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Intergalactic_Floozie wrote: »

Yes, there is about three-quarters of it left. I'm meant to be taking it into work for a bake-off, but I doubt very much there'll be any left!!! Am having a go at making another one today at some point. I have some bananas going black...

Excellent. I see this is the start of a whole new extensive cake repetory. :T:T:T

Fire_Fox

You are back on the wagon with debt-busting Floozie, well done! :A

Intergalactic_Floozie

Days to payday: 15 (on the home straight now, now less days to get paid, than it is from having been paid)
Money in bank: £202.71
Money in Purse: £8.45
Grand Total: £211.16

Money spent between 1530 Saturday and 1310 Sunday: £0.50.
Hmmmm....not sure how I have managed this seeing how I had £8.95 in my purse yesterday and I have paid out £1.50 for the tea-fund yet now have £8.45 in my purse.....Hmmmm...*is baffled*. I wonder if I thought I had given her £1.50, but only gave her 50p? (there was a lot of silver change involved) but I thought she would have noticed.

Grocery Budget: £300 / £70.51 (EEEEKKKKK!!!!!!!)
Petrol Budget: £137.50 / £32.00
Bus Pass Budget: £56.00 / £0.00
Everything Else Budget: £250.68 / £108.65

*cough, wheeze - nearly had heart attack when I checked bills bank account to see a direct debit for Abbey Loans.....I don't have an Abbey loan......except it's the same amount as my A&L loan, and they're all part of the same group now aren't they? Phew*

Lurker1972

Intergalactic_Floozie wrote: »

Grocery Budget: £300 / £70.51 (EEEEKKKKK!!!!!!!)

*cough, wheeze - nearly had heart attack when I checked bills bank account to see a direct debit for Abbey Loans.....I don't have an Abbey loan......except it's the same amount as my A&L loan, and they're all part of the same group now aren't they? Phew*

ooh yes that would be scary - think you need some of your yummy sounding cake to get over the shock!

Intergalactic_Floozie

Days to payday: 14 (on the home straight now, now less days to get paid, than it is from having been paid)
Money in bank: £186.69
Money in Purse: £5.95
Grand Total: £192.64

Money spent between 1600 Monday and 1600 Tuesday: £18.51
£16.02 in Morrisons (£3.53 on groceries, £12.49 on Lager for DH. I owed him £10.00 so this left him owing me £2.49)
£ 2.49 for eldest DS for hat and gloves (DH spent £5 on these, so I owe him £2.50)

Grocery Budget: £300 / £66.98
Petrol Budget: £137.50 / £32.00
Bus Pass Budget: £56.00 / £0.00
Everything Else Budget: £250.68 / £93.66

Intergalactic_Floozie

Days to payday: 13 (on the home straight now, now less days to get paid, than it is from having been paid)
Money in bank: £208.37
Money in Purse: £3.11
Grand Total: £211.48

Money spent between 1600 Tuesday and 1530 Wednesday £2.40
£2.40 on groceries

However I had a payment of £21.68 paid from Quidco which reached my account today, which is why I have more than I did yesterday.

Grocery Budget: £300 / £64.58
Petrol Budget: £137.50 / £32.00
Bus Pass Budget: £56.00 / £0.00
Everything Else Budget: £250.68 / £114.90

I decided to put it on the Everything Else budget as I really want to see if I can make my grocery budget S-T-R-E-T-C-H out to last til I get paid.

Also two bits of good news. Firstly, I won the baking competition at work!!! My cake was voted nicest out of all seven entries so I am thrilled to bits! I won a Thorntons selection box! I hadn't known there would be a prize LOL. So, that will spur me on to do some more baking. I always knew there was a Nigella in me, desperate to be let out. (I usually shut her up with shop bought biscuits)

Secondly, bought a second hand pair of Ugg boots from a colleague for (wait for it) FIFTY QUID!!!!! They are genuine and she has bought them for herself and they have been a bit tighter for her than she was happy with so although she has worn them a few times, she's decided she's more than happy with her old favourites so decided to sell them. I got there first. She was almost guilty asking me for £50 but I've got a bargain if they keep my feet warm in the winter at football. (I paid cash for them out of my emergency savings)

Intergalactic_Floozie

Just updating my personal loan figures: Last month 01/11/09:
1. £5674.56 (24 months to go)
2. £3999.10 (29 months to go)
3. £6697.22 (not sure how many to go on this one)
£16370.88.

1. £5438.12 (23 months to go - guesstimate payment taken off last total)
2. £3723.30 (28 months to go)
3. £6596.17
£15757.59

bloojeans

Hiya Floozie, I was pointed in the direction of your thread/diary from a friendly fellow MSE. I have just joined this site and no cash left before payday arrives is the normal with me.

I have read your thread and its good reading. You are doing so well to go at it. Hope I can do the same. I hope you dont mind but i might try your count down to pay day habbit. This may help me keep more in control. i have suncribed to you thread and will keep popping in

thankyou x

mooomin

Intergalactic_Floozie wrote: »

I never knew there was a Nigella in me, desperate to be let out. (I usually shut her up with shop bought biscuits)

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Funniest thing I have read on here so far today

Intergalactic_Floozie

bloojeans wrote: »

Hiya Floozie, I was pointed in the direction of your thread/diary from a friendly fellow MSE. I have just joined this site and no cash left before payday arrives is the normal with me.

I have read your thread and its good reading. You are doing so well to go at it. Hope I can do the same. I hope you dont mind but i might try your count down to pay day habbit. This may help me keep more in control. i have suncribed to you thread and will keep popping in

thankyou x

Hello there Bloojeans! It's always nice to have another visitor. Flyin Fresian does one too (but not as religiously as me). I can say it's really helped me because I know exactly how much is for me, and how much is spoken for (even though it is still actually in the bank) and does make me think twice about how much I am spending. I just feel bad sometimes about using up this board for such a dull, boring thread but then I think that people don't have to read it if they don't like it, and the number of views goes up and up and up every day so someone out there must like it. I love knowing what other people have spent their money on