Morning everyone! Wow shiny new thread and it's not even the end of January! We're doing ok; have a full tank of petrol and meals for the weekend so will likely just need a small shop for next week. However, we're going to the theatre (Book of Mormon!) on Thursday, and probably dinner beforehand, and next weekend have a big birthday party to attend so I think February is going to be super-tight.
Spends this week have been awful 
, I've been buying and eating a lot of unnecessary food and did a wine run on Thursday. It's been a stressful week!
I think it was happier who asked about the house we're considering... we haven't done anything about it yet. We're stuck in our usual dilemma of whether the extra mortgage (more expensive house and we'd need to extend) are worth on balance the better area and garden. I'm much more risk averse, especially financially (probably why I'm on here!), and I'm more comfortable with staying put and saving money. But on the other hand I see that all the changes to our current house (knocking through, loft conversion and landscaped garden) which at first I was reluctant to do because of the cost, have revolutionised our life and how we spend time in our house as a family. All of those changes were driven by dh and I'm willing in this instance to trust that the move would be one for the better. I can't though be overly enthusiastic about it as I'm just so damn busy every day. Dh is seeing this as a reluctance and is worried that if we go for it and any part of it doesn't work out il then say it's his fault as I was happy to stay (moi? 🤷♀️!) I think I'd be more enthusiastic if it was the summer. Our house is not a summer house - too noisy and too small a garden - whereas the other house is.
We'll try and fit a decision in today between swimming lessons, birthday party, rugby match and dinner with the ILs 😅