Pay off mortgage and start having fun!

newgirly

We had a great night out last night with best friend and her dh, good Greek food but not cheap at £135 considering 2 of us are veggie and we had no coffee and desserts, but then we are not used to eating out at proper restaurants!

Today I went Xmas food shopping with my dad, what an eye opener :eek: totting it up according to what he has bought so far it's at around £800 odd not including the m&s shop they do last minute. Over £50 on cheese, I know I shouldn't be discussing it in here they would be most annoyed and its none of my business how they spend , but , you know its a LOT :rotfl:

I have had a rough work out of figures for the mfw2014 tonight and I think I'll reduce the budget I set the other day of £800 at least for the first 5 mths. I have a cc which has the 0% deal ending in May with a£5075 on it so if I reduce the outgoings maybe we can clear it in time. It will be tricky but a good mini challenge, the only fly in the ointment is I'd like to take the kids to alton towers for 2 nights before the passes run out in April and its £70 pn plus petrol. Other than that hopefully no big expenses.

I'm going to sleep on the figures I worked out , then update diary and mfw thread tomorrow hen I'm sure.:D

newgirly

Crazy day ahead, so the long to do is is:

Do all washing/ironing
Clean whole house properly:
Kitchen
Hoovering
Floors mopped
Bathrooms
Loft room
Living room/conservatory
Kids rooms
Clean fridge and stack yesterday's food neatly (dh unpacked )
Clean mums house to a very high standard (she is VERY particular!)
Find all missing presents and wrap...... Done, there were loads
Drop kids presents I bought for gran off
Print off hp conformation for tomorrow
Find meat in freezer for Xmas eve dinner to go with stuff I made sat
Do list and buy last food bits for Boxing Day
Swap presents with friends and family
Change dd's sheets..........done

Dh is going for works drinks today, half day followed by the rest of the day in the pub and a curry tonight. I will go but not to the pub as I don't have time and I will only have one or two drinks as I'm driving Xmas eve morning.

Have a great day. :rudolf:

ajmoney

I am in awe of you contemplating doing that list in one day. Hope you and your family have a great Christmas x

moneycurious

Everyone's busy making those lists..... Are they checking them twice? X

muddywhitechicken

That is one scary list newgirly - cleaning 2 houses in 1 day :eek::eek::eek:

Good luck!

newgirly

Happy Xmas to you to aj, I will pop in your diary and visit its just been a bit manic

I am checking my list twice money curious :santa2:

Hi MWC, the irony Is my mums house is probably cleaner before it's been cleaned than mine is after I've finished cleaning!

Pearla*Merle

:eek: Newgirly, now I know you must be on the Duracells! Good luck with your epic house cleaning mission

£800 on food! You could get a return flight somewhere exotic for that! :rotfl: I mean, I like cheese, but I know what I'd go for

XSpender

Hi Newgirly how are you doing with your list? Mine doesn't seem to be getting any shorter!

newgirly

newgirly wrote: »

Crazy day ahead, so the long to do is is:

Do all washing/ironing....did all washing but no ironing- the boot of the car it is :rotfl:
Clean whole house properly:
Kitchen.....done
Hoovering....done
Floors mopped....done
Bathrooms.....done
Loft room......done
Living room/conservatory.....done
Kids rooms......done but dd can do her own
Clean fridge and stack yesterday's food neatly (dh unpacked ).....done
Clean mums house to a very high standard (she is VERY particular!)......done
Find all missing presents and wrap...... Done, there were loads
Drop kids presents I bought for gran off......done
Print off hp conformation for tomorrow....forgot, do in morning
Find meat in freezer for Xmas eve dinner to go with stuff I made sat....done gammon and a bit of chicken
Do list and buy last food bits for Boxing Day ....done just salad and fresh fancy bread to buy
Swap presents with friends and family......done
Change dd's sheets..........done

Dh is going for works drinks today, half day followed by the rest of the day in the pub and a curry tonight. I will go but not to the pub as I don't have time and I will only have one or two drinks as I'm driving Xmas eve morning.

Have a great day. :rudolf:

Getting there slowly, also have to dye dd's hair and drive dh and friends from one pub to another as the work do has started and they don't want to get wet. He didn't ask as they were going to get a cab but it's only 2x roads away , not very mse. I did come back from the cleaning at mums just now to a huge xmassy bouquet of flowers , so he's in the good books for the moment


Oops just seen posts above, list going ok so far xspender, hope yours is too. Hi pearla, I am hoping for some leftover cheese, so can't complain too much!

newgirly

Phew, done for the day except cooking the kids dinner. Dh has booked a cab from the pub to the restaurant for everyone at 6.45 so I will have a nice long bath then go round to meet them yay!

Sorry I have not had time to pop into everyone's diaries as much as I would like to , I really miss it the last few weeks. I'm really looking forward to a few days at home over the Xmas hols with the kids eating chocolate and catching up worth what everyone has been up to, hope everyone is having a good Xmas and are not too stressed out :xmassign: