Frugal Fresian's 2010 Adventures

mooomin

****WARNING. This post may contain elements of confession....****

It's Mr Fresian's birthday next week, and I'm using this as a bit of an excuse to buy things I want for the PC like a new keyboard and mouse. I have ordered the keyboard for no money thanks to the prepaid Visa card I won recently (£59.99 reduced to £17.99 and one very Happy Fresian!) They keyboard is fab as it's backlit, meaning that if either one of us wants to use the PC while the other is asleep we can :j

On the confessional front....I also bought him a headset to use while gaming (£31.58) and a new mouse (£44.36) Both of these were worryingly at the cheaper end of the spectrum in terms of gaming equipment. Some of the mice we looked at were £80+ and the keyboard I originally wanted from PC World was £65 :eek:

So, last night I spent £75.94 on Amazon on two items, and this morning spent another £17 on DVDs for himself and a graphic novel for me. !!!!.

I have been a budgeteer this month, but not as well as I would like, and think that my spending can be directly related to not filling in my spreadsheets. Mea culpa etc. I will aim to do them tonight/tomorrow and then see how the full picture lies. A letter to the bank also awaits as I am moving my current account (again) and they didn't take my Virgin Media payment, meaning a £10 charge for me that is going to be reimbursed by the bank or they shall feel the full force of a budgeteers wrath :D

mooomin

I'm going to go and update all my receipts for the month now. You would think I would learn....

mooomin

All my receipts have now been put into the spreadsheet. Bah!

Further update at the end of the month

honeybear_2

flying_fresian wrote: »

I*Edited to add* Quite surprised I got away with !!!!!! Van Dyke on the MSE swearometer, hehe!

I thought the same when I posted about !!!!!! Whittington recently

mooomin

Did my 2 week weigh-in this morning and have lost 2lbs. I am kinda demotivated as I was hoping for more. Still, I suppose that 2lbs is 2lbs and I should just continue on with the calorie counting and walking in the hopes that more weight wanders off.

Money is pretty much the same as yesterday.

Friday tomorrow (On a three-day week this week!) so yay for that :j

mooomin

Ok, I may not have done as well as I wanted on the weightloss, but I can still be an active Fresian so this morning I have:

1. Made lunch to take in with me - not got enough fruit though so planning a trip to Morrisons at lunchtime
2. Done two loads of washing and hung them up outside for nice line-dry smell
3. Made dinner (Thrown lamb, tatties, carrots and lamb stock in slow cooker with a wodge of garlic and some dried herbs)

If I walk to Morrisons at lunchtime that's 15 minutes of exercise, and I will do more either on the way home or on the way to the cinema later.

Better go to work now I suppose....

honeybear_2

It may not seem like much but that kind of weightloss is the kind that is most sustainable so well done you :T

mooomin

honeybear wrote: »

It may not seem like much but that kind of weightloss is the kind that is most sustainable so well done you :T

I hope so!

As much as I would like to be debt-free by my birthday in December, I would dearly love to be lighter and happier as well. If I have to eat into the debt-free pot to buy new clothes due to my decreasing erse then I will happily do so.

honeybear_2

flying_fresian wrote: »

I hope so!

As much as I would like to be debt-free by my birthday in December, I would dearly love to be lighter and happier as well. If I have to eat into the debt-free pot to buy new clothes due to my decreasing erse then I will happily do so.

Attagirl :T

Primula

I know what you mean about the weightloss and wanting it gone super quick, but honeybear is right, and if you think about it 1lb per week is 1 stone in 14 weeks which is no time at all, so well done you and keep up the good work. I'm still at the "talking stage",and that's a long stage, I need to get off my erse and stop talking and start doing!