Fresian's Final Push...Mooooving Towards Freedom

mooomin

I managed to spend another £38 last night on filling the car with diesel :mad: This is a spendy month!

Money

PAD/Spends - £155 thanks to unexpected diesel requirements
Entertainment - £0 Fringe tickets were £29 and I saw no point leaving £1 in there!
Groceries - £125.97
Purse - £3.51
Outstanding loan - £1280.38

I have 24 days to go until payday and a trip to Costco in the offing...:eek:

mooomin

Well I have load number 5 of washing in the machine (Since yesterday) and I would be considering a 6th but I'm going to run out of pegs :rotfl: I was getting quite excited about seeing the bottom of the washing basket too!

I also got an email from Swagbucks asking me to come back, so I clicked on the link and was delighted to find out that I had enough points for a £5 Amazon voucher :T I'm not sure how that happened, but I'm not going to complain either

I still have dishes to do and the freezer to arrange, but I'm also planning on listening to an audio book and really hammering Toluna. I haven't done it for ages and I don't want to waste my 18000 points. If I make an effort over the next couple of weeks I might get a voucher in time for Christmas - it could be Mr Fresian's sister's present

beanielou

I never feel I actually save money going to Costco.
I always spend far too much & I dont have a membership now.

mooomin

beanielou wrote: »

I never feel I actually save money going to Costco.
I always spend far too much & I dont have a membership now.

I'm actually not too bad - I go for cat litter as it's £2 per pack cheaper, and only buy the offers if they are for things I will definitely use. I do also think that the meat is better quality than Tesco so will happily buy in bulk - I still have a lot of chicken and mince from last months Costco trip.

Ooh, that reminds me, I need to inventory the freezer tonight.

mooomin

I've had a bit of an MSE moment tonight.

I was recommending the Joy of Quidco to a new DFW today (shameful how this replaces the Joy Of Sex for us seasoned DFWs :rotfl:) and when I was signing in to get a referral link for her I realised that I hadn't compared my energy suppliers. Ever. I just didn't want the hassle.

Luckily I'm online with Scottish Power, so could actually input my annual consumption and so on, and it turns out I could save almost £40 per month if I change. And get £150 cashback. Why oh why haven't I done this before????

Tomorrow I'm going to check my figures and change my supplier. Thank you MrsNotAPenny for reminding me of DFW things

Also, NSD today, hurrah!

angelicmary85

You've been a busy Moo today!!

Spends for today...

£1.00 on bread (I bought this at 9am....see below)
£1.00 on milk (fresh n low is only 50p for 2litres so got 2!)

£1.40 on some pasta for lunch
£0.55 for a much needed choccie bar

£1.65 on MORE BREAD!! They ate the whole loaf whilst I was at work! As it's a local holiday today, Tesco shut at 6pm so I had to go to the petrol station for more!!

mooomin

angelicmary85 wrote: »

You've been a busy Moo today!!


£1.65 on MORE BREAD!! They ate the whole loaf whilst I was at work! As it's a local holiday today, Tesco shut at 6pm so I had to go to the petrol station for more!!

I thought DD wasn't eating well? Who ate all the bread? :eek:

I've mainly spent today playing Mahjong on Facebook (Addictive like you wouldn't believe!) and although I have done three loads of washing it was outside for most of the day and I folded it while watching telly - I'm not busy I'm just deceptive!

angelicmary85

flying_fresian wrote: »

I thought DD wasn't eating well? Who ate all the bread? :eek:

I've mainly spent today playing Mahjong on Facebook (Addictive like you wouldn't believe!) and although I have done three loads of washing it was outside for most of the day and I folded it while watching telly - I'm not busy I'm just deceptive!

OH ate it...but blamed DS! :rotfl:

OH eats 4 slices in the morning, 4-6 at lunchtime and maybe a slice or 2 with dinner! (more if I'm not here :eek:)

He said he made sandwiches for DS...the wee man can eat for Scotland... but not a whole loaf of bread!!

mooomin

Money Post

PAD/Spends = £170
Entertainment = Not to be mentioned again this month as there's nothing in the account :rotfl: I also want to buy tickets to Ross Noble, but they're £50 for two :mad: At least if I head down to the theatre myself at the weekend I save £8 in booking fees.
Groceries = £125.97
Purse = £2.37
Outstanding loan = £1272.26

My loan payment came out today as well, so once that hits the loan I will be under £1200 :j I'm then going to use the rent money this month to take the loan under £1000 (and possibly spend some of the rest on those Ross Noble tickets ) I should be able to PAD my way towards £900 outstanding this month, but we have our little trip away in the pipeline and I don't want to overspend while we're away.

Woo for it being a four day week this week!

Pippajo

Those numbers are looking great :j.

Forgot to say I did wave to F_F Towers as I came by. It rained at knockhill but I could see the sunshine down over Dunfermline and beyond.

We both really love it in Scotland but the location would not be feasible for work. The people are just fab - nutters! We ate at the Chinquitas on the Fife entertainment park - the food was great (steak was just like in Cancun) and the service nothing like we get down south.

We will be back next year :T