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benbenandme

£56 spent on the food shopping :eek: Its being delivered tomorrow evening, its a lot of money but it included £9 of guinea pig stuff (food, hay, sawdust etc), I thought I'd stock up on it now before xmas, also includes some sweets to put away for xmas.

Right, time to play buses and then crack on with housework and sorting the banking

benbenandme

Kittikins - Nope, no further reply from sailorman never mind, men are all smelly anyway

Tallgirl - thanks, they are a great deal aren't they? I bought one for my kitchen too so I can start the new year organised too

benbenandme

Been trying to sort out the finances, and somehow I seem to have ended up -£50 and theres still another ten day til payday I need to double-check it all tomorrow as I've been trying really hard this month and can't see where its gone wrong

Strictly was fab tonight, Matt Baker was great

benbenandme

Just done Shred :j I was sooo tempted to skip it today, the later it got the easier the thought was getting ... then I got on the scales and have only lost 1lb this week, despite sticking to my ww points and doing shred every day I was so close to packing it all in already, but I can't unless I want to be a huge heffer forever

Kittikins

Hugs Benben, I'm feeling the same, have started a new fat-free way of eating and I've not lost a thing yet this week Makes me want to give up - but then I caught sight of my reflection in a public loo mirror whilst out with DD and it made me want to cry!

We'll get to where we want to be. I was tempted by Shred after all the chat on Hypno's diary but unfortunately a rubbish leg and back mean it wouldn't be right for me. Really should just get off my a$$ and go to the gym!

hypno06

Well done with sticking to shred - you will see the difference in inches even if you don't see the difference on the scales. Honest!

Enjoy your Sunday x

benbenandme

Morning, well the scales today are saying I'm half a pound heavier than when I started

I think I've sorted where the moneys gone; I have budgeted £245 for the terms after school club fees, but I think originally I allowed £200, so I will need to see what the actual figure is tomorrow. I also had the extra £25 on the phone bill that I wasn't expecting

I really need to come up with some serious plan for my finances now, as otherwise I am going to be continually dipping into my isa's and not replacing them which clearly isn't ideal and its starting to worry me now :cool:

So todays plan; involves a trip to a nearby town for a walk (got a free parking permit), then home to make some cookies and cakes for ds packed lunches this week, baths and an early night

Keeping_Motivated

Hi Benben

Out of the maintenance you used to get how much of that went towards your monthly personal spends and how much to the mortgage?

benbenandme

I used to get £340 maintenance and my mortgage is £341, so basically it used to cover my mortgage and I paid everything else

In other news ... hotfoot it over to the grabbit board and get the asos deal, spend £11 and get £10 off and free delivery!! Another xmas pressie sorted for £2.50 spend :T

benbenandme

Just been back and done another order in my mums name, thats £15 saved from the xmas budget assuming they're both delivered and two more people done :T