 years!

~FlowerPot~

evening, its currently raining ~ again! which is not doing anything for my mood!! I seem to be in a bit of a slump this week. Not much happening with saving the pennies. Ive bough a meal deal 3 thimes this week and its only wednesday (face palms!) no excuse I know its rubbish, I do allow one a week and its often a monday during my clinic, i might run across the road and buy one.

finished work for the week now and feeling exhausted. Managed to do a little gardening on the path, this garden is massive and theres a brick path which runs around it, but it gets overgrown with the grass and weeds so fast. I really want to get ropund all of it at least once this year, but its never ending! esp when there so much rain!

Early to bed tonight and hopefully be in a better mood tomorrow, Need to start doing my gratefulls again!