Tide up your home- Bedroom

Hi lovelies,

This is my final one of the tide up serie, I hope you had did the same while you should stay home to be safe. It did not took me a full day, but I still think I have to work on it so much: I would need some boxes that fits, new velvet hangers and of course the rest of the home decoration like plants, curtains and a rug. So home wishlist coming soon.

Firstly -I did my husband side: chest of drawers and the wardrobe and shift his clothes to Spring, but I did not decluttered anything – only a half pair of socks – as it is his own responsibility, so just asked him to do so 8-10 items.

Than I was worked on my own belongings: I have made my intentory I own 93 items without nighties, swimwear, underwear and loungewear, which can be much for a minimalist… I have figuered out my year arround basics and the seasonal items and for the first time I only decluttered a few, but I think I will have much more specially for the summer… but that can be a whole seperate post. I think I should check my clothes more frequentely an update according to the weather, so May again.

Then I made the other storages in the bedroom: under the bed and on the side of the bed and of course the window.

Xoxo,

 

Tide up your home- Outside

Hi lovelies,

The weather is still pretty bad, so I still have to skip the bedroom… I neither have a Spring feeling at all to be honest, even it is nearly April, by the time it will be posted it is.

So last week I did the entryway and our outside storage, as we most not really go out of the flat I did not have the opportunity to buy what we really need to the balconies or to the outside storage…

Our balcony opens from our bedroom, so I washed it all: the floor, window and the fence. We do have only a tiny pine tree on now so later on we should plant some flowers there.

In our entryway there are not some many things, as it is an L shape I just started the most inner side the built-in wardrobe. On the top we do store our luggages and some decoration stuffs, middle are the coats and suits, bottom shoes in their boxes, tools and the hoover. So check my outwear and some shoe collection coming soon… stay turned.

Before and my beautiful wedding dress below

 

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Then I have cleaned our shoe cupboard, mirror and the other small built-in storage too. I know we would need a bit more plants to decorate a bit, just yet we did not had time to. So I was washed the entry door too and tomorrow is the turn of the outsidestorage.

That was a big fail as it shelves have to be replaced and also to do a new door and lock, in addition most of the stuffs are belongs to my hubby, so I was unable to do it alone…

Finally bedroom coming up, so stay turned.

Xoxo,

 

 

 

 

March Low Buy Haul

Hi lovelies,

March here, which means that it is my third #lowbuy check and haul of 2020.

If you remember I have over spend a bit in February, but I do not mind I had to happend to be able to draw my attention and focus on my goals more. In this month I made an investment: I am going on a course to become an official TOUR GUIDE, so I have paid in once the fee of this license course, which will end in August/September. I know this business situation is not the best now, but I am positive and hoping the best as soon as possible.

This month , as we had to sent at home most of our time, I was deeply into my declutter and tide up serie, so I rather focused on items that I have already have and items that I can sell and of course I have listed a long (and expensive) home wishlist, which I will introduce you soon too.

So what about my budgeting?

Needs (50%) – as Covid-19 appeared in Hungary, most of the people went to shopping, which I wanted to be smart, but I am also stocking up a bit, so I send 17% more than I was budgeted as I had to cook a way much more than previously to avoid my husband going to stores and restaurants while he is working. Even if I am those lucky ones still having a job, we have losen most of our benefits which a hotel can offer…

Savings (20%) – so again my saving was lower, only 35% than what it should be as I had to make an investment in myself as it is above mentioned.

Wants (30%) – as the above mentioned things had happened I only sent 15% of my planned budget, just thrifted a jeans at Promod in the beginning of the  month: it is a mom jeans style in a light blue wash, called Marcel. Did purchased some macrame yarn to be able to make some plant holders. We have bought an air moisturizer too. (Halfly from gift card).

 

 

 

 

How Covid19 effect our life

Hi lovelies,

You might think you are young and strong it will not effect on you, but I think if you live in Europe or in America now it is time to stay home (if you can). Before you read, you ought to know that I am not a virologist, neither working in healthcare just an economist, who works as a Hotel Concierge. Since January it is our everyday life: meeting, smiling and greeting people from all over the World, while we are so anxious and worry about our health and work. We must not wear gloves, neither masks, write or post about it…

So what you can do?

