My new 'no spending/get myself organised' diary

pixiechick99

I've now listed 3 DS games and 1 wii game on ebay/Amazon for E and a Kym Ryder exercise dvd of mine, that I probably never did and definitely never will!! (I think I hope that just buying them will help me get fit;) )

So, pleased I've done the games for her, all buy-it-nows so hopefully will make her some pocket money quickly.

Haven't done the meal plan yet - think I'll go sit in the lounge and do that:D

pixiechick99

next week's meal plan is all done - and shopping list written. Don't need as much as I expected, finding it great using a meal plan, if I didn't I'd have trotted off to T's tomorrow and bought tons. As it is I can use lots of bits from freezer and still not need to buy too much.

Juts having some M+S crispbakes from the freezer for my tea, with spaghetti hoops;) Yum...!! Not much on tv so will probably end up mooching about on pc all evening:D

The_Dragon

Just a quick question - what do your girls do that cost £170 per month and does their Dad not help towards any of this?

pixiechick99

The_Dragon wrote: »

Just a quick question - what do your girls do that cost £170 per month and does their Dad not help towards any of this?

Luckily it's not £170 a month - it's just landed so they're all due at same time. Both of them do gym club that costs £80 for the course, which will run til Easter now. E does guitar lessons, again a 10week course for £40 so til Easter. She also does Brownies, £20 which is for 2 terms so will next be due after Easter and both go to cheerleading which is £35 I think for this half term, not cheap but they are lucky and go to 2 groups a week as they are the ones that get thrown around and get extra practise for nothing.

It is a lot I know, but they love them all and I don't want to discourage the sportiness bit. E loves the guitar lessons, she's getting good now so a shame to stop. Their dear father used to go halves with me but right now it's like getting blood out of a stone:mad: I have only had £100 maintenance since he lost his job in Aug...it's hopeless. I know the clubs are a lot, but I can afford it, just, even tho I'd rather have the money!! E will leave Brownies in the summer as she'll be 10 then, I won't encourage her to go to guides:eek:

Keeping_Motivated

Milly if ex thought you were going to cut down or stop the clubs would he then put his hand in his pocket? Maybe he just knows you are reliable and will make sure the girls have everything so he lets you? Is he ashamed when he says he can't give you any money?

pixiechick99

Keeping_Motivated wrote: »

Milly if ex thought you were going to cut down or stop the clubs would he then put his hand in his pocket? Maybe he just knows you are reliable and will make sure the girls have everything so he lets you? Is he ashamed when he says he can't give you any money?

Ashamed??!! I don't think so!! He gave me £20 today - mind you he owes me £27 for a ds game I bought him to give eldest for Xmas, when I gave it to him on Xmas eve so he could give it to her he said he had no money!!
He says he's goin to give me some more tomorrow as his mum helping him out....*sigh* at age 36 you'd think he wouldn't need mum....;) He's moving out of the expensive flat he shares with girlfriend as they can't afford it....funny, I could have told him that when they moved in they couldn't keep it up:rolleyes:

Funny how things work out though....I'm all settled, with a little spare money each month, a lovely home, job etc etc...oh and 2 fab kids....but he got himself into this;)

beanielou

Men eh.
They dont seem to get it at all.

Sweetpeanut

:hello::hello:HIYA, JUST READING YOUR DIARY, YOUR EX-OH, SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD CATCH, 36, STILL AT HOME, NO JOB,& £27 GAME FOR YOUR DD, FOR XMAS, HIS GIRLFRIEND MUST BE SO PROUD OF HIM:rotfl::rotfl:, YOUR WELL RID!!!!!!!! WELL DONE YOU:D:D:D . TAKE CARE, GOTTA RUN C S I, JUST STARTED xxx

pixiechick99

Sweetpeanut wrote: »

:hello::hello:HIYA, JUST READING YOUR DIARY, YOUR EX-OH, SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD CATCH, 36, STILL AT HOME, NO JOB,& £27 GAME FOR YOUR DD, FOR XMAS, HIS GIRLFRIEND MUST BE SO PROUD OF HIM:rotfl::rotfl:, YOUR WELL RID!!!!!!!! WELL DONE YOU:D:D:D . TAKE CARE, GOTTA RUN C S I, JUST STARTED xxx

:rotfl: Hahahaah thank you, made me smile!!
And he's not even living at home with his family...they're going to go live with her mum Then he'll take my kids to his mum's every other weekend (only 10mins from where I live, he lives 1 1/2 hrs away)

What a catch indeed:rotfl: :rotfl:

pixiechick99

beanielou wrote: »

Men eh.
They dont seem to get it at all.

Nope, doesn't get it at all, you're right. Everyone else gets that dad should help mum pay for raising the 2 kids...but does dad??!!!! Ohno!!!