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Stop saving things for best

A cup of tea in a white mug beside the pool in Spain

So, today has turned out to be a funny one.

I've had quite a few free windows of time to pop on here and do some blogging, but I just haven't been able to put any words together for a post. 

I wanted to write about why we always save things for best, but the words just didn't happen.

So I'm popping on here chatty style - which I think maybe more the vibe I want to go for? who knows?!

I've been flat out the last couple of days really getting my housework jobs done, getting loads of washing and ironing done as well.

We've noticed our electricity bills have shot up this month, so one of the things we thought we could cut back on was the washing. Don't worry we're not turning into stinkers over here, just trying to be more mindful with the washing loads moving forward. I have noticed I do so many little loads throughout the week, so I've actually saved them up and done a couple of full loads. Which is I'm sure is a lot more economical all round really.

Has anyone else noticed their electricity bills shooting up? We're with Iberdrola and when we investigated further it wasn't actually our consumption increasing, the tariffs had gone up. We spoke to them and through the app we managed to change the tariff, so we will see when the next bill comes in if that's made a difference, fingers crossed, but it's always worth giving them a call.

So the house is fully clean and tidy and I even randomly cleaned the fridge this evening. I gave it a proper clean, took out all the shelves and drawers, put everything back nice and tidy. The fridge is pretty bare at the moment so it really didn't take too long to sort out. 

I did have a bit of a panic though when I put the bottom drawers in the wrong way round. I then got the slidey piece of glass jammed between them. The fridge started beeping as the door had been open too long which didn't help matters! 

I grabbed a tea towel and luckily somehow managed to slide the piece of glass back out and get the drawers in their correct position!

Flippin' eck it was a stressful few minutes!

So, as I was saying earlier about what I originally wanted to chat on the blog today was about saving things for best.

Why do we do that? I'm sure we all do it.

Life is going way too quick at the moment and I think it's hit home a little that life does go quick and it's so important to enjoy our everyday. And that includes wearing our good stuff, using the fancy plates and just don't always save things for that 'special' occasion. Everyday we are here is a special occasion and a reason to use the good stuff.

I've started to have my tea in my nicer mugs. I have so many lovely mugs that just sit in the cupboard because I don't want to ruin them or chip them. Which is stupid, because why buy them in the first place if I'm not going to use them!

To be fair we haven't got a 'special' dinner service. We do just have our everyday plates and bowls, but when things need replacing, which we do need some new pasta bowls, you bet I'm buying something totally bougie.

I'm also going to start wearing my 'nicer' things too.

Especially as we head into Autumn and it starts cooling down it is easier to make a little bit more of an effort - to be fair my outfits haven't consisted of much the last couple of months, they've mainly been walking clothes and bikinis, haha!

Moving forward, I really am going to continue using my lovely mugs, even if I do risk chipping them! I'm going to buy those bougie pasta bowls and I will, of course, share with you when I do. The nice handbags are going to start making more of an appearance rather then being tucked away in their dust bags and I'm just going to start treating everyday as a special occasion, because it is. ♥

Heather
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