Growing Things, Shopping Jiggle, A TREAT! and MORE Increases in Bills.....

Another batch of  a dozen cards were dropped off at the Hospice shop on Thursday.  Our daughter came to visit and we took her to the allotment where we picked lots of delicious pale pink forced rhubarb for crumbles.   I popped a bagful over to our new neighbours in the bungalow opposite too.

Things are really growing now that we have some lovely warm weather and it's kept Gray busy.  He still feels guilty about losing his job and I catch him browsing job sites 😏 He's really not as fit as he was and needs to slow down but the loss of income has hit him hard.  We can manage but don't have a lot left for luxuries.  Thank heavens for our emergency fund.  I really don't want to touch it because it's our safety net and we wouldn't be able to replace it if we did.   I've factored one treat per month into the household budget because I really would like a bit of fun in the coming months.  In fact...tonight is the treat for April!  I'll tell you more in my next post but it involves going out with our Daughter and Son-in Law this evening😀

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We usually have a Sainsbury's delivery once a week which I keep to within a £50 budget, leaving £5 for odds and ends that I forgot, or extra eggs, milk etc  I want to incorporate more salmon into our diet (it's once a month at the moment) so I've decided to change the way I shop.  We will now have a delivery every two weeks thus saving £2 delivery charge.  The weather is much improved so we feel able to shop around a bit.  The £4 per month saved will almost pay for 2 more salmon fillets (around £4.50 a pack) and I will be ordering tinned salmon too.  Next Wednesday's order will be for double the usual heavy & bulky items, as we do struggle to carry those, plus food for as many days as I can manage.  I need to keep the order under £80 which will leave me £30 to shop elsewhere for bargains.  I can see that Lidl will be selling 15p packs of veg for  Easter.  I wonder if Sainsbury's will follow suit ? Both stores are very close together so I can soon find out next week.......

Our water bill came in yesterday and it has increased substantially, as expected, but we also had a letter from the Housing Association saying that the buildings insurance has gone up and the amount on our rent review letter is wrong 👀 What next????

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Thanks so much for popping in.  Do stay safe and well wherever you happen to be,

Angie 💗

Charity Shop Bargain, Books and Sunshine....

 Yesterday, I went to drop off another batch of handmade cards at the Hospice shop.  I was so happy to find that there were only 3 left in the basket as they had all sold quickly ☺️ I double checked the price and, yes, they had sold for £1 each so £22 for the charity within a week.  I added another 7 to the basket and hope to make more cards for them this week.

Whilst we were there Gray spotted a body warmer for himself.  It looked brand new and fitted perfectly.  At £4.99 it was a bargain not to be missed.  It's only from Matalan but I  popped it on a gentle wash and dried it in the sunshine.  It will be perfect for the allotment. ¹

I finished reading the latest Milly Johnson in bed last night and I wasn't disappointed.  The book is about women: their friendships and mutual support in times of crisis. As usual Milly rounded the book off well with a satisfying happy ending.  I was sorry to finish it and will be reading it again at some point......

In the nick of time I received an email from the library to let me know that the book I reserved was in at last.  On the warmest day this year I  collected this.....😂🤣😂

I know lots of you have enjoyed this book so I'm looking forward to it.

Right-o I'm off to do a bit more crafting 😊

Thanks for popping in and stay safe and well wherever you happen to be.

Angie 💗