I firmly believe this, if you are organised, know what you have and plan what you will do / need then you wont needlessly overspend. I have been and continue to be guilty of this as in my bid to conquer the world one cupboard at a time I have unearthed things that due to my disorganization I would have been oblivious to owning and bought more that I didn’t need i.e. the small pharmacy of plasters and cold remedies, as well as enough pens and stationary to rival a local WH Smiths J
I am on a weeks leave (yeah) I’ve taken this leave as the Golf Open is coming to town and I can’t face the huge traffic jams the 40,000 plus anticipated daily visitors will create on top of a long commute, so I’m avoiding it all and having a week pottering around the house.
So my agenda for this week is tackling all those jobs that I don’t normally have time to do
Monday
2nd reception room, this is hubbies den, also clothes drying room on rainy days when I cant get the washing on the line. I am going to sort out cupboards and drawers and deep clean.
On the menu – from the freezer homemade cottage pie and veggies
Tuesday
Kitchen – spring (well summer) clean, emptying all the cupboards/drawers and deep cleaning from top to bottom. My ebay auctions will end so will spend the evening, parceling up.
On the menu – left over cottage pie and veggies
Wednesday
Upstairs or the guest suite, we live in a dorma bungalow and don’t actually use upstairs with the exception of the small bedroom which I have turned into my hobby / craft room. The other larger bedroom and bathroom are saved for guests, so I will be giving it a good clean and make up the bed etc and also sort out my card craft stuff J. Plus trip to the post office to post ebay items.
On the Menu – Pasta Amatriciana
Thursday
House clean – just the normal weekly cleaning of the house from top to bottom, laundry and ironing, all ready for the weekend
On the Menu – From the freezer homemade chilli and rice
Friday
Back to Baking – its my parents 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday and we are going out for dinner as a family at my friends Italian restaurant. I am making the cake (yikes) well lets hope it goes better than my nephew’s birthday lol – so I have set aside this day just to devote to creating the masterpiece and I will also do some card making and make them their anniversary card.
On the Menu - From the freezer homemade veggie curry and naan bread
Saturday
My whole week will be a no spend week as I am safely ensconced at home and whilst I normally cut my own hair, hubby has convinced me to have a little pamper and get my hair professionally cut and coloured for the evenings celebrations. This is money from a little win fall. Hubby gives a £1 a week to the church by his school 49 club, half this money goes to St Vincents De Paul who run a daily soup kitchen for the homeless and those on low income and the other half goes to the winner of the Saturday lottery bonus ball – there are several hundred people in this club and hubby won this week £170 – we gave half of that winnings £85 to St Vincents De Paul as an additional donation and hubby has insisted that I spend the rest on me – incrediably indulgent and took some convincing on his part, but it will be lovely.
On the menu – ummm mouth is watering at a meal out J
Aww, your hubby sounds like a winner..no pun intended! Lol! I am certain you deserve a little pampering..enjoy your week at home. Time off always goes by too quickly.
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