Frugal Fresian's 2010 Adventures

macgirl

Yep, only Freeview here too. I must have missed it then.
I didn't intend staying up this late, so might have to watch Mad Men again on BBC 4.
Don Draper is at the Dapper End of my Phwoar-ometer!

tomtombeanie

found you! happy new year etc. i'm not feeling so shiny and new at present, hate this time of year - all dark and cold, grumpy and fed up - so reading this has cheered me up a bit

soo much i should be doing but just can't be *rsed today...

Intergalactic_Floozie

flying_fresian wrote: »

Help me resist the lure of this bag....

Oh look it's out of stock, what more resistance can you need.....

Unless someone has put one on ebay

mooomin

Money Post!

Money in purse = £0. Put all my money into my Sealed Tin on New Years Eve to start 2010 with a clean slate, and haven't left the house since

Spends account = £210
PAD Account = £55
Groceries = £109.25
Entertainment = £50.51 (Gone up as I got money from my friend for her Sound of Music ticket and I haven't paid Palema for these yet)

There are 19 days until payday.

£105 of the money in my spends account is Christmas money. I think I'm going to transfer this into my credit card spending account tomorrow when the cheques clear. I don't think I will need to spend all of this, but I want to make sure that I'm not left short when the bill comes. I'm not sure of the exact balance at the moment as I have things to take back to the shops.

Today I plan to:

Do washing (1 load done already)
Tidy kitchen
Cook a Big Lump O' Lamb
Make soup
Go to the supermarket (We really need milk)
If I make it to the supermarket I will be taking things back to Next/M&S as well

beanielou

Wish I had half your energy!
I ordered said bag & then thought [EMAIL="*$@*£"]*$@*£[/EMAIL] ect & phoned & cancelled it.
Impressed with myself!

mooomin

beanielou wrote: »

Wish I had half your energy!
I ordered said bag & then thought *$@*£ ect & phoned & cancelled it.
Impressed with myself!

Wow! Well done you :T

At one point I had my purse beside the laptop and was going to buy it but realised that the guilt would mean I wouldn't enjoy it.

Another sodding thing to add to the "when I'm debt-free" list...

moo2moo

Theres a very exclusive cow version of the Radley bag available. Clearly its special order only and dependant upon DD1 finding a suitable plain black bag in the charity shop for 50p but she got one of these http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gem-Star-fashion-Stud-Rhinestones/dp/B002Y12VSW for x-mas and is firmly convinced that she can do a far better cow or dog or even a sheep for a mere £1000 (well it will be a priceless original).

mooomin

10 items now listed on Amazon to help me avoid tidying the kitchen again :A How the heck do people make money selling things for 1p?

I'm going to list them for a month then cancel the listings and take them to a charity shop if they don't sell. One item is a DVD box set special edition thing which will net me £27 after their fees if it sells (Minus postage) Let's all cross our fingers people

MellyB_2

Have you looked on the Debenhams website or even eBay for that Radley Bags? They're usually loads cheaper..
I've got a Radley bag that I'm thinking of selling on eBay (so that I can get another one instead! - they are lovely bags. Everyone should own one!)

mooomin

MellyB wrote: »

Have you looked on the Debenhams website or even eBay for that Radley Bags? They're usually loads cheaper..
I've got a Radley bag that I'm thinking of selling on eBay (so that I can get another one instead! - they are lovely bags. Everyone should own one!)

I'll be doing that at the end of the year when I'm debt-free

The bag yesterday was more a "I'm bored and I'm online and I WANT IT!!" I don't need another handbag, I have loads.

I'm being good me

Speaking of which, third load of washing is in the machine, lamb is being prepared for dinner and I'm about to embark upon the dishes :A

It's all going to hell in a handcart when I go back to work :rolleyes: