Ready to do it all over again ...

Unfortunately not Kitten, most of what I've done today wasn't even on my list

Ds earns £23 a week from his paper-round, he gives me £10 to put away in his savings account and he has been saving the rest as he wanted something for his computer game. On ebay they go for roughly £140-£160 second-hand :eek: However, as long as he saves the money he can spend it on it if that's what he wants. So, he's been saving for a while, and we did bid on a couple but they got above £150 so we stopped. Then everything happened at school last month so I told him we wouldn't be bidding for a while. He has continued saving his money, he got up to £165, and today I agreed we could bid again. So, he only went and won the item for £99.50 including postage :money: He is so, so chuffed and is already planning what he can put the remaining money towards. He said there is nothing he particularly wants at the moment so he'll carry on saving again. I'm pleased for him and pleased with his attitude too, he literally hasn't spent a penny of his paper-round money since Christmas

Well the mooching in the garden has happened but none of the rest of the plans. Mum came round this morning, so that was spent in the garden, then ds announced that none of his shorts from last year fit anymore (he has grown loads recently), so we've been shopping and got 2 x shorts (£25), a pair of sunglasses (£12), hayfever tablets (£5), trainer socks (£6), a drink (£1.25), some bits and pieces in £land (£13) which included 110 finish dishwasher tablets for £8 which was a bargain Altogether though a lot more money than I'd banked on spending today

Quite a productive day so far, we've emptied Mums garage, theres just two boxes left indoors at hers. We've also cleaned the car inside and out (saving £16 on the valeting place I normally use :money: ), I've also binned tonnes of paperwork although there's still quite a way to go with that job.

Time for a list up date;

[STRIKE]Prep and freeze parsnips[/STRIKE] DONE
[STRIKE]Clean the car - inside and out[/STRIKE] DONE
Bring in suitcase & box of clothes from garage and unpack
[STRIKE]Another trip to the tip[/STRIKE] DONE
[STRIKE]Mattress to the tip[/STRIKE]DONE
Single mattress to Mums garage
Make new filing system for new house stuff
[STRIKE]Empty any of our stuff from Mums garage[/STRIKE] DONE
Plan for a car boot sale
Clean windows / Find window cleaner for conservatory
Buy a bin for the bathroom
Buy double plug sockets for bedrooms
[STRIKE]Join clicksnap[/STRIKE] DONE
[STRIKE]Text ex-Mil[/STRIKE] DONE
Call hospital and chase ds appointment
Buy a home phone
Ironing
Laminate new mortgage chart
Pay in cheques
Cash in scratchcard
Post 2 x letters
[STRIKE]Pay ground rent portion from flat[/STRIKE] DONE
Set up new dd (halifax account)
Complete change of address stuff

My tesco shopping is delivered and put away already, however I'm not quite sure what I was up to when I did the order, I've got 6 x 2 litre bottles of fizzy drinks, 6 bottles of water (clicksnap offer though) and a large bottle of squash and hardly any food I say hardly any food, there is plenty of meat (lamb, beef, minced beef and salmon en croute) for dinners but hardly anything else, no bread, milk,cheese
Hmm, I think someone wasn't really concentrating there, I didn't even order any chocolate which is unheard of for me So, looks like I'll be popping into Aldi later for a few bits

Thanks Squirrel, I am chilling regularly, and it's making me feel more relaxed knowing I'm getting jobs done and getting the house sorted if that makes sense

So far today I have gutted all my paperwork and put most of the old stuff in one big box at the top of my wardrobe, my box file is now set up for new paperwork stuff for the new house, so that has helped me feel more in control. I have a small pile left which is stuff that needs actioning in some way.

I have changed my address online with a couple more places (Tesco clubcard etc). Ds and I have taken Mums mattress back to hers and we have tidied the garage up a bit, we have got all the unpacked boxes into the garden and I'm trying to slowly work my way through them.

The ironing is still not done but am sure it can wait a bit longer