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Mooooving Into 2010 - Bovine Adventures In Budgeteering!

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  • mooomin
    mooomin Posts: 13,703 Forumite
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  • honeybear_2
    honeybear_2 Posts: 3,914 Forumite
    That's fab! :D
    @ LBM = £15,872.65, now £10,819.82
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  • gilligansyle
    gilligansyle Posts: 4,124 Forumite
    That's the one thing I would have wanted! The queue in our M&S was massive, not sure if a sign of the times or that very British thing of people joining a queue!
    Debts at LBM - Mortgages £128497 - non mortgage £27497 Debt now £[STRIKE]114150[/STRIKE][STRIKE]109032[/STRIKE] 64300 (mortgage) Credit cards left 0



    "The days pass so fast, let's try to make each one better than the last"
  • mooomin
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    It's going to be my PAD tin when things get too tight to PAD using online banking as the minimum payment I can send online is £1. :D

    Plans for today:

    Finish fannying aboot on Farmville etc :o
    Sort out kitchen/see if Mr Fresian want to clean kitchen
    Ensure I have enough clean clothes for the working week
    Update spreadsheets
    Go to supermarket without busting the budget
    Go to Pets At Home and figure out how much cat litter I can store in my house...
    List some things on Ebay

    Even if I don't list everything on Ebay I want to list my Radley purse (My mum's free gift with purchase from her last handbag buy, snaffled by me as I knew she wouldn't use it!) and Red Or Dead shoes. I love those shoes. Really, an unhealthy love only a shoe fiend can have.

    Mr Fresian told me off for selling them (He knows the depth of my love) but I really can't walk in them and they should go somewhere where they will be loved and worn. They cost me £80 (I know, I know, pre-LBM and back in the good days when 10-15% bonuses were guaranteed) and hopefully I will get something back for them...
  • Hopeful1
    Hopeful1 Posts: 2,076 Forumite
    I love that tin! I'm sure it will brighten up the whole PaD experience even more :p
    One step at a time ;)
  • EssexHebridean
    EssexHebridean Posts: 24,518 Forumite
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    The tin is fab! well bought FF.

    I understand completely where you are coming from with the shoes too. I have a wonderful pair of what can only be described as party shoes - they came from Schuh (oh how I love that shop!) a few years ago, I have worn them but only once - they were so uncomfortable even I can't bring myself to wear them again, but I keep them just to look at! I have considered ebaying, but I wouldn't get enough for them to justify it and it would break my heart if they went for £5 or something silly like that...... I'm normally pretty ruthless about dumping/charity shop-ing clothes and shoes which aren't any good to me but these have won my heart and are here to stay!

    I've got a couple of Radley bags that I ought to consider listing really, well, or using a bit more often, one of the two! Oh lordy, you've made me feel guilty now! :o

    Do you find Pets at Home cheaper than the likes of Tesco for cat litter? We always buy from Tesco - but I'd (honestly, how daft is this?) never thought of price checking pets at home! :o:o:o:o Oops! I did a mega stock up the last time I needed to make up a £50 spend at Tesco mind you so we're well enough stocked for the moment - her ladyship hardly uses her tray anyway.
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    Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
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  • mooomin
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    Pets At Home have two of the big bags of litter for £16 at the moment, which is pretty good. I normally buy from Morrisons due to transportation issues and it's about £9.50 per bag there :eek:

    Also, do NOT sell the Radley bags. You will regret it. I am only selling the coin purse as I won't use it myself because it's pink (Totally not my colour!) If I had a Radley bag I wouldn't bear to part with it, but probably wouldn't use it in case I ruined it either :D
  • SarahNeedle1872
    SarahNeedle1872 Posts: 6,166 Forumite
    Love that coin tin F_F! Its gorgoeous!!

    Totally with you on the Radley bags. I have two, neither of which I use anymore due to being too small, but I would never eBay them, because I love them :D

    Sx
    'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars' - Oscar Wilde
  • EssexHebridean
    EssexHebridean Posts: 24,518 Forumite
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    Radley bags.....Mmmmmmmmm! I have *coughs* a few - only one of which gets used with any degree of regularity at all.......like pretty much daily. I do have two which I can't even remember the last time they came out of their bags, one of which I could part with without too much trauma.......I do adore them though, and have to struggle not to buy each and every time I go near the factory shop! I am however taking your instruction not to seel them to heart - "I ought to really part with one or two, but I can't 'cos FF said not to!" Works for me! :A:D
    🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
    Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
    Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
    Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00
    £100k barrier broken 1/4/25
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  • mooomin
    mooomin Posts: 13,703 Forumite
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    1 item done on TurboLister :o

    Mr Fresian is in the kitchen cleaning up and I have done the washing, so the plans are going well!

    While I remember, are any of the lovely people from here going to the Festive Fling in Edinburgh in December? I know pointypenguin is, but is anyone else thinking of going along?
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