Carry on Questing

Souk08

Hi Lula,

Had to jump in and say I need tea towels too as these ones are ancient and a bit minging and don't fit the rest of my fab flat!!!

Need to ask about the clothes challenge Lula. I work for a retailer and have to buy uniform from them. Would that count off my clothes challenge or can I have that as I HAVE to buy it and also it's a bit fancy to wear in real life?

What are your thoughts?

X

Lula-Hula

Souk08 wrote: »

Hi Lula,

Had to jump in and say I need tea towels too as these ones are ancient and a bit minging and don't fit the rest of my fab flat!!!

Need to ask about the clothes challenge Lula. I work for a retailer and have to buy uniform from them. Would that count off my clothes challenge or can I have that as I HAVE to buy it and also it's a bit fancy to wear in real life?

What are your thoughts?

X

Hmmmm :think: my thoughts are that we should be having £100 a month to spend & for the old pre DFW me that would have been a cheap month :shhh:

However when I started the challenge I was working from home so didnt have a 'work wardrobe' as such so the £100 challenge was just for home clothes. Therefore, you having to buy work clothes would not count

For the 2010 challenge I am going to keep to the £100 for home clothes, but as I am now needing a work wardrobe too I intend to set that at £100 too.

No, sarahb - that does not mean you can pretend stuff is for work & sneakily double your budget

I will get the new challenge up & running & ready for new members this week ... the current one has gone a bit quiet & I am suspicious.

Lula-Hula

Good evening to all & hope your weekends have been satisfying.

I've had a very busy one & now feel very energised & capable of taking on anything, er make that almost anything .

DD has also had a great weekend & came back bearing sweeties & cake which she dutifully shared with me :drool:.

I was so fired up during my 24 hours task-fest that I even manged to change the furniture around in her bedroom. I've been wanting to do this for ages & was a bit apprehensive as she has always fiercely told me not to but she loves it & now has owhere to hide stuff she cant be bothered to put away. I will turn her into a tidy person, I will, I will

Attempted to buy a job lot of wet cat food from Pets are us or whatever its called but was barred from entering the shop by a 12 year old. My clock said 3.58 but her wouldnt let me in, citing sunday trading laws & breaking them :rolleyes:. Then had to drive around town for half an hour while waiting to pick DD & Bessfriend up from party, there was nowhere to park :mad:.

The upshot is I had another NSD .

No money being paid to CCs this week as no spare money in my account until cheques clear. When balance goes below £50 I worry in case there's a DD I've forgotten about.

I now have 3 missing Quidco transactions so have fired off some enquiries.

The DD sitter for tomorrow nights' work do seems to have gone missing & am now concerned about her actually remembering & turning up. I'm also concerned as to when I will get home job work done . With DD at the pantomime until 5.30 the logistics are dodgy at best & could go horriby wrong. Have been unsure all along but will be my only adult only outing over christmas & havent worn a sparkly dress since last year so keen to go.

I'll just have to wait & see what happnes, now going to watch that dvd & do my nails ...

night night

Souk08

Sparkle on Lula XXX

Bowski_1011

Lula-Hula wrote: »

My little girl is growing up & wont want to hang out with me for ever so I need to spend as much time as I can with her.QUOTE]

I know just what you mean, it's scary isn't it! It sounds like the 3 of you (or should that be 4 if Gordon's going to be there too?) are going to have a great christmas though, doing what you want when you want :beer:

I am VERY impressed with your list :j:T:j I don't think I'd ever get that lot done in a year, never mind one weekend. It must feel brilliant to know all that's done and out the way.

Did you manage to get hold of your babysitter? If not I can set off now I am chief babysitter and although not keen on kids I am nice to them lol Let your hair down and have a fabulous sparkly night :beer: Is the good looking one going to be there?

I hope you have a good week in work and it restores your faith in yourself coz you really are fabulous you know!!

museumworker

Lula-Hula wrote: »

I did say that if it only took a year to be Debt Free then I would be prepared to scrimp & live like a pauper do it. Time to put my money where my mouth is then :eek:.

