Saving For Early Retirement

Doris17

Skint_yet_Again said

😂 good luck with that!

Sounds like you have had a very productive week. Well done on savings. 

@Skint_yet_Again thank you.

Doris17

My goodness this week has flown by, can't believe it's already Friday tomorrow!

Had a busy work week, been out more than I have been in the office/WFH. Tomorrow is also an out day and an early start.
Picked up a lovely free light fitting for the front room today from Market Place, didn't even have to go out of my way to pick up as in was on route to a meeting. Love getting free things. I have set myself a challenge to sell 224 items from our home in 2024, first sale today £8.00 for a pair of plant pots. 
Have a plumber coming round at 4:30 to give us a price for a new boiler, hopefully that job can be ticked off the list in the next couple of weeks.

~FlowerPot~

ooh good luck selling 224 things this year, thats quite a challenge. We have some stuff listed on the bay of E, but it seems to come in fits and starts when it sells, but mostly doesnt seem to! Im hoping to shift the lego kits and get the basket of kits out of the bedroom!!

Fingers crossed the new bioler quote is good

Flowers x

Doris17

~FlowerPot~ said:

ooh good luck selling 224 things this year, thats quite a challenge. We have some stuff listed on the bay of E, but it seems to come in fits and starts when it sells, but mostly doesnt seem to! Im hoping to shift the lego kits and get the basket of kits out of the bedroom!!

Fingers crossed the new bioler quote is good

Flowers x

@~FlowerPot~ quote should be with us early next week, he did say he could change parts, however I boiler is so old, its not guaranteed something else will go wrong in a few months.
With my challenge I have a few bundle i wont so sell so will count individual items, which will help to make up the total. 

Doris17

Happy Saturday.

This morning we went to a tip shop a few miles away and picked up a vintage wooden nest of table for £5.00, these will replace the g-plan coffee table we have which has a glass top and I am terrified the dog is going to smash, as he is a very energetic boy and thinks out living room is a running track. Will list coffee table on Market Place tomorrow when I have taken some photos.
Grocery shopping this morning and some bit from the pet shop spent £27.19, out of my budgeted £80.00 Had to order a new fitted bed sheet, I have reduced our bedding, only have two sets now, noticed one of the fitted sheets is starting to get a little thin, will be paid for from my house items pot.

Not a lot planned for this afternoon, think I will watch last weeks "Call the Midwife".

~FlowerPot~

thats a good buy on the nest of tables, hopefully you will cover it with the sale of your gplan coffee table with a bit extra!

I have started the call the midwifes yet, maybe this evening!

Doris17

Its been a fresh bright day in our little Welsh Valley, early morning dog walk, line full of clothes out and a pan of Bolognaise Sauce simmering on the hob, made with reduced Minced Beef I pick up before Christmas. Will portion up later and pop in the freezer for quick evening meals.

Weekly round up - Week 2

* Grocery spends this week £27.19. 
* Envelope 20 stuffed from weekly money and also envelope 3 from last weeks personal spends. £253.00 saved so far.
* £32.18 is left from weekly £80.00 budget.
*1 bag of clothes and 1 bag of house things ready for the charity shop.
* Next weeks meal plan written out.
* 4 NSD's.
* 3 sales of personal items towards my challenge sell 224 items in 2024. 14/224
* Worked out of the office a few days this week so made an effort with my appearance.
* Another bag of shredding done.
* Cashed out a £10.00 M&S voucher from my dog walking app.
* £8.95 personal spends.Breakfast with girls in work and a sandwich. 
* £25.00 from Top Cash Back bought Premium Bond. 

Hope everyone is having a great Sunday.

Doris17

Happy new boiler day!

I am sitting in a mad house, I have two plumber fitting the new boiler and my dog is going frantic.    WFH good job its only admin I am doing today and no call or meeting. Also waiting for someone to come and pick up a free dinner set I put on Market Place last night.

~FlowerPot~

Good luck with the new boiler, i hope it's installed smoothly and will be warning up the house Beautifully very soon. 
You certainly don't want to be left without a builder for too long in this child weather x

Doris17

Happy Friday!

Today I have taken annual leave, have several days I need to use up before March, Mr D is taking me out to lunch at a small village pub not far from us.  If its nice will look to take my mother next month as she like to visit different places to eat.

@~FlowerPot~ very please with the plumbers work, started at 8:30 and all done by 3pm, they clean up after themselves and took away all the packaging, no complaints. Our old boiler was struggling, so nice to turn on a tap and have instant hot water, instead of having to run for 5 minutes. Next room to tackle is the front Livingroom that I want to turn into a home office/reading room/meditation room/quite space, small room that will have lots of functions. Waiting for a builder to give us a quote on our front wall, possible rising damp.

Opened a YBS Christmas Regular Saver paying 6% interest, will be moving my 52 weeks envelope challenge money into this account. I can transfer the money weekly up to £150 per month, ends 31st October just in time for Christmas spending.

Plan for this morning is a dog walk, once the frost has disappeared and some house work. Have a parcel I need to post and need a few groceries, will call into town when we come back from lunch, may even have a quick look around the Charity shops.