My likkle diary *woohoo*

YummyMummy20

REVELATION TIME: Today I went into town, with all those shops and lovely warm Greggs sausage rolls and DIDN'T SPEND ONE SINGLE IDDY BIDDY PENNY!! Yay for me!!

Ok so I treked around with me lovely £27 in change and forgot to bank it but I did other necessary things and did i mention I DIDN'T SPEND ONE SINGLE IDDY BIDDY PENNY!!

Plus got an uberly humongus amount of walking out of my lil monsters legs. Result!

YM20 x

YummyMummy20

Ok so to-do list not going so well, still have a certain amount of an increasingly dangerous disease commonly known as 'eBay-itis' anybody know a cure?? I've heard of one...think of the money and space and just get on with it!!
MUST DO BETTER TOMORROW!!
Hopefully i will have caught up on some sleep by then, still feeling pretty drained from the weekend plus strange sleeping problems, grr.

YM20 x

YummyMummy20

Hi all,

Ok so with one thing and another I'm not being very productive this week, mostly because I've hardly spent any time in the house to be able to get alot done although at least I've not spent a huge amount of money. Kinda feel like I'm not getting anywhere, especially on the job front, I like things my own way and like instant results, I don't do waiting around for things!! I'm thinking about sending a CV and amazingly written covering letter to every remotely finance-y place in town to try and get some sort of entry level/trainee/apprenticeship position since I'm thinking of starting an AAT in sept (along with my OU degree and Bookkeeping course...ouch) and I sort of maybe do need a day job and maybe someone will [STRIKE]like my style [/STRIKE] pity me and give me some sort of employment. Considering IF I can make this happen it'll involve rubbish wages I'll still probably need to keep my current job too but I won't get the experiance necessary for a decent job without a bit of scivying, right? Also, I'm going to phone the jobcentre on Mon and get an appointment with the only useful person I've ever had to see down there and see about some of the million and one things she said could maybe help me out the last time I saw her.

I wasn't paid properly again, which is like the last 3 weeks running!! Gonna have to kick off later at work and probably score me an early night and free drinks; would be nice as its my friends birthday and I would quite like to see her at some point.

Anyhoo, gotta go and dig around in the freezer for something for tea, have a good MoneySaving day everyone

YM20 x

YummyMummy20

YummyMummy20 wrote: »

This weeks to-do list

• [STRIKE]Get clothes mountain ironed[/STRIKE] and put away
• Give friend her dresses back Had to wait since shes been away
• [STRIKE]Keep 2yo amused and out of the house as much as poss for as little spends as poss[/STRIKE] Parks and ducks and half-@arsed gardening (i don't like mud)
• [STRIKE]Write a shopping list and not just buy everything/spend an hour in Tesco deciding what to get[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Get laptop antivirus thing sorted[/STRIKE] And for free
• Sort out all the paperwork/coursework on/under/around my desk Sort of half done
• Go through my whole room having a proper spring clean and clearout Didn't quite happen!
• [STRIKE]Go through whatevers under LOs beds and clean/clearout[/STRIKE]
• eBay at least 20things/lots from clearout and already humungus 'to-eBay' pile (I hate listing things with a passion) EBay-itis, got nowhere with it Will do better!!
• Get a sellers account or whatever you have to do for Amazon Ern not done
• List books on Amazon :rolleyes:
• [STRIKE]Keep whole rest of the house clean[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Go through cupboard in bathroom[/STRIKE]
• Reduce the amount of shoes I own from about 75pairs to an amount that will fit on 2 shoe racks and not take over the whole house 10 down, lots more to go! It's a painful process though
• [STRIKE]Resist buying new shoes/clothes/anything un-necessary[/STRIKE]:D
• Find all exercise-y stuff and start using it again :rotfl:
• Finish the rest of Book 1 of Bookkeeping course Also not quite happened
• Go dentist about toothache and get my wisdom teeth pulled :eek:
• [STRIKE]Continue day-job-search[/STRIKE], hopefully with more luck Not much luck though :mad:
• [STRIKE]Pay £90 for driving lessons without hating handing over that much money [/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Count up money in piggy bank[/STRIKE] and bank some so the £90 doesn't cause too much damage Will bank when in town to drop of dresses, then run away home so i don't spend money!
• Get P60 or similar so I can claim back tax Working on it, Boss being a bit slow about it though :mad:
• [STRIKE]Find out why I wasn't paid this week and[/STRIKE] erm get paid! Money [STRIKE]will[/STRIKE] should be in my account FRI
• Come up with ideas for £1000 in 100 days Some, yes, but need more! and more! and more!
• [STRIKE]Remember to turn up to the staff meeting at work this time[/STRIKE] :rotfl:
• [STRIKE]Keep doing surveys even though they bore the life out of me[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Have a bit of fun at some point including date with a v cute guy[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Make myself pretty for date with v cute guy [/STRIKE]:rolleyes:
• [STRIKE]Remember to cross off list on Sunday[/STRIKE]

