Saving For Early Retirement

itsthelittlethings

Wow you seem to get a lot achieved Doris17, I wish I had your energy and drive. Well done on the weight loss maintenance, I’m 15st3 now, down from 15st10 but dreading dropping any more as I hate going hungry.

Doris17

itsthelittlethings said:

Wow you seem to get a lot achieved Doris17, I wish I had your energy and drive. Well done on the weight loss maintenance, I’m 15st3 now, down from 15st10 but dreading dropping any more as I hate going hungry.

Thank you for stopping by @itsthelittlethings. I struggle on Slimming World to eat as much as they allow. My food diary always looks rather empty. I think its about making choices that will fill you up for longer. I am definitely eating more fruit and veg and drinking more water, things I did not do so much of before.

Doris17

Good Morning from a wet South Wales.

Happy September. September is my favourite month of the year. Its my birthday month and our anniversary month, we go away each year around the dates, this year is no different and I am so looking forward to it.

Still not feeling the savings mojo, going to set myself a challenge to save £3000 by the end of the year, will send this over to my Future Fund.

Hoping the rain will stop soon as I have a few garden jobs I want to do and the recycling needs to go down to the front of the house.

Today will be a NSD. 

D.x

Doris17

Damp and misty morning, though it is very warm. Dog has been for a walk and we missed the down pour of rain luckily.

We are going away on Friday and I have yet to pack, been waiting to see what the predicted weather forecast is going to be, we are off to a little cottage in West Wales. We have been eating out of the fridge and freezer last week and its looking pretty bare, meals are planned for next week. Doing to do a dinner today to use up the bits of veg left in the bottom of the fridge. Need to pop out later to buy some holiday bits and an anniversary card for Mr D as its our anniversary and my birthday while we are away.

Was hoping to do a car boot sale today however it go cancelled yesterday, so all need to go to the loft ready for next year. I have car boot corner and will be adding too it as I declutter.

Will be making a fruit and nut cake later, as I have loads of eggs to use and some nuts that also need using up.

D.x

~FlowerPot~

ooh going away to a little cottage in wales, sounds delightful, I hope you have a lovely time

Flowers x

Doris17

Back from a lovely week away and the weather was very kind to us, only one day of rain. Found some lovely  place to eat and many long walks to walk off the food.

Back to work today, WFH as I imagine there will be a lot to catch up on, going into the office on Wednesday, going out for a belated birthday lunch. Will also be back to SW this week, hopefully on put too much weight back on.

Today will be a NSD, much needed after the last week. Hoping I can pick up a few surveys between emails today and I am hoping someone will be picking up two items I put on Market Place, fingers crossed.

Skint_yet_Again

Sounds like a lovely week away. Hope your market place items have been collected. 

Doris17

Skint_yet_Again said:

Sounds like a lovely week away. Hope your market place items have been collected. 

Week away was amazing. No show on the collection.

Doris17

Good morning, 

Dry but very cold and windy here this morning, I do have washing on the line and will be keeping an eye out for the promised rain. Been debating whether to buy a washer/dryer as I hate having wet clothes all over the house. We did have a tumble dryer, never got replace when it died earlier in the year. The space the tumble dryer lived in, now is used from storage, storage space is very lacking in this house. I am going to buy a bigger clothes airer and see how I manage with that first before making a decision, as my washing machine is only a few years old.

Pay day tomorrow, will work out next months budget this morning and find a new regulars saver and fixed rate bond, my regular saver is maturing next week, this will go into the bond fixed for a year I think.

Dog has been walked, have no other plan to leave the house today. Will not be a NSD as I will be ordering the clothes airer for collection tomorrow.

D.x 

Skint_yet_Again

I used to have a washer/ dryer but only used it occasionally when there were 3 of us in the previous house and there was nowhere to dry washing. 

Now it’s just me I try to only wash when the forecast is dry and windy. Otherwise I hang it in the kitchen / diner and put my dehumidifier on. There has been a lot of talk about washer dryers on Sun Addict’s thread recently on debt free diaries if you wanted a few opinions/ reviews. Hope you have a lovely relaxing Sunday 😊