Old Style Diary Archive - APR 06

Penny-Pincher!!

Saturday-Folks down for the day:eek:

Sunday-Maybe go to Greenwich park for a picnic with flask, sarnies and cakes:D .....and flid scooter.

Monday-OH & DD going to Bootsale and may go out for a ride in the car if weather is nice....again take flask and sarnies;)

Boring really.....LOL

Have a good one regardless though everyone!!

PP
xx

Queenie

:hello: Weekly catch-up from Queenie-Land

Been a very challenging week!! All four breaks needed doing on the car - but better safe than sorry.

Then, tried buying a new home for the chicken online - noticed my Visa expires in a few days and phoned to check up why no renewals!? Seems they were sent out ... back in MARCH! Not received. So, had to be cancelled, which also meant the card I hold which in turn meant my purchase payment was declined

Still waiting for new card!!! (down side ) But, it does mean I'm not spending (up side!! ) Hopefully, it will arrive soon because I have some Tesco vouchers that need using up and as I use the Tesco Visa to make all our purchases and pay off at the end of each month ... I need my points! :laugh:

Ok, really should catch up with what's been happening while I've been away.

Take care, everyone! :wave:

Essex-girl_2

Satuday - lie in followed by quick dash to supermarket (dont know which one yet). Sat afternoon - chilling with children if weather nice might do a bike ride along the sea. Loads of washing also.

Sunday - DD perfoming at Royal Albert Hall with her school, so going on coach at lunchtime, myself OH & DS have got a few hours spare to have nice reasonable meal and shopping or sightseeing then her show is at 6pm - home at midnight.

Monday - will want a lie in but DD wants me to take her to local market (its only on Bank Hol Mondays) then will see what weather is for rest of the day & decide from there.

Dobie

Not a very OS weekend for me either I'm afraid, we're going away. Although it IS in our caravan but we'll be eating out in the evening & enjoying a glass or several of something.
I'll be back on the wagon by Tuesday though.

ancasta_2

Saturday
Dash to boots for prescription
Fit in a 60 min hard work out and a quick sunbed
off camping with OH and my parents (well they are taking their caravan)
lots of bike riding/walking maybe a run too
possibly a chinese between all 4 of us and the dog

Sunday
Boat trip to the farne islands to see the seals and for me to pretend to be a pirate
more exercise
oh and i doing a BBQ for all 4 of us and dog (cant leave doggy out!)

monday
return home from camping
make some clothes from patterns and fabric i have
touch my blonde roots up a bit
relaxxxxxx

comping_cat

Michelle, hope kitty is better soon x
Queenie, i use my Tesco card exactly like you, been able to save loads in vouchers that way!!!!
FF, hope the toe is better soon x

Just had a lovely surprise, in the local evening herald last night, my son was in the football section!!!!! Not only that, he was shown in 3 of the 4 photos!!!! Very proud mum now, and have managed to get 2 copies, so thats good. DS is also very excited, as he is now in the football pages like a 'proper' footballer!!!!

Bargain_Rzl

ms_london wrote:

Bargain Rzl - you are doing a fab job with your savings - do you not thing you are a little hard on yourself sometimes? I definately admire you, but you do need to give yourself a break sometimes :0) I'm a bit jealous actually, as your savings seem to have shot up, and mine are still low - and time is running out!! Eeeeeeeeek!! xx

No, I'm not depriving myself completely Ms_L! April and May looked like quiet months in terms of general spending (i.e. not much social stuff going on!) so I decided to try and keep within my budget (see "April Target" in my signature). Then halfway through the month I realised that I was underspending even more than I'd anticipated, so decided to keep it up for the rest of the month so I could double the amount I had in my wine budget, and re-stock

This week, worst case scenario, I''ll only have spent £35 on food and odds & ends (ok, it might go up to £40 if I nip into Tesco's on Sunday afternoon and find a freezerful of reduced meat ) But the idea in general is to keep within £50, not undercut it hugely (am aiming for the same in May, but probably won't have a huge underspend).

I didn't start out intending to be such a skinflint this month, but once I got going it was hard to stop

Next week I'm allowing at least £20 for groceries as I'll be checking out our new local farmers' market. And fortunately, next weekend's OS Meet is budgeted separately

PS: Ms_London, your savings look fab too, so don't be too hard on yourself!

cha97michelle

Thanks for the best wishes. I just rang the vets, and he is settled, and had his x-rays, but the vet needs to ring me. I hope he does soon as i do feel really worried about him. He's still so little really. The vet last night said there was no danger of loss of life, but shock in itself is not good is it. I hope it isn't as serious as him having to have a leg off like we thought last night.

PP - you've inspired me. Seems though i am off work, i will do some jacket spuds for tea tonight. I normally can't be bothered, but i will nuke them for a bit first so it doesn't take as long.

Queenie - nice to see you back. Hope noone got up to mischief with the missing card

RZL - sorry the butty went cold. You'd been looking forward to it all week so i can understand why you are feeling a bit peeved.

shez - enjoy lakeside :T I must do a shopping trip this weekend while DH is away.

smokey - do your cats cause you this much bother? I think i might work on them being indoor cats again as the worry is too much for me. What with getting stuck in trees, stomach bugs and now this. Do you reckon Fred has lost 3 lives?

will let you all now what the vet says

Michelle x

update - fred is still a bit shook up, he's had his x-ray and no fractures - thankfully. His problem with the blood supply is probably due to the swelling, but i have to take him back to the vets tomorrow morning. thankfully no op. The vet reckons he might have been attacked by another cat, so he needs a course of antibiotics to stop an abscess forming. I've got to go and pick him up, and give him some tlc. I am glad i took the day off work.

Bargain_Rzl

Saturday: housework

Sunday: church, then over to XBF's to watch the snooker over a plate of spag bol and bottle of red wine

Monday: watching the snooker, and weather permitting, probably a nice long walk in local park

By the way, PP, where is this bootsale you mentioned?

SnowyOwl_2

Hello everyone from the Land of SnowyOwl's office. I have the office grumpy/sulky colleague sitting behind me bleating as loud as she can about something exciting one of her relatives is getting up to. She really shouts when she arranges her holidays, buys something new in a size 8, etc...everybody knows she's off to Canada soon...Like those who she doesn't speak to care... I need earmuffs to concentrate on my websurfing...

Michelle I am really sorry to hear about your wee kitty. They are such a worry - I have only let my two out once so far and that resulted in chaos. They are therefore indoor cats but I can see that they are absolutely craving to go outside again so that's a dilemma for me. I hope your kitty gets through this trauma fully intact. The vet probably just wants to discuss the options with you rather than deliver news you don't want to receive.

BargainRzl...I am utterly jealous of your savings. You seem so disciplined with your budgets too - planning my money is my downfall, I can never keep track.

See you all later.

SnowyOwl