Go For It - My 2010 Diary of Need!

LexieLou

Hi CeeBeeby,

Just popped in to say hello. Love your diary, it's filled with such enthusiasm. Makes me tired just reading it! lol.

I'll have to be organised like you and do some meal planning, but more so to loose weight rather than anything!

Take care.
LL xx

ceebeeby

Day 26 - Tuesday
Money Spent - zero
Extra Money Earnt - zero
Money Saved - zero
Hours / Days since last cigarette - 3 and 4 day weeks
Number of sweets / cakes etc. - About 7 Thorntons Chocolates :mad:
week weigh in: (12.11) -2lb = 3 / 35lb.
HL Score: 5/10 - going down!!!
Flying Stars: 0 for this week (so far!!)

Never caught up with Monday's blog, and am late writing Tuesday.

Was majorly late home from work, should have been in at least 2 hours earlier, the result was totally tired and CBA (a new abbreviation learnt from Flying Thread!!! ). However, this means it's Wednesday and not one drop of cleaning has been done since (okay, a quick S&S of kitchen, but prob doesn't count in the big scheme of things).

2 days till payday and 5 days till end of the month ... I think we're almost definitely going to make it :j:j

Thanks for the comments on the thread - I love them, and they keep me going x

beanielou

What does CBA mean then?

ceebeeby

Can't or Couldn't Be ***** - the starred word means 'bothered', but a different word that is rude for bottom / derriere and begins with A and is a bit like another word for a donkey IYSWIM!!!

ceebeeby

Day 27 - Wednesday
Money Spent - zero
Extra Money Earnt - zero
Money Saved - zero
Hours / Days since last cigarette - 3 and 5 day weeks
Number of sweets / cakes etc. - 1 Thorntons Chocolate (so far!) and 1 chip ... not too bad!
week weigh in: (12.11) -2lb = 3 / 35lb.
HL Score: 6/10 - going down!!!
Flying Stars: 2 for this week (so far!!)

Spent 4 hours cleaning my blasted cooker!!! I hope I never have to spend that long again - how revolting!

DH is out late tonight, so am hoping desperately to make two stars at least by the time he gets home. The good thing is though, this means the pasta can be flung together and noshed in 5 mins flat with garlic bread!!! Yummy! Edited later on in the evenign, the pasta was so vile that we all refused to eat it! The sauce was a Tesco finest stuck at the back fo the cupboard - bleurgghhhhhh!!! Had to have toast to keep us going!

No more earning going on, although am gathering lots and lots of ebay / car-boot sale boxes - just need to find the appropriate outlet now!!! Once my house is at tip-top stage perhaps I can start on that.

Meal planning day tomorrow, plus Feb's first shopping week - will need to buy some 'extras' as running very short on some things now.

beanielou

Got ya!!!

ceebeeby

Day 28 - Thursday
Money Spent - LOTS (Car Repair Day!!!) Think by the end of the day it was about £550 ish!!!!! ARGHHHHH
Extra Money Earnt - zero
Money Saved - zero
Hours / Days since last cigarette - 3 weeks and 6 days
Number of sweets / cakes etc. - a few, but not too many.
week weigh in: (12.9) -2lb = 5 / 35lb. :j
HL Score: 6/10 - going down!!!
Flying Stars: 2 for this week (so far!!)

Another 2lb off - yippeeeeeeee!

Cars in the garage getting some TLC! Am waiting for the call to tell me how much.

Have also spent my last January budget money. £42.50 on petrol (so ended up £4.50 over, however .... there will be at least 3/4 of a tank left for starting Feb with, so I guess it could be an accrual!). £4.76 on some essential groceries (actually, have left receipt in car, so need to double check the amount before updating sig block).

Have withdrawn the cash for DH's birthday and DD payback, so all to plan so far!!! Paid catalogue bill.

Raised £250 for Haiti Children with talent show. Chuffed to bits x

ceebeeby

Week 5 (w/c 01/02/10) Meal Planning

What's left in the store AFTER all plans have been made (i.e. to start w/c 08/02 with)!

Planned Shop for 31/01/10 - everything gets used up
Budget Available - £25.00 for us, £25 for month for pets
US
Whoopsie Bread £1.00
Fruit (at least 28 pieces + apples for apple sauce) £2.00
Vegetables (include veg stir-fry; onion; tomato; Sunday veg) £2.00
Squash x 2 £0.50
Weetabix £1.00
Milk £1.50
Porridge Oats – 60p
Ham / cold meat- £1.00
Quorn chunks - £2.00
1kg butter - £1.50
SP Marg for baking – 30p
Loo Roll (Lots) - £3.00
1 tin beans – 30p
1 tin spaghetti – 30p
Lump of cheese for omelette / spaghetti - £1.50
Bacon if whoopsied – £1.00
2 tins of soup - £1.00
2 x pieces of Whoopsie Meat - £3.00
Potatos for Sunday roasties / Saturday Wedges - £1.00
TOTAL - £24.50
Pets
Rabbit Food - £2.00
Cat Food - £2.17
Hamster Food - £1.50
Fish Filter - £6.00
Total: 11.67

Freezer

3 packets pancakes
Turkey Pieces – small packet
Pork meatballs
2 pepperoni pizzas
½ pkt veggie mince
1 pkt fish pie / cheese sauce
6 pork and apple sausages
Frozen Lemon Chicken Sauce
1/2 bag of frozen strawberries
1 chicken fajita thing
vanilla icecream
2 pkts w/w tortilla wraps
pkt frozen mash
1 pot of cream

