I've been tagged by Trouble Doubled to see how grown up I am, in a meme originally started by OneDad3Girls. I must admit that I don't always feel very grown up at all, although it's probably about time to admit that I am. But the only way to find out for sure is for me to answer the following questions:
1 Having a mortgage - Yes
2 Mum and Dad no longer make your financial decisions - Yes (they do offer advice though!)
3 Paying into a pension - Yes, through work
4 Conducting a weekly food shop - Yes (although must admit that it's not usually me that does it...! I make the list though.)
5 Written a will - Yes
6 Having children - Yes
7 Budgeting every month - We don't have a fixed budget as such, but we do make sure that all expenses are covered.
8 Cooking a meal from scratch - Yes, not the most complicated one necessarily but I'm quite good at following a recipe if I can find something that the rest of the family will eat
9 Getting married - Yes
10 Getting life insurance - No
11 Recycling - Yes, I'm pretty good about recycling, made much easier because our collection just has one bin into which everything recyclable is thrown.
12 Having a savings account - Yes, but most of our spare money goes into the mortgage because interest rates are so rubbish at the moment
13 Knowing what terms like 'ISA' and 'tracker' mean - Yes
14 Watching the news - I rarely watch the actual news but I check the headlines several times a day on my phone
15 Owning a lawnmower - Yes we own one, I've never used it though!
16 Doing your own washing - Well there isn't anyone else to do it!
17 Taking a trip to the local tip - Yes, although I tend to send t'other half
18 Planting flowers - I planted flowers for the first time this year!
19 Being able to bleed a radiator - I know how to but I'm a bit scared to do it myself, the hissing makes me anxious and fearful of a hot water explosion
20 Having a joint bank account - Yes, we opened one when we got married and started receiving joint cheques. Actually that's not quite the whole truth, we converted my husband's one into a joint account and I kept my own single one!
21 Having a view on politics - Not really
22 Keeping track of interest rates - No
23 Finding a messy house annoying - Yes!
24 Being able to change a lightbulb - Yes, if I have to
25 Owning a vacuum cleaner - We have a lovely Dyson. Not sure how I'd manage without one!
26 Holding dinner parties - We've had friends round a few times for a meal, we tend to just get a pizza in though!
27 Listening to Radio 2 - No, I only listen to the radio in the car and because I can't concentrate enough to change channels while I'm driving I listen to what is already playing (although not if it's Talk Sport, then I just turn it off). It tends to be a local music station.
28 Enjoying gardening - I do garden, but I don't particularly enjoy it.
29 Spending weekend just 'pottering' - Something I would love to do!
30 Mum starts asking you for advice - Not really, I still tend to go to her!
31 Carrying spare shopping bags just in case - Yes
32 Like going round garden centres - No, I only go there to entertain the children by taking them to see the fish
33 Wearing coats on a night out - Yes, I'm always wearing my coat, hate being cold!
34 Going to bed before 11pm - Yes, almost every night
35 Making sure mum and dad are phoned at least once a week - Yes, I try!
36 Classing work as a career rather than a job - Probably when I started working I called it a career, now it's a job!
37 Repairing torn clothes rather than throwing them away - I can put a button on, but I'm not very good with sewing. I'd probably ask my Mum to do it though!
38 You iron - No!
39 You wash up immediately after eating - Yes, I wash up as I go along and my husband finishes off the last bits while I get the children in the bath
40 You enjoy cooking - No
41 You buy a Sunday paper - No, we rarely buy the paper (only if it has a voucher or free Lego)
42 Always going out in a sensible pair of shoes - Yes, I'm always in trainers
43 You like receiving gift vouchers - No, they make me anxious about spending them before the expire
44 Work keeps you awake at night - Not really, not now that I'm back at work
45 Filing post - Yes
46 You have a best crockery set - No, we only have one set of crockery (Ikea's finest!). When we got married we asked for money towards our Honeymoon rather than a gift register!
47 Able to change a car tyre - I have observed the process
48 Being sensible enough to remove make-up before bedtime - No, I hardly ever wear make-up anyway, so I tend to forget to take it off
49 Being able to follow a receipt - I think this one may have become a little wonky with repetition, if it means recipe then yes, I'm quite good at that
50 Owning 'best' towels as well as everyday towels - No, we barely have enough towels for ourselves, I do have some slightly nicer ones that I keep for guests
I make that about 32 so that's 64% grown up. I actually thought I was more grown up than that! I've got a few things lined up to tag people in (beware!) so I will leave it up to you, if you would like to take part then please do!
Thank you for taking part. You sound about as grown up as me, which is a good thing. Honest. :)
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