Spending Money ..............

 and then spending more money, it's been a very spendy month. (understatement!)

Income was the usual State pension and County council spouses pension and interest on savings (something that will more or less vanish after I move as I'm up-sizing after regretting downsizing for the last five years. At least I'll be paying less tax on savings interest!) The known outgoings were for direct debits for phones, broadband, council tax and charity, diesel for the car and birthday gifts for the family birthdays and the monthly electric bill, they all added up to £455.

Apart from paying some of the solicitors fees I also got around to getting a new mattress although it's not being delivered for 4 weeks. Blimey, decent mattresses are expensive now - the equivalent of two months state pension!! When I was in Ipswich for dentist back in June I went to the bed shop but it was the day after Ipswich had suffered from a torrential downpour and all the stores on that trading estate were flooded. Four months later the Dreams bed store still has part of their area roped off, waiting for replacement carpeting and ceiling. He said Halfords next door had their whole ceiling collapse.  That was the one rain event of the whole summer! My mattress in use is ten years old and getting a bit uncomfortable in places so I really needed new to see me out.

Another chunk of money went for getting the wood-burner flue swept and a new carbon monoxide detector to get certificates for new owner. The chimney sweep man put the new sensor in a completely different place to the other one which the wood burner installer said was the right place. Sweep man said "No! wrong place and anyway it's too old!" Ho Hum.

There were many, many other expenses this month but thankfully some were small and I even got new underwear cheap. The bra type I've been buying online for years are no longer available I discovered, and anyway had gone up in price a lot since the time they used to be available in the Co-op clothes department - something that hasn't existed for about 25 years! I found something suitable/comfortable for half the price of the other design and knickers from Morrisons are only £5 for 4 pairs - I'm sorted!

Food shopping - see yesterday, and apologies to those people who Hate With A Vengeance pictures of shopping! but I'm just not doing much here .......except tidying and packing........ to write about. I suppose it would be better to just blog less!

All in all it was an expensive month and November and December will be even more expensive in the house move column of the accounts book. In fact I'd better not spend on anything other than what I really have to for the rest of the year. 

Christmas is cancelled!! - That will shock the family! 😀