We had to wait for the man from United Utilities yesterday.
He was due to come sometime between 8am and 1pm, he phoned at 11am and said he was 9 minutes away, was it okay for him to arrive. Very polite and very specific, and highly appreciated. He was coming to survey us for a new water meter and possibly install it. Unfortunately, it couldn't be fitted indoors where the stopcock is, so they will be coming back to install an outdoor one at a future date.
Just in case it was fitted yesterday, I had snapped into action nice and early and given the garden a good watering, filling the watering cans as a last minute thought ... even my fancy pants decorative one. Oh, well the water is there ready for action when it's needed.
I had also had a shower and done a machine load of washing, which was dry within a hour or so, we do have a lovely little suntrap at the back in the mornings at this time of year.
My bid to keep water costs down might have all been a bit futile, but I did have a smug look on my face after getting so much done so early. 😄
As a reward to ourselves for being productive, me with the water situation and Alan with his business meeting, we decided to use our free coffee and cake vouchers ... right on their last day of availability!!
We had received them last year when the live link to Swan Lake at the Royal Opera House, had broken down at the cinema and we all had to traipse from one cinema screen to the next. We only missed about four minutes of the ballet, so we were all very happy with the vouchers.
I was even happier when we worked out how much our two coffees and cakes would have cost us to actually buy. It should have been £16 ... there's a reason I take my own drinks and sweets to the cinema. 😊
Sue xx
You were certainly very productive while preparing for the utility technician's visit! The coffee and cake treats look delicious. Glad you didn't have to pay the full price for them!
ReplyDeleteThat would have been such a huge cost for coffee and cake, I could get a week's worth of healthy food shopping for that. 😀
DeleteYour treat looked delicious! Catriona
ReplyDeleteIt was a nice treat on a sunny afternoon as it was lovely and quiet and cool in the cinema complex. Thank goodness the kids are all back at school now, it's been quiet everywhere we have visited this week.
DeleteWhat a great treat!
ReplyDeleteWe really enjoyed this one. :-)
DeleteLooks lovely and what a saving x
ReplyDeleteAlison in Wales x
It really was. It's gotten expensive to be able to go out for coffee and cake too often hasn't it, so I am loving all my current freebies. :-)
DeleteWhat lovely looking treats, even tastier being free! xxx
ReplyDeleteDefinitely, I seem to be really milking all my birthday freebies this year. :-)
DeleteWhat a day!
ReplyDeleteI think we both earnt the treat. :-)
DeleteA nice treat and a productive morning, and a good savings!
ReplyDeleteIt was a very good day. :-)
DeleteHi Sue
ReplyDeleteWe had a water meter fitted on the 3rd of march. Our annual bill had reached £1100 and for two of us I thought it extortionate.
Husband checks the meter weekly and since fitting we have spent just under £40 so our annual bill should be halved. It's a small win against a lot of losses but £500 will buy a lot of groceries!
It was the proposed annual bill for this year and the offer of a new water meter that made us decide to plump for it. It's said that if there are less people than bedrooms in a house, a water meter will nearly always be a very cost effective option. We have five bedrooms and only two people, so it was a no-brainer.
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