The Sea is Calling

juliejim

Congratulations to your DH

wishus

Thanks @juliejim it's his last day tomorrow at his current job. 

In the meantime, I'm having a wobbly week. I currently have work but getting regular stuff in is another matter. 

I knew it would take time to build, and that was okay, but the building quotes I've had are pretty high. I've had to repost the job too because of builders not getting back to me. 

Had to cross some things off my calendar. Even if they are 'free' it will cost to do them. 

wishus

Hello peeps. The OH has now been at his new job for nearly 2 weeks and it is going well. I currently have a house full of builders. They came in at 2/3 of the other quote we got. Also, the car broke down and that was expensive but also came in at under the quote. I may be sobbing, but I'm still very grateful. It's a few thousand pounds out of my redundancy payment and I no longer have any paid work on the books, so I have to do some hunting.

The builders are on a break now. I can see from upstairs that they have marked initials into the new concrete footings, but I also think the cat has too.

Just finalised my August grocery challenge and it was £3.47 over budget. But I'm £2.82 under the whole month budget, which is good. Let me say I would not have managed the budget at all without the eco shop, buying food that supermarkets have chucked out.

September is a busy month. We have a few evenings/days out booked when I was full-time employed, and I've shared my budget plan with OH. He was a little shocked I think, but I pointed out, I've got less coming in than the maximum planned spend, so this is a sensible limit, and we can do better. After all, a gig we can walk to with maybe 2 drinks each and no merch should cost no more than £20, and I've maxed that a little higher. It's a third pint, and maybe a pub after, or a takeaway on the way home, and then you are looking at expensive. We are going to another event that will be cheaper for us if we take a packed lunch and drinks, and don't go out for dinner.

If I can keep earning at the rate I have been, I will catch up, but of course it's all uncertain. I will persist.