Jamiedodger's Happy Times 2009 Diary

elantan

oh you mean your not a man:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: only kidding i knew you wernt ...i can totally understand how that would be annoying ...i hate it when we get mail for mr (insert my inital) el or mr and mrs (insert hubbys initial) el ...not the first time i have written to companies and expressed my displeasure believe me :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

JAMIEDODGER

Morning all!

I have just made my PAD payment of £18 which means I have reached my target of £390 and I can now order the decking:D:T:T:T:j

Still waiting for two cheques to clear through my account....why do they always take so long!

From tomorrow I will be starting to save towards the £150 needed to build the decking:)

I am planning another strict week, I have started on my shopping list for wednesday already and have a meal plan sorted. I have two days left before then and I still have plenty of food in the house, I may need to buy 4 pints of milk tomorrow and maybe some bananas but that will be it. Aiming to keep this weeks food shop below £60.

DS2 has doctors appointment this afternoon at 4.15 so its going to be a bit hectic after school today, will be doing something simple for dinner.

Better kick on, have lunchboxes to make!

beanielou

Great news on decking target
Heres to your next target.

JAMIEDODGER

Thanks beanie:) Hope everything is ok with you?

Made a start on new PAD target this morning and paid £11 into account:) Decking money has now been transferred into current account so I place the order!:T

So new total £11, £139 to go!!:j

Have a busy errand day planned. Loads of little jobs that need doing! I also need to go to chichester one day this week have a few bits that the kids need for school and some stationary. I may go later today or leave it until friday.

I am still aiming on very little spend this week.

Decided that I am going to go up to Ikea in the next few weeks. Boys need a bookcase for their room, I also want to choose lighting for the front room and pick up some kind of 4 drawer unit for the kids schoolwork. I will probably do this after I have finished saving the £150 for decking and before I start saving for the electrician.

Kids woken early this morning, so better get on!

hypno06

Inspired by you, I have opened a "bedroom furniture" account, which has the grand sum of £10 in it.......it won't get a PAD but it will aim to buy furniture for DD's room in the new year sales..........:D

JAMIEDODGER

thats excellent news hypno:) I like targets:D

JAMIEDODGER

Morning:)

Paid £5 PAD this morning. Total now £16 so £134 to go! Payments will be quite small for the next week as bills come out of account.

Decking has been ordered and will be delivered next monday:T

Decided to go to tesco yesterday as I was running out of a few things and it made more sense to buy them there instead of local shop where it is more expensive. Went over budget by £20 although I did buy a lot of stuff that will probably last 2 weeks plus I am sure this will level out over the month. I did buy quite a lot of meat too and some selection packs towards xmas as they were reduced!

Having had a browse through my reciepts from the last couple of months, I am sure prices have gone up quite a lot. I used to be able to feed us on a lot less than I do now... I may have to come up with a plan to combat the increase.

DS2 is off on school trip today, he is going on an adventure day, canoeing, kayaking etc....I remember DS1 doing this in year 7 and he had a fab time!! DS3 is being collected for school early today so that I can take DS2 to the coach drop off, so I am up earlier today so I have time to fit everything in:)

Have a good day everyone x

JAMIEDODGER

Pad of £2 today, Total now £18 towards decking build.

Busy day ahead again today, lots of running around and doing errands.

Very skint until next week now so having to be really careful, aiming for a NSD today and hopefully tomorrow too!

JAMIEDODGER

Morning:)

Pad of £3 today, total £21:) Decking has now been confirmed for delivery for Monday:T

Cant believe it is friday already! Non school uniform for DD today we have to take in a tin, (always an opportunity to send in something lurking in the back of the cupboard:D)

Going round friends this morning for tea and cake....yum:)

Boys are away all weekend at their dads so it will be very quiet here! Other than that not any other plans for today, I like fridays to be a me day!

DD woke when I did this morning so she is quietly watching tv. Better get on now...

JAMIEDODGER

Monday morning again!

Paid PAD of £3 this morning:) This brings total to £24. Another £126 to find.

I will be going to Ikea this week to get bookcase for boys room as they need some storage for their books. I already know which one I am going to get. I will be setting myself a budget as I still have money I need to PAD over the next week or so and need to be on target!

The weekend was nice and chilled out, had a few visitors which was nice and now its back to the hectic weekday madness:)

The decking is due to be delivered this morning so I will be having a pottering at home day today.