The Ultimate Incentive to have an amazing 2010.

Kittikins

Hi Tink - sorry to hear about the holiday situation with OH 17 days is hugely long but think of all the guilt presents and then big cuddles when he's back

I think holidays are a minimum of 20 days PLUS 8 bank holidays now. I'm excited as my employers are just putting in a flexible benefits system so I'll be able to "buy" another week's holiday, yay, that'll help for DD's l-o-n-g school holidays. I wouldn't be able to cope without my parents helping out already.

Dinah93

So, even bigger jump in our wedding shortfall savings target. Yesterday NIM went to get a quote on the rings from another place, and his mum bought them for us! Seems to be a lot more supportive than we imagined she'd be after past experiences. So now, happily, we're 22.37% of the way towards making up our wedding shortfall. If we could have another couple of weeks like this one we'd be laughing! We're currently on track for the wedding costing £10,052 excluding honeymoon - cut another £1550 and I'd even hit my gold target.

zigmeister

Great news about all the wedding savings Dinah!

Tink I'd be majorly annoyed too. Hope he makes it up to you.

Happy belated birthday Birdie! Hope you had a lovely day.

Percy is so cute Cinny! I miss seeing my cats all the time

Hope everyone is having a good weekend I am so broody at the moment and it's doing my head in. I so want my own house and family! Ah well, it'll come eventually!

Dinah93

I remember that phase, I was seriously broody about 3 years ago. But now I'm with the right man, and nearly have the house, I'm feeling kind of greedy, don't want to give up my life with him to clean nappies!

Spent this morning in B & Q. Spent £114 on basic decorating tools, white emulsion to do all the ceilings, and got LOTS of wallpaper samples ready to tape to the walls on Friday to decide which ones we want, then I can go about finding the best price on them.

tinkerbel

oooh dinah thats good about the rings (more so that NIMs mum is being nice though than the money but both are good!) you will have smashed away the wedding shortfall soon! Especially like with finding people who can do bits and pieces for you!

Cinny91

NIMs Mum sounds like she's being nice! How is it having her there? Your wedding savings are going really well though

Hope you're all having nice weekends. I've just been looking after Percy some more and doing housework. Went shopping yesterday though and got a new tent, some torches and one of those foldy chairs! All excited now. Need to get the rest of the stuff sorted this afternoon while OH's at work (he lets me do all the fun stuff right?!)

clearmydebts

zigmeister wrote: »

Great news about all the wedding savings Dinah!

Hope everyone is having a good weekend I am so broody at the moment and it's doing my head in. I so want my own house and family! Ah well, it'll come eventually!

What age are you Zig? From what I remember you are quite young. Enjoy spending time and going on lots of hols with your OH before you have babies. I love Max to bits and was really ready to have him, but I am so glad I spent my 20s seeing going to so many different places and also living in lots of different places. I don't feel like I am sacrificing anything now cos my clubbing days are well and truly over, that's not to say I still don't enjoy going out!!!

Great news about the rings Dinah

tinkerbel

Percy is sooo cute cinny!! When are you going away again?

Cinny91

tinkerbel wrote: »

When are you going away again?

We go Wed-Fri. Been plastering post it notes all over my desktop today so I don't forget to pack/check something Stupidly excited!!

Dinah93

Dinah93 wrote: »

• Write to surveyors company
• [STRIKE]Find and send Bupa forms[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Relist all unsold items on ebay[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Post Robin costume *[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Post necklace back to USA *[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Write up new maxi dress on blog[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Write up travelling info/contacts for hire cars etc on Irish tab, local hotels, the menu, the giftlist stuff,[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Email information to nice invite lady[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Write up invite list for hen/[/STRIKE]stag do with contact details to send to maid of honor.
• [STRIKE]Finish 'The Ship of Brides'[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Do 2 Vine reviews[/STRIKE]
• 75
• Finish taking up denim skirt
• [STRIKE]Finish maxi dress[/STRIKE]
• Cut out veil shape
• [STRIKE]Cut out squares for attempting first quilt[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Order materials for new vintage gown[/STRIKE]
• Type up gift book questions
• [STRIKE]Order spiral sketchbooks[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Competitions for 10/05[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Competitions for 11/05[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Competitions for 12/05[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Competitions for 13/05[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Competitions for 14/05 * [/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Competitions for 15/05[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Competitions for 16/05[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Competitions for 17/05[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Competitions for 18/05[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Competitions for 19/05[/STRIKE]
• Get sewing book up to date
• Hem the 4 pairs of trousers in my sewing basket.
• [STRIKE]Upload piccie of gray handbag to ebay, as it seems to have vanished[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Check other items on ebay for pictures[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Order car tax[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Find out about travel insurance[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Move remainder of deposit out of Egg[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Update wedding spreadsheet[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Update wedding/house spreadsheet[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Update savings spreadsheet[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Update extra income total.[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Arrange courier for window[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Wrap window for courier on Thursday[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Photograph and upload piccies of two other missing picture ebay items[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Update annual savings total *[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Update wedding challenge total *[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Work out and update wedding shortfall in sig *[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Order wedding cake toppers[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Post tatt back to Godiva[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]List dongles[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Call Tesco Clubcard[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Call payperparcel find out why DHL havent come to collect my window![/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Wrap sold dongles etc[/STRIKE]

You know what? I'm chuffed to bits with that! I feel like I've had a super productive week, I've smashed through most of the to do list, and I want to try to round it off this week. Which is good as all the house stuff is just kicking off. So this week I aim to:

• Write to surveyors company
• Hunt the courier down for the window
• Wrap and post remaining dongle once they pay
• [STRIKE]Write up invite list for hen/[/STRIKE]stag do with contact details to send to maid of honor.
• Do 2 Vine reviews
• Finish 'The Girls'
• 75
• Finish taking up denim skirt
• Finish orange skirt (which won't fit but might as well finish now I've started!)
• Cut out veil shape
• Type up gift book questions
• Get sewing book up to date
• Hem the 4 pairs of trousers in my sewing basket
• Make 2 get well soon cards
• Competitions 20/05
• Competitions 21/05
• Competitions 22/05
• Competitions 23/05
• Competitions 24/05
• Competitions 25/05
• Competitions 26/05
• Competitions 27/05
• Competitions 28/05
• Competitions 29/05
• Go through wardrobes and drawers and shoes again, find more to sell.
• Sign up to betfair and first bookies
• Email piccies of center pieces to venue
• Arrange time for builder to come look at the house, and give us a quote
• Get NIM to call Tesco, get the two vouchers put back on his account
• Do AQA application
• Sew quilt row 1
• Sew quilt row 2
• Sew borders and attach to rows
• Photograph all ebay items
• List 10 ebay items
• List 10 ebay items
• List 10 ebay items
• List 10 ebay items
• List 10 ebay items
• List 10 ebay items
• List 10 ebay items
• List 10 ebay items
• List 10 ebay items
• List 10 ebay items
• List all games and CDs onto music magpie

Why is this weeks to do list as long as last weeks started out at?! Productivity does not seem to actually resolve anything!

I've been thinking, and I think the decorating is going to cost a lot more than we budgetted for :undecided, so I really need to work very hard to get the best deals on everything.

Still haven't got a meeting regarding the new product, his designer hasn't done it yet, but it is still going ahead apparently. He's met with my dad on other stuff a few times, guess I just need to be patient.