Fridge

Jam / Lemon Curd / Marmalade
2 tubs cheese spread
20 eggs
Beer!
Lots of Marg / Butter / Trex

Cupboards

Dried Spagetti - large packet
2 bags of rice
1 tin meatballs
1 tin tomatos
1 tin chick peas
2 tins rice pudding
2 tins sliced peaches
value noodles
1 small jar dolmio pasta sauce
Sweet and Sour Sauce
Dolmio Bolognaise Sauce
Cereal: frosties / sugar puffs
Tea / Coffee / Hot Chocolate / Sugar
All sorts of home baking stuff incl. 2 jars mincemeat
Herbs /spices / stock cubes / Ketchups (every flavour) (lots)
chilli sauce
4 pkts instant custard
Few biscuits and crisps left (not much)
1 pkt chicken soup
Drinking squash

Meal Plan

Monday 1st Feb
Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: Sarnies incl. Twink Cookies
Dinner: Veg stir-fry in black bean sauce. Turkey / Quorn

Tuesday 2nd Feb
Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: Sarnies
Dinner: Pizza (HM Tortilla pizza for me / A) and noodles

Wednesday 3rd Feb
Breakfast: Pancakes / Cereal
Lunch: Sarnies or left over tortilla wraps
Dinner: Spagetti with pork meatballs / carrots / bolognaise sauce

Thursday 4th Feb
Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: Sarnies
Dinner: Tinned soup and chunky bread

Friday 5th Feb
Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: Sarnies
Dinner: Mum and Dad both out / Kids at Grans

Saturday 6th Feb
Breakfast: Bacon (if whoopsied)/ Egg / Toast
Lunch: Cheese, Tomato and Onion Omelette
Dinner: HM Potato Wedges; Whoopsie Meat (pref cheap steak)

Sunday 7th Feb
Breakfast: Porridge
Lunch: Whoopsie Meat (pref Pork Joint), potatos, veg, apple sauce and gravy; rice pudding
Dinner: Spag / Beans or Noodles on Toast

(make s&s pork with any lefties)

[Deleted User]

You are doing so well - would love to know how you do the tortilla pizza as I'm pretty sure i've got everything I would need to make it - do you pre-bake the tortilla?

ceebeeby

January Archive

My MSE Goals that are going to help me this year!

No Clothes Buying - I will not buy any clothes during 2010 for myself!
No Toiletry Purchasing - Until the very last drop in the house has been used up!
No Spend Days - I will have 15 NSD days per month (at least)
Meal Planning - To plan all meals at least one week in advance.
Grocery Spends - January is £60 (will work out February's a bit closer to the time!)
Grow Your Own - I'm going to see if a gardener at work can spare me a couple of seed spuds, and I'm going to try and grow them in a black bin that's just randomly lying around in my garden!
Sewing Room - I'm going to use scraps lying around the house to make my own patchwork quilt, plus any wee Xmas / Birthday gifts possible.
Payment a Day - I'm aiming to ease into this one once I can see the light for the tunnel!!
Weekly Flylady - Keeping the House in order!!! Keeps me Exercising Too!!! Aim for 175 stars in 2010

My Debts (or the ones I'll currently admit too!)

CC1 Feb - £6,715.31. Limit £6,700. (interest 1.52% monthly) Bill due £167.88 due by DD on 1st Feb. Next interest estimate £115.57 (already paid £24 but didn't reach January account in time).
CC2 - £2,344.72 (1.77% monthly interest. Limit £2,400 - next interest estimate £42.21). JAN PAID - Feb bill not yet in.
Catalogue Account - £1,412.28 (0% interest) Next bill £222.05 due on 30/01/10
Overdraft 1 - £1,800 JAN PAID
Overdraft 2 - £2,800 (£24.23 needs paid on 26/01)
DD1 - £215
Mum - £2,200
Gran - £1,000

How Serious this Really Is - January 2010

What's left in the pot after the bills have been paid:
First review: -£320.00
Second review: -£35.00
Third review: -£59.08
Fourth review: -£45.08 (poss -23.38 if Amazon refund comes in!)
Fifth review: -£198.63 (poss - 176.93 if Amazon refund comes in!)
Sixth review: - £25.52 (Amazon refund did arrive, incl postage + hold over b'day)
Seventh review: - £14.44 (paid for shopping out of loose change in the car / purse etc.)
Eighth review: + £10.56
Ninth review + £19.80
Tenth review + £57.74
Eleventh review + £63.74 (walking to school!)
Twelfth review + £55.18
Current review: +£50.18 (bought Grans TV extension lead and other bits n' bobs)


January's Paying Out List

Still to be paid out from bank: £0 before payday
Estimated Additional Expenses: £0 all done!
Total Need: £0

Estimated Additional Expenses Break Down:
Petrol x 3 weeks £0 left (travel to work cost - car is empty - fill tomorrow)
Food x 4 weeks £0 left
School Bus x 2 days £0 - can use up change
[STRIKE]Birthday Costs £20 (2 x Nephews)[/STRIKE] sorry
[STRIKE] Birthday Costs £150 (DH)[/STRIKE] holding over until payday - it will be paid for from Feb Council Tax Savings. Will also try to do some ebays as well, to get nice cover.
Total: £0

January's Groceries came in at: £58.96/£60: