November.2015.here.we.come

penguin83

Hi Mum, just had a big catch up on your diary. Glad you had a nice time in Blackpool and hope your Mum is healing up well poor thing. Bailey sounds gorg even with the chewing!

Is DD looking forward to going back to school?

Your list is looking really good - some lovely things on there to aim for.

Hope you are well x x

mum2one

Quick financial update, (if I dont log it on here and put it on a bit of paper keep loseing it)

Loan starts 10th Sept
capital One - £305
Aqua - £100 (was start of July)
Vanquis £100

Now setting myself monthly targets / break them down to weekly once done.

September.
ALL RELATES TO NEW DIARY
Income support now goes fortnightly - got to jig finances around

Get correct balances from each card so can do new snowball, - figures and payments in diary

2 weeks behind on OU - get that sorted next 2 weeks, need to put each week where should be in the diary

Work out all Septemebers payments and tie in with onlne banking

Check online bankling weekly


GENERAL

get dd feet measured ready for back to school

Final uniform check - she has literaly had 2 growth spurts over the summer holidays, instead of skirts they could be belts.....

sort out remaining xmas prezzies - think done all this years, bar mum, dad, dd

Work out what presents can be carried forward to next year - save money.

Start christmas card list

DD BIRTHDAY

prepared for dds birthday party - 30 children - have all items for party, party bags + fillers, - NEED TO BE made

Make 4 pass the parcels


Get dd birthday presents sorted - all brought just need wrapping

When back at school get list of children to send the invites out to, then spare numbers

OPEN UNI

catch up to date

do an assisgnment - ask for an extension

work out Octobers OU work - got exam HELP

HOUSE

gut dd bedroom before her birthday - old clothes, junk etc

gut my bedroom - move the xmas prezzies out - find new home for them

HAVE A LIFE - WHEN., WHERE, HOW, HAVEN'T WORKED THAT ONE OUT YET

mum2one

Forgot -

HEALTH

Get myself weighed, may use Boots so can get a print out, as dd has to eat healthy at school, promised her start eating properly, and eventually get my rear into gear and look at weight.

Blood test - got blood test nxt week to see whether my sugar level has balanced out.

Book the dreaded smear test, I absolutely hate it, it really freaks me out, worse as I'm on yearly recalls, I had precancerous cells, 10yrs ago, had them lasered away, was 3 sets of 6 monthly, now yearly, touch wood every year has been clear, but doesn't make it any better. (only a yr late!!).

Slowly getting their, think once the 1st loan payment gone, know its on way, just need to do little and manageable chunks get there. xx

taxi73

Looks like you're getting there with it all....
Like you I hate smears and was due mine last december..funny enough got a letter the other day...
Do you a deal if I book mine you book yours...
Whens it DDs birthday?

mum2one

Thats a date....
Its the 29th Sept, dreading the party, at least its at a sports hall, they do all the arrangeing, the playing of games, and bouncy castle. Not bad £45 for hire and 2 staff to do the party. xx

taxi73

Sounds very reasonable that.She'll enjoy that and you're pretty organised already.
Am off to bed now.

penguin83

Thats a good price Mum, it is DD 7th bday in March so having a think about what to do for that.

Everything is looking very organised. Well done you 2 on booking your smears - I've never had one, its on my 101 list, I just can't pluck up the courage to do it! x x

Keeping_Positive

Oh almost snap M21 DS in 7 the day before on the 28th. Going to have a really downsizing party this years due to funds. He wants/needs a bike so that will clear the budget in one go even with grandparants helping.

Well done on booking the smear. Try thinking its 2-5 mins of discomfort and a bit of pain that could save alot of heartache in the future.

mum2one

Keeping_Positive wrote: »

Oh almost snap M21 DS in 7 the day before on the 28th. Going to have a really downsizing party this years due to funds. He wants/needs a bike so that will clear the budget in one go even with grandparants helping.

Parties get worse, we use to have the Wacky Warehouse, but that was coming in at £7.00 ph. The sports hall £45, the food, party bags etc, we did last year for £45. Me personally I would rather spend that on the presents.
Admitaddly, we got a lot of the party stuff from Woolworths (when they closed), and the Jan sales.

Shes haveing a laptop, thou its a joint bday/xmas prezzie with mum/dad, did have plan A, using Amazon vouchers from a bingo...ings company, but they changed their terms + conditions, basically closeing the loophole!!

Good luck with the bike.
Well done on booking the smear. Try thinking its 2-5 mins of discomfort and a bit of pain that could save alot of heartache in the future.

Have to confess haven't booked it yet, but its on the to do list, once got nxt wk out of way, dd back at school, parents open meeting with the headmaster!!! THAT WILL BE FUN, dentist appointment, then that. Totally agree saveing future heartache, couldn't go through that again.

xx

mum2one

Good news, have saved some money...

Currently pay £29.99 a month for AOL, (had a free laptop - 2yrs ago), knew I was out of contract, bluffed and said Id been offered £9.99 with BT, after all the "your a valued customer, blah, blah......" they reduced it on the spot to

£6.99

includes all my landline calls for free, unlimited useage, basically, exactly the same package.
xx