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2026 - consolidation and calm
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My shopping turned out to be a little more expensive than planned! Sadly there were no F&V boxes at Mr L today, but I came away from Mr T with an air fryer. I'm finally joining the masses. It was reduced to £36 so I thought it was worth a gamble at that price. I have no idea where I'm going to keep it though, that's the first comment everyone has made! I did some chips in it for DH and the kids and they turned out well, I just need to sort my timings out. I'm quite impressed so far, but it's not a large one, so it won't be replacing the oven.
"Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee4 -
PAD (Payment a Day)
Today's PAD - £13
Jan - £172
Feb - £203
Mar - £143
Apr - £67
May - £108
Jun - £188
Jul - £78
Aug - £142
Sep - £180
Oct - £166
Car balance Sept 25 - £11,031 - now £6,521
"Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee2 -
A survey cashout to add today.
I gained 1/2lb at SW which is a miracle, so I'll take that. I thought it was going to be a big gain again. Thankfully my out of control cravings seem to have subsided so I am eating like a normal person again.
Little miss has been to her club, and her friend's parents did the shuttling today so we didn't have to rush around. She has a week off next week, and then we'll return the favour.
I was browsing FB earlier and spotted an advert for a pop up shop with free books in the next town. We decided to go over and have a look once little miss came home, and we have come back with a huge pile of books! I wasn't expecting anything to be there as apparently it's been open 2 weeks, and today was the last day. But they had loads. It was all free but with optional donations. We did make a decent donation, and they got more than they probably would have if they'd been charging for the books. It was done by charity and a great idea. Apparently it will be back next year, so we'll probably visit again if we realise it's on. Even DH picked out a few and he's not a reader. Little miss picked loads, and I had a little pile too. Little miss is reading adult books now so I'll probably dip into hers too. She was pretty good though, she kept coming over to check I would allow her the ones she was picking.
It's very wet out again, so another afternoon with books planned. I love not feeling pressured to be doing stuff.
"Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee3 -
Life with books is good.
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No excuses needed to disappear into a book 📖
What would you get if all you got was what you were thankful for?2 -
The pop up book shop sounds fabulous. I love books, always have done since I was old enough to pick one up.
I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping) -.literally have been run over by a bike, mobility scooter and a car - still here 💪2 -
Thank you all, I agree. The problem is there's so many books and so little time! We came back with 39 books in total. I actually had fewer than the others, but that's mostly because I have so many on my to be read piles both paper books and on my kindle. It's probably about 1000 on my kindle alone 🤦♀️ I keep borrowing from the library too, so don't make much of a dent in them 😆
I'm planning on doing Jolabokaflod this year and getting us all books to open on Christmas eve.
"Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee2
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