November.2015.here.we.come

mum2one

taxi73 wrote: »

Great bargains..I must get down there as I have £130 of vouchers here now as DS3 gave me another £50 today.I'll have some more in a few weeks as it's my birthday.

Think someones been spoilt, there was bargains galore at our store and its only time, there was a big rack of jeans at £5 a pair, the amount that was under £12 was 1/4 of the store.

Must say could of been tempted, but was on best behaviour...xx

taxi73

Going to try my best to get to town tomorrow.

mum2one

:rotfl:Not much to report, had 4 no spend days on the run, partly becoz got kidney infection, gd side not running to the loo, just feels like I've got a pr of boxing gloves in my kidneys...

Just waiting to replace the money back in other account then I can add it on to the payment total, paid another £20 off vanquis and that is now finished!! :T:T Just got to wait for the money to clear and next statment to come out then I can close the account. (incase they find interest or some excuse,

My next card to be attacked is Capital one - think that shoud be about £200 - £250 might take 3 months. Again that be closed.

Sounds daft I know I've got my 5k challenge, but a mini challenge like paying off a small card - good motivation.

Then from there be a snowball......

DD has sick bug bless her, she was sick over the bathroom, but bless her;) she went and woke mum up, then went into bed with them, fidgeted for England:D, next minute threw up over dads head and his pillow.....:p

she went back to her own bed about 7am, didn't get up to lunchtime, but she was ok then.

I have listed 50 things on ebay - free listing day, then realised it all dds, so she gets the money, hopefully some of the stuff will go, mainly summer stuff from last yr thats gd nick, and some ds games she's had enough of, but the money gets recycled to something she needs so can't complain.

TASKS FOR THE WEEK
Got 2 Open Uni forms to fill in - got to get someone to sign photocopy of passport, if push comes to shove may have to ask dds headmaster...... olny becoz I don't want to pay £15 for the GP.

Got PTA meeting on friday afternoon - what fun...but as I got voluntered to be secetary, at least sees what going on.

Town in wed with his lordship, see if theres anything worth getting from Boots (£100 Boots card - from surveys) so that help towards Xmas.

Then the delightful studying... gd thing is not had to put petrol in the car for 2 weeks, but will need some soon.

Good news over mum, shes got some forms to fill in, but she's been accepted for a care programe, and she can have upto 12 hours a month free, where someone can come in and help her or sit with her.

95% of the time theres always one of us with her, but some of tutorials coming up are 6 hrs, 40 miles away, dad comes with me, gets pd for being my career, driving and carrying books etc, so she's com promised that if I have an all day tutorial (once in a blue moon) she'll have someone to pop in and have a coffee with her, told her to look it as having a friend round for a coffee, just to break up the day.

She's waiting for a new appointment for bath aid, they cancelled the 1st one becoz of ice, she cancelled the 2nd appointment coz of snow, so get back in the system.

Digresing again - dd decided to paint dads toe nails 2ngt when he was asleep, she painted them bright red... he woke up just as she was about to do his finger nails, and we've got no nail polish remover...:rotfl:while whos going to see his toes!!

Off to bed......
xx

taxi73

Glad DD is feeling better...can just imagine her painting dads toe nails..lol
Well done on Vanquis and the boots card.
Great news on the care package for mum as well.
So all looking positive your end.

mum2one

Had a very productive day in Boots spent £155 in the 75% off sale and it didn't cost me a penny! £100 from vouchers we'd all acquired throught out the yr, and raided my Boots Points £55, so there dumped by the side of the bed.... haven't got the enery or the get up and go to sort them, but fingers crossed have all the xmas prezzies done, even got a few treats for me out of it.

A miracle happened - may sound daft.... but for the 1st time ever, I paid for my phone tops up with cash.....

Thou have to confess treated myself to some new clothes from Ann Harvey, all off the sale rack....
The biggested saving was a pair of trousers £99.99 reduced to £7.00.
Spent £50 and the most extravagent was £15 for a fleece jacket, the others were £10 and under. Thats the 1st and last spend of the month!!

Nearly upto date with studying, got assisgnment to be in by next Thurs, then at least catch up.

xxx

I only spent £90 last yr on clothes, so

mum2one

My capital one card came in post!! £345, bit more than I thought but hey its the next one on the to do list...

Paid another £45.00 off debts, gave £25.00 dad... (cold weather payment, and paid £20.00 to Littlewoods... (dds wii fit and some accessories), just got one more payment left on that...

Every penny helps xx

edit - just paid £60.00 off aqua, if theres any spare at end of moth - go to Aqua xx

taxi73

I need you to shop for me..you get amazing bargains!!!
You're doing great on the debt front as well..go you.

penguin83

Brilliant bargain for those pants Mum, you are going great guns and I am sure Capital One will be gone before you know it!

Glad DD is feeling better, hope your Dad enjoys his new nails! xxx

mum2one

Nearly another week gone, where does the time fly...

Good news for mum, she had her DLA reviewed, she needs more help since her stroke and they have upped her care rate, shes plzed with that, and as the diffference between the date of the application recieved and the yes date, shes got a back pay of £400 coming, so shes giving me £100, I said I'd pay it off my debts, but she said no got to treat myself, so putting it up, as I want to go on the Orient Express again, with Sainsburys nectar points, just £27 short. Seeing whos coming with me next...

Slowly catching up with OU, got the assisgnment to be in next week, (help), even if its last min - get there.

Good news (again) doing gd - dds head master is counter signing my OU application forms and financial support forms, didn't want to send passport away.

DD - very pround of her, she came home with 2 certificates 2ngt from school, one for Best Behaviour in class, the other for Best handwriting, for attempting to do joined up letters, shes in last yr of infants (year 2), shes 7, I think I was about 10 before we did joined up writing...

So taking her and her friend to pics 2mor (very mse) we're going for the £1.00 session....

DD shes so funny, shes having her 1st sleepover half term, so I said they could have my bed (double) I'd sleep in her rm, her best friend, you couldn't meet a more polite, lovely girl, so sweet shes calls me aunty, dd had homework to draw and write about a character, no instructions whether you had to use an existing one or make one up, so rang dds friends mum, nattering way, laughing about the sleepover, she asked did I want the other 2 kids as well!!... she said after the sleepover, does dd want to go to theirs for sleepover, but her dd said Aunty Cheryl is giving up her bed for us...... mum are you doing the same, dad can sleep in my bed he's the lighest of the two of you, and u can have the settee... kids you just couldn't make it up!!

No money saving..... bar £3 for pics, if there gd take them to McDonalds (got some LVs), so cheap day out.

If I'm fraxxled 2mor.......its the kids... the friend 2mor is the slighty hyper friend, where you need eyes in ur rear... xx

taxi73

How nice of your mum to give you £100 to spend on yourself and that you are booking OE again.
Your DD does make me laugh with her antics..she's so sweet.
Hope the kids don't wear you out too much tomorrow.
Well done to DD on her certificates as well.