Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally

Options
1…345346348350351…1551

Comments

  • HairyHandofDartmoor
    HairyHandofDartmoor Posts: 13,960 Forumite
    Name Dropper Photogenic First Anniversary First Post
    Options
    A few weeks ago I noticed a coconut on DS3's floor. A couple of days later he asked DH how you open a coconut :rotfl:. Yesterday I noticed he'd thrown it away. Obviously the effort was too much for him :rotfl:. If he was a castaway on a desert island he'd starve to death :eek:.
    Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally
    Debt in July 2017 = £58,766 😱 DEBT FREE 31 OCTOBER 2017 :T 🎉
    EMERGENCY FUND 1 = £50/£5,000. EMERGENCY FUND 2 = £10/£5,000.
    CHRISTMAS SAVINGS = £0/£500. SEF = £1,400/£12,000 PREMIUM BONDS ME = £350. PREMIUM BONDS DH = £300.
    HOLIDAY MONEY = £0 TIME LEFT TO PAY OFF MORTGAGE = 5 YEARS 1 MONTHS
  • HairyHandofDartmoor
    HairyHandofDartmoor Posts: 13,960 Forumite
    Name Dropper Photogenic First Anniversary First Post
    Options
    I've been feeling very tired today so I've been trying not to do anything extra. I'm hoping another early night will do the trick as I want to volunteer tomorrow.

    Yesterday I went to Mr T and spent £81 on the week's food, which is on budget :T. Afterwards DH and I nipped into town and got DH some work shoes for half price in the Cl@rks sale (£32.50 reduced from £65) :money:.

    It was after we got back that it suddenly hit me how tired I was :(. So today I've only done what's essential and rested apart from that. Hopefully I'll feel full of beans again tomorrow. I must learn to pace myself :o.
    Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally
    Debt in July 2017 = £58,766 😱 DEBT FREE 31 OCTOBER 2017 :T 🎉
    EMERGENCY FUND 1 = £50/£5,000. EMERGENCY FUND 2 = £10/£5,000.
    CHRISTMAS SAVINGS = £0/£500. SEF = £1,400/£12,000 PREMIUM BONDS ME = £350. PREMIUM BONDS DH = £300.
    HOLIDAY MONEY = £0 TIME LEFT TO PAY OFF MORTGAGE = 5 YEARS 1 MONTHS
  • elizabethhull
    elizabethhull Posts: 765 Forumite
    First Anniversary First Post
    Options
    HairyHandofDartmoor wrote: »
    I've been feeling very tired today so I've been trying not to do anything extra. I'm hoping another early night will do the trick as I want to volunteer tomorrow.

    Yesterday I went to Mr T and spent £81 on the week's food, which is on budget :T. Afterwards DH and I nipped into town and got DH some work shoes for half price in the Cl@rks sale (£32.50 reduced from £65) :money:.

    It was after we got back that it suddenly hit me how tired I was :(. So today I've only done what's essential and rested apart from that. Hopefully I'll feel full of beans again tomorrow. I must learn to pace myself :o.

    I have the perfect solution: watch Federer this afternoon, with a jug of iced water and maybe a lemon slice or 2 in it !
  • HairyHandofDartmoor
    HairyHandofDartmoor Posts: 13,960 Forumite
    Name Dropper Photogenic First Anniversary First Post
    Options
    elizabethhull wrote: »
    I have the perfect solution: watch Federer this afternoon, with a jug of iced water and maybe a lemon slice or 2 in it !

    That sounds bliss but unfortunately work is calling :(.
    Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally
    Debt in July 2017 = £58,766 😱 DEBT FREE 31 OCTOBER 2017 :T 🎉
    EMERGENCY FUND 1 = £50/£5,000. EMERGENCY FUND 2 = £10/£5,000.
    CHRISTMAS SAVINGS = £0/£500. SEF = £1,400/£12,000 PREMIUM BONDS ME = £350. PREMIUM BONDS DH = £300.
    HOLIDAY MONEY = £0 TIME LEFT TO PAY OFF MORTGAGE = 5 YEARS 1 MONTHS
  • HairyHandofDartmoor
    HairyHandofDartmoor Posts: 13,960 Forumite
    Name Dropper Photogenic First Anniversary First Post
    Options
    I slept for ten hours last night and felt much better this morning. So I did my volunteering, where I was painting giant vowels with poster paints, great fun :D.

    I walked home and put towels in the garden to dry. It was really hot again today. I got work done this afternoon and also sorted some books to go to the charity shop.

    My PA money cleared today so £21 went into my account :T. I feel quite tired again this evening so another early night beckons.