1. Please follow the suggestions of WHO and your own government!
2. Take care of your personal hygienic
3. Do not understate or joke on other people’s fear.
4. If you are the one of those lucky ones, try to work from home. Even if I used to work from home last year a lot, now we cannot. In the last year in tourism we had lack of employees, so we tried to focus on the in-house guests and the last minute email requests, so I had to take home the rest and answer them during my free time, now we do not have anything to do…
5. Avoid contact with other people as much as you can, only go to grocery if it is really needed, do not use public transportation.
6. Help the elders around you, but in the meanwhile try to contact them less.
7. Try to consume less.
8. Plan your life at home- you have plenty of to do…
9. To save millions of jobs and the economy, please do not cancel, rather postpone, modify or accept gift cards for your future holidays.
10. Try to think of yourself, your lifestyle and change. You might be going to be a better person when it ends.

About Hospitality

Yeah we are again in a big crisis: in the end of the 2000s we had a similar issue that no one had the money to travel, then everything changed even people, who have never ever been a part of the global tourism started to travel and without experiences they had totally changed this industry. Their style and demand was totally different which we used to had, so we have adapted. We have adapted to a strange, self-focused world, where people (especially younger generations) did not evaluate others, where most of people wanted everything (nearly) free and went through on everyone else to aim their goals without thinking the emotional part.

So what I really want to ask:

Learn to appreciate the luxury of personal services. We are not human robots, also human beings, try to complaint less for trifles. Learn to smile, be kind and say thank you for a shop assistant, waiters, call centres etc.

Please appreciate what you already have and be more sustainable, try to buy less.

Discover you close family: talk, play games and if you have kids study together.

In the future think before you write review, it might hurt someone and they would had been solve it without the public. Do you leave a negative review, just because you wish to kicks? Let me explain what I mean: most of the service related negative comments are coming from offended humans, who do not write the whole story. This is an example: he was smoking in the room, while the hotel is strictly non-smoking and had several alarms from the room, so firstly he got a message „please avoid smoking in the room, next time we will charge 250 EUR penalty” next time reception calls him, he did not understand, furthermore he menaces the receptionist. At check-out he has to pay, of course he complaint, manager agree with the staff, he pas the penalty. Next morning, he writes on TripAdvisor saying the staff and the manager was rude, unprofessional and overcharged me…

Restudy skills: reading to the able to understand the terms and conditions, some finance: what is an authorization, what is advanced purchase etc. But you can study new things as well, learn languages or just read anything, handwork or just follow my cleaning routine.

For „influencers” please do not ask for free stays, you are totally degrading the service of other people. You might do not understand it, but I have never ever meet any influencer paying for an extra service of the hotel, where they stay for free: upgrade, extra meal or concierge services, but you do constantly asking for the Marketing Managers, who will ask the rest of the staff do the things for free: no commissions, no service charge and of course no tip. I know you do not understand what I mean, because you think you know everything from Google, you do not have the social background to know who is who in a hotel, that is why you do not even know that the real influencers just the locals right behind the desks, who suggests the personalised restaurants and programs for the tourists.

I do pray for a better World and so thankful for anyone works in healthcare or police  nowadays. I wish I could say at home for a few weeks too.

xoxo,

Tide up your home- Kitchen

Hi lovelies,

So I am keeping to continue my tiding up series with our kitchen. It is a pretty small only 7,9 qr. meter, but it look perfect and probably my favourite place of our small flat. So just in case if you fall in love with it (I know it is easy): the cabinets from IKEA (Bodbyn off white), tiles: Equipe Lisbon and white Chevron Wall, machines from Teka, diswasher is Bosch, while our fridge is LG. The dinning area: desk is vintage from my great grand mother, chairs are from IKEA.

Monday I was staring with the fridge inside and outside taking all the food out and cleaned it- after a night shift I did not had so much “feeling” or mood to do so I just finished it shortly.

Tuesday also the same situation, had too much work, so I just did the cabinets above and washed the window.

