Bye bye car - Edited

 The courtesy car arrived yesterday morning, it's very nice - an MG SUV with just 11,000 miles on the clock.  It's certainly much nicer than any car we've had for a lot of years, and nicer than anything we'll be able to afford in replacement.  So we'll enjoy it whilst we've got it.  It's keyless, which we've never had before, so I made sure the deliveryman showed husband exactly how to operate it, and husband sat in it and started it up whilst the chap was still there - I was worried that the guy would drive off and husband wouldn't know how to even open the door, let alone drive it!

However, the garage people coming to collect our car, having told husband that they'd be coming in the morning around 11 am, didn't then turn up until about 5.30 pm.  No phone calls to let us know about the delay, husband had to ring them twice.  Still, it's gone now and I suspect we won't be seeing that car again - in fact the garage person said as much.  So, once we are told how much the insurers are paying us, we'll be looking for another car, which bores the pants off me and frustrates me in equal measures.  When you have only limited funds and can only get a relatively old car, it's such a blimmin lottery, the potential for problems with the car is huge.  And as I'm not remotely interested in cars anyway, it makes it even more challenging, especially with husband's cognitive problems.  I'm not looking forward to it at all - dreading it actually.

Jane and HH, you're both so right, husband is definitely more anxious and confused than usual and keeps doing stuff he thinks is helping, but it's the opposite, it's just making things more stressful for me when I have to keep either explaining things to him, or dealing with the fallout of his actions.  I know he can't help it, but boy is it frustrating!  As an example, I could ask him the same question 3x within the space of an hour or so, and he'll give me a different answer every time.  His recollection of things that others tell him is very sketchy too, and also changes all the time.  I'm sure the situation with the car has affected him a lot....hopefully he'll improve once it's all settled and we have another car.

I'm doing well with keeping the food shopping spend low, I've spent about half of what I usually do so far.  Mind you, it helps that we've been given a lot of home grown produce by neighbours, and we have our own home grown apples, although not nearly as many as last year.

EDIT

 For those of you who said they knew of people who had bought back written off cars, done them up and either kept or resold them - that's not happening here.  Husband, at his age and with his health problems, is in no fit state to do that, and I don't want all the hassle (he wouldn't be able to deal with all the admin stuff on his own, never mind the sourcing parts/doing the car up).  The car really isn't worth it anyway - it was falling to bits before the accident, and kept getting random warning lights coming up on the dashboard again.  I shall be glad to be shot of it.