An in-between phase

PennysIntoPounds

Usuals
Survey

Got PB money and survey money so allocated it to tax/flat/current, mothers day pot and easter pot now covered. Though remembered its our anniversary in April so should start to put a few quid aside for that, we won't do a big thing but nice to be able to afford a treat meal or fancy drinkies.
That payment takes us to our first £500 of the £123k needed for the flat pot. Choosing to focus on the achievement part of that today 😂

20 minute walk getting essentials from aldi, their wine of the week is £3.99 reduced from £7.99, an Argentinian malbec in a very jazzy bottle. We shall sample it later and if decent get a few bottles in for future gifts

Entered some competitions, today I'm mostly looking forward to winning a 1k Waitrose voucher but I'd also love the brands bundle and also the Valentines hamper please. Though the post office must be absolutely rammed with the backlog of hampers for me

Ten minute carpet walk
Small clean of one room
Took pics of wires for next stage of tedious listings
Resisted pub, which wasn't too hard considering the weather conditions. It's like the Arctic out there, but soggier

Dinner is mashed potato and baked beans, proper February food!

badmemory

Have you ever won anything on pick my postcode.  I haven't but at least it is free.

beanielou

badmemory said:

Have you ever won anything on pick my postcode.  I haven't but at least it is free.

I haven’t but as you say at least it’s free. 

PennysIntoPounds

I haven't either @badmemory @beanielou but no harm having a click if one's in front of the laptop anyway. Though I don't expect to ever get owt from there since they use all the postcodes in Britain, very unlikely one's own tiny specific area is going to come up!

PennysIntoPounds

Usuals
Shower and hairwash
20 minute walk getting another couple of the aldo wine of the week, which is definitely nice enough to be giftable

This marathon level of activity of 'washing my hair' and 'popping up the road' has caused my shoulder to go into agonies so sacked off situps

Spec work
Survey
Did not resist pub

Dinner is leftover lasagne 

foxgloves

It must be so frustrating, PiP, having your shoulder go off on one while you are just doing everyday activities which most of us take for granted. I hadn't heard of your condition since you & @CRANKY40 mentioned it on here. Always something to learn, but I wish you weren't in so much daily pain. Does it respond to painkillers? Even then, those often just 'take the edge off', don't they? It took me years to find one which worked on period pain & the stronger ones are not without side effects. 
Hope you have a more comfortable day tomorrow.
F x

Sun_Addict

Boo to the shoulder 😞 Does anything ease it? Hope the pub visit lifted your spirits. 

PennysIntoPounds

Thanks @foxgloves and @Sun_Addict
No, painkillers don't hugely help, but being less able to feel the pain is risky anyway as I'm then likely to hyperextend and cause really serious damage 🙄



Waited in for boiler man as pipe dripping

Usuals
Survey

Spec work

Entered some competitions, today I'm mostly looking forward to winning 1k

Felt so dodgy I would have gone back to bed if I hadn't had to wait for boiler man but instead I ate a pile of biscuits and actually did feel improved 😁

Boiler man eventually came, hopefully all okay

Popped over to mums to get veggie splodge for dinner (chick pea version)

Laundry

25 minute carpet walk

Now I'm going to sit on my backside for the rest of the evening!
 

PennysIntoPounds

Usuals

£5.92 to flat pot from WBB

25 minute walk, free loaf of bread from a neighbour

£4 survey

Arranged the lovely flowers Mr PIP got me for Valentines (from our local place that sells them cheap from big shops to prevent waste and donates the money to charity, so big tick all round there!)

Quarter wussy situps

Various chasings ups of things

Dinner is pasta and splodge as yesterday may have been accosted by a freezer pizza

beanielou

Enjoy your flowers