Wednesday the tiles and all the cabinets below…

Then only our built in pastry -counter situation left, for which I should to go to IKEA for some baskets to be finally cluttered, but as it is quite serious to stay at home so I try to keep it and left as it is, just a bit more cluttered…

See you next week…

Xoxo,

Tide up your home- Introduction

Hi lovelies,

Let’s the sun shine get in to your home and it is time to clean and clear your space like spring. Let’s do an entire and complete one for the new season. Yeah, I do declutteringregally, but these are usual tiny ones, let’s do it till Easter room by room and week by week. It is also a great idea to create some space for the upcoming shopping days…

Rules:

• try to do declutter all the unnecessariness, which are not related to the room function,
• keep the maybe files for an additional few days and rethink them at the end of each week,
• try to list what additional you would need to have in this room- shop those at the end of the whole process only,
• deep clean each room cap-a-tie,
• organize,
• do not forget to dominate, sell, give away or recycle.

First I will try to do the smaller or one function related rooms, but I will not start with our bedrooms as the weather will change rather in the middle of the month… 6 weeks challange is:

1: 24^th February till 1^rst March: Bathroom

2: 2^nd till 8^th March: Documents, Papers and Digital forms AKA further kid’s room

3: 9^th till 15^th March: Kitchen

4: 16^th till 22^nd March: Bedroom

5: 23^rd till 29^th March: Living room and common areas like entryway

6: 30^th March till 5^th April: Outside–  balcony, storage outside and the basement

I am going to update on Tuesdays regarding the previous weeks, let’s join me by linking your blog posts below.

Xoxo,

My financial habits- Savings

Hi lovelies,

I just want to update a few things on my budgeting in 2020 for you. I hope it will be a nice guideline and going to help you a bit. Usually I am writing about hauls, spending; make up, fashion and skincare. Yeah in a way I love to shop, but in 2020 I decided to buy less things , I cannot say it is a totally no buy year, because I know I have to update my closet in quality and we need still need some furniture to our flat.

I was always in the know of the financial independence, so even during college I was saving for my future flat in a fund, after graduation I did opened another one, so last year when we bought our flat we only had to get a loan for less than the 50% of the price of our flat.

As you have might read that I am considering at least 20% of my salary into savings, but it does not means that I have to spend all the rest of 80% monthly, like you can see it in my January Haul.  So now I try to make some funds and later on I will try to do some investments too, so this is my frugal side:

1. Retirement fund: I have been started to pay it 5 years ago, so this June I will have the opportunity to decide on if I am keep investing it or do I want to have it paid out, I think I am going to keep the money in and pay my ca. 35 EUR / month in.
2. Health fund: is also monthly collected, but I do have the opportunity to ask for bills after medicines, comfort shoes, private doctor etch. These 2 are having a tax back refund option.
3. Emergency fund: that is one of the most important to build up and now my focus on it and I think I will built it to my 2 000 EUR goal by July.
4. Holiday Fund: is a short term fund, where we do pay so EUR-s each month, because even we do have a lot of things to still buy to our flat and to pay back or loan but we do want to have some experiences, at least once in a year now.
5. Flat Fund: it is everything we wish to have in our flat,now our glass wall was on project, next is a TV screen (maybe Netflix, but no cable) and furniture to our living room (we only have an old coach). Later on we do want to have it as a fund to pay back our debt. Of course we will need to buy another flat or house, now our flat would be suitable for 3 persons only, maybe 4 if the 2 are little kids…
6. Investment Fund: Yeah it is not existing yet, but I am on the way of thinking that after reaching my 2 000 EUR Emergency fund goal, I am going to slow down a bit in it to built it to 3 000 EUR (it will be only a plan by the end of 2021) so it will have a bit of money to start an investment fund in a year.

Of course I am collecting the coins like last year, so many it will be enough for the next year Charity Bal too. We might need to save up for a new car so never knows…

Here is a good example for the US (I do not have credit cards, student and car loan):

If you wish to start I do suggest to first save up for a 1 000 EUR or USD as a base emergency fund and then start paying your debts off. Try to avoid negative credits on your credit card, personal loan or by items on a loan!

I hope it was helpful, how are you doing your financials?

Xoxo,