Reformed shopaholic? please can you give me the benefit of your advice

NGlady2

Evening ladies

Well I am home!!

I am currently sat on my bed trying my hardest to write a budget. I do try and do one of these monthly, but ive decided to get serious about it this time. Unfortunatly, my bank card was canx by lloyds - long story, so having to do stuff the long way round, but thats ok its only until tuesday. Decided to get all my direct debits arranged to go out on payday so i dont have to faff with it throughout the month

I think i've managed to come back from my day away relatively unscathed. Brought a £25 bag from a little boutiquey shop on one of the rocky streets, also spent £8 in primark, one of the items had the wrong label on, didnt realise until i got home, so instead of paying £8 - i paid £4 so both tops for price of one - woohoo. So got to figure how much more goes to the beatle fund

went into paperchase today - all there 2011 diaries are £1 - they are some beautiful ones, i got one worth £17.50 and one worth £10 - going to use bigger one to keep hold of receipts and smaller one as a 'as i go' spending diary even the big huge ones worth about £25 was a pound!!!

though one little moan - call centres especially when you have to repeat urself over...and...over again!

Frogletina

BYM is coming to see me today! I am all of a flutter.

Breathe.........breathe.....................

Anglea

Good Luck Frogletina you know we'll need all the details :rotfl:

NGlady - I wonder how many bags you have at home? How did you get on organising a budget?

I tried on about 8 garments today, all misfits except one pair of cropped trousers which I managed to get just as the shop was shutting. They were a tiny bit too big and I didn't even like the colour but they fit so I got them.

Found a lovely Atmosphere jacket, looked nice on, however it must have been made wrong or something, the buttons were in a strange location and you had to be a contortionist to do them up and as for the pockets..............:( they were somewhere near the back. So couldn't buy it.

Were you all looking at the guests outfits for the wedding yesterday?

Frogletina

Meet with BYM cancelled. But due to my stupid mobile phone I did not get his message until I had arrived at our meeting place

My phone showed inbox full and I deleted some messages ( I messaged to say I may have missed a message from him) and then 10 minutes after I sent him a text after the meeting time, all 5 of his messages came through. grrrrrrrrr

Anglea

Frogletina, I just looked at the time of your post when I looked at my CP and wondered if you were giving us an update in the middle of it - sorry to hear things didn't work out.

Hope he had a good reason.

Frogletina

Anglea wrote: »

Frogletina, I just looked at the time of your post when I looked at my CP and wondered if you were giving us an update in the middle of it - sorry to hear things didn't work out.

Hope he had a good reason.

I haven't had a reason yet, just that he couldn't come. He told me he was setting off to get a train, then later a text to say he was not able to come and was going home and we would talk later. Very confusing

Anglea

Doesn't sound promising. Unless there was a train strike.

Frogletina

Anglea wrote: »

Doesn't sound promising. Unless there was a train strike.

I am certain there was no train strike! We have messaged each other via net since I have been back and I have asked for an explanation.

Andyou know the guy who didn't arrive at the cinema the other night? He has just messaged me and said 'Hi babe, how's it going?' I should have ignored it but couldn't resist sending a message to say, 'you mean since you stood me up the other night?'

Anglea

Good for you writing that to him. He had a nerve to act as though nothing happened.

As for BY (forgotten your name for him) hope he tells you the truth.

Frogletina

Anglea wrote: »

Good for you writing that to him. He had a nerve to act as though nothing happened.

As for BY (forgotten your name for him) hope he tells you the truth.

BYM said that he hadn't realised he would need money today (we only arranged to meet up this afternoon) and when he got to the station he didn't have any enough cash or credit on his card for the fare! But he wants to come down asap next week! Oh dear. Every man I seem to meet is always poorer than me