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An in-between phase
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Happy New Year, wishing you a prosperous 2026 🤗Fashion on a ration 2025 0/66 coupons spent
79.5 coupons rolled over 4/75.5 coupons spent - using for secondhand purchases
One income, home educating family1 -
Happy new Year PIP
I hope this is the year you get the keys to your new front door!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 1400/1000
Buffer fund 100/100
Debt Free (again) 25/07/20251 -
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase/p1
'self-blame can be as egotistical as self-praise... any work worth doing is greater than we are... we must not overrate our importance to it, either for good or ill' Margaret Kennedy Lucy Carmichael4 -
Happy new year Team Tuppence, thank you to everyone who has posted and liked on my diary, your support and encouragement is priceless x
Started the year with some build admin 😂
Usuals
Half wussy situps
About to go and do a clean up of the communal bins and recycling area as my new year exercise/good deed
Mum is coming round for a use-it-up roast this afternoon, it'll be mostly potatoes, which tbh is my idea of a good roast 🥂https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase/p1
'self-blame can be as egotistical as self-praise... any work worth doing is greater than we are... we must not overrate our importance to it, either for good or ill' Margaret Kennedy Lucy Carmichael8 -
Happy New year!"Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee0
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Happy new year @jwil 😊🥂https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase/p1
'self-blame can be as egotistical as self-praise... any work worth doing is greater than we are... we must not overrate our importance to it, either for good or ill' Margaret Kennedy Lucy Carmichael1 -
In addition to earlier report, had a little stroll around the manor, prepped veg with Mr PIP, did a survey, started writing in the dates in the notebook for a diary. Painfully tedious job (and physically painful job) but can't justify spending money on a diary when I have so many notebooks!
Lovely time had with mum and Mr PIP, I'd saved the competition-winning bottles of sparkling, white, and red, so everyone had something nice to suit their preferences and I got to feel like a fabulous host at no extra cost 😊
Fervently hoping builder gets back to us asap about suitability of loo we've chosen as we bought some other bathroom materials and I'm itching to update my budget and target 😂https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase/p1
'self-blame can be as egotistical as self-praise... any work worth doing is greater than we are... we must not overrate our importance to it, either for good or ill' Margaret Kennedy Lucy Carmichael5 -
Might I suggest a perpetual calendar stamp type thing to remedy the tediousness? And to make the notebook mountain perpetually useful?
Otherwise you're welcome to my spare diary, it came free with Vogue and I feel it is suitably glamorous for you3 -
But the days change dates every year @WelshmansDaughter, I already get confused enough writing it in when I'm paying attention 😂
That is a lovely offer and I would have taken you up on it but I can't waste the notebook that is partly dayed and dated thus far 😁
Love that you think it would be suitably glamorous for me though, feeling extra pretty going to bed tonight 😊💅https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase/p1
'self-blame can be as egotistical as self-praise... any work worth doing is greater than we are... we must not overrate our importance to it, either for good or ill' Margaret Kennedy Lucy Carmichael3 -
I did exactly the same as you @PiP.Used a note book (free from an event) drew a month planner followed by daily dates. Took ages but was quite therapeutic and the book ran out at September. Luckily I have another exactly the same but might wait until September to finish it! 😄
Now going to root out old sticker etc to jazz it up. Nobody wants to haul out an insurance firms logo stamped book in Costas!2
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