A little home to call my own

Can't seem to sleep:mad: Woke up at 3am and can't get back to sleep. Will try again around 5ish and hopefully get in a nap later today to catch up on sleep lost.

Had a lovely time with bestie last night. Takeaway was yum, but the company was even better:) Worth every penny spent:cool:

£100 sent to savings this morning, along with a small TT, money also sent over to savings for vouchers used this week of £4.40 for petrol (10p a litre off) and £15 in Tesco vouchers, taking my house fund to £1623.49 which is now 3.25% of total needed:j

My 2k target for Feb is in reach:T I have a further payment of £325 to make this month, taking the total needed to £51.51, I am expecting around £13 in TT's, cashback from TSB of £10 which takes me to £28.51 to find over the next 18 days:j I am pretty sure I can achieve this if I set my mind to it:D

Ongoing to do list:

Finalise decision/date where to go with voucher from xmas
Txt carer to confirm dates for Easter break
Deal with the [STRIKE]large[/STRIKE] medium pile of paperwork on my desk - its a work in progress
Collect pet meds
Take paperwork into council office re: council tax
Do meter readings
Buy retirement card for DS3 school transport driver
Firm up meal plan for remainder of Feb
Lidl meat shop
Pick up toiletries/kitchen supplies from HB
Collect parcel from post office or arrange re-delivery
Visit my sister
Take DS3 to shop to spend his pennies
Pay for eBay purchase
Write mum's birthday card
Buy gift for mum's birthday (bargain order now cancelled by seller:mad:)
Do fridge stock take
Wash DD blazer
Get up to date on washing
Cook curry in slow cooker for dinner
Buy March's birthday cards

That seems plenty to be going on with today:D

greent wrote: »

That's a massive list! :eek: - good luck! x

I know :eek: but luckily, it hasn't all got to be done today:D

22p TT this morning. Signature updated. The total is s l o w l y creeping upward:)

I was really struggling to find a hotel in the area we wanted with the one night away voucher my parents bought us for Christmas, so in the end I booked airbnb over Easter (we paid for an extra night away instead of buying birthday presents for each other), and will use the voucher to purchase our meals out while away (buyagift.com voucher). We will be staying in a lovely little narrowboat just outside London, and will travel into the city to do the whole tourist thing. Must get cracking on finding free/cheap things to do:D

Ongoing to do list:

Deal with the medium pile of paperwork on my desk
Collect pet meds
Take paperwork into council office re: council tax
Do meter readings
Buy retirement card for DS3 school transport driver
Collect parcel from post office or arrange re-delivery
Write mum's birthday card
Buy gift for mum's birthday
Wash DD blazer
Buy March's birthday cards
Fill in forms for mum & dad
Finalise pension transfer
Call HA to fix toilet issue
Fold and put away all laundry
Ironing
Dog walk
Gammon in slow cooker for dinner
Cook roast
Back up mac
Dog flea treatment
Find out balance on oyster card
Plan ways to make the extra £30 savings needed for Feb

I have managed to clear quite a bit of the list from yesterday, however have now added to it again, such is life :rotfl:

The menu plan is now up on the kitchen door. This takes us until the end of Feb and will help to use up some of the stock I have. Lidl shop was successful, bought all the meat needed to complete the menu plan. I have a small list started with a few bits for a Tesco order this week, which are also needed to complete the plan. But looking at what I have spent this month so far, plus what I estimate I still need to buy, I think I will come well under budget again:j:D

There are no special plans today, just a stay at home day, so I shall spend some time on paperwork and work on my to do list this morning then take the dog on a nice long walk this afternoon:T

JD x