Cherry takes the reins

Thank you lovely peeps .

Today was supposed to be an NSD but I bought a few extra veg for the family (30g of fibre being big news). I admit I got the coming week's money out a day early for it, too. I hope to spend a little less this week though as I'm planning to spend a few days decluttering Mum's old house and there's quite a lot in my cupboard there.

Oh, and grrr... my maths has let me down. I put a note on the calendar to cancel Amaz0n Pr1me but I must have counted wrongly as the money has gone out on 13th not the 14th as I'd expected. So I'm down £7.99 but I hope to grab it back either through free magazines on there (I found a knitting one that addresses three things I had queries about, and screen-shotted - if there's such a word - a beautiful pattern that's currently too hard for me). So do I try to get them to cancel anyway and refund me, as someone has said they did for her, or do I just run with it and download lots to read while away? I don't use the membership for videos or music as they aren't really my thing - though I could investigate something to play while I'm away to give me some company. Then would I be tempted to keep it while I still have the house to visit? (Probably).

I know I cancelled my paper magazine subscription but it was less than Pr1me.

In other news, we have tried out the sample pot of paint for the feature wall in the lounge and it's really nice - but also far more expensive than I thought paint could ever be! No decision made yet. I suppose we are largely past the era of sticky finger prints and crayon marks, but that could well roll round again - even expensive paint woudn't last forever. In addition one of the new kitchen cabinets is now up and the door fitted (we'll have to send away for bits for the other cabinet as the store didn't have them).I'm happy with how it looks and have decided to use it for our two glass cake stands and my cookie cutter collection - pure indulgence having these things but they make me smile, and one of the cake stands is inherited from Mum.

In other words, we are spending money on the house. It's long overdue, but when we arranged to do DH's trip of a lifetime for our anniversary last year, my condition was that instead of another big spend on travel this year, we had to put some money into the kitchen. As you may remember, we then got the log burner which is gorgeous and has cut our other fuel bills but was a big expense and means the lounge needs a complete makeover. The kitchen would actually fail a hygiene inspection (I know this through work) because of the state of the tiles, and two cupboards died on us and have had to be replaced, and the kitchen is very visible in the house, so I think I'm justified in wanting it presentable.

As you know, spending costs money, and DH is therefore getting very twitchy about me overpaying the mortgage, apart from the little bit that's included in the DD. I can see his point that we need to build up our emergency fund to where it used to be, but I'm not happy getting 'behind' on my intended mortgage payments, which come out of another account, even though we are actually ahead with them. DH is right that when we finish sorting out the estate we should have the money we need, but I was hoping to put more into my ultra-skinny pension.

I think that's partly what's lead to me overspending a bit. It feels like 'What's the point in making an effort if I can't throw the results at my goal?'

Anyway... nil desperandum. I shall have a bath and go to bed then I have two days off before three nights away. There are a few things to do, but much of the time is set aside for 'me time'.

Spending:
Amaz0n £7.99
Housekeeping £3.80
MS:
More oats for tea. My favourite!
Beautiful knitting pattern for free.
Decluttering:
6 items including a whole bag of sweet potatoes that didn't get used for their original purpose but went down very well as matchstick fries at dinner.
Confessions:
Argh, Pr1me caught me!

WannabeFree wrote: »

Amazon are really good at refunding if you do decide to go down that route. I miss mine though Not helping am I?#

Ha ha, no not at all

That's a really good idea about the paint, thanks. Could save us considerably.

No decision yet, I'm half awake after being up till about 3. I was nearly ready for bed (late, admittedly) when the care line rang to say DFiL had a fall, so I woke DH and he went round. Paramedics were already there and FiL seemed okay so DH went home again, then the care line rang again to say the medics had found an infection so had taken him to hospital (it's just around the corner).

Meanwhile DS2 has exams this week and I should get myself in gear to achieve something today. It's beautifully sunny so I feel I could Do Things if only I could get started.