save instead of spend diary

miemie

Ok just had to put petrol into car as when i was leaving to pick kiddies up from school niticed on calender i needed to take dd to dentist, i was sure it was next mon, anyway thats a 14 mile round trip. so have put £10 in.

Kiddies have also arrived home with a bill for school dinners for the month £24.50p, i am now officially skint.

At least the milkman did'nt show up to be paid so he will turn next Mon.

cocalls

I'm sorry your finances have taken a battering seems like a spending diary rather than a savings diary at the mo! Chin up I'm sure you can do it!

miemie

Hi cocalls

Yes feels like i'm just shelling out money at the moment, anyway hubby kindling bunged me £30 when i was having a rant about the cost of school photos, school lunches, school trips and the fact DD needs 2 new school cardigans at the cost of £11 each:mad:, can anyone see a pattern here:rolleyes:.

Have done scratchcards, surveys have been thin on the ground recently and i must put some stuff on ebay and that won't happen today as i'm at work all day.

Todays to do list

Do the ironing not done yesterday
hoover downstairs
load washing
Strip beds and wash bedding.

Castleman

miemie wrote: »

need to go to work everyday which is 1 1/2 miles there and back [...] maybe that should be my aim to walk to and back from work 2 days a week, it would do my waistline some good as well.

Get a bike!

miemie

Could do but means forking out about £100 for one, legs walk for free.

Mini_Bear

Hav a look on ebay miemie i got a brand new (well - used once) mountain bike and matchin helmet for £40 delivered! walkin can be a false economy, as a bike is sooooo much quicker you will have more time for clicks, surveys and MBing wen u get home!

miemie

Mini bear never thought of ebay and at that price its reasonable many thanks for having a look:T, will look later when kiddies are in bed, its all down hill to work as well so would get there in no time its just the thought of the hills on the way back:eek:. but it would tone me up and hubby keeps asking if i'm gonna wear a bikini on hols and at the moment thats a big no:o.

Mini_Bear

Also im not sure how old your little ones are but my step son is 7 and likes nothing more than us all going on a big bike ride round the local park at the weekd, taking a rucsack with a football and frisbee in and playin all day there! its saved us a fortune (cinema/sealife centre/bowling alley are now special treats and not weekly occurences!) in the few months we have had bikes and we r all fitter and healthier (if a little weather-beaten!)

miemie

Oh well hav'nt done any of my to do list:mad:,but have stuck some things on ebay.

cocalls

yeah for ebay!