February's Plans

We won't talk about December and January except to say that selling, buying and moving house pretty much don't go well with having any kind of plans.  I spent the months trying to play catch up  (and failing) while moving between house sitting gigs as we sorted out both ends of finally buying a house.  Now so much closer and there is a light at the end of tunnel.  A pretty dim light to be sure but a light never the less.

And on top of all that my anxiety decided to kick into to gear for the first time in years and hit me with a whammy of fear and terror completely out of the blue.

It's no wonder that Monday will see us heading off on a two week jaunt around the South Island, taking in the sights and relaxing.

As you might imagine my plans then for February are fairly small.

First up reading...

I'm trying to mix up my reading a little bit more this year, while at the same time curtailing it just a little bit and not read quite so many books so I've just got 3 books on my reading pile at the moment.

1.     A Home By The Sea / Christina Skye
       A sappy romantic chick lit about finding love again sounds just the thing to read under a 
       shaded tree with a nice cold drink.
2.     A Year Of Being Single / Fiona Collins
       And another rom-com with a little less sap and hopefully a lot more sass and laughs.  
       This is also going into my holiday bag.
3.     Breakfast At The Exit Cafe / Wayne Grady  and Merilyn Simonds
        I've mentioned in a couple of recent posts that I'm keen to up my non-fiction reading so 
        when this one caught my eye I decided to add it to my pile.  I love a good travel      
        memoir and this one sounds interesting, cross fingers.

4.     South Island Holiday
        This is pretty much all organised.  We have our ferry tickets and first night of 
        accommodation booked.  The car all ready and camping gear loaded.  It's now just a 
        matter of days and we are off on our little adventure.  And yes you heard right, I, lady 
        of all things comfy is going camping.  I'm not sure how I will cope without my ties to 
        civilsation but I'm giving it a go and have at least got some books and hidden chocolate 
        if and when I need reminders of all things home.
5.     Being More Frugal
        Having money is nice.  No question about it.  It pays the bills, helps you out when you 
        are sick and gives you a few treats when you want something pretty or to do 
        something fun.  Other Half and I have always walked a pretty fine line between 
        splashing out on things just because and being extremely careful with money such as 
        me mostly buying clothes etc at charity stores.  Mixing the two seems weirds but it 
        works for us and means that we spend our money on the things we really want and not 
        spend much on the things we need.

        Our holiday down South is a mixture of this. We'll be saving money by camping as 
        much as we can handle, buying cheap food at the supermarket, and using our 
        saved up gift cards to buy our fuel and food which means that we can splash out on 
        some sightseeing like whale watching etc.  
6.     101 Things In 1001 Days
        I'm pretty close to ticking off one thing on my list and I'm also busy working on some of 
        the others.  Hopefully our holiday will see me nearer to crossing off some more items.