Day one at frugal towers.

Well i've tried my very best today in all areas. Pegged out the washing instead of putting it in the dryer only to fetch it back in hours later frozen like sheets of cardboard! Went out to get the newspapers and exactly what was on my shopping list and got ONLY that. No magazines, no too good to miss offers of items I don't really need or want and no allowing hubby to fill the trolly with items. And best of all no going to a tearoom or cafe for an expensive cappuccino and cake. This has saved me NOT ONLY money but my waistline too so a win win situation. Had one or two places to go today and instead of grabbing some lunch out as we would usually do we came home inbetween ( it was on our way so not wasting fuel) and I made us a nice lunch using left overs from yesterday. This afternoon I made a birthday cake with my daughter for her friend as a birthday present. (Looks like my chat about saving money has worked!) As we had most of the ingredients in the house anyway and free eggs from my friends chicken I just had to buy a couple of things and worked out that the cake cost about £3 to make so a very thrifty gift. See photo above. Got the idea from seeing it on facebook made by someone else. Really easy to make and fun too!
Right what sort of day have I had with "Bill". Actually today was a good day. Travelled on the dual carriageway TWICE. Once is usually enought to put the fear of god into me. You see there is just too much potential to get trapped on there with no means of escape. If there is an accident or just with queueing traffic you are stuck! Same fear applies to motorways. Going to visit my son in Devon is a complete nightmare for me as I am on high alert the whole journey. Watching all the signs for warnings of roadworks. Watching incase the traffic starts to slow down and build up. I have AA traffic watch on my mobile phone so I can anticipate any problems then poor hubby has to leave the next available exit even if we have no idea where we are going. I'm doing word searches, playing games on my phone and reading my kindle as a way of distracting myself.  I'm exhausted by the end of the journey as I'm running on adrenaline the whole time. Can't begin to tell you what it does to my insides! But I still do it because its worth everything when I see my son and lovely grandaughter. Hubby always says to me that I can do things when I really have to, doesn't mean its easy and I would never choose to put myself through it but he's right, I have come up against some pretty awful and what I would think are impossible situations over the years but I have survived. If I could just have the confidence to trust that everything would be ok everytime I have a new fear or even recurring fear then i'm sure that would be the end of Bill! I just need that leap of faith. Maybe i'll put it to the test............ tomorrow?
Take care and thanks for reading,
Jules