Living frugally in 2025......

Four_Seasons

Hi lovely, Merry Christmas 🎅. What an achievement your own home 🏡 your goals for next year are looking good. I am a house guide in a Nt house it's a great way to meet folk there are lots of different volunteer rolls on offer, house, gardening, carpark, cafe, book shop if you have a property nearby. I will be following and cheering you on x

Justcrackingonwithit

Ahhh thank you so much @Four_Seasons it was a bittersweet day, but I’m feeling very thankful. 

Ohhh that’s a good shout, I have a NT place a couple of miles away, it’s somewhere I go walking regularly but not thought about volunteering there, I’ll look into it.

Hope you’ve had a lovely day xx

I_Love_comps

If you are of learning a new language the Duolingo app is very good. 

Justcrackingonwithit

Thanks for the heads up @I_Love_comps I've just downloaded he app and had my very first french lesson!  Takes me back to my school days!  Hope you've had a lovely day. 

Sun_Addict

I’ve been learning Spanish on Duolingo since the first lockdown. Although I’m nowhere near fluent it’s been useful on holiday in Spain on a few occasions. It’s fun and educational as well as free. 

Justcrackingonwithit

Oh have you @Sun_Addict I’m definitely going to give it a go, I did wonder about Spanish but French seemed more familiar. Plus my friend has a holiday home in France and I’ve got chance to go there so it made a bit more sender to learn Frenchnx

lilian1977

Morning @Justcrackingonwithit - I'm doing 12 challenges next year so may be some inspiration in my list:

Read 25 books

Lose 25lb

Run 25k per month 

Enter 25 competitions a week (or a month, not sure)

Go to 25 football games

Watch 25 films

Complete 25 DIY projects

Do 25 free courses to upskill

Sell 25 things on Vinted or Ebay (or locally)

Declutter 25 items per month

Save £25 per month towards my husband's 50th birthday in December.

Complete level one on on Duolingo in 25 languages

Justcrackingonwithit

@lilian1977 what an absolutely brilliant idea, I love it.  I will definitely do one of these lists, will give it some thought ready for launch date on 1st January!  Thank you for sharing yours x

Justcrackingonwithit

So Christmas has come and it's gone.  Already giving some thought as to what I want to do next year, fancy doing something different, or going somewhere different.  We'll see as it's so expensive to do anything over Christmas. 

Had some lovely gifts and a lovely Christmas lunch with family, sent home with lots of leftovers too which is nice.

Spendy morning this morning though...... went to Dunelm to get a blind for the kitchen, which was great as it was half price.  Then saw a lovely rug for the lounge, again great news, half price......they both look lovely so I'm chuffed with them.  Gutted to see the bedding and towels I'd bought when I moved into my new house a few months ago all half price and my curtains had 20% off......grrrr  really annoying, but not a lot I could do about it.  

Not much planned for the rest of the day, I might go out a walk later, although it's very grey and mizzly where I am.  Might just stay snuggled up on the sofa eating mince pies

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas x

jwil

Glad you had a nice Christmas.   Good idea to have a list of things to do.  We pay for NT membership so we've always got somewhere to go.  We do like to head to the coast as well for the day.  We don't spend much when there, so it's only fuel and maybe a drink and snack.

I learn French on Duo as well, I've been doing it since the summer and it's really good.