Making every penny count

macgirl

Hi 40sm :hello:

Sounds like you've had a rough week, so hugs to you. Don't be disheartened about OH - IMD had a mountain to climb with her DH, but the penny has dropped for him and it will for yours I'm sure

I was late to motherhood too - 33 and 35. I was 13 when my Mum was 33 :rotfl: but it doesn't matter, I think there are pluses and minuses to both.

Hope you are having a nice weekend x

honeybear_2

40somethingmum wrote: »

Just been sat here for 20 minutes or so doing a Lightspeed survey (yawn) , nearly got the end then the site crashed:mad:

:mad:

*sends hugs & chocolate*

taxi73

40somethingmum wrote: »

Just been sat here for 20 minutes or so doing a Lightspeed survey (yawn) , nearly got the end then the site crashed:mad:

That's about right:eek::eek::eek::eek:

Different_Corner

I get screened out after 10 - 15 minutes, really annoying, just cos I don't buy pro-bio yoghurt drinks or something that I've never heard of. Recently I've had a lot reaching target numbers too. Oh well shouldn't complain.

In_my_dreams

40somethingmum wrote: »

Hi HB,
He does know that we are on a tight budget. He is just so used to me always dealing with the finances and sorting it all out. In the past if we have been a bit short we have just chucked it on the cc. I won't do that anymore .... thats how we got in this mess in the first place.

How are you hun ?

40Smxx

You sound exactly like the position I was in. All I know is that by sitting down, with all the figures on a spreadsheet, tears of desperation, credit card bills, bank statements and figures in red - that was the only way I could make him see how bad it was. We also agreed to deal in cash only. We withdraw a specific figure every week, all cards bar the petrol one is in the pot so we can't use them and that is that. He does seem to have got it but it has taken a long long time and I feel your pain. The times I have found that he has withdrawn cash from a 0% credit card has made me want to cry

On the positive we have changed our ways together. Our shopping is easily about £70 a week and we could do it for less if we had to.

You will get there, it is just perseverance.

Hugs x

jasperconran

Hi 40sm, how are you doin today?

Im on a real downer today and feel like I need a good kick up the butt!:rotfl: Have just updated my sig, and my debt has increased this month by £272:eek: and I dont even know how!:eek: my ebay sales at the min are pants, so gotta have a rethink. might just start selling my DDs clothes as bundles, maybe they might sell better that way. Sorry for coming on here and having a moan, but I do feel a bit better now for doing it! Catch you later and have a great day x

40somethingmum

jasperconran wrote: »

Hi 40sm, how are you doin today?

Im on a real downer today and feel like I need a good kick up the butt!:rotfl: Have just updated my sig, and my debt has increased this month by £272:eek: and I dont even know how!:eek: my ebay sales at the min are pants, so gotta have a rethink. might just start selling my DDs clothes as bundles, maybe they might sell better that way. Sorry for coming on here and having a moan, but I do feel a bit better now for doing it! Catch you later and have a great day x

Moan away ! I will kick you up the butt when needed ! Did you have a good weekend. ?

I received 3 lovely homemade Mother's Day cards from my boys yesterday.

DS1 drew a picture of me and inside he wrote " Happy Mothers Day and thank you for buying me a dog ":)

DS2 drew a picture of the dog !

Bit of a theme going on here ... or so I thought....

DS3 (age 6) drew a picture of 2 foxes getting married:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:


Today I have managed the first 8.5 hrs of the week :T

macgirl

40somethingmum wrote: »

DS3 (age 6) drew a picture of 2 foxes getting married:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

So creative!!!

taxi73

Bless them..they sound wonderful....2 foxes getting married..lol

Well done on your first 8.5hours

40somethingmum

taxi73 wrote: »

Bless them..they sound wonderful....2 foxes getting married..lol

Well done on your first 8.5hours

Thanks Taxi. They are wonderful ... when they are not fighting:)