Prosperous & Creative Soul & MFW Year 3

savingholmes

skint_spice said:

Happy new diary!

Thanks. Glad you found me.

beanielou said:

I challenge you to get the fridge freezer and the bike up for sale before the end of the month!! 

Thanks Beanie.

I am at the hairdresser in the morning but after that I will do photos and list at least the fridge freezer. It needs a quick wipe first and stuff removing from on top of it. DD needs to give me a target price on the bikes before I can list those.

lucielle said:

Ooh good one @beanielou   Fab news on the handyman. Enjoy your new art products. 

L

Thanks Lucielle. I am very excited about the art supplies. Most should arrive tomorrow.

The cube unit went to someone else so will keep looking 

jwil

savingholmes said:

Baileys_Babe said:

That is very good news regarding your handy man being willing to come and work at your new house.

Thanks I was relieved. I will probably ask him to come asap and change the locks as well as help get curtains up etc. Failing that I have asked my cleaner if she can help on moving day. It should make things less daunting.

TallGirl said:

Good news about the handy man if you have professionals move you then you could get him to help you put things in order afterwards like reassemble or assemble furniture and move things around. There might also be stuff you want doing immediately to make the garden safer. 

Spending on stuff you want and then using the voucher for food makes sense. You've earned with hard work so do spend it. I’ve only ever got a voucher once and I spent it on some golf clubs that I still use. It always reminds me. 

Thanks TG. Yes I could get him to do something with the terracing as I'm not sure it's secure. Help moving stuff around as you say would also be fab.

Thanks for the vote for guilt free spends. I struggle not to beat myself up even though I will meet big savings goals this month and next.

If you are meeting your savings goals, then even less reason to beat yourself up, enjoy your items!

LadyWithAPlan

Think it’s great you invested in more art supplies especially as you can afford them and they toward your new art space ! 

MovingForwards

Subscribed to your new diary.

You can draft the PoA and register it yourself, no need to pay a sol to do it; feel free to message me.

I must have missed it when you said the new house is upsidedown. That's a great benefit with views, assuming the lounge faces them.

Great news about your handyman too, it's worth paying a little more when you've bonded with a tradesperson and know their work.

Blackcats

Having some funds for guilt free personal spends has been a revelation for me.  I probably spend less and definitely spend more thoughtfully from my personal spends budget.  I think before I had a narrative which included
1.  "I never spend anything on myself" even though I did ;
2. "I deserve this it doesn't cost much" ;
3. "I deserve this it costs a lot but ...." refer back to number 1 above 

So now I have my monthly spending pot and thoroughly enjoy using it without justifying to myself how or why I'm using it.  

However as the adverts say at the end very, very fast - terms and conditions apply - mainly "once it's gone it's gone".
this month I used some of the money for a facial which I thoroughly enjoyed.

you are achieving savings goals which are part of your bigger life goals.  Enjoyment, creativity, fun, self care etc etc are all part of your holistic goals too.  Keep enjoying your art - you have a talent to nurture.

LeighofMar

Happy new diary. Hoping this will be an exciting and wonderful new year for you. 

DancingInTheRain

Happy new diary! Look forward to following you in this next chapter, wishing you every success with the move 🍀💕

savingholmes

Thanks Dancing, Jwil, MF, Lady, Leigh and Blackcats

I got to sleep at gone 2am which was frustrating as I have to go into work today and so need to start earlier. Still need to dress (and leave within 5 minutes). Fair to say I think I'm going to be late (again). Just emailed the manager.

 I had a dream as I was waking up this morning that I was thinking of getting a holiday caravan - and in my dream I was saying to myself, 'No need, I'm buying a house with a view of hills.' Looking forward to that but the legal and mortgage offer process seems to be going on forever.

Not listed the FF yet. 

Blackcats - I have a personal spends pot - but adjust it up or down each month depending on what's going on. I had originally planned to cut back massively in response to the move - but given I'm due to get backpay next month - part of me rebelled. I also find it hard once I've started shopping even for legitimate things like gifts to then rein in the spending in other areas.

Done another portrait of DS this weekend and amended DD's slightly to be more realistic colouring. I also played with my new pouring paint on three hand sized panels. The bottles are tiny but I liked the effects. Still debating whether to send any of the stuff I bought back.

I managed to burn myself yesterday by reaching for the wok and missing the handle - forgetting I had pre-heated it. This led to an hour of agony before I managed to get cream and a dressing on - and very slow improvement thereafter. I caught two fingers and a thumb so not great would be an understatement. It's these kind of incidents which put me off cooking - and why when I do cook I try to batch cook as it reducing the frequency of cooking & therefore the associated risk.

MF - thanks for the offer on the POA. It's another of those jobs that prompted by this site I intend to do - just haven't done yet. Hopefully I can look at it over Xmas. 

lucielle

Oooh hope the burn heals quickly. 

L

beanielou

Ooouchy. Hope it heals soon.