Polesalot's Climb to Debt Freedom

vasseur

I have started the xmas shopping in earnest now. Bought 3 pressies in M&S that were all half price so they came to £14.25 altogether and I had a £10 voucher so £28.50 worth of presents cost me just £4.25 :T

Bought my secret santa present (we have to buy something beginning with that persons name - mine was a 'P' so I bought some really lairy lime green pants and a packet of penne pasta ), a present for my friend and things for my cousin's boys all from A8da plus the few bits of groceries that I needed. I had £6 of luncheon vouchers from Pinecone surveys I did last year so used them plus my 50p parking ticket refund and it all came to just £31.42. Feeling v pleased with myself. I think that will be it for now until I get some more money in from either CSA, OnePoll or child benefit. I still have 2 nights out next week to fund

Listed a dress and a watch in ebay, hope they sell.
Cleaned gunk out of washing machine with white vinegar. Rock 'n' roll

I've had a rotten headache all day. DD is now in bed so I'm going to sit on the sofa, watch some easy TV, have a cuppa and some toasted cinnamon and raisin bread (HM ). I always crave carbs when I feel like this...

vasseur

We have had a lazy day today. Yesterday's migraine still hadn't gone this morning :mad:. I get these every so often and they wipe me out for a couple of days. I'm just feeling a bit bruised and sore now.

Watched 4 Homes Under The Hammer and Home Alone 3.

Just had a lovely bath with some de-stressing bubble bath, used my HM sugar scrub and did the OCM. Removed nail varnish so will massage nice handcream in later. Won't put any more nail varnish on - I don't want to start another migraine up!

Spends today just £1.50 on the Sunday papers. Bargain because it will take me all week to do the crosswords

We had chilli for our dinner and there was enough leftover for another 3 meals. I have been very anorakky and costed it all out and it works out to 47p per serving (including rice!!)

Off to slob on the sofa again (my new favourite place )

pixiechick99

Ah sorry to hear you've felt rubbish today still:(
I've had a day like you and don't have the excuse of a migraine:o I watched 2 episodes of Casualty and browsed the internet for Xmas goodies for the girls...that's been my day, no housework oops;)

You've reminded me I need to remove my nail varnish...chipped coffee colour nails are not a classy look:D

vasseur

Grrrr....£39.80 on OnePoll :mad:

Mags30

I need 10p on onepoll, I'm still checking it but I don't think there'll be any more surveys until tomorrow.

vasseur

I sometimes find there's one when I log on in the evening but bet there won't be tonight :mad:

vasseur

I've found out today that my friend who I bought the venetian glass jewellery box for has already got one quite similar So, I have decided that I will give that to my mum for xmas as she is really hard to buy for and order my friend something else. I've got my eye on a lovely dragonfly brooch - she lost one recently so will get her that and some other little bits to go with it.

Also going to look out for a few bits for DD and get myself a 2012 calendar and possibly a diary too to go in my nice new handbag that my sis is getting me.

I managed to dislodge a bag of rice in the cupboard whilst looking for something this evening and ended up with half the packet spilt in the cupboard, all over the worktop and the floor :mad: Hoovered it all up but I will be finding bits of rice for months It's worked out quite well because I decided I might as well give the cupboard a darn good clean and take stock of what we've actually got and the answer is pasta and rice - loads of it despite losing half a packet

Still £39.80 on OnePoll :mad:

£1 PAD to barclaycard

Went for a run at lunchtime. My head was actually feeling much better by then but feel a bit delicate now. Will take it easy tonight. Got a couple of duvet covers and pillowcases to iron but if I do it whilst watching TV it doesn't feel like ironing

vasseur

That's my order sorted. Got the brooch, a Klimt calendar for me and a set of Russian dolls for DD as she was looking at them the other day.

Curiosity got the better of me today so I text WLM's mum and asked why she'd rung me and if anything was wrong. She replied that she didn't know how to use her phone and had rung me by mistake. Three times though ?? Hmmmm....I must admit I was quite disappointed by that explanation! She asked if we were OK and I said yes we are absolutely fine.

Which is true really. I've been doing a lot of thinking about relationships over the past few days and I think that I am not really cut out to be part of a couple. Yes I really enjoyed being WLM's girlfriend and on the face of it he was the perfect boyfriend but I think I have just got to the age where I am perfectly content on my own. It is stress-free just being me and DD (especially this weekend when I just felt so rotten). Maybe because I've got to this age never having lived with anyone (apart DD) and I am just used to doing things my way. I would find it really hard to live with someone. It was lovely having him around, he did loads of cooking, was really clean and tidy, very thoughtful, did lots of jobs on the house for me and of course there is the S E X which I do miss but I am actually content and if someone had told me 3 weeks ago I would be feeling this great I would never have believed them.

So that's that then - I don't want a boyfriend - I will be perfectly happy with just admirers

pixiechick99

Aaah good for you - you definitely sound perfectly content with that realisation:D I like my own company too and am so used to pleasing myself and doing everything my own way:o Of course, company would be nice - as my girls are a bit older they are more independent and I spend lots of time amusing myself.

Where did you get the Russian dolls? Eldest has always loved them, I've never really seen any to buy.

And yes, disappointing response from WLM's ma...funny though that she rang 3 times by mistake?? Hmmmmmmm;)

vasseur

pixiechick99 wrote: »

Aaah good for you - you definitely sound perfectly content with that realisation:D I like my own company too and am so used to pleasing myself and doing everything my own way:o Of course, company would be nice - as my girls are a bit older they are more independent and I spend lots of time amusing myself.

Where did you get the Russian dolls? Eldest has always loved them, I've never really seen any to buy.

And yes, disappointing response from WLM's ma...funny though that she rang 3 times by mistake?? Hmmmmmmm;)

Thank you I keep thinking I'm going to relapse and start feeling awful again but I think I cried so much in the first two weeks I got it all out of my system - All Cried Out as Alison Moyet would say

I got the Russian Dolls from Past Times - it's 10% off a first order, 25% off prices at the mo and free delivery and 15% cashback if you go through Quidco - you might even be able to find another voucher code if you look hard enough, the one I found wasn't working