Real Life, Dating and Money!

:eek:So the big weekend is done!

It was busy, a learning curve and lovely.

So totally spent on food - £81.94 :eek:

The good news is I have food for today. Two portions of a dinner in the freezer, two portions of soup, I think I have chillie and with the left over veg I am going to make potato and leek soup. Yum that can be my lunch for next week. I might make a challenge of only spending £10 on food next week.

I'm also strongly considering giving up coffee shops for a month - I've overdone them and stopped appreciating them. A month without then would do me some good. I can have coffee but only from home. I only use it because it is there and I feel like I deserve it....I don't! I work hard but I don't need to treat myself by spending money. Also it's only a year till my big trip and I need to start paying that off. So the £35 or whatever I spend in them can either go towards my overdraft or my BIG trip!

So today I've been naughty and bought a cake and a coffee. I needed some chill time and to get out of the flat.
I also bought a present for my housemate for letting me use her room £5 and then some butter beans (to give soup more protein) and an onion for the soup.

Today I feel a little overwhelmed with the weekend but some exercise and chatting will do me some good tonight!

I also got the money back for the presents £27 - in total I spent £16 so that's £11 saved! I did spend the money else where but I felt happier for spending it there. More worthwhile. I'm just waiting for the money back from the dress I sent back...like £60!

Ramblings over!

Hey Taff

It's called Spending Tracker. I think the lite version is free on iTunes and then for the full version it's a reasonable one off payment. I personally love it and keeps me knowing what I'm spending

First day in bloomin ages that has been a NSD - I can't believe it! Had to stop myself needing to buy something ~10x though. It's funny I wonder if I'm trying to spend money to fill a gap? Who knows but I'm on it.

I did use my phone app to get a free coffee and got two loyalty stamps as well. Looked in my purse and I have loads of loyalty cards that are full so should be able to get a few free coffee's which is good!

Get paid from my second job this week so need to have a long hard think how I'm going to spend it.

Hello,
So had to spend a little today

£3.50 - travel
I pay this once a week to go and exercise. I could do it on my own but the feeling I get afterwards is priceless so I see it as a little investment for my health. I do use my rail card so one day this will increase to £5 but baring in mind I don't have a gym membership anymore - I'll pay it.

£1.00 - food for work
I'm not sure whether to put this down as my weekly shop as technically it's food I haven't bought or put it in a food for work section. Currently I put it under 'eating on the go' as that isn't really right.

£2.50 - top up shop
Got some eggs, milk and bananas from the shops.

Realized today inregards to good shopping it's a 5 week month and I've only budgeted for 4. Hopefully this week should be ok, I've got lunch and dinner the rest of this week. Currently I've only spent £3 on food this week so would be great if I could get it down to £10! That would be a £20 saving. But not forgetting about my massive overspend last week.


Busy working and volunteering this weekend so will be a cheapie.

Hello

So this has been a really long week. Been stressful but interesting none the less. Had a spend day - I woke up this morning at 4am. Think work and money have been on my mind and that always happens.

So today spent around £3 on food for next week, £3 on treats, £2 on a coffee, £2.00 food and treats for work,

So all tiny spends but they all add up. I think because I've had a tough week and a tough day I was doing lots of little spends to make me feel better. Basically stress eating and spending.

Last week I spent ~£5 on food which I'm proud of! Next week I'm aiming to spend no more than £12. I have two meals in the freezer and endless amounts of soup! I also have beans which is good.

I also paid £30 off my credit card so it's now down to ~£120! I also put £100 into my emergency account. It's now up to £500!

So here is to a cheap weekend and no stress eating!