Mariagti's Bargin hunting, Save for a deposit & start a family diary!

wendz86

Oh dear that is a lot of expenses, cars are expensive things aren't they! Good job you have money saved. I am going to have to borrow again from my dad if theres anything wrong with mine.

hope you are ok!

mariagti

Morning,

Yes big spends coming my way! I would be rich if i didnt have a car or small engined one. :rolleyes:

The flat searching got put on hold as the flat we liked someone esle nabbed because we were taking too long to get the deposit together! Its my fault i need a full time job then we would be OK. As my savings that i have saved up since buying the car are now going to be spend on servcing the car.

Then theres my OH he sold that BMW and went and bought a CAT C Golf GTI 55 plate from a insurance write off company only £1200, its got wing,bonnet and door damage. But it also has damage to the drivers wheel area which is making the wheel poke out. He has looked over it and thinks his knows whats wrong and how to fix it. His plan is to buy all these parts off ebay fix it up and put it back on the road. YET AGAIN ANOTHER PLAN OF HIS!!!! Now i just shut up and keep quiet when he has these great plans as we only argue.

Like i said i wish we had both had no interest in cars at all as there all we spend our money on.

At the begining of the week i ordered a £10 Debenehams voucher from shopandscan, i hope it comes as my Next voucher never turned up!!

Next week at work a collegue is off so im taking on her extra hours the 4 days she is off so a bit of extra money coming my way again.

The dentist couldnt fit me in until next Thursday to have my filling filed down a bit!! So ive got to put up with it sticking into my cheek for a week now1

mariagti

Morning,

My voucher came yesterday

We didnt end up going to the cinema, instead we fixed the splitter on my car with a bit of plastic bond. I called renault and they wanted £150 for a splitter....a little bit of plastic!!! So we just bodged it, it dont look too bad. More importantly i saved £150!!

I did have a spend yesterday £5 on KFC...i havent eaten from a fastfood place since my food poisioning! So it was a treat for me.:rolleyes:

Im not sure what im doing today, the weather looks a bit dull atm buts its only early.

I spent some of my birthday money on Liz Earle products for my face cost me £42. Ive only been using it for 3 days and can already see a difference in my skin, im very happy with it so far. I just hope that the bottles last a couple of months as its expenisve!

wendz86

hi,

Glad your voucher came!

Hope you manage to get some deposit money for a flat soon.

mariagti

Perhaps i spoke too soon on the Liz Earle skin products, my skin is awful!!!! I dont think its the new products though i think its just my rubbish spotty skin.

My spotty skin brings me down so much, spots control my life in every way and im sick of it and theres nothing i can do ive tried everything. The only thing that worked was sunbeds but i wont use these now because of skin cancer. Im 26 and there no better now from when i was 15, ive been put on different pills and lotions but still they come back again and again.

I didnt even want to go into work today its that bad, i spent the whole day trying to avoid people and avoiding eye contact.

They make me feel young and worthless. Which is why i stay in this $hite cleaning job when i could do so much better.

RANT OVER!!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

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Hi Maria
I tried Liz Earle products and lasted a day as I took a reaction to it :eek: I have extremely sensitive skin and I think things that are too natural like Liz Earle, Origins and even Boots Botanics all have too many "natural" ingredients as they all make my skin break out and it goes all puffy and blotchy as well. I use Clinique now and it seems to be one of the only things I can use without any irritation.

I hope you manage to find something that will help clear up your skin. I don't have acne but I do get breakouts every so often and I am 31! Clinique's anti blemish solutions are really good I use their concealer when I take a breakout and it does help.

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mariagti

oh did you palema??? I tried boots botanics once and had a reaction to that too!!! i didnt reaklise until the liz earle came that it was made from the same type of ingredients! I have never tried Clinique before because of the price. but i may give it a go as id pay anything to have my skin clear!

Ive have been doing extra hours in the mornings this week so looking forward to extra money in next weeks pay.

This morning on the way to work a engine management light came on on my dash i thought i was going to explode with anger!!!:mad: i was swearing at the car and allsorts. I had my OH telling me id probably nackered a 6k car thats only done 20k miles etc etc. When i got home from work i looked in my handbook and its just a exhaust gas warning light, meaning the sensor on my exhaust is nackered. Nothing to worry about really, easy cheap fix.

Then straight after work i had the dentist, she filed down my filling and now its soooo much better! Ah i cant believe i put up with it sticking in my cheek for a week! Its only took a minute to fix,im sure she could of booked me in earlier! At least thats fixed now, although its a bit sensistive when i drink cold drinks.

Coz ive been feeling a bit down in the dumps i popped to Asda and the retail park with my mum to stock up on some chocolate to make me feel better.:rolleyes: i ended up spending:

£15 Boots - mouthwash, shampoo, conditoner, face wipes, CUTE little recycled green lunch bag, oil absorbing sheets. (used a voucher for the wipes)

£8 Asda (after using £4 LV's) on a cute top, chewing gum, M&M's, vitamins

£18 Next- Trousers But i used my next vouchers for these so FREE!!!

Total spend: £23!!!!!

Thank goodness its friday 2morrow!!!!! phew.

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mariagti wrote: »

oh did you palema??? I tried boots botanics once and had a reaction to that too!!! i didnt reaklise until the liz earle came that it was made from the same type of ingredients! I have never tried Clinique before because of the price. but i may give it a go as id pay anything to have my skin clear!

Maria
Try going into Boots or another store that sell Clinique, they will do a free skin type test and advise on the products best suited for you. If you tell them you would like to try the products before you buy, they are pretty good at giving you testers to take away and try. I like the bonus gifts they quite often have if you buy two skin products as I make up presents from them!
I hope you get on OK
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mariagti

Cheers Palema, I think i will visit the Clinique counter for advice and freebies see what they say. Then i will buy off of Ebay instead!

Although saying that my skin is looking much better today, TMI warning....today its that time of the month got me which i wasnt expecting. So that will explain why ive been feeling a bit down, stressed and spotty!

xHayles84x

Awww - I hate that time of the month, men get off so lightly don't they?! I hope you feel better soon chick, do you have anything nice planned for the weekend?

Well done for treating yourself yesterday, your so good at not going out spending, wish i was more like you. Least then when i did go out spending i'd appreciate it a bit more.

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