Ladies & Gentlemen, please fasten your seatbelts ...

benbenandme

The other free bet has settled and has made me £25 profit This now means that this year I still need to find;

• £100 for the holiday fund
• £3 for the mortgage pot
• £65 for the take that ticket
• the plumber

I have two months to find this money, as well as £85 from the child benefit extra payment. I will use that for the TT ticket, and the extra £20 of it can go towards the plumber.

So,

£100 - holiday fund
£3 - mortgage pot
[STRIKE] £65 Take That [/STRIKE]
The Plumber (£20 in the pot)

benbenandme

Back from tescos and somehow I managed to spend £69 :eek: I'm still not sure what went wrong really, I didn't go particularly mad in there, I did buy a few bits that weren't strictly necessary (simple moisturiser and wipes) but they were on buy one get two free, and they are things that I use anyway, so will save me money in the long run, but other than that there was nothing majorly different to normal Means I need to be very careful now with the rest of the food budget (normally £50 a week).

The rest of today involves a trip to the library to return a book, some housework, cleaning the guinea pigs, a bath and then off to see fireworks tonight

benbenandme

Thankyou so much Tigz, she just text me to say Asda are doing the new red wii's for £149 including new super mario bros So, ds xmas shopping is now done, and I think I've spent more than enough money today

I did go through quidco too, so shouold get about a tenner from there, although delivery was a fiver, but all helps Thanks again Tigz :T

benbenandme

Just completed a survey which has meant I can get £3 sent to my paypal account, so ...

£100 - holiday fund
[STRIKE]£3 - mortgage pot[/STRIKE]
£65 Take That don't know why the line thru this has disappeared
The Plumber (£20 in the pot)

So, thats the mortgage pot sorted, unofficially, now I need to work on the holiday fund, some more for the plumber (no idea how much), and then some more towards christmas, as already I've spent more on ds than I had planned to, so I need to claw some back elsewhere.

The mortgage pot is done now as far as I'm concerned, obviously if I get my maintenance in november and December then it will be truly where I want it to be, but if I don't get it then it will have to remain as it is. If I can get all the other bits above sorted then the mortgage pot will be the next priority, but right now I want to focus on the bits above first

benbenandme

£10.14 tracked already on quidco :j

benbenandme

A P*necone survey completed which means another £4 on its way in a week or so

benbenandme

Another quick update so I can keep track:

£4 / £100 - holiday fund
[STRIKE]£3 - mortgage pot[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]£65 Take That[/STRIKE]
The Plumber (£20 in the pot)

tigzem

Glad to be of service, I think that deserves your other TT ticket??

They look really good, they had lots on the shelf today but I don't think they will hang around at that price!

benbenandme

Evening all, we went to a firework event with a take that tribute band ... it was hilarious; the 'Gary Barlow' was actually quite good, but as for the others, well we spent most of the time trying to decide which was which :rotfl: and it wasn't until they introduced themselves half way through that we realised we were all wrong and Howard was in fact Mark It was very entertaining though, mainly because of the naffness of it, their timing on the dancing was pitiful, it genuinely seemed like the Gary bloke had rounded up a few of his mates and practised in their bedroom for a couple of hours, but it made for a very funny night The fireworks were fabulous and all in all it was a really lovely night with great mates :T

benbenandme

Just googled them,they're called Simply Take That ... even in a close up photo its hard to tell which is which!! Go on, try it!