Back in debt but not out

Afternoon,

DH did the ironing, which is good as I try and avoid doing it.

Took DD to Tescos and got bits we needed but forgot carrots.

Wrapped DS's presents, so that's a job done. I just need to write his card out.

Cottage pie nearly done, DH & kids getting carrots for me, this is for Thursday. Bolognese nearly done, need a carrot to grate in to the sauce then I can assemble for dinner tonight.

Washing up done, dishwasher refilled.

Listening to Planet Rock and trying to figure out meals for next week and the week after.

July is just around the corner and I need to make proper headway this month in particular due to various things that I mentioned in an earlier post but will put down again here so I know where they are:

* DD's Prom - 7th July
* Nephew & family over - 1st July
* Need to order DD's uniform for secondary school
* Buy DD's birthday presents for her birthday in August
* Gas and electric bills are due
* My car is booked in at the garage to have an error message looked at - 8th July

DD's presents I can buy with July's pay, so I'm not overly bothered too much about that one. The main ones are the uniform and the gas and electric bills.

So moving on to July.

Things have gone well for the past few months financially since we moved, neither of us knows why or how, so I'm trying not to dwell too much on it. Something is working

Things I need to do to keep us going:

* Meal plan - this is going good so far
* Keep an eye on the bank account daily - this is working
* Update spreadsheet regularly - not doing this much
* Limit to £10 pw allowance again - failed on this one this month
* Reduce alcohol during the week - not doing to bad but could be improved
* Lunches to work - need to improve on this one
* Reduce grocery spends - we spent far too much on this
* Avoid the pub - this is going well, just need to tweak it some more.

Personal things I want to achieve in July:
* Get decent sleep - work in progress
* Limit online time - this is creeping up and I need to back off a bit
* Read more - been neglecting this one
* Dye my hair - I look like a witch, especially with my Vitiligo!
* Spend more time with the kids - when they allow me :rotfl:
* Have some quality 'me' time
* Find a job closer to home - work in progress this one

Some fairly decent goals there I think and ones that I may hopefully be able to achieve. My thinking is that if I can get myself organised and happy, then everything else will fall in to place, at the moment I'm happy but not happier. A kind of personal LBM.

hugglemonster wrote: »

HI, Glad everything is working out for you and those plans sound fantastic, any idea where you want to go on your little holiday?


Your time with kids and time for yourself are my main goals at the minute, life takes up far too much of other things and these get neglected first in my my home.


Hope you're all well, H x

Hi Huggle,

Not too sure, DH has big plans but we'll see :rotfl:

We're good thanks, how's you? Xx