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moo2moo

Ben Ben have aquired a DVD entitled "Best of British Buses" 1 hour and 45 minutes of buses and the restoration of buses and more buses driving round. Would DS like it and if so could you pm me an address where I can send it.

benbenandme

Thank you so much Moo2moo, have pm'ed you. I'm sure ds would love it, thank you for thinking of him Let me know the postage and I'll send it via paypal?

We're back from sledging, had a brilliant time down there, the kids loves it (went with my sister and nephew), just having lunch then its indoor jobs time

My £15 Amazon voucher code has arrived too so will see later if I can pick up another prezzie from there

moo2moo

benbenandme wrote: »

Thank you so much Moo2moo, have pm'ed you. I'm sure ds would love it, thank you for thinking of him Let me know the postage and I'll send it via paypal?

Consider it a Christmas pressie from Santa Moo

benbenandme

Aww thank you so much Moo, thats very very kind :T :T

benbenandme

Just been sent another mb offer, considering we've gone for weeks with almost none suddenly the bookies seem to have remembered to give out some offers :T

I have sorted ds wardrobe / drawers and filled a bin liner with old stuff, almost all of it was just binable, its all been well worn and therefore not really worth putting on ebay. His cupboard is looking a little bare now but at least I know that what is there is wearable and fits, so in the sales I will know where there are gaps in his cupboard. I'm not planning on going mad in the sales but I will get stuff if it is needed, I just need to know exactly what it is thats needed

I have tidied and hoovered my bedroom and hall, about to tackle the lounge next, then ds bedroom. The kitchen and bathroom are tidy they just need a clean. Then I'm looking forward to mooching on here for a while and looking at the budgets. Later on, maybe this evening, I will dig out the decs and start putting a few bits up, I'd like to get the tree sorted tomorrow if possible, it just depends on the snow situation

benbenandme

Well ds bedroom is still in the same state, but the rest of the flat is presentable I've had my bath and ds is in there now. Dinners cooking nicely (cod fillets, chips and peas), then its a nice vegging evening ahead

I checked the budgets, so far this month I have spent £43, which includes £7 to see santa, and in total I have the following to spend this month; £200 food, £60 petrol, £120 other. I have got a couple of matched bet offers on the go at the moment so hopefully there will be a bit more to add in there at some point. Of the £43 spends, £33 was on food, £10 was other (santa + non-essential fish and chips the other night). So, 3 days into the month:

Food: £33 / £200
Petrol: £0 / £60
Other: £10 / £120

benbenandme

Morning all The rain came last night and the snow has gone It still looks a bit icy out there but generally is back to normal. I will give it a couple of hours to warm up a bit then need to go food shopping, although I think it will be heaving in there today ...

We're also going to try and venture out for the Christmas tree today too. We've got all the decs out already and put up a few but just need the tree to get it all done properly now.

So its shaping up to be a big spending day today already, need to watch the pennies and not go too mad

benbenandme

Just found Asda still have delivery slots for tomorrow, and if u go for the 8 hour lsot its only £2 :T I think thats £2 well spent rather than risking the roads out there and then fighting my way round the store with the mad panic buyers

benbenandme

Shopping order done, came in at £58 which is a lot but it did included all the xmas sweets / chocs, fizzy drinks etc, as well as various hevay bits that someone else can lug up my stairs for me

Its raining quite heavily here now, think we ought to get dressed :eek: then venture out and try and get the tree today

benbenandme

We've been out and got the tree, in the end I did get an artificial one, B and Q are doing all theirs half price so picked up a nice one for £14.99 and a new set of lights, again half-price, for £7.49, as I have about 8 sets, all passed down from my parents years ago, half of the bulbs don't work etc, so thought we'd get a new lot. So in total it came to £23.48 but mum was with us and she had a 15% off voucher, so that took it down to £19.96, so £20 for a tree and lights, I'm very happy with that

Wr came home and ds 'helped' me decorate it Its not quite the same as a real tree, but for this year its a more mse way to do it

I also put £16 of petrol in the car as it was getting low, but it was much more expensive than usual so only put in a bit and will fill up again somewhere else later in the week.