no wiser than the fool i was before-lyns' debt diary!

LookingAhead

You got id'd? I'm *so* jealous!

LookingAhead

Any news LJ?

lynsayjane

LookingAhead wrote: »

Any news LJ?

hey hun, dont worry I didn't forget about you all!

have a friend coming round for dinner with her mum on wednesday so I'm needing to gut the tip that I live in, will pop back on for longer and update and post aims for this week later this evening.

hugz
lj
xxx

lynsayjane

here goes the update on last week, pretty sucky even by my standards!

lynsayjane wrote: »

-call the dwp re; benefits I've been receiving this year. Sent them a letter just after I started my new job but they've not stopped paying me and as they are !!!!!!s I'll only have more to pay back so need it stopped asap! well I phoned them and nothing has gone in today but I've not received a letter which isnt surprising really since the strike.

-once savings acct gets opened start transferring money over. Have decided I'd make more money by spending on a 0% cc and putting cash into savings acct to cover full payment at end of 0% period than with a cashback card. Done a spreadhseet to track spends and deposits to ensure it's covered.
not had much chance to sit down and look at it but will do asap
-try to have nsd all week (maybe not thursday if I need anything for the weekend) nope

-try to get all the cleaning and things done monday-thursday so friday can be spent pampering myself for the birthday/wedding on saturday. did spend friday pampering and posting on here but didn't clean everything

-if the company dealing with house repairs sends out the documents this week I'll make a start on filling them out. awaiting the end of the stupid psotal strike

lynsayjane

Right here are this weeks aims,

-when wage slip arrives get onto tax office about ridiculous amount of tax coming out, am only looking at getting paid £40 this week (!!!!!!????)

-keep spending to a minimum until friday, started well with a nsd today need to do food shop tomorrow, nsd wednesday, thursday I might need to nip into town and buy a new top for a wedding reception on friday.

unfortunatly I've not got much time this week, tomorrow I'm needing to go food shopping after work and will have to finish cleaning my flat. Wednesday I have a friend and her mum coming over for dinner, am going to cook greek food as I'll be showing off my holiday snaps thursday I'll need to pop into town after work and friday I'm going home for the weekend. On top of all that after tomorrow work is going to be a total b*gger, as I open the mail at work I've been bored since last thursday and I'm now going to get a weeks worth of work in one day and can't even come in at the weekend for the overtime.

Me no likey postmans.

So I think this week will be mostly spent keeping on track but not advancing my position. If I can stay on a level playing field I'll be happy.

LookingAhead

Ooooh hope you get more than £40 hon.

Good luck with all that post! :eek:

Maybe a lot of people won't have bothered posting anything whilst strikes are on? It might not be *too* bad.

LookingAhead

Oooh and Greek food - yum! I love Greek veggie food. :drool:

lynsayjane

LookingAhead wrote: »

Oooh and Greek food - yum! I love Greek veggie food. :drool:

I'm doing chicken souvlaki for me an her mum with pork souvlaki for her (she has a bird phobia) with roasted new potatoes and onions and a roasted tomato starter which I'll just serve with the main course. I bought a packet of souvlaki herbs while I was over there but it also says on it which herbs are in it so I can make it myself in future (see I did think like a dfw on holiday!). It's my dads birthday on friday and I'm going there to see him on saturday so I might make him it for dinner too.

Speaking of my dad, he's retiring from the fire service in January after nearly 31 years and I'm hoping to find a really special present for him. It's a big time for all of us, it'll be weird not having a fireman for a dad. And worst of all I have to go to a party with LOTS of firemen, terrible cursed soul I am It'll probably cost me a lot to buy but I think it's worth it.

LookingAhead

Aww bless your Dad! He'll always be a fireman in your heart!

Oh definitely needing a special gift for him then. And it'll be worth every penny I am sure.

POOR YOU having to go to that party...I have *no idea* how you will cope.

lynsayjane

well today was the first (and likely the last) time I get the bus stright to tesco from work to save a bit of money. First the bus took an HOUR! I could have driven to my mum's house near dundee in less time! Didn't help that it went in a big circle at one point to bypass the hospital.

did the fastest shop ever in and out in 20mins! Then I'm sat outside for 25 mins waiting on a bus that 'see's you every 15 mins'..........hmmmm bs mr firstbusman. Luckily the second bus I need to get was just a minute after I got to the stop but as it was I didn't get home till justs after 7, in the horrible scottish drizzle, tired, hungry and dying for a peeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

while my cheese n ham toasties were cooking (when your that hungry nutrition goes out the window) I chucked the pork and chicken for tomorrows dinner into tubs with lemon juice and spices. still need to hoover but 8pm seems awful late to be starting a noisy job like that but the other option is to leave the house a mess for my visitors. argh

today is a stressful day. (oh and my bus this morning was half an hour late so I was late for work :mad: I now no longer care about the environment, I'm going to pass my test and get a big fat gas guzzling car and get to work in time and in comfort!!!)