children, cross-stitch and chocolate. Chickywiggles debt-free diary

Sunday 28th August

ohhh jeeeezzzz what a day!!!! (see here for more info)

but money wise......

Earnt: £10 (selling a perfume I won't wear)

Spent:

Food shopping = £0/ £4025 (still need: bread, bananas, coca-cola)
Baby shopping = £0/ £20 (still need a bit of food, a spare milk powder and maybe a pack of nappies)
Other essential shopping (cleaning products etc) = £7/ £10


Random = £9.70/ £3029.50 (still need a couple of bedside tables - £7.99 each - and a new back door mat)
Days out = £0/ £20


meals out/ takeaways = £0/ £20
Clothes = £0/ £0
Presents (birthday/ Christmas) = £14.55/ £20 (if I see anything)

Total spent: £31.25 + £1 off my personal money
Total available to spend = £113.25 (plus my £99 personal money)


How did this break down:
A FABBY trip to a car boot sale (£4.70):
a brand new mousetrap board game - £1.50
Mr POP board game - 50p
Junior scrabble (as new) - 20p
giggle catterpiller game - 50p
2 twilight books - 50p each (£1)
6 x Famous five books - £1

Home bargains
2 x large plastic storage buckets - £3.99 each (£7.98)
washing stain remover powder - £1.89
fabric conditioner - 89p
toilet rolls - just under £4

E-bay 2nd hand thomas the tank trains for birthday (£14.45).
milk tanker
paint tanker
firework car and brendom docks cap truck
2 x zoo cars


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Update: £1.70 + £2p&p used from my personal money on christmas card making stuff.

personal total now £95.30/ £100

Tuesday 30th August

Hubby's "how much can we spend in one day" day

Earnt: £0

Spent:

Food shopping = £6.55/ £40 £25 (just bananas to get)
Baby shopping = £0/ -£0.13 (nothing now needed)
Other essential shopping (cleaning products etc) = £0/ £10 3


Random = £51.05/ £30 29.50 19.80 £14.40 -£36.65 (nothing needed)
Days out = £10/ £20


meals out/ takeaways = £13.29/ £20 (+ £20 leisure vouchers used)
Clothes = £0/ £0
Presents (birthday/ Christmas) = £3.65/ £20 5.45 -£8.69 (doing well at the pressie stash...

Total spent: £81.54
Total available to spend = -£7.96 (plus my £78 personal money)


How did this break down:

Wilkinsons
masking tape - £1.30
various screws etc to fix back gate - £3.09
rail and fixings for boys wardrobe - £4.27
drinks - £2
door mat - £3

Total: £13.66

Argos
Curtains - £23.19
5 various cushions - £13.95

Total: £37.14

Pizza Hut

£20 leisure vouchers
£11.29 to pay.

Swimming

£10

ASDA

Essential food (coke, bread, pizza) - £6.55
other food - £2.22



Thomas train not included on yesterdays total: £1.60

Trains bought today to put away for christmas/ birthday: £2.05

Thursday 1st September (only 115 sleeps till christmas)
Had to get toddler wiggle some jogging bottoms for his potty training (discovered all his trousers have a button and need a belt which is making it awkward) £6 (for 2). And tinywiggle is getting cold at night despite a growbag he still manages to pull his covers off so £15 later (OUCH!!) he is now the proud owner of 2 padded babygrows... i the next size up for maximum usage.

Popped to the new poundland (it opened today would be rude not to). Got 2 cars 2 pencil cases to put the cars pressies in I got for birthdays. A pair of socks for hubby for christmas. A wipeclean/ reusable reward chart for toddlerwiggle and a pack of hughmungus chewits to keep him quiet on the tram. (£5)

Had an hour to kill waiting for hubby to finish work so took him to a play centre to burn off energy. (£2.50 + £1.50 drink/ choccy)

Paid out of my 'personal money' so as not to negative any further.

Total money spent: £30.

So new breakdown:

Earnt: 0

Spent:

Food shopping = £0/ £18.45
Baby shopping = £0/ -£0.13
Other essential shopping (cleaning products etc) = £0/ £3


Random = £0/ -£87.70
Days out = £0/ £10


meals out/ takeaways = £0/ £6.71
Clothes = £0/ £0
Presents (birthday/ Christmas) = £0/ -£12.34 (£14.83 from personal money)

Total spent: £30 personal
Total available to spend = -£7.96 (plus my £33.17 personal money)

Rather an expensive week, but the house defo looks better for it.

I've missed a few £ here and there while adding up so the below totals do not equal the above added up (but aren't far off).

Am impressed at only coming in £25 over budget - it woud have been more but I used personal money. When I have worked out what is left from the loan (which I should be able to do now) I think I will refund myself for the house stuff.

Earnt this week:

£1.61 Asda voucher (due to another supermarket being cheaper)
£30 leisure voucher's recievd from consumer pulse.
£10 selling a perfume I won't wear
£10 paypal payment from "my surveys/ lightspeed"


Cash Expenditure:


Food shopping = £32.55 (target £40)

Baby shopping = £20.13 (target £20)

Other essential shopping (cleaning products etc) = £7 (target £10)

Random = £66.55 (£30 target)

1 Family Trips (Swimming) = £10 (£20 target)

2 meals out/ takeaways = £15.79 (£20 target)

Clothes = £0 (Target £0)

Presents (birthday) = £32.34 ( £20 target)

TOTAL: £184.86 (£160 Target)
Overspend: £24.46

Vouchers or points used:

£20 Leisure Vouchers used towards meal out.


Didn't really stick to the meal plan but didn't actually buy anything to compensate (just found other stuff in the freezer).

Saturday 3rd September

Woo what a scorcher today was, just minimal spends.

Trip to the post office meant a trip next door to a burger chain for ice cream (£2.30 i think)

while making sandwiches for our picnic realised just how short we were in the fridge so a stop off at ASDA for essentials (£11) hopefully thats it for this week (except milk which will need replacing when finished)

needed a couple of DVD wallets for DS1's disks so £1 spent there.

Earnt today (actually recieved not just ordered):

£10 Leisure voucher (consumer pulse)



Cash Expenditure:


Food shopping = £11/£20
Baby shopping = 0/£20
Other essential shopping (cleaning products etc) = 0/£0


Random = £1/£30
Days out = 0/£20


meals out/ takeaways = £2.30/£20
Clothes = 0/£0
Presents (birthday/ Christmas) = 0/£20 (if I see anything)


Personal money = 0/£30


Vouchers or points used:

0


Wins today (actually recieved not just notified):

0