Pay off mortgage and start having fun!

themadvix

Hope it goes well for DD tonight!

newgirly

Thanks vix, it went really well and they raised nearly £8k for the teenage cancer trust some trains not running tonight though so a long tube home to go still. I wish I was not up at six!

Spending today £20 petrol, £30 charity donation and about £8 tube probably.

CathT

We've been to Rome and loved it and even without expensive meals out (we were so busy we ate on the go) we still spent a lot and that was because of the paid attractions. Where are you visiting on your cruise?

A self-confessed Christmas film fan here and am missing having sky movies, there's some good ones on n3tflix but not the usual classics and I can't find a pile of our DVD's.

newgirly

Hi Cath, the cruise is stopping at Rome for the day so we can do a trip to the colosseum which is on dh’s wish list.
Have you looked at now tv ? It’s sky movies but without a contract, amazon had a month voucher for £8 the other day, worth it over December ds2 has just gone to see elf at the cinema, so jealous but too tired to join him

Loooong day today, the boiler was leaking water this morning which I had to stick a saucepan under and leave and now we have no heating the hot water is still on though which is the main thing, the builders next door to work have lent us loads of fan heaters.

CathT

I'll have a look into it thanks, we would definitely get our money's worth!

The Colosseum is amazing, I'm
Tempted by a cruise and my youngest who is 8 wants to go on one too!

Hope the boiler gets sorted, at least the weather isn't too cold at the moment. Although I have seen rumours of snow in the not too distant future!

newgirly

Hope it doesn’t snow right now :eek: Eight is certainly under the average age of cruises goers we see there are ships that are brilliant for kids though.

Xmas best friend day out has unfortunately been changed to just a night at the theatre due to her youngest being ill today, unfortunate timing but that’s what tends to happen with kids

Little spending done online today, as no day out! £14.99 for articulate board game ordered (reduced from £33) for over Xmas, we are stuck in a board game rut of monopoly which is a big time commitment not to mention it can turn nasty :rotfl: will also be buying jenga and connect four as they are cheap at arg@s at the moment, we have played them a bit in a pub and York and they are quick and fun for big groups. £8.97 on 3x scarves for the local little homeless charity amazon wish list.

newgirly

Mixed day yesterday, the show “white Christmas” was lovely last night, but unfortunately dh text while I was out that the plumber had suggested a new boiler needs fitting it would need another major repair that will cost many £100’s and is not really worthy it as it has corroded underneath in places.

I’m hoping that the same guy will be able to fit a new one ASAP (he is employed by the builder next door) but they are very busy and I think he’s the only boiler guy there. Plus my of course the cost! We need a reasonably good one a small it’s a three floor house with many people who take long showers :rotfl: I’m guessing around £2k?

Today will be spent trying to find £2k in the budget basically! I do have a surplus but it’s not that kind of surplus

Moneyfordreams

Our boiler was £1400 ish, then it was pipes, labour, time clock... I've recorded £2.6k … pricey really. I've seen notices in town for "new boiler £995" . I think we were had.

What a pain...

newgirly

I don’t know mfd’s I doubt it can be a great boiler fitted for under £1k. We will need a good one really as it will need to get up to the top floor. £2600 doesn’t t actually seem that bad, I think we will be looking at £3k odd. It does feel like money for nothing though

£20.05 spent on an Indian takeaway for ds1 and I tonight, and that was shamefully AFTER I went shopping at @ldi tonight :! Got something for everyone but me and was then very hungry and lazy, terrible and I have no excuse.

Sunday I’m doing our pre Xmas, Xmas dinner. Bought a frozen turkey today , only £12.99 serving 7-11 , I thought that seemed cheap, plus cranberry and gin gammon (yuk) and a ton of veg , cheese and naughty bits. Total cost £104 including a few bits not for the dinner :eek: There’s will be eleven people but it’s still rather a lot...

£30.16 op’d today from tcb paying out :T

newgirly

Crazy busy this weekend, “Christmas dinner” went really well Sunday, it was however exhausting and expensive even when doing it on budget.

We have a new boiler :T my dad very kindly offered to pay and I gratefully accepted as we didn’t have the money it went in today and is now warming the house up nicely highly embarrassing though as I didn’t click that he would need to go both on our bedroom and bathroom on the top floor and I was mid way through xmas wrapping, it was carnage as he tried to pick his way through piles of presents and rubbish :rotfl: