Finances
We've been running on very tight finances since mid-September or so. The switch-over in income from Olly to me has taken a while, and hasn't been without hiccups. Hopefully everything will be ironed out by the end of this month, though by next week it will be almost where we were before, and things will be much more comfortable.
Part of tricky finances has been a more day-by-day evaluation of budgeting. I haven't done a big Tesco shop since maybe early September, if not August. We've been walking to Aldi several times a week to get groceries on a need basis, and probably buying too much junk because of that. The inability to spend £70 on a week or so worth of groceries means that when I go and spend £10 or £15 for two days, I'll grab some cheap treat as usual- but with the big shop I might still just get one treat and it has to last longer. So oddly, while we're eating less, I've gained weight from the junk. Also, it costs about £2.50 to get chicken strips, chips, and frozen veggies to feed all of us... not exactly healthy, but we've resorted to it when we've just got spare change to buy food with and no emotional energy to handle two fighting kids while making real food.
Anyway, that was a tangent- I wanted to mainly say how much I'm happy I'm not shopping at Tesco anymore. I'll still have to go for a few things that I can't get at Aldi, but Aldi is remarkably cheaper and pretty much as good as or better than what I can get at Tesco. I'm a convert.
As for job stuff, I've applied to a ton, signed up to a bunch of websites, put my CV out there. So far, no bites, but it'll get there.
I have to go to Chelmsford this month sometime before the 28th and was hoping to meet up with people from London or something while I'm down there, but I think everyone is just too busy. Initially I was going to go this weekend, but because of money I will have to wait and see. 25th at the latest probably. If you're reading this and you're free any day after next Monday (18th), and want to hang out- please let me know! Would love to just get lunch and hang out with some people, and it's probably the closest I'll get to London for a while. Throw me an email if you don't want to leave a comment <3
Part of tricky finances has been a more day-by-day evaluation of budgeting. I haven't done a big Tesco shop since maybe early September, if not August. We've been walking to Aldi several times a week to get groceries on a need basis, and probably buying too much junk because of that. The inability to spend £70 on a week or so worth of groceries means that when I go and spend £10 or £15 for two days, I'll grab some cheap treat as usual- but with the big shop I might still just get one treat and it has to last longer. So oddly, while we're eating less, I've gained weight from the junk. Also, it costs about £2.50 to get chicken strips, chips, and frozen veggies to feed all of us... not exactly healthy, but we've resorted to it when we've just got spare change to buy food with and no emotional energy to handle two fighting kids while making real food.
Anyway, that was a tangent- I wanted to mainly say how much I'm happy I'm not shopping at Tesco anymore. I'll still have to go for a few things that I can't get at Aldi, but Aldi is remarkably cheaper and pretty much as good as or better than what I can get at Tesco. I'm a convert.
As for job stuff, I've applied to a ton, signed up to a bunch of websites, put my CV out there. So far, no bites, but it'll get there.
I have to go to Chelmsford this month sometime before the 28th and was hoping to meet up with people from London or something while I'm down there, but I think everyone is just too busy. Initially I was going to go this weekend, but because of money I will have to wait and see. 25th at the latest probably. If you're reading this and you're free any day after next Monday (18th), and want to hang out- please let me know! Would love to just get lunch and hang out with some people, and it's probably the closest I'll get to London for a while. Throw me an email if you don't want to leave a comment <3