Pay off mortgage and start having fun!

newgirly

Ah thanks Peonie, it may be a challenge though, ahem starting today please

Dh has a friend who runs his business from dh's factory, and he has offered us use of his holiday house this weekend :j he has just finished renovating it ready for sale at the end of summer. It's in Walton on the naze a lovely traditional seaside town and I think about an hour and a half away. He is insistent on not taking any Money for us to say there (we will get them a nice pressie of course)

But the challenge is to spend as little money as possible, I want to take all food for the whole weekend and just budget for a bag of chips each on the beach as that's an essential it is not far from clacton as well so I will get the kids a wristband for the rides there at £9.80 each if booked online before we go.


I have no money for any of this so need to borrow from next months food budget really not ideal but I think its too good an offer to pass up, plus dh is VERY stressed at the moment and we will be busy for the next few weeks with the kids birthdays and then hopefully the loft. So eek I need to iron /pack/ buy food / gather enough duvets sheets /sleeping bags/ pack some kitchen bits as its not been stayed in yet much

Target : try to not go over £100 for petrol/food and drinks/ wristbands for rides and everything else !

skint_spice

Enjoy your weekend, it sounds like you and DH need a break.

newgirly

Well the weekend away is cancelled . Ds2 had had a funny turn at school this morning, blurred vision/ dizzy / very white. I took him straight to the doctor who looked him over and couldn't find anything but has said he must go for blood tests. He was poking about in his ear last night with a cotton bud and had pain afterwards so it could be related to that. But it's a worry, so we will have a lazy weekend and try to keep cool indoors.

Life is such a roller coaster at the moment , it would be nice to have a bit of calm for a while!

yukkibear

Hope ds2 is ok

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Ooo hope your DS is okay newgirly
hopefully a relaxing weekend will help x

newgirly

Thanks yukkibear and tyo . He seems his usual self today so I am hoping it was a one off, we still have to go for blood tests Monday to make sure. Ds 2 is very slight and has lost weight as he has started growing taller lately , I have been trying to get as much food down him as possible to try and boost him up a bit

I spent the day trying to start getting sorted for dd's party next week, we are putting dh's surround system in the log cabin ,plus we will have a sweetie buffet set up on top of the hot tub, everything else more or less is outside under the gazebo, sofas coffee tables etc. it looks cool :cool: the flea bay banners we good too, huge personalised paper banners for about £3.50 the lot. A pretty frugal 16th really.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend in the sun

never_too_old

Hope your son gets better soon,:)

Alchemilla

Get well soon to your DS.

newgirly

Thank alchemilla and nto

Just had a look at the current acct and I not sure what I've done but I seem to be £200 adrift :eek: it will have to come from next months money as this months used already. We did have the bees nest to pay for and I paid for all the tickets for the cinema triple bill some of us are seeing next week.

I am seriously wondering if I am on the wrong board, I think I should maybe be on the Dfw one instead, nothing is really coming off the mortgage.

The good news is I can use the cc again on the 11th :j this month I might keep a proper spending diary of what is being spent on food, I want to buy a few nicer things than usual to get ds2 to eat a bit more, shop bought stuff is always more enticing than my cooking :rotfl:

Anyway, off for a BBQ , enjoy the sun

newgirly

What a greats result yesterday with the tennis :beer:

Right, onto the to do list for the week:

Order a c*ostco cake plain white ready for the Star Trek topper I ordered
Clean and finish decorating the log cabin for party
Find and wrap dd's gifts
Take her to shops to buy a masquerade mask (theme for party)
Blitz whole house (sounds like a small job, but isn't )
Do around 15 hours work for dh
Buy Indian and Chinese nibbles from ic*eland -its not cool to eat at parties so we don't need much!
Top up fizzy drink as people keep drinking the ones I hid.
Make Star Trek fairy cakes for actual birthday when family come over
Take dd out on weds to cinema - world war z ?
Possibly take her out on thurs if her she does not see friends
Take ds2 for blood tests today he was brave!
Check what I have present wise for the twins birthday in a coup,e of weeks , and add to it if needs be
Set a day and send invites to take twins to thorpe park with friends for birthday and order extra tickets
Look again at financial plan, worried about covering everything still
Contact loft company, neighbours still not got Form s for party wall act.
Meal plan for this week up to Sunday and buy what we need at proper supermarket not corner shop
Make a batch of laundry gloop
Do all washing/ironing everyday so it does not get out of hand
Make ops for the last few days and today
Update mf213 figures and sig.
Batch cook spag Bol before mince turns
Weed front garden and plant new flowers in the basket that had died