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Spendy Wendy to Saver Savvy

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  • Spendywendywoo
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    Lovely weekend so far, nice and chilled day today. I've just updated the budget and we are 4.5 days until payday...cutting it very fine this month with just £139.04 left in the kitty. I have just done a click and collect shop for first thing tomorrow (£91.63) so will have circa £47 left for the week. 

    I'm in the office twice this week but we should have petrol to last, all meals are accounted for including all packed lunches and work meals, we have no evening activities this week so hopefully a few no spend days and some monies will remain for the 'savings' pot at the end of the week. 

    Really need to pull back spending again as we have spent more this month than we usually would in some categories and I've had to move money around a lot, it's resulted in less personal spends due to groceries costing more etc. I'm going to try and pull together a month's meal plan before payday and also look on this site for any hints and tips on how to reduce shopping bills as I'm also looking to introduce healthier meal options and I'm now worrying that I won't be able to afford more healthy products. I'll spend some time this week pondering that...

    I hope everyone is having a great weekend :)
    Mortgage (MFD 04/2053) (Jan 25) £238,983.71. Overpayment set to £200 per month. Current: £234,483.39

    Debt Free: 6th November 2025!! 🥳

    2025 goals:
    24 / 25 books
    6 / 24lbs lost
    £1000 / £1000 EF 

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