New but not new - Year 1 of 5!

Morning all - TGI Friday! For a "short" week, it certainly feels rather long!


Moneywise, doing ok - certainly could be worse. The car passed it's MOT yesterday so nothing more than the basic cost there. £190 car tax has come out of my account today, though, so although necessary, it feels quite horrid this close to Christmas!


£10.54 from jobspotter and £1.79 from Quidco hit my Amazon account yesterday. The "new house extras" fund is coming along nicely. I've also requested another £10 from SB and after a couple of decent surveys yesterday on there am reasonably on my way to the next one.


Clutter wise, I sorted out the airing cupboard last night. There is a bag to be taken to the charity shop over the weekend, and some sheets that have been relegated to carpet/furniture protectors for painting which will come in useful next week when DH tackles the hall! DH also sorted through some of his clothes in the wardrobe and I shall do similar tomorrow - probably resulting in another bag ready to go to the Charity shop! We are getting there!


We also started planning one of our "bucket list" trips last night - something that will hopefully come to fruition in about 18 months, so that is something to look forward to and to enjoy researching (and saving for!!)


Happy Friday everyone.....almost the weekend. Hang on in there!

Oh believe me, we have those conversations too! You've still got to dream!


However, one thing life and it's curveballs has taught us is that we do not want to be one of those couples that say "we nearly did that" or "we thought about that but didn't get round to it".....life is just too short, but we also don't want to get (back) into debt in order to achieve it all, so we have to find ways of doing some amazing things in the most effective way....and that makes it all the more fun!


Life is good!

It's just a case of trying to keep things real along the way - allowing for saving, overpaying, general costs of living, as well as doing the fun stuff. There is only so much money to go around so we have to make the most of what we have, spend it wisely, make a bit more where we can, and prioritise what is right for each of us. No rights, no wrongs - previously my priority was (as you know) skiing for the kids and many thought that was daft/irresponsible etc, but it didn't stop me tackling my other responsibilities - bills were always paid, the car was always taxed, etc. There are ways to achieve what we each want to achieve - we just have to work out what they are and what we are prepared to do - and not to do - in order to get there!


Anyway - I had earmarked a little more money in case the car failed it's MOT and because it wasn't needed, I have made an overpayment of £100 to the mortgage today. See....I can be sensible!

Thank you, beanie....and you too!

My latest SB £10 reward has arrived....budgets have been worked on for the next few months, and all is well with the world! I'm thinking I might try my hand at eBay again tomorrow....another thing I've not been on for many years!