A Budgeteer's Adventure

Sorting out my wardrobe has lead to me pledging not to buy any new clothes for 1 year :T The only exceptions will be - trainers - I need good trainers to run in to avoid damaging my already bad feet. I will of course, only buy these when they are a need I do already need new tights and this is something I'll need to get throughout the year so those will also be bought new:D I *may* need to buy an outfit for a wedding - I'm aiming to lose weight first to slim into something i already own - the problem at the moment with my weight is that I'd need to buy something as nothing appropriate fits me :eek: More motivation to lose the weight then But that is it. I will continue to pick up bargains at carboots if it's something that will fill a gap in my wardrobe but I don't tend to see alot at these anyway and only buy the odd 1 or 2 things. hopefully this will eek everything out over the next year :T

i feel liberated by this :T As much as I love gorgeous clothes I feel my time has instantly been freed up :j no more traipsing round clothes shops, no more going back to return things, no more trying to fit something in the small cupboard of a wardrobe I have :T
I'll obviously be wearing everything I own more and naturally using things up as they become worn-out :T

Maybe not such a revelation for many, but, I'm in the right mindframe for this challenge and am fully committed to it - I'd only be cheating myself if i bought something and didn't confess all on here

I don't have *loads* of clothes, what I do have is 1 cupboard wardrobe thing to store everything in - this includes sportswear and all outerwear - coats, jackets, waterproofs etc. I need to work better with the space I have - even though i'd love to live somewhere bigger and, therefore, have more space. This should help with that as less money spent on clothing

I've listed a few more bits on the bay of e :T

i've also started a new budget and a challenge will be sticking to the food budget which is really food, toiletries, cleaning products, cat food, wine or beer. Will see how I go on though - it is all the fresh stuff which pushes the cost up! The budget at the moment only has the monthly spends and not what i need to put away for annual and quarterly bills - home insurance, car insurance, car tax, car mot, gas and electric.Think and hope that's everything!

A small amount of gardening has been done today so that is getting better as we learn where things will be better placed and work better with other things

I need to try a dress on which I think i'll be listing for sale and then there's just 2 dresses i need to fit in my wardrobe and we're tidy, if a little crammed.

Might try the dress on before we go for a walk then i may have something to list later today - and less to fit in my cupboard too

i need to finish trying to sell the books as well as it got a bit disheartening the number they didn't want

Ok, dress, walk, declutter and tidy :T

Of course I meant your diary Jessy hope to pop in there later to see what you've been up to

Epic fail on the food shopping £64.49 :eek: i'm going to try and analyse this each week to see where i can make cutbacks.

£2 plants - not a regular purchase

£10 catfood
£12.75 wine
£20.39 fruit and veg
£1.75 tinned veg
£6.14 meat - including a reduced joint and a reduced chicken which I've frozen for future meals
£3.99 milk (i'm lactose intolerant)
The rest was just staples - really doesn't feel like there's much i could cut back on except the wine and my Mr pays towards the shopping anyway and it's nice (and cheaper) to sit at home with a glass of wine and a movie than to go out.

I've lots left to do this week including:

Planting herbs out and a bit of garden organisation
Listing rest of items on the bay of e
Sorting through wardrobe aka kondoing
Finish emptying old work bag - i've found it very upsetting
Try and sell books
Quality time for me and my Mr (further down the list as likely to be towards the end of the week)
Cut back on the glass of wine with our evening meal
Get back into the gym (been a bit of a hermit)
Finish budgeting as got new salary (am unsure of travel costs but this can of course be tweaked later)

Oh and also major :T Was helping my Mr look for new trainers and tried some on for me - so comfy :happyhear but didn't buy them as they aren't a *need* yet :T Also wasn't tempted with any of the clothes either:T:T

I know what I'm wearing to work tomorrow and I'm going to play it by ear for the rest of the week depending on days / dress code / see what everyone else is wearing :rotfl:

Planting herbs out and a bit of garden organisation Done but still have some more things in the garden to do - i've planned to do the next bit next week otherwise it is too much to do all at once
Listing rest of items on the bay of e 2 items still to do
Sorting through wardrobe aka kondoing nope
Finish emptying old work bag - i've found it very upsetting nope
Try and sell books made a start
[STRIKE]Quality time for me and my Mr (further down the list as likely to be towards the end of the week)[/STRIKE] Done
[STRIKE]Cut back on the glass of wine with our evening meal[/STRIKE] Done but need to keep on it and cut back some more
Get back into the gym (been a bit of a hermit) nope
Finish budgeting as got new salary (am unsure of travel costs but this can of course be tweaked later)nope

Hmm not much achieved on the above and i feel like i've not stopped!

i cancelled the classes i booked at the gym last week as just too tired after starting new job and travelling - will be back this week though :cool:

I've done quite a bit in the garden and looking forward to getting all the heavy stuff finished next week hopefully.

This morning was taken up with visiting relatives and helping them with things which took me up to early afternoon. I was exhausted after being awake since before 4am and not being able get back sleep but thought i'd best get on with planting as soon as i got in otherwise it wouldn't be done. Planting done. then into house, all pots washed, dried and put away, 2nd lot of washing put on, first lot of washing put away. used up fruit and veg in 3 recipes so house smells divine, if i do say so myself :rotfl: and slow cooker still doing it's magic pots washed, dried and moved, 2nd lot of washing dried and moved. Bay of e items listed. Went to get in shower - no hot water :eek: spent last 2.5 hours trying to fix the boiler

Was hoping do some studying and catch up with diaries but think i'm giving up any further repairs and having an early night instead. Hope everyone is well and i hope to catch up with you all soon