Jamiedodger's Happy Times 2009 Diary

elantan

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=741653&highlight=zincoxide just incase you miss it on hypnos thread ...enjoy

JAMIEDODGER

Thanks elantan! That was brilliant read, I dont know how I managed to miss that one!

hypno06

You seem to be well into the swing of things again - I think if my laptop were to die, I would have to get another one straight away - the cost of the laptop being instantly recouped from the MSE "work" that I do!

If I didn't come on here everyday, I hate to think how my financial state would take a turn for the worse :eek:

JAMIEDODGER

Morning.

Have had a look at the vouchers from the daily mail and I think i can use most of them:) I am aiming to spend no more than £180 this month on food, hopefully less!

I have my £20 ready for hypnos challenge and am raring to go! As I have the day off on Monday and have things planned I will have to think about how I can get away without spending much of it.

I will be school uniform shopping, which obviously wont come out of the £20 and had also planned to spend some leftover birthday money getting a few tshirts. I am going to the cinema and my tickets are already booked but I am planning on having a drink before I go in so that I dont buy anything there:) I am looking forward to going into waterstones too, but have decided to just browse but make a note of any books I want to read and see if I can then find them at my local library or failing that stick them on my xmas list! Although I could eat lunch out on Monday, I will be making myself a lunchbox, so that I am not tempted to buy anything to eat and making myself a bottle of squash so I dont buy a drink!

The only think I will be paying for (hopefully) will be the parking:j

I will also be doing the food shopping as I would rather do it minus kids:D I will be making my list...and sticking to it!:)

Today I want to clean out and inventory my kitchen cupboards to make sure I dont buy anything from Tesco that I already have at home!

The ironing pile looks slightly smaller after yesterday, I am hoping to reduce it further today:rolleyes: Luckily the weather is good so I will get some washing dry on line, I dont know where all the clothes come from, the kids seem to make so much more washing when they are on holidays I have done one load of washing already this morning, will be putting another in shortly.

Right, another cuppa methinks and then Im going to wake the kids up!!!

hypno06

I'll join you in that cuppa if I may :coffee:

JAMIEDODGER

hypno06 wrote: »

I'll join you in that cuppa if I may :coffee:

feel free:D Can I just ask...How long did you make your previous £20 last?

hypno06

I think the first one lasted me 15 days, and the second about 10 days......not as long as I had hoped!

I want this next £20 to last me until the end of the month - that is going to be tough going, but I am skint this month due to holidays etc so I really need to be strict with myself!

JAMIEDODGER

Wow! thats pretty impressive:) If mine lasts a week I will be amazed:D Am going to try really hard though!:A

hypno06

The key thing is that it makes you think "do I really need this" before you spend anything.

Remember, it is not a "you vs me" challenge, it is a challenge against yourself.....so if this £20 lasts you 5 days, then the challenge will be to make the next one last 6 days

JAMIEDODGER

Challenging myself, I like it:D