    I hope everyone is having a good Friday :).
    Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally
    Debt in July 2017 = £58,766 😱 DEBT FREE 31 OCTOBER 2017 :T 🎉
    EMERGENCY FUND 1 = £50/£5,000. EMERGENCY FUND 2 = £10/£5,000.
    CHRISTMAS SAVINGS = £0/£500. SEF = £1,400/£12,000 PREMIUM BONDS ME = £350. PREMIUM BONDS DH = £300.
    HOLIDAY MONEY = £0 TIME LEFT TO PAY OFF MORTGAGE = 5 YEARS 1 MONTHS
  • please-let-me-be-lucky
    please-let-me-be-lucky Posts: 10,202 Forumite
    First Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic First Post
    Options
    Hope you manage a chilled out weekend Hairy Xx
    Debts @ LBM £23,729.31. Debts @ 08/04/2016 £0 :j
    Best win so far - holiday to Florida
  • HairyHandofDartmoor
    HairyHandofDartmoor Posts: 13,960 Forumite
    Name Dropper Photogenic First Anniversary First Post
    Options
    please-let-me-be-lucky wrote: »
    Hope you manage a chilled out weekend Hairy Xx

    Thanks Lucky :)
    Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally
    Debt in July 2017 = £58,766 😱 DEBT FREE 31 OCTOBER 2017 :T 🎉
    EMERGENCY FUND 1 = £50/£5,000. EMERGENCY FUND 2 = £10/£5,000.
    CHRISTMAS SAVINGS = £0/£500. SEF = £1,400/£12,000 PREMIUM BONDS ME = £350. PREMIUM BONDS DH = £300.
    HOLIDAY MONEY = £0 TIME LEFT TO PAY OFF MORTGAGE = 5 YEARS 1 MONTHS
  • Sun_Addict
    Sun_Addict Posts: 21,284 Forumite
    First Post Name Dropper Photogenic First Anniversary
    Options
    Ten hours sleep :eek: Not slept for that long since I was a teenager!

    I think the hot weather is very draining. But shouldn't complain after the awful winter.

    Have a fab weekend xx
    Christmas Savings 2024 £252.38/£600 April NSD:2 April Surveys £
  • HairyHandofDartmoor
    HairyHandofDartmoor Posts: 13,960 Forumite
    Name Dropper Photogenic First Anniversary First Post
    Options
    Sun_Addict wrote: »
    Ten hours sleep :eek: Not slept for that long since I was a teenager!

    I was very tired :o
    Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally
    Debt in July 2017 = £58,766 😱 DEBT FREE 31 OCTOBER 2017 :T 🎉
    EMERGENCY FUND 1 = £50/£5,000. EMERGENCY FUND 2 = £10/£5,000.
    CHRISTMAS SAVINGS = £0/£500. SEF = £1,400/£12,000 PREMIUM BONDS ME = £350. PREMIUM BONDS DH = £300.
    HOLIDAY MONEY = £0 TIME LEFT TO PAY OFF MORTGAGE = 5 YEARS 1 MONTHS
  • HairyHandofDartmoor
    HairyHandofDartmoor Posts: 13,960 Forumite
    Name Dropper Photogenic First Anniversary First Post
    Options
    I've had a busy but productive day.

    We've ordered a shoe rack for my side of the bedroom so I don't have to share one with DH. To make room for it I decided that I need to get rid of/bring downstairs some of my books. So I took a pile of books I probably won't read to the charity shop this morning, and brought a big stack downstairs to double up on the shelves of the living room bookcase.

    As a result I emptied a large plastic box which was previously full of books :T. I've given it to DH to put some of the clutter from his side of the room in.

    There's more to be done but I now have a space on my side of the room :T.
    Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally
    Debt in July 2017 = £58,766 😱 DEBT FREE 31 OCTOBER 2017 :T 🎉
    EMERGENCY FUND 1 = £50/£5,000. EMERGENCY FUND 2 = £10/£5,000.
    CHRISTMAS SAVINGS = £0/£500. SEF = £1,400/£12,000 PREMIUM BONDS ME = £350. PREMIUM BONDS DH = £300.
    HOLIDAY MONEY = £0 TIME LEFT TO PAY OFF MORTGAGE = 5 YEARS 1 MONTHS
★ ★ ★ Meet your Ambassadors

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 343.2K Banking & Borrowing
  • 250.1K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 449.7K Spending & Discounts
  • 235.3K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 608.1K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 173.1K Life & Family
  • 247.9K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 15.9K Discuss & Feedback
  • 15.1K Coronavirus Support Boards