I am always looking for ways to save a £1 or £2 and often look round to see if anyone can pick me up a bargain at Bookers cash and carry.

This week I suddenly realised I actually have my own Business and should be able to get my own bookers card.

So I paid them a visit yesterday to inquire about getting a card, they gave me a form to fill out and just wanted my business card as ID.

I returned today with all the information needed and now have my own bookers card 🙂

First purchase was a sack of t-bags, other good buys will be loo rolls, butter and washing powder.

Once I have done my maths there could be other bargains to get too, especially with their special offers.

At this time of year a long with 100’s of other people I worry about how I will pay my Electric/Gas bill.

Things are certainly better now I have moved on from those ghastly night storage heaters to Gas central heating.

After spending years being in a freezing house I want to feel comfortable but not be wasting money.

The problem is that everyone one has different ideas on the most economical way to use gas central heating.

Some say put it on timer a few hours in morning then a few hours at night… the problem here is the house temp drops to below 12c and it takes all night to warm the house.

Other say put the heating on and control it with the thermostat , keep it at 15 durring the night and durring the day when out, then turn up to 18 in the evening , this way the house warms up quickly and never feels too cold.

Now I wonder which is the most economical way ?????

As I have been very unhappy with my last pair of £120 Scarpa boots, I decided that I had nothing to loose by trying out the Aldi £20 walking boots!

I was at Aldi an hour after it opened and I was lucky to get boots as they were selling so fast, hopefully that is a good sign 🙂

They feel comfortable enough around the house but we wont know how comfortable till I do a long walk in them!

I even managed to get a pair for Geoff too, who will need a new pair of boots after he returns from tramping round New Zealand.

Today I took myself off on a walk, following a route that I had never taken before 🙂

I was able to do it with the help of ViewRanger and open street maps, using my iphone.

The walk had a dice with death start, as I had to cross the very busy A149 at the hospital roundabout, but I survived !!

My route then took me up to the Ruined Church of St James Bawsey.

Through a pig farm, where the pigs paid an unhealthy interest in me 🙁

I then had to cross the A149 again making my way to Refley woods

ViewRanger then made it easy to find my way through the woods to Gaywood river, where I picked up the cycle path and walked home 🙂

A nice little walk, I really like knowing where I am all the time, which makes reading the Map easier, down side is the battery on the iphone soon runs down 🙁

I was very lucky to get an Apple tv for my birthday from Geoff…

It now means I never need to buy a DVD again and can watch everything through iTunes, on my TV.

So from now on all my books will be on my Kindle, all my music on my ipod and all my films will be in iTunes.

Unfortunately my mac book, although only bought in 2008, is too old to use the mirroring facility on the Apple tv which was a huge disappointment and another reason to save for an ipad !

Luckily I can use iPlayer Automator to download itv programmes into iTunes.

All these gadgets mean LESS CLUTER !

Ironically another gift was a music c/d for when I use my cross trainer, which has now been copied to iTunes and put onto my ipod.

Our trip to Les Gets was a bit of a wash out, it rained 8 days out of the 10 🙁 but  we did manage 2 fabulous walks before the rain came !

Views of Mont Blanc

The rest of our time was not wasted, I caught up with all my tv watching, finished reading my book and helped Geoff where I could with the DIY

The kitchen in the apartment now has a new sink, tap and work surface, there are also new red curtains which I lovingly took up by hand 🙂

We visited friends, ate too much highly calorific food and drank too much lovely wine but then it was a holiday 🙂