This week got off to an early start on Monday. For some reason, I woke at 6am and didn't really get back to sleep, which is unusual for me. I stayed in bed reading for a while, before showering and getting ready to go out and do the weekly shop.
There was quite a lot of stuff that I needed to buy this week, partly because of all the cleaning I'd been doing, I'd run out of a few household things. I also needed to spend £50 at Tesco to take advantage of another £5 off voucher. I managed this by buying a few regular items a little early and on offer. It increased my expenditure this week, but will even out going forward. I ended up saving over £20 in total and got a joint of lamb half price for Easter.
I also had a 10% off voucher to use at Lidl by way of the Lidl Plus app, so I saved another £5 here. It hasn't left me a lot for the final fifth shop of the month, but I will probably borrow a bit from next month's budget for that.
I did visit the charity shop this week, as I hadn't been for a couple of weeks. The sun was shining and I decided to see if there were any nice summer clothing items in store. I ended up spending £17 in total, on a pair of wide legged light denim jeans £3, a pair of denim shorts £2 and a pair of brand new sandals £7. I also bought a cotton summer dress, which was for LB, but if she doesn't like it, I may keep it for me, or take it back. It cost £5.
By the time I came home it had turned a bit chilly. I was absolutely shattered, I think on account of waking up so early. I had intended to do some more cleaning in the evening, but I just didn't have the energy. OH was due back on Tuesday evening, so I still had time to do a bit more.
On Tuesday, I woke up early again, read in bed for an hour or so and then got up and ready to go to my class at the gym.
After lunch, I started to do some more cleaning, starting with the hallway, living rooms and then worked my way downstairs to the kitchen, which needed more work. It took me the rest of the day, but it felt good to get most of the rooms looking a bit fresher. The only room I didn't get to was the bathroom upstairs, but I'll tackle that another day.
OH got back just after 8pm after unexpected flight delays. It was nice to see him and he'd had a really good time, although he'd not been well for a day or so. I think a few of them had caught a virus that had made them feel unwell, nothing too serious though.
Wednesday, I decided to take a day off from the cleaning. After lunch, I took myself off for a walk. I hadn't been for a walk in a couple of weeks, so it was nice to get some fresh air. It was certainly a fresh walk. It was quite cold and windy and then I got part way round and it started hailstoning, followed by blue sky and sunshine and then a little rain. Talk about wild.
I booked an appointment online to go for an eyetest next week, which I'd been meaning to do for a while. I've gone back to ASDA, as I received a reminder by post last week and their eye test only costs £24, as opposed to £30 elsewhere. I realised recently, that this will be the last time I will have to pay for this test, as I'll get it for free from October when I turn 60, which is a plus.
I also ordered some recycling bags from our local depot, as we were running low. We used to get free food caddy bags, but now have to supply our own. Anyway, that was another small job done. For the remainder of the afternoon, I sat and watched some TV, whilst sewing the binding on the rug I made. A very chill day.
On Thursday, I went to my usual class at the gym in the morning, which was good. In the afternoon, I felt really tired and retired to bed for what I thought would be an hour's nap, but turned out to be a four hour nap, which was a bit self indulgent, but if my body needs it, then so be it.
When I woke up, I did a bit of reading and then came down and did some rug binding in front of the TV. LB returned home later tonight. It was lovely to see her. OH and I watched a movie on BBC 4 based on a Julian Barnes novel, which was quite interesting.
Friday, was another fairly quiet day. I didn't need to be anywhere today, so it was nice to have a slow leisurely start to the day reading, showering, etc. I did some financial housekeeping in the morning, as it was virtually the end of the month. In the afternoon, I binge watched a Turkish series on Netflix called the Museum of Innocense, which was okay, whilst finishing the binding on my rug and then working on my hexie EPP project. Later, after supper, OH and I watched the movie I Swear on Netflix, which was really good.
Saturday morning, I had to get up earlier than normal, as our neighbour knocked to drop off their dog for the day. OH had gone out cycling, so I had to get up and get breakfast and spend time with the dog, who likes attention and cuddles. LB and I took it in turns to keep him happy, whilst I got dressed and later did some household tasks and a bit of blogging.
Later, after lunch, OH came home and we took him with us to the allotment and for a walk. Whilst at the allotment, OH spread some chicken manure pellets and sowed some peas and beetroot, whilst I spent my time weeding more of the paths around the plot. I got most of the paths done, just half of one path to do. In the second photo I left some self-seeded flowers in the cracks in the path, as they are pretty, but the weeds were taken out. I've just got the half of the path nearest to the camera left to weed, which shouldn't take long. Here's a couple of photos:
You can see the dog at the top of the first path. He's a sweetie. We had a nice couple of hours out in the fresh air though and got more of the plot cultivated which was good.
In the evening, OH and I watched a couple of episodes of a documentary about the Murdoch family on Netflix. It's interesting.
I was a bit thrown out by the clock change on Sunday morning, especially as I didn't get to sleep until well into the early hours of the morning. I read in bed for a while, finishing another book, this one about global food waste, which was sobering.
I then got up and ready to go to the gym, albeit a bit later than usual. OH came to the gym with me which was nice and we both had a good workout.
In the evening, I binge watched the last 5 episodes of The Other Bennett Sister on iPlayer, whilst OH was tinkering with his bike. It was so good, I really enjoyed it and it made a for a nice end to the week.
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