Discovering that the big supermarket close to the office had a whole load of flowers reduced dramatically down in price after work on Wednesday - presumably leftovers from mothers day. I treated myself to two bunches of tulips for a bargain price of £1.63, not "frugal" as such, but a little burst of brightly coloured joy in the window for a very reasonable cost! I adore tulips - we had an array of yellow and red ones in the garden at the flat, and they were one of the first things I got planted in our garden at the house, too!
The beautiful weather this week - chilly first thing (indeed, we have had a frost several mornings) but the most glorious clear blue skies and sunshine making the world just feel a brighter, more cheerful place!
Having finally taken the plunge and ordered myself a new bike. The current one has done me proud for several years, having been given to me by a former neighbour, but it's not a style I particularly like, it's heavy and it also needs substantial amounts of work to get it to a reliably functioning state. Given the choice of spending a fair amount on a bike that honestly I don't find really suits my needs that well, and spending a little more to buy something which hopefully well, I jumped onto the final days of a sale to save myself over £100 on a nice sports hybrid which with luck will enable me to get further afield faster and more comfortably!
Starting to feel the benefit of regular yoga practice. I often tend to start the year with unrealistic plans to "do yoga every day" and that then falters a couple of months into the year. This year's plan was to "do some yoga most days" - and so far, I'm sticking to generally 4 - 6 times a week depending on what else is occurring. That said, at time of writing I'm struggling with a trapped nerve in my back thanks to a bit too much stretching last night, I suspect - so it's not all good!
Future plans: Bargain priced tickets to a gig for a band we both love. Free admission to the London Transport Museum's Acton Depot open weekend because of our Friends of the Museum membership. Several planned camping trips, plus a day trip up to one of our favourite areas on the Suffolk coast during the upcoming easter weekend...nothing there that will cost us a vast sum of money, but little things to look forward to. As before when we were clearing the mortgage, we're taking the view that a balance of frugality and fun is the way to go - it's a long haul, and making life miserable to get the mortgage gone sooner is not in the plan!
Robyn
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