It's lovely to be back home after our holiday. There's nothing quite like sleeping in your own bed, showering in your own bathroom and relaxing in your own living room. We had a great time, but it's now time to get back to normal.
One good thing about the holiday, was that I didn't spend money on any stuff to bring home with me, bar an umbrella, which we needed for the rainy weather, but which will always get used in the UK. The only other purchase was a postcard of some artwork by a famous local artist, bought for 1 euro when we visited one of his homes on Lanzarote.
Back home, OH and I walked up to the library on Satuday morning, to return my overdue library book. I was shocked when I was charged £1.76. I didn't think library fines were still a thing and it seemed a bit steep, but luckily OH had some loose change and paid it for me. I won't be making that mistake again. We then walked home the long way round to get some steps in and get some fresh air.
I needed to do a smallish shop for some needed food items on Saturday afternoon, so I went to our local Lidl. The traffic in our area was really bad though. I don't normally go anywhere in the car on weekends, as traffic can be really heavy and it was. I got enough food to last us at least until Tuesday, when I will probably go out of town and get the remainder of the weekly shop.
I have just enough money for the bare essentials this month, i.e. food and household items. There's still a bit of food left over from Xmas, but there's not a lot left in the freezer. We won't starve though.
I will be joining my new gym this week, which I'm quite looking forward to. I've not exercised for almost two weeks now and weight has gone on as a consequence of Xmas and the holiday. It will cost me £57 for the first month, including the joining fee of £12 or so.
I will probably also book a dental appointment this month, as it is is now overdue, and this will cost at least £120, as I am required by the dentist to have my teeth cleaned too. This will have to go on my credit card, to be paid off next month. I'm just hoping I don't need any treatment this visit. I haven't really got any other expenses, save for LB's birthday, which I'd already put the money aside for, so it should be managable.
I'm still settling back into being at home. We tidied a lot of things away, due to LB having a birthday party whilst we were away, so I still need to get everything back out and the house back to normal. I also needed to do my laundry from the holiday, as we didn't have any laundry detergent when we returned. I've now unpacked everything, and done the laundry.
Today (Sunday), I've had a very chill day sewing, working on renovating my shopping trolley. It's coming along and I'll post separately about my progress. I enjoy staying home in the cold weather, working on a project and not spending any money. I think January is definitely going to be a month of doing such things.
I've decided that this year I'm going to keep a wriiten record in a small notebook of all my makes as I create them. I wish I had done it last year, as I made quite a lot of things last year, but better late than never. It will be interesting to look back on at the end of the year. Although I document a lot on my blog, I don't document everything and this way it will all be recorded in one place.
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