What have you bought lately?

That is exactly what I use. I cut up a4 size paper into 4 pieces and put it on a bulldog clip on my notice board. Particularly good is junk mail. As often the rubbish is just on the one side.

I made this myself from a slice of tree. I just varnished it, put a picture of Sugar as a puppy on it, and our flower, a bluebell. I also drilled a hole in the top for the pen. I kept the bark for a rugged look.

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Yesterday I bought the mid week grocery top up. With wanting to shop around for groceries, to keep with lower prices, yesterday the shop was getting toward the size of the shop I did on Sunday. I am thinking that I maybe need to write down a list with the items I most buy and their prices in each of the main three supermarkets I go to though as it's taking a bit of remembering the prices in each. These days the prices seem a little more stable but I suppose the election will result in more chaos though

Thriftfully organised.

Groceries.

I ordered a couple of new puzzles today.

Ive just bought a small swimming pool for the garden.. I know my grandson will love it but really its for the dog!

We have a cool pool. Ours thinks it's "Ok, I suppose." but the step daughter's loves it.

Today was the weekly grocery shopping, but I may pop in again on Thursday if anything is getting a bit low - kiddos are home next weekend, so the Sunday shopping gets moved in order to have more time to goof around together.

And I have pearl earrings on the way! The hooks failed on the last set, and if I don't feel like wearing rings on the hottest days of summer, I'll still want earrings. I may just collect birthstone earrings for all in my family so that I have variety. First up, June for me!

Two Moonpig.com cards.

Nothing today.

Groceries.

I ordered a new seal for the sliding-door-AC setup. I realised a couple years late that I can use a second one to deal with the gaps - it opens like a minivan sliding side door, but one seal on either side should cover both the AC hose going out and the other side too. (I've been using cardboard until now, silly me. And "the handyman's secret weapon: duct tape." See The Red Green Show, any episode! Does duct tape overuse prove I'm Canadian? )

Up next to order: a new string of lights and clips for a photo display. My mum gave me one she wasn't using, and it's now full with family photos. A second one could have family pets from years past! I may keep going after that and add photos of friends on a third string. I don't use the lights often since the strings look great with photos alone, but just in case I want to illuminate, I made sure there were lights again...

I paid for a Postcode Lottery ticket.

Fingerscrossed!