A Mummy to be's debt free diary!

carkeyz

Hey NJK!

We have signed up to everything we can Even went driving round today picking up all our freebies and vouchers off ect! Got lots of freebies and the cutest, smallest pot of sudocream I have ever seen lol!

So I guess thats my DFW thing for the day! Clothes wise I have made a list and we have been mainly buying baby grows as I know grandparents especially are already buying outfits! But obv we cant resist some things, also havent been buying loads in mothercare and expensive places like that spent 20 quid in asda today on bits and got 5 baby grows a shawl a gorgeous little outfit a sleep bag and a changing mat!
We have been really lucky as SIL had a baby girl - we are having a girl btw - in Dec 07 so we are getting loads of hand me downs clothes wise and a few friends have recently had girls in the last year or so and we have got 3 bin bags of clothes 0-3 and 3-6 and 6-9 months to go through yet!

Off topic a bit I have made a Home organiser tonight I got the idea off the other boards and am in love!
Even have little to do lists for each day tomorrows is:
Do shopping for week - sticking to list for meal plan for week ect
Do my weekly clean in house
Tick items of princesses list of things to buy that we have got/think about what we still need
List items on ebay and dig around flat for more stuff to sell
Get OH to sort out the underside of the Golf - its poorley!

Also having dinner at mum and dads tomorrow so have saved on food there - the cheek I know!

xx

carkeyz

Afternoon!
I sat up surfing MSE until 2am and cause of that didnt wake up till 12! Wont be doing that once baby comes! I was annoyed though as have lots to do before going to mums tonight, doesnt include sitting on here again but hey its better than spending money!
Went to sainsburys to do my weekly shop sticking to my meal plan, and still popping in a few extras and through looking for deals spent £40 less than I budgeted for! WOAH!
Also literally bought everything I need for the week so untill friday every day should be a No Spend Day! Other than the contents insurance going out on DD throughout the week:
SO list of things to do today now:
[STRIKE]Shopping for week - sticking to meal plan[/STRIKE] SAVED £40!
Weekly Cleaning - tidy flat up ready for brand spanking new week
Tick items of princess list that we have bought yesterday!
List items on ebay
Make lunch for tomorrow
If we have time get billy to look at underside of golf van
Look into daily clicks ect and start doing them - even make a rota if I have to and get Billy in on it so we can double our clicking finger power!

So far so good eh

x

carkeyz

[STRIKE]Shopping for week - sticking to meal plan[/STRIKE] SAVED £40!
Weekly Cleaning - tidy flat up ready for brand spanking new week
[strike] Tick items of princess list that we have bought yesterday![/strike]
List items on ebay
Make lunch for tomorrow
If we have time get billy to look at underside of golf van
Look into daily clicks ect and start doing them - even make a rota if I have to and get Billy in on it so we can double our clicking finger power!

And the cleaning is half done Ive hoovered the living room and cleaned the bathroom

Got to stop having sit down breaks and sitting on here for 20 mins at a time though
x

carkeyz

[STRIKE]Shopping for week - sticking to meal plan[/STRIKE] SAVED £40!
[strike] Weekly Cleaning - tidy flat up ready for brand spanking new week[/strike]
[STRIKE] Tick items of princess list that we have bought yesterday![/STRIKE]
List items on ebay - am trying but it wont let me log on hmmm
Make lunch for tomorrow
If we have time get billy to look at underside of golf van
Look into daily clicks ect and start doing them - even make a rota if I have to and get Billy in on it so we can double our clicking finger power!

xx

carkeyz

[strike]Shopping for week - sticking to meal plan[/strike] SAVED £40!
[STRIKE] Weekly Cleaning - tidy flat up ready for brand spanking new week[/STRIKE]
[strike] Tick items of princess list that we have bought yesterday![/strike]
List items on ebay
[strike] Make lunch for tomorrow[/strike]
If we have time get billy to look at underside of golf van
Look into daily clicks ect and start doing them - even make a rota if I have to and get Billy in on it so we can double our clicking finger power!

Ebay wont let me log into the the sellers page, so will have another go tomorrow, have looke at daily clicks but not really done much, again will look into tomorrow and van is still poorley just didnt have the time today but I have had a nice long soak in the bath and made lunch for me and OH tomorrow so hopefully tomorrow will be a NSD!

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tinypawz

carkeyz wrote: »

the cutest, smallest pot of sudocream I have ever seen lol!

When my lo was born I didn't buy a 'baby bag' too many pockets.

I had a small rucksack type thing, for nappies, wipes, 2 changes of clothes (vests/sleepsuit) extra blanket, breast pads (then bottle when started bottle feeding) but that wee pot of sudo cream came EVERYWHERE!!! I just kept filling it up from a big pot at home.

Even now, my Lo is 2 and still in nappies, in my handbag is a nappy, wipes and wee pot of sudocream.

It is the best freebee ever........

Also, I was really odd (or so my family told me) when lo was little, she lived in sleepsuits until she was about 4 months old. No little outfits. So less little seams and creases on her wee body. So all the little newborn, 0-3 months clothes I brought back and either got vouchers or bigger outfits.

carkeyz

Oh! Thanks for the tip tiny pawz! Wont throw that out then! Didnt post yesterday as had a complete emotional moment and lost it lol.

Spent a tenner in the corner shop today as well, had to get cat food, cat litter, bread, milk, crumpets bump needs grub, milk and butter!

But they were all needed and I resisted the sweets and crisps

Still cant log on to sellers page in ebay tho

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ragstoricheswannabe

am loving the home organiser idea!!! i have been trying to find one in the shops but can i find one????? noooooooo!!!!!! how have you done yours??

carkeyz

Ive literally just bought an A4 folder, dividers and put everything in to organiser my life, I have calenders and budgets, Contact numbers, recipes, family stuff, even a section for xmas 2009 which hasnt got anything in it! My most used bits are the daily to do lists, look on https://www.organizedhome.com

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njk0327

Hi,
I'm glad that your so organised but just a thought about something that i didn't know when my first or second to be fair was born and i hope you find it useful.
You can get a free prescription for your baby / child of sudocream, baby ibruprfen, calpol (baby parecetamol) head lice treatment (obviously when older!)etc so don't fork out lots of cash on these items and always have them in your cupboards just in case!
also you can get teething aids and colic medicine.
I know a lot of these are a long way off for you but i was not told this till my youngest was 5 so you can imagine the amount of money i paid out for nappy rash, cold, fever, colic etc although neither of them ever had nits? very strange my friends kids always have them? mine are now 7 and 9 i think it's something in the genes or something?
all you have to do is visit or call your doctor depending on how responsive your surgery is and say that your baby has nappy rash or speek to your health visitor and you can get a repeat prescription from that, also when your baby has it's jabs they will offer you a calpol(baby paracetmol ) medcine accept if you need it or not so you can get the repeat prescription later on. ( trust me from the age of 0 - 5 you will need a couple of bottles!)
Like i said i paid for all of these items mostly bought late at night from tesco pharmacy but if you have them in the cupboard from free prescription no need for a mad dash out!
I now have antiseptic cream, neoclarytin(one of my kids have allergys) calpol, kids ibruprofen, sudocream, and nit lotion in my medicine cupboard all the time, all free from prescription !
hope this helps