Debt free Munchin!! Now to stay that way.....

Munchin · 7 February 2018 at 8:01AM

Hi HHD, only back from a lovely relaxing week at home with big plans on spending less time at work and I’m v tired already. I was trying to work out how I could get in earlier today and OH talked some sense into me as that would mean a 5am start to get the bus at 6.15 rather than my usual 5.30:coffee:. It also snowed again last night so had a hairy journey to train station.

I hate to see what way my day will pan out as it started like this.....I’m on the train and quite hungry but I have my meal prep done (smug me) and will have overnight oats when I get to work. I thought that nope I’m hungry so thought I would have my homemade blueberry muffin (sugar free) which I had wrapped in tin foil last night. I unwrapped it and it has morphed into a really smelly lump of blue cheese.

. Obviously picked up wrong thing on way out the door... I wonder what I have actually packed for lunch:D.

Hopefully an NSD today. I really fancy a nice coffee but I also have a make your own instant cappuccino in my drawer. MSE life for me

HairyHandofDartmoor · 7 February 2018 at 4:06PM

That's hilarious about the blue cheese :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: but also very sad

HairyHandofDartmoor · 7 February 2018 at 4:10PM

Your old diary is back Munchin :beer::j:T:D

enthusiasticsaver · 7 February 2018 at 4:15PM

Do you want your old and new diaries merged Munchin?

HairyHandofDartmoor · 7 February 2018 at 8:30PM

Actually I've just remembered that Munchin didn't lose her diary, she started a new one because she was debt free. You can tell I'm tired

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Lilith1980 · 7 February 2018 at 8:37PM

I bet the cheese was a shock! I can't stand blue cheese so I'd have been gutted!

I was so tempted to buy myself a soft drink today but managed to resist the temptation and avoid the shop altogether!

Seasidegal58 · 9 February 2018 at 8:43PM

Munchin wrote: »

Hi HHD, only back from a lovely relaxing week at home with big plans on spending less time at work and I’m v tired already. I was trying to work out how I could get in earlier today and OH talked some sense into me as that would mean a 5am start to get the bus at 6.15 rather than my usual 5.30:coffee:. It also snowed again last night so had a hairy journey to train station.

I hate to see what way my day will pan out as it started like this.....I’m on the train and quite hungry but I have my meal prep done (smug me) and will have overnight oats when I get to work. I thought that nope I’m hungry so thought I would have my homemade blueberry muffin (sugar free) which I had wrapped in tin foil last night. I unwrapped it and it has morphed into a really smelly lump of blue cheese. . Obviously picked up wrong thing on way out the door... I wonder what I have actually packed for lunch:D.

Hopefully an NSD today. I really fancy a nice coffee but I also have a make your own instant cappuccino in my drawer. MSE life for me

What did you actually pack for lunch Munchin?:rotfl:

Hope things have quietened down at work and you’re feeling less tired. These dark mornings are no help when you have such an early start to the working morning.

Good girl on the MSE coffee!:)

Munchin · 11 February 2018 at 10:04AM

Hi all,

Thanks for checking HHD & ES but I was lucky my diary wasn't affected and glad to see people are getting their old diaries sorted. It did make me appreciate how useful these diaries are to keep ourselves on track and also sometimes you put things on the diary that you can't share in real life which is so helpful.

Lilith - well done on the soft drink- I wrestle with the wee voice on my shoulder all the time. It's only a coffee...& it will only cost £x but it all soon adds up.

SS- I think lunch was ok

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I woke up this morning to a winter wonderland outside (snow is back) and I'm supposed to go pick up my mum at at 9.45 for mass but I'm going to text her and say it's a duvet day. We have a really steep drive and it's bad enough when I have to go down it in snow/ice for work but I can't expect to drag OH out of bed to get me out to take Mum to mass. Once I get off the drive (sideways) then the road isn't gritted for about 1.5 miles and then up to Mum's another 1.5 of no grit and back down it to mass and back up to Mum's, so basically lots of driving on non treated roads when I don't really have to leave the house. I think it's a guilt thing that I should be doing something for someone but in reality we both 'should' be staying in the house.

Thankfully most of my staff came back to work on Friday and they were still coughing and spluttering. One girl was annoyed that a piece of work she was doing which was really simple was still outstanding and I had to advise her (without launching myself across the desk and battering her:o) that I was totally on my own and had to prioritise everyone's tasks by deadline and if she had still been off sick I would have got to hers by the deadline. I know people can't help being sick but I think a bit of consideration for the knackered people left behind who were trying to spin all the plates and keep things ticking over should be expected as well.

It has been really good for the budget as apart form buying the box of capuccinos I wasn't out anywhere to spend any money. The only spends were yesterday with my top up shop in Mr Ts which still came to almost £30. I don't have much left in the groceries budget but this is the same every month so I probably should look at increasing that budget a bit.

Plans today only include visiting my sister in law much later today and OH will be driving in his jeep which is a lot safer than my car that does not do well in the snow.

Tomorrow will be another attempt at sorting out that work life balance. My therapist says that we are going to work towards improving my self worth and getting up and leaving work at 4pm is part of that plan....didn't manage it last week:p. My Director is on leave this week and I'm keeping an eye on her emails so not sure if I will manage to escape all that early but again the positive spin is that I am in the double digits on my flexi.

Plans for the week ahead - not a lot to be honest which isn't a bad thing:). Hopefully corner wee sis to sort out my hair, pancake day

& the start of lent...I think I will give up alcohol for the 6 weeks......no hope of giving up chocolate

Have a lovely Sunday:D

Munchin · 11 February 2018 at 10:10AM

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Seasidegal58 · 11 February 2018 at 11:06AM

I think you are quite right not to drive today and I know your mum would agree!

Glad most of the workforce came in and relieved the pressure on you ( I’d wear a face mask though!:D). I think you were very constrained in not battering your peevish colleague as well!

Well done on the spending!

P.S I too couldn’t give up chocolate!

Debt free Munchin!! Now to stay that way.....

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