All change for 2025

jwil

A nice relaxed day today.  I've finished going through the SW books and have kept most but have a few I will list.  I might be able to thin them further later on as I'm sure the same recipes cropped up more than once, but I've spotted a few nice ones that I will try.  

I decluttered my hot water bottle today as it was feeling a bit thin, and not a risk I'm willing to take.  I had a spare one in for this situation, so will need to replace the spare one now.

My not spending in January didn't last very long as when we went to the supermarket yesterday I bought a food flask.  I want to use it for soup.  I had a soup cup but it always leaked so I stopped using it.  Hopefully with this and my new food prep containers I can get back to taking lunches to work again now.

jwil

My regular saver took a payment yesterday and another one this morning!  That's a bit annoying, but it matures in a couple of weeks, so I'll be able to get it back.

I did my grocery shop today and it was less than £60 so that's a good start.  I'm trying to declutter the food cupboards in January so will be trying to use as much of that as I can. Hopefully that will keep costs down.  After I've finished that, I'll look into SW properly.

Justcrackingonwithit

Sounds like you’ve had a very productive day. 

Read some horror stories about burst hot water bottles recently, just checked mine as I’ve had it a while but it seems ok. 

And it’s Friday tomorrow!!

NeverendingDMP

You can check the date a hot water bottle  was made by looking at the flower motif apparently. The dots in the petal are supposed to indicate the year and month.  

jwil

Justcrackingonwithit said:

Sounds like you’ve had a very productive day. 

Read some horror stories about burst hot water bottles recently, just checked mine as I’ve had it a while but it seems ok. 

And it’s Friday tomorrow!!

Yes, I've heard stories too.  I use mine most of the year for aching muscles as well as keeping warm so I am always careful with it.

Happy Friday!

NeverendingDMP said:

You can check the date a hot water bottle  was made by looking at the flower motif apparently. The dots in the petal are supposed to indicate the year and month.  

Mine was fairly new, only 2023, and the one I've replaced it with was 2024. They both have the label on them.

jwil

Today's PAD - £3

Jan - £18

jwil

Little miss has a friend here today, so I've mostly been pottering around.  I've done my revised financial statement for the DMP, and my payments will be staying the same so that's easy enough.  They've helped to declutter a few things this morning by using up items so that's all good.

I've also taken photos for a load of stuff to list, just need to gather enthusiasm to do the listings now!

Justcrackingonwithit

Doing the listings is the worst thing for sure, that and waiting for people to collect if it’s via FB market place. I sold a fair bit through vinted last year when I had a clear out, that wasn’t too bad. Good luck with it x

Doris17

Good luck with the listing, I have a pile to do as well.

savingholmes

Well done on last year's achievements.  Wishing you all the best for this year too.