Abba1772's Debt Free Diary

abba1772

hello everyone :wave: I promise I haven't forgotten about you all lol

Just been busy with avon, kids and work lol

well ended up £40 the overdraft as DS needed a new waterproof jacket all the shops where looking for £15 for a really thin jacket popped into TK Maxx and got one for £20 I know it's more expensive but It was a bench waterproof jacket and such better quality that I thought, why not

Also needed some shopping as the fridge was very very very bare lol

Collected most of the avon money, have enough to pay the invoice on monday and I have 3 orders still to collect totalling £46 so that money is mine plus the £14 remaining in the change bag :T will be putting £30 in the sealed tin as hoping for a wee weekend break in blackpool with the kids and my gran during October break

checked the bank and was plesantly surprised that the kids school clothing grant went in which has in fact taken me out of my overdraft :T you might be thinking i'm bad for seeing that money as my own but I have bought most of there uniform so i'm technically being reimbursed for what i've spent so far, still need to get DS trousers so popping into m&s tomorrow to see if they have any in as they've sold out online :mad: also need to get there shoes and ex normally buys the school trainers so hopefully he'll buy them something which i highly doubt :rotfl:

choogirl

Hi Abba

Hope you're ok, a mini break with your Gran sounds lovely.

debtfreewannabe321

Hi Abba, we're planning a mini break too if we get one come through from the sun newspaper (still waiting to hear!) I've also started on the sealed pot again too lol, just have to keep DH away from it as he thinks it is there to just take what you like when you are running low on cash :doh:

I remember getting the uniform grant with DS1 and I also used to do the same as you, and buy it myself in the sales and then keep the money they gave - although tbh it would usually go out again on shoes or shirts, what is it with boys ruining their shoes immediately and getting ink all over their shirts-!

Dh has taken 2 of the kids to watch cars 2 today with free tickets we had and they've gone with a backpack full of sweets :rotfl: I have ALWAYS been too tight to buy cinema's food! if they priced it properly (i.e not 500% higher than it needs to be) i think we'd all buy it! :rotfl:

Anyway off to catch up on more posts i've missed so many whilst away! x

abba1772

hi ladies :wave:

sorry i havent been round for a while just been manic these last few days with work last day tomorrow then off for a week :j

Spent £80 between aldis and tesco but i haven't done a shop for over 2 weeks lol so i can justify it lol :rotfl:

yesterday was a spend day......spent £15.99 in homebase on a plastic shelf for my shed and managed to get all the paint pots out of my kitchen cupboard lol what else did I buy............................I went to B&M think I spent about £17 in there as well needed some storage items for cupboard and kitchen

Today I only bought me and the kids a chippy as I've been up since 5 as had to start work at 6am :mad: so very tired at the moment

no debt payments as yet should be starting them next week as I get paid :j:j:j:j

need to find over £1000 to get this divorce out the way as its stressing me out so my gran has offered to loan me the money and i've to pay her back when i've cleared the credit cards which i am very grateful for xxx

debtfreewannabe321

aww abba your nan sounds like a treasure i wish i had one like her! Bless her!

And £80 is good for a few weeks! I spent £55 for 10 days here lol, although tbh it's like having 3 adults and 2 kids in the house as ds1 eats eats and eats....must be a growth spurt! I fed him chilli last night (more than i had) and he was wanting toast 20 mins later!!!

xx

abba1772

my gran is the best she helps me out sooooo much xxx

I just want this divorce to be done now i've had enough and its stressing me out x

mummychicken

That is great news that your gran is helping you out, i hope you can get sorted and if that means less stress for you it will be worth it and make you feel so much happier

burntfingers_2

Hiya :wave:all

I have been missing for a few days so just having a quick catch up on diaries....just a thought but are you entitled to free legal aid? That way you won't need to borrow the money from your Gran, I know online there is a tool for calculating your entitlement try googling it.

When I was going through my divorce (which in 15 days is finalised :j) enclosed with some of the paperwork was a form which stated even if I wasn't entitled to legal aid then I may be entitled to only pay a contribution. Unfortunately I earned too much but as you work part-time? then you might be entitled to this - they take off your expenses for the mortgage/rent payments and household and deduct an amount for your children. Could be worth enquirying about..

bf

abba1772

if it was going thro a Scottish courts i would be entitled to legal aid as I get help with council tax and housing benefit so technically my rent i pay is only £100 pm and i dont have childcare costs.

lawyer advised me to let it go thro as hes paying for it so i just need to get the lawyer to fight for the finance side of things as hes had two pay rises and hes never increased his maintenance xxx

burntfingers_2

Can you not get any help by using a Scottish solicitor for the financial side of things ?? Would you then be able to get legal aid?? I know the law differs between Scotland/England, but it seems so unfair....:(