Hi Lula-Hula, I have designated next year as a crazy saving year - I want to get our loft converted and considering we are both working full time now is the time to save! We have *ahem* only;) £10,000 to save:eek:, considering that we managed to save a grand total of £1,200 all year I am not quite sure how we will do it, but 2010 is now '20-10k year of the loft!'.

So if you are going super-frugal please please please post loads of tips so I can just copy what you do.

bring on the new dress challenge, that has been my favourite of the year.:T You are truly an:A

Bowski_1011

Hope you're ok Lula

How did your work do go?

Shoe_Gal

Hope you're Ok Lula? How has your week been?

Wol2

Hmmmmm...Lula Hun...Beechie boy would like to make visit on tuesday..just to make sure you is OK you unnerstand?

And ooh - (co-incidentally) tw'ould seem Wol has some pressies to deliver...

Welll....Slap my paws and tell me to eff off..but Beechie is insistent (bless him)
:smileyhea
xxx

Lula-Hula

Hello beautiful people :hello:

It's been a crazy crazy week here in Lulaville & I am so grateful for your lovely comments on my thread in my absence.

Bowski - am so with you on the not being a kiddy person I love mine to bits but that's kind of where it ends :rolleyes:. DD has often complained that only one of my friends has children ... the one that safely lives 250 miles away :rotfl:

Souk08 - I sparkled like a dream

Shoe Gal, my week has been bonkers but it's now calming down & should be fairly chilled now until the new year.

The work do on monday was fab :j I really enjoyed myself, right up until I got home at 12.30 & then had to start home job :eek: There was nothing for it but to have another glass of wine & get stuck in. I crawled into bed about quarter to 4 & felt really really rubbish all day. Naturally, that day was the very day that Gorgeous Guy decided to show his face again . All I can say is that at least I still had most of the previous night's mascara & green sparkly eyeliner on - 3 cheers for the Body Shops smudge & drunken sleep proof eyeliner :T Other than that I probably looked about 100, dead & like I'd got dressed in the dark with my eyes closed ... which I had :rolleyes:

Hey ho :rotfl:

I'm still enjoying the job & seem to be getting my head round stuff a bit more now. I am all set to quit the home job but my colleague wont hear of it. I wonder whether she is secretly hoping that I dont enjoy the work job & return to being number one reliable worker again. Shant but if I want to clear the CC by this time next year then I am going to need every tiny penny so am just going to have to do both & get used to it.

I have a confession to make

CC2 (Capital One) sent me narky letter syaing that they had only agreed to defer their interest hike if I didnt use the card, but as I had then they were closing my account & I should continue to pay until the debt clear :mad:.

*seething* barely describes my reaction. I havent used the card at all. On one occasion I made a payment in error as I had forgotten that the card was set up on my amazon account. I immediately had the seller refund the payment - which they did :A& also had the courtesy to ring Capital One to explain what had happened. Was told it didnt matter & to carry on as normal.


I always intended to close the account anyway as soon as cleared, but this provoked decisive action. I hopped straight onto my Barclaycard account & did a balance transfer :eek:. I was a bit hasty as the 6.9% only kicks in when I've cleared the £2,600 already outstanding but hopefully that will provide the ultimate incentive to clear it ASAP. It will take a couple of weeks to go through but the satisfaction of closing the CC2 account will be worth it & I've vowed to send back absolutely every piece of paper associated with the account along with the card itself

At least I will only have 2 CCs to deal with from now on.

I have done blindingly well with the NSDs & am now up to number 10 I've also been doing a few surveys & had another £6 paid into my paypal account. I've also had responses from my quidco tracking queries & 2 of them have now validated & the 3rd was actually my mistake .

If DDs school is open tomorrow I will go shopping for a couple of last minute bits she requested but other than that I think I'm all done.

Waitrose have sent me a voucher for some free chocolates :T so I will collect those & keep as a standby gift. I have finally written out all the cards that need to be sent & will post them tomorrow.

I did forget to fill the car up today :doh:so that also has to be a priority & I want to use Tatco for this as they sent me £1 off voucher & I shall then avoid the place for as long as possible :D

Off to catch up with some diaries now

xx