Feeling unprepped and inadequate

[Prepper1]

I think most people here in the u.k. are in the same boat, I.e. little money and lots of things to buy with it.
Same as N.R. I try to get things to serve a dual purpose. AND I'm always looking on gumtree and freecycle for freebies or cheap stuff.
Like with my boat trailer I'm retro fitting for prepping, It cost me £40 quid. It was advertised at £60 but had been there for a few weeks so I offered £40 and he accepted. so with the red oxide( £20 for 5 liters off ebay and I've got loads left for other projects) and a wire brush ( 3.00 off ebay again, its a ultra heavy duty one and still looks new even though I've done the whole trailer with it), two new brake rods £5 with free shipping, 4.00 for a joining nut, free postage, and a handbrake for 3.00 and £10 for a light board. when I buy the wood for the bottom it'll probably have cost about £100 quid all in maybe £150
Bit of a big layout but it's 16 foot long and 6 foot wide so its worth its weight in gold as I can also use it like N.R's van for picking up bulky stuff which again saves on delivery costs, and its great for my preps as I could probably put the whole house on it if I needed to bug out anywhere. Like a lot of things if you look around first instead of buying the first thing you see, you can save a small fortune.
for example a new set of brake shoes for my trailer are advertised at £ 60 a set NOT including postage!!! So a bit of research after looking at the wheels and thinking "they look like moggy wheels to me" found that because its a late 50's early 60's trailer, It does indeed use morris 1000 wheels and brakes, these being available on ebay for £16.00 and FREE postage thereby saving me £45 quid!!!
I've lost count of the times I've had to fix my car with no money and had to improvise a fix for free, often utilizing some of the wifes cutlery or some other household item...household repairs that would cost a fortune if you'd had somebody out to do them do them yourself or in my case landlord that cant be arsed doing it.... anyway I try and do everything myself if I can, or with my two boys help, sometimes the wife, the old saying that knowledge is power is certainly true in that regard and the sense of pride you get from doing something for yourself AND knowing you've saved a small fortune is great.

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P.s. don't tell the wife about the cutlery and other assorted bits from the house that go missing.... I blame the kids...