Keeping away from the Jones and leading my frugal life diary

miemie

Have also managed to get some extra hours at work this month:j, but they won't hit my wage packet until the end of next month.

macgirl

Why do they always need shoes when you really don't have the cash?!!! :rolleyes: Waiting for January payday is always torture isn't it, at least you have provisions to last until then :T Great news about the extra hours.

I got lucky today and bought a bulk load of birthday card in the sales - reckon I've got enough for the rest of the year! :rotfl:
Asda did have a sale on toys last week, I got some Spiragraph and Bead sets for £1 each :j Hope you can find a bargain

miemie

Wow mac those toys were a bargain, i have cards and wrapping paper as i bought a load inthe summer when i found some cheap.

Extra hours are really good news, and there is talk of me getting an extra afternoon permently.

miemie

Morning, feeling shattered today even though i had a good night sleep.

20p and 50p on scratchies and i've had a email to say that eBay is having a free listing day on sunday, so i am going to go around the house and find as much stuff as possible and take photo's ready to list.Need to post a ebay item today.

Managed to buy a pair of trainers last night for £6, so that has come out of paypal money, so not actually cost anything.

Right better get kiddies up and get started for the day ahead.

miemie

Gosh can't believe its been a week since i last posted must get myself organised and do it more often, ds has also been off school ill with a hest infection so he has been up in during the night and so all organisation has gone out of the window as i'm soooo tired, house looks like a bomb has gone off as well.
On the money front i have been accepted for a santander credit card which is 0% for 14 months so have moved barclaycard balance onto that and can start chipping away at it.
I have a few bits listed on ebay but only a couple of bidders, to be honest i don't have much to sell at the moment, have been doing scratchies and surveys and have signed up to trial some washing powder, so waiting for that to be delivered:D.

Also On the money front i'm totally skint, kiddies seem to be bringing home letter after letter from school asking for money, i might as well just set up a direct debit and give them a set amount each month.

chops22

I know how you feel about the constant letters from school. I am glad that they get to do things and don't really mind, but the minute you get a little spare money and think ohh the budget is working....along comes a trip!!

macgirl

Don't sweat it - my own house looks like it's been ransacked too
Hope DS is better

chops22

Hope you are ok mimie and have managed to enure dreaded January!!!

I am determind next January I wont be skint and waiting for payday!!! (I can dream!)

miemie

Hello

:mad:Been really bad at posting recently and to be honest its not helping me as i've got lazy, not sticking to meal plans, ordering take aways, spending more money than budgeting on groceries and the house is a tip, so i really need to get back into the habit of coming on mse everyday and posting.

This week i have somehow managed to spend £80 on groceries, but did get lots of fruit and veg in Aldi so hope this lasts more than a week.

Have recieved a large box of washing powder to test:j, this wil last a couple of weeks and also a £10 Tesco moneycard, also withdrawn £15 from Paypal.

I have cleaned the whole of the upstairs today, but now have 3 huge laundry baskets of clothes to wash, hate to think how much leccy i will use as both the washing machine and tumble are whirling around.

Have also recieved some ham bones, hubbies mate is a butcher and i was talking to him last week and mentioned i made my own soup and did he ever have ham bones, he replies yeah loads and we just throw them out :eek: as no one wants them anymore. So i said i would have a load every month off him as i can freeze them and then use when i need them, so he is going to send me a bag every month for free :j.

macgirl

That lot doesn't sound like lazy to me! It sounds like you've been too busy to post.

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