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Doris17

Good morning on this every wet Saturday morning in my little valley.

NSD 10/15.

No spend days have been going well. Today is a spend day, been and done a grocery shop spend £70 and get £10 off the shop. Stocked up on a few bits we needed and some treats for the dog as he was running low.

No real plan for the rest of the day except to get some listing done. I have set myself a challenge to list all my old stock by the end of July. Now the loft is sorted I can see what I have, there are mostly toys up there. That's not what I want to sell anymore, want to concentrate on vintage homeware and I want to open another online shop by the end of the year, don't want to buy any new stock until the old stuff is listed. Goal for today I think will be 10 items.

Doris17

Good morning!

Happy July. 

Much cooler in my little valley this morning, had my first cuppa sitting in the garden, making plans for the rest of the month. For me July is going to be no unplanned spending month. along with using up what is in the fridge/freezer and cupboards, food spending went a bit mad towards the end of June. Food buying is something I have struggled with for as long as I can remember, when the cupboards start to look empty my anxiety goes into overdrive.    I will make a great effort this month.

Sold a few items on Vinted, which I am pleased about, there is enough money sitting in the account to buy a couple of holiday dresses next month. eBay stock pile is slowly being worked through. 

My biggest project this month is decoration our middle bedroom, its a multi functional space and desperately needs doing, all decorating materials have been purchase, a few months ago, just need to get it done.

Office morning, then back to finish off the day at home. Time for another cuppa and pick some rhubarb to make a crumble before I start getting ready to leave,  

Skint_yet_Again

Glad you are having a nice morning with your early cuppa Doris. It was raining here all morning. I only buy a week worth of food, with a few things that last over. I make a meal plan and then usually have leftovers to freeze. I also keep frozen veggies & other bits and pieces in my freezer. Good luck with it 

Doris17

Skint_yet_Again said:

Glad you are having a nice morning with your early cuppa Doris. It was raining here all morning. I only buy a week worth of food, with a few things that last over. I make a meal plan and then usually have leftovers to freeze. I also keep frozen veggies & other bits and pieces in my freezer. Good luck with it 

Thank you, @Skint_yet_Again,I will be trying my hardest.

NSD 2/15.

Vinted x 2 and eBay x 3 parcels posted.

Made a small rhubarb and apple crumble earlier, rhubarb from the garden and a wrinkle apple from the fruit bowl. Will enjoy that later with the last of the ice-cream from the freezer.   

Doris17

Another working week complete.

Yesterday was a NSD 3/15.

Spend day to day.
Boots £10.78 (600) points. Took advantage of a recycling drop to buy some toiletries we needed for the rest of the month.
Tesco £7.69, Milk and a chicken.

1 x eBay parcel posted. 

Carrier bag of clothes dropped off at the Clothes Bank, items that are not good enough to sell or take to the Charity Shop, thanks to sorting my chest of drawers, will tackle the wardrobe on the weekend.  Found several more items to be listed on Vinted.

Currently have Chilli in the slow cooker, found a bag of minced beef in the freezer, that has been in there a while and there were bit in the fridge that needed using, should make 12 portions to freeze for future meals.

Evening meal will be fish and homemade chips, using up the last of the red potatoes that are in the cupboard. Meal plan done for next week and we  have everything we need up and till Wednesday, will have to buy a few fresh bit then.

Doris17

Good morning from my very wet Welsh valley.

NSD 4/15.

Plan for today is to start painting the bedroom, I have made a start moving furniture. One wall needs a coat of white to cover the horrible purple I painted it a few months ago. Once that dry I have a lovely grey colour to go on, wallpaper  arrived yesterday, that will be a job for next weekend. Will be happy with just the painting getting done today and tomorrow. Was planning on doing a car boot sale, as the summer house is packed with stuff, weather forecast is showing rain.

Have a parcel to pack and post over the weekend, and a few more items to list., hopefully they will sell. Any thing that has not sold by September will be going to the charity shop.

Cuppa now needed before I start painting.

Doris17

Good morning! Happy Sunday.

Still raining here.    Hopefully next weekend will be better and I can get a car boot sale done.

NSD 5/15.

Another day of painting  planned, along with a tip run and cake making later. Will be using up the veg in the fridge to make a dinner later, may even make some Yorkshire Puddings.

More vinted parcels to pack, they can all be posted tomorrow as I have a work out and about day, will be passing all the drop off points as I leave the valley.

Doris17

Nine items sold made £21.50. Pleased that they have left the house and I have made something. Still have more items to list and my wardrobe to go through yet and Mr D's. 

Doris17

Just returned  home after a work  morning out and about. Having a cuppa before I log back in.

NSD 6/15.

4 x Vinted parcels posted.

Expenses came in this morning and have been allocated to the car pots. 

Skint_yet_Again

Well done on your vinted sales. How’s your painting coming along?