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What have you done MS today?
Emmzi
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Starting thread cos I did something!
My gardener has worldcup fever and is nowhere to be found!
(I know, gardener. Trust me, as soon as I have a job which means I'm home in the week, he's going. But I can't face laundry hoovering etc AND garden at the weekend.)
So as it (finally!) isn't blazing hot, did it myself and saved £20. And a theoretical £3.95 gym entry.
Also, 2nd hand futon arriving at 4pm with minimal assembly required! Then get to take sledgehammer to old (exhausted, nonfixable) suite!
Still got fathers day to sort.
Sadly garden monet can't go into benefit challenge pot as no way I would have a gardener if on bens!!
My gardener has worldcup fever and is nowhere to be found!
(I know, gardener. Trust me, as soon as I have a job which means I'm home in the week, he's going. But I can't face laundry hoovering etc AND garden at the weekend.)
So as it (finally!) isn't blazing hot, did it myself and saved £20. And a theoretical £3.95 gym entry.
Also, 2nd hand futon arriving at 4pm with minimal assembly required! Then get to take sledgehammer to old (exhausted, nonfixable) suite!
Still got fathers day to sort.
Sadly garden monet can't go into benefit challenge pot as no way I would have a gardener if on bens!!
Debt free 4th April 2007.
New house. Bigger mortgage. MFWB after I have my buffer cash in place.
New house. Bigger mortgage. MFWB after I have my buffer cash in place.
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Using free £5 cd wow voucher bought a pilates dvd - also saving theoretical gym fees.
Bought a book for fathers day - and didnt take advantage of buy 1 get 1 1/2 price in WHSmiths - saving £3.50
Downside though - had to cough for new glasses and car tax today.The early bird gets the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese :cool:0 -
I'm working today, so saving myself going round shops, lusting after nice summer clothes!
Plus going to a BBQ 2nite, and have made & marinaded my food already and from freezer, so no spend.
Just gotta buy some shandy and i'll be grand!
Lightbulb Moment April 2006.Pay off All Debts by 31.12.2014.CC1: £5594, CC2: £164, OD1: £200,Total:£59580 -
Finding more stuff for doing a car boot sale tomorrow!
Actually, can anyone help on pricing? (Have posted on the boot sale board too).
Got pairs of curtains (Next, M&S - exc condition, lined, etc) - what asking price should I go for? £2? More, less?
Duvet sets - kids single (Nemo, etc) - £1? Doubles £1.25?
What do you guys think?
(Edited to say sorry for hijacking thread)Back on the DFW Wagon:
CC - £3,300 on 0% til 04/2020
CC - £4,500 on 0% til 02/2019
Loan - £12,063.84 as at 4/1/180 -
I bought some manicuring stuff from the pound shop as my nails look even worse since starting with the allotment. ( i know i cant be sacked for horrid nails but when i am suited up & shaking hands with people at work my hands still look like bob flowerdews, so i thought it might be time to make an effort.)
Also preparing a barbie for fathers day. We have to eat anyway so minimal further cost.
Today we have been invited out for dinner & am taking 2 nice bottles of wine (and a bottle of Lidl cola-yum) that i won in a charity horserace at work.
Not bad really but have fallen off the wagon lately so this is baby steps back to reality.
Anastacia....another happy bug.........sorry,blogger embracing the simple life0 -
have done 2 mystery shops including 1 at Ladbrokes with £2 world cup bet - have done Boa Morte as 1st scorer - come on Portugal!!!!!!A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
Mortgage Balance = £0
"Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"0 -
After months of waiting for DH to arrange a decorator, I'm painting the hall myself. I'll do each room in turn, take the opportunity to freecycle clutter, and save loads of money!
Anastacia - I've found that wearing latex gloves when gardening is a great way of saving your hands.The ability of skinny old ladies to carry huge loads is phenomenal. An ant can carry one hundred times its own weight, but there is no known limit to the lifting power of the average tiny eighty-year-old Spanish peasant grandmother.0 -
ali007 wrote:have done 2 mystery shops including 1 at Ladbrokes with £2 world cup bet - have done Boa Morte as 1st scorer - come on Portugal!!!!!!
Except he hasn't started....... flaming great!A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort Mortgage Balance = £0
"Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"0 -
Went shopping at Tesco and spent £26 which covered the cost of our meat for a week and I have a £20 voucher to spend on Asda to get all my fruit and veg for a week.
Bought a lime and some value ginger snaps (total 36p) so that I can make a key lime pie and use up some condense milk that my OH bought by mistake. MMMM!!
Going to go onto CD wow later and try to get a b-day present for OH using my £5 voucher."A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain." Mark Twain0 -
Bought a tent for cheap weekends away and fun for the kids!January budget
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How do you make key lime pie????
Sounds lush for after tea on a night like this0
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