June 2010, 80 payments to go............

tootallulah

Hi MW, sitting having my second coffee of the day rather than doing anything yet! I will continue living in my flat during the week and go to my house at the week-end. I am hoping to get a lodger in the house as I really do need to get some of my costs down and a lodger seems the right way. I have six years and nine months of working life to go so I am genuinely running out of time to pay everything off, and I work in the public sector so anything can happen. My 80 months title will be true from January 1.

Yes the weight loss is my most stretching target and also my greatest need as my obesity is now affecting my life in ways it hasn't before. A very dear friend is coming to weight watchers with me so that will help. I am knackered all the time and it is not over work it is over weight. Being greedy and lazy is not a good combo.

I am sorting out my big kitchen cupboard which houses the boiler and all big items like the hoover etc, or it would if I could get the hoover in there for all the rubbish that has piled in over the last six months, not quite sure where five massive pots of paint have come from.....it's only a two room flat.

tootallulah

OK flat all tidy, just need to hoover and do the floors. Had a great night out with friends, spent £46. Have braved Morrisons, the only supermarket that opens early in my area, I couldn't wait until 12 when the rest open, half the day's gone. Spent £19.43 and have done all the shopping needed for the week.

Booked all my trains for January and February, thanks to the heads up on £8 tickets from this site. This is a very big saving for me (over £30 per week) on the cheapest tickets otherwise available.

I am going to get hoovered and do some making Barbie clothes this afternoon which is part of my god -daughter's Christmas present that I have sort of forgotten about so need to get a wiggle on.

tootallulah

Coffee £2, made a Barbie dress and coat and a ski jacket, wedding dress and ball gown to go.

museumworker

Great saving on the train tickets! Are you using a pattern for the Barbie clothes? Glad she can both get married and go skiing :rotfl:!

CathT

that is a good saving!

tootallulah

Hi Both nice to see you. Not only do I have Barbie patterns, they are vintage Barbie patterns (part of my haul in San Francisco) so I am making cool as Christmas 60s and 70s clothes. I know it sounds a bit pathetic but I am really enjoying making them and I hope that my god-daughter does like them and plays with them............Still even if she does not her Mother will really appreciate them as a labour of love.

Off for cocktails in Harvey Nicks tonight, followed by dinner in Kensington. Just to be clear it will be ruinously expensive and MARVELOUS.

tootallulah

Lovely Christmas night out £68 including a cab home (oh what joy).

Five more days at work, then I will see my house and understand exactly where the work schedule has got to and confirm that I really can move back on January 24th with everything finished. I am really looking forward to getting my life back to normal goodness knows how all of you cope with work happening in the house and living in it.

I have agreed to go to work between Christmas and New Year to take the time off in January to move, the good thing is that I am translating that as arrive at 10.30 and dribble off home at 4ish because no-one else will be there.

Trying to leave work on time today to get my Mum some Clarins make-up in John Lewis, now I am now doing my brother's Christmas shopping too. I wouldn't mind but I am the only one of us with a full-time job!

CathT

tootallulah wrote: »

Lovely Christmas night out £68 including a cab home (oh what joy).

Hope it was fabulous!!

Trying to leave work on time today to get my Mum some Clarins make-up in John Lewis, now I am now doing my brother's Christmas shopping too. I wouldn't mind but I am the only one of us with a full-time job!

Well of course! The busiest people always get asked and expected to do the most!

museumworker

Glad to hear you had a good night out! I think you're right about Xmas working day, it is definitely shorter and more relaxed than usual (although the line is 'I love coming into work this time of year because it is quiet and you can get so much more done' when truthfully it is because we like to bunk off early :rotfl:). Hope the house looks as expected when you see it. I second CathT's comment - if you want something done, ask a busy person to do it!

tootallulah

Coffee £2. Work Christmas do today. Selfishly I was hoping for a massive snow storm that rendered getting into work impossible, as that hasn't happened onwards and upwards on the countdown to Christmas.
Breakfast meeting at 8.00, that's another thing that needs stomping on.
Levels of patience low..............Still, could be worse!