Ok so not a very productive week, lots and lots to get done this week now I kinda got distracted by none to-do list things instead, it's not that i've just not done much :rotfl:

LO back at creche some mornings this week so lots more time to get things done.

Gotta remember to do my free scratchies almost forgot yest and ended up winning a pound

Bring on a new list :beer:
YM20 x

helnag

Hi,

How do I find the free scratchies???

xx

YummyMummy20

I've signed up to Butlins Bingo to do it on there and going to do TAB in a bit. Apparently if you sign up, deposit a tenner, do a free scratchcard which you'll win at least 10p on you'll be able to take your tenner straight back out. So long as you keep at least 10p in your account when you withdraw money you can still play the scratchcard (twice on Sundays) Theres a FAQ thread about in the gambling introductory loopholes bit (or something like tht) It's pretty useful and all free money!!

xXx

YummyMummy20

Ok, so this weeks list, or at least what I can think of right now….

To-Do List

• [STRIKE]Give friend her dresses back[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Bank change from money box[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Get Amazon sellers account sorted[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]List some books on there [/STRIKE]
• EBay x 20+ items Done 5
• Finish Book 1 of HLC course Waiting for assignment score before I move on
• Get room sorted and huge clearout finished work in progress, will never be just right :rotfl:
• Phone OU
• [STRIKE]Phone Job Centre[/STRIKE]
• Do new CV since it seems to have got lost somewhere in my documents - silly laptop
• Try and sort out claiming back tax
• Sort out exercise-y stuff and do some
• Find driving theory certificate
• [STRIKE]Get the laundry/ironing/cleaning done[/STRIKE]
• Do surveys/scratchcards/cashback type things
• Keep up with the job search
• Keep up with the house search
• [STRIKE]Get some summer-ish clothes on Fri when its 20% off at Dotty P's[/STRIKE]
• Make sure I get paid right on Fri including all missing payments I didn't :mad:
• Try and make [STRIKE]£20[/STRIKE] £31 worth of food shopping last the week
• [STRIKE]Sign up to TAB bingo[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Sort out batteries for LOs slightly dead toys[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Pay creche fees on Fri[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Find phone I've just agreed to sell/recycle on envirofone.com for £13 plus £1.80 cashback before the envelope arrives!![/STRIKE]

Think thats all the boring stuff!!

YM20 x

helnag

Hi YM20,

Wow that's a list and half!!! I break mine into smaller lists, makes it less scary and easier to achieve. Whatever works best for you though is the better in the end.

xx

YummyMummy20

Mine would be littler lists if I got round to getting more done! My LO's been a nightmare today, hes been constipated (too much info I know) and has felt the need to be as grouchy and miserable as possible, he even shouted 'shut up silly man' and some guy who was trying to be nice about his screaming when we walked past him earlier! Hopefully he'll sleep ok and sort it out tomorrow. He was up at half 5 so I am completely knakered bt trying to get some stuff done before I flake out. On the plus side, he fell asleep on me earlier which is something he very rarely does and it's always nice when they do that.

Oh, accidently spent £40 in Tesco, I nearly keeled over in shock but some of it was from semi-bulk buying discounted things and we had to get nappies.

Now gotta try and prise myself off here to do something more useful!

YM20 x

YummyMummy20

I officially love Amazon!! Listing stuff on there is sooo much less time consuming than eBay (even if the fees are a total rip-off!) 11 listed in about half an hour... result! Just gotta hope some of them actually sell now!! Fingers crossed, I need the space!