I got behind but have caught up now! I tried to post yesterday but it got lost so here goes….
I couldn’t agree more about adulting, and especially spending money on things like plumbing. So tedious.
Glad you had a good trip Big. I don’t have any of the foot disasters you mentioned, mine actually look quite decent to the eye, BUT I have wicked plantar fasciitis. I have to wear much uglier shoes than I used to, and heels are a thing of the past! Sigh.
Life that traybake thread is my favourite of all time (such a good spirited thread and also, I love baking so I magpied a few recipes). Is your bathroom finished now?
I still have a lot of painting to do, which I am resigned to probably having to pay someone to do due to working and it being very hard to do stuff around DS at the weekends. In fact, DS is being really difficult at the mo, very hard to take out of the house due to various behaviours. It’s going to be a long Easter holiday…. And how we are going to survive a flight at May half term, I can’t imagine! Over Easter I shall mostly stay at home and bake a lot. We did go out to the postal museum at the weekend, I’d really recommend it to anyone with kids and within striking distance of London. It was excellent and DD (8) really enjoyed it, as did I! There’s a brilliant little train ride through the underground tunnels that were built specially for Mail Rail to take post across the city. It was fab.
gertie, what is your stress eating of choice? Mine was always chocolate, sometimes crisps. I am avoiding both for now, still mostly sticking to the diet but stress can make it hard at times!
lots of my budgets have gone over this month - I had a large print framed and it cost more than the print itself, it was a fortune! Maybe that’s just the London premium but honestly, £350 😖. Also booked flights for a weekend away with friends in June. I never leave my family so I am very apprehensive for DH but he owes me one, lol! I still have the accommodation to pay so that will dent in April too. I have also gone over on the food budget, and ours is already generous, but we hosted a bit this month. I probably need to allow more for that as we host a lot due to it being difficult to go out, and also I like cooking.
oh, and if I am honest, I also bought the naice tablecloth. Hoping it is delivered before the weekend so I can pimp up my Easter table! I also bought a small one to cut up to make napkins as it will be a lot cheaper than the matching napkins they were selling. But I have given myself homework there, lol.
mortgage goes up next month 😢. Back to the normal spends and not the overspends, I hope!