Get a grip !

We had a great time on Sunday and lunch was lovely. I spent £1.50 on a taxi and £5 towards a shared bottle of prosecco. We had a free glass of prosecco on arrival and coffee and mince pies after. There were 2 singers and quite a bit of dancing I didn't drink much but they did provide a free glass of water. One of the girls had driven to the venue and offered me a lift home so I didn't spend much :j


I got some shopping yesterday in aldi and put £10 petrol in the car. I only have 3 weeks at work this month so I've budgeted £30 for fuel.


Today I used the :money: mcD hack and got a big mac and fries for £1.99, paid for out of my entertainment budget. The Labrador wrapping paper from bay of E has arrived and it is really cute. I am going Christmas shopping on Saturday with a friend and we are going to get a cheap lunch in the Chinese tea bar in town.

Had a lovely day yesterday visiting a friend in her new home. She made homemade soup and crusty bread for lunch yum ! So we saved on cost of a meal out and I took her a Christmas card so saved the cost of a stamp too

My other friend had called off our shopping trip today as she is feeling unwell. It's blowing a gale here this morning. The dog was a bit spooked when she went out in the garden as stuff is blowing about. She's had breakfast and is snoozing so I washed the kitchen floor and left it to dry and am now back in bed.

Plans for today - hoover downstairs and clean up mud spatters from yesterday's mud fest dog walk. Wash bath towels - hopefully it will stay dry out long enough to dry them on the line in this wind. Also need to wash dog towels after lots of wet and muddy dog walks this week. I ordered a pair of wellies from asda online for 12.99 yesterday as I am fed up of wet feet. Free delivery to store they should be here next week. Hoping for a NSD today !

Hi SW you're up early this morning hope you are ok. I dug out last years stash of Christmas cards bought on offer and that was the first one I gave out yesterday. I am going to try and write the rest tomorrow that I need to post so I can sent them second class post and save a bit on stamps

Have a good day x

Hope you are feeling better soon SW ! I have been awake half the night with a raging sore throat. I've fed the dog and taken some paracetamoi and found a throat spray so I am going to try and get a bit more sleep once I've drunk my tea.


It was a lovely morning here yesterday, even a bit of sun made an appearance. I took the dog for a walk on the common which was thankfully less muddy that the field by the park ! I got towels hung out for an hour to blow on the line before it started raining and they finished off on airers.


I did some cleaning and hoovering and mopped the kitchen floor. I also got some car insurance quotes but I think I have left it a bit late as they are coming out more expensive that my renewal quote. I think I will phone my current provider and see if I can haggle them down a bit. To be fair it has only gone up £2 since last year, but I may add breakdown cover if I can get a good deal.


All food was from stores yesterday. DS and his gf are here today so we will have a fry up later. I have some chicken breasts to use up so will make something with them for dinner.


Plans for today - walk the dog later this morning, more washing & write Christmas cards.

Welcome Scaredforthefuture :wave: most of the people who regularly post on this board are lovely and supportive but you may get the odd one trolling but we just mostly ignore them and they usually go away.

It is scary not having savings. I do have credit cards if an absolute emergency cropped up but I want to get an emergency fund built up again in the new year too.

Yesterday I used the £8 coop vouchers and bought chocolate stocking fillers for DS. Now I have to try not to eat them :rotfl:

Don't think it will be a problem today as I can hardly swallow. I have a very sore throat and no voice. Off to the GP later. Just managing sips of cold water at the moment