How Much Have You Spent Today? 21/3/06

serena

After spending loads yesterday, a very quiet day today. Just £2.40 in Sainsbury's, as I didn't have any Flora left, and because I went after school with the children, I ended up paying for three chocolate bars as well. Mind you, they chose the cheap 25p ones, so the training is paying off! And then I was given a £2 coin in the change, so that will be going in the box.

I also stuck out the cold and worked today, so in credit.

kathfisch

£1.70 on a baked potato for lunch, not a bad day!

Have put bids on some things on ebay (just minimum bids so that sellers can't change/de-list and item I want!) but now secretly hoping I get outbid on them, really don't need them! The total amount is about £15 so not disastrous but annoyed because I looked and bid for the sake of it rather than cos of something I needed, y'know?!

On Sunday night I wanted an incentive to write my dissertation and I kept finding myself getting distracted and looking on here or ebay. So.... I made a large sign and stuck it above the computer that said...

"finish the dissertation and then you can look on ebay and eat the snickers bar you've been resisting, no cheating!"

Well, I had to motivate myself somehow! And it worked: 8 hours later, dissertation finished :j ....... but also....... snickers eaten and bids put on ebay !!

Aaargh... I wanted to reward myself but can feel myself getting drawn into ebay again... tell me off someone!

Trouble is I haven't bought clothes in ages and the temptation is that on ebay I can get good quality clothes for a price I can afford.

Sorry for the essay, give me a slap

PaleScene

Hey Kath - we forgive you for going onto Ebay and applaud your bargainous way of buying better quality than you would otherwise afford...

But don't make a habit of it, ok

(You've just inspired me to change the new potatoes to jacket potatoes with tea as I really fancied one after reading about your lunch!)

PaleScene

PaleScene wrote:

Springtime... and I'm going in with a monstrously expensive day today so please be good to compensate

Things I already know I'll be paying:
£150ish for car fix - £149.75 to be exact
£30ish for OH at dentist - £31.something
£6.50 prescription charge - yup
£3ish for busfares out to Mum's and into town for car - can no longer get a dayrider as Stagecoach decided not to keep the contract for the route out to my parents village :mad: - I bought a £1.60 return for home to parents but then decided I'd need to do parents to town. The nice bus driver let me off paying the single for the extra journey bit

Also
£1.25 on a pastry for breakfast after finding out that the buses are hourly now and I had 20 mins to go in the bitter cold
£3.24 on book for me and book for raffle prize
£0.85 on pick and mix - I just fancied some of those mints with the chewy centres...
£1.00 on tv magazine and £5.00 gift voucher bought with Mum's money.


I'd love a no spend (and probably no leaving the house) day tomorrow but don't think I'll get away with it <sigh>

in*the*red_6

:beer: Kath Congratulations on finishing your dissertation!!!!

Spent a bit today

38p local shop pt milk
£1 video at DD's playgroup and £1 chocolate there too
£1.30 parking in town
£3 bargain jacket
£1.18 2x Mother's day cards
99p toothbrush
£3.28 Sainsburys - bread, more milk, lemon cake (delish!)
£1.19 local shop - Tbags (forgot them in Sainsburys)

Total = £13.32

Also just given DH a fiver for a bottle of wine

Ali-OK

Another no spend day here.

Took son to get prescription - he wanted a diecast car - he had it, but out of his pocket money.

Made good inroads with reducing monthly outgoings today : Sky - knocked £6 a month off £21 with immediate affect and mobile changed to PAYG as soon as new SIM arrives and that was free, so from £25 a month contract to approx. £10 (I hardly use it).

Traded in old mobile on envirofone for £22.91 cash. Due to ill child, saved 20 miles in petrol, £1.50 in school dinner money and £5.50 afterschool club fees (x 2 days as well). Must get back to work tomorrow though!

kathfisch

PaleScene wrote:

Hey Kath - we forgive you for going onto Ebay and applaud your bargainous way of buying better quality than you would otherwise afford...

But don't make a habit of it, ok

(You've just inspired me to change the new potatoes to jacket potatoes with tea as I really fancied one after reading about your lunch!)

Thank you Palescene, that was just what I needed to hear! I promise not to make a habit of it

And I do tell the complete truth on these threads so if anyone sees a pattern of ebay buying please feel free to post a giant

Oi, you, stop it!!

type message! That should do the trick!

Enjoy the baked potato!!

Thank you too, ITR, can't quite believe its finished yet! Still waiting for some last minute feedback (2 weeks until the deadline) so fingers crossed no major changes needed!

CharleneUK

£5.99 at Tesco - doing top up shopping.

PaleScene

Ali-OK wrote:

Took son to get prescription - he wanted a diecast car - he had it, but out of his pocket money.

Quick digression - this reminded me of a scene I very much enjoyed in Tesco a couple of days ago!

Kid: <agitating> I really really really really WANT this!!
Mother: Well if you really want it you can buy it out of your money. You'll have to give me £4.
Kid: <peering at box> It says £3.something (was 3.97)
Mother: <brusquely> That's £4.

It was either great moneysaving if she squirrels away all the extra pennies or awful childraising by not confirming there should be change

K9cuddles

£14.38 on food shopping with £7.21 saving!!!
£1.00 Parking Car
30p (Ripped off in the work canteen for a 1/4 bit of bageutte!)

On the way home buying my own part-baked bread and a loaf so I don't get stitched up at work again!! No money wasted really so I done well IMHO!