Sorting it out: week 1

Considering this was supposed to be our first week of Serious Economising, it's really been quite expensive.
We spent £26.25 on food. This included a 4kg bag of oats which will obviously last us more than the week. Will is away this week so we could have probably gotten away with less food. Any extra I will cook up and freeze if it won't last beyond the week.
The biggest expense this week has been £65 on a second hand tumble dryer, and £12 on the extension cable we need to put it in the coal shed. We live in a smaller, damper house than we did last winter, and drying a laundry load of nappies indoors every day that it's raining just isn't realistic, especially when it is often wet here for days or weeks at a time.
There has also been £69.88 on frames for the drawings I have submitted, and £44.15 on fun, which included playgroup, a coffee and Will going to the pub twice (he usually goes only once  a week.), and £8 on gifts, which was having photographs printed for thank you cards.
But we have also done a few things for free and cheap this week.
Our neighbours bought us a big bunch of roses after they had work donw on the road (which hasn't inconvenienced us at all, in fact.) I love having flowers in the house and take some from the garden each week. I have split the roses and put some in the lounge and some on the stairs.
                         
I finally bought into the chalk paint trend (about 5 years too late) and have painted by bureau. I have been considering it for ages, after we moved it into the dining room to make room for the piano. It was stained very dark, almost black, and looked horrible next to the oak dresser. I really like the green now as I've always thought of the dining room being quite a green room, so I'm really happy to keep the bureau rather than replace with something lighter.

I baked a couple of loaves of bread... self explanatory really. Will is taking one away with him this week as well as few bean burgers I made and some sandwiches. This'll save money on food while he's in London.

I fixed two of my pairs of birkenstocks. I left them out in the rain and it bollocksed the soles, but they seem to be holding up. I was thinking I would have to pick up a new pair of clogs for winter, so this is a save!

Yesterday we all went to the family centre for willow weaving. Free and a nice thing for us to do together.

I also drove us everywhere yesterday and only almost crashed once.
Will is catching a train after lunch so we are just having a quiet day today. We went for a walk this morning to get gas and electric and a coffee from the local shop. We do this every Sunday morning now and it's a nice treat for £1.15. Will has a hangover so he got a small pot of olives instead for £1.