Dalyan – 16th & 17th February

On Monday 16th February I had a bit of a word with myself and decided I was sometimes doing things that weren’t essential for earning me money with Resort Experts or selling/writing my books. I’d been given a free course from Lisa Johnson ages ago and never got round to actually doing it. When I spoke to a friend who also works online, she was in the same boat. We decided to start the Fabulous Foundations course and actually do something about it this time. I logged in to it and found the password still worked and we set up time to do it later this week. It was cold, rainy and set to get even colder tomorrow so it would give me the perfect opportunity to crack on and do something useful. As I’d decided to say yes to more travel in 2026, I needed to do something to create more passive income.
More places became flooded in Dalyan, we had a couple of power cuts and the Denizkızı ferry got suspended because the road to it, was flooded. We received weather warnings that tomorrow and Wednesday would be worse too. After working straight through until 3.30pm without a break, I decided to chance a walk to the shop to get the things I couldn’t get yesterday, plus a couple of cheap treats. Here’s what I bought, prices in lira;

Migros Supermarket
Pasta 27.96
Peppers 32.89
Bananas 37.59
Haribo sour jellies 39.95
A 4 finger Dido bar 44.95
Mushrooms 84.95

Total spent 268.29 lira (£4.55)

It was very blustery out and when I got back I realised I was tired and had not had much water. I rehydrated, did more work then made a Slimming World style pizza made from a wrap for my dinner. It was really nice and I’d added leftover chicken to it which was a great idea.

Gratitude List
1. The Lisa Johnson Fabulous Foundations course was still accessible to me
2. Shopping before the storms came back
3. Slimming World dinner.

I almost forgot what day it was on Tuesday 17th February. I did know it was just 4 days until Captain Caveman arrived and, although it would only be a month since I last saw him, I’d missed him. I worked all day, it was rainy outside so I didn’t leave the apartment which meant it was also a zero spend day.
It was after 8pm when I finally made dinner which was pancakes for Shrove Tuesday; 1 plain and 1 with cherry jam. Tomorrow was Fat Club so this didn’t bode well for my weigh in results.

Gratitude List
1. Counting down to seeing Captain Caveman after 35 days apart
2. Zero spend day
3. Pancake Day.