~Littlekel's new diary for a fab debtbusting 2011~

OrangeFairy

oh meant to add

I am challenging myself to make enough money to cover our DJ costs! This will be done with ebay, music magpie, survyes etc.

A small task (ish) to get me motivate!

Better seek out some stuff to sell! x

jtr2803

Hi hun,

Sorry about the weight , it's just not as easy as it seems sometimes!

I can't believe it's only a few months to the wedding now, well done on getting more bits sorted out . Are the girls bridesmaids? Have you got their dresses yet?

Thats a massive sum of money your brother has saved and very commendable. I do often wonder how on earth we will ever manage to save enough to buy a house but I try not to think about it too much or I think I would get quite down about it.

x

La_escocesa

Hey Littlekel :wave:

Not long till those wedding bells are going to ring Good to see all your plans are coming together.

Saw that you're applying for your passport. Soooo 'spensive! I need to get mine too. Hopefully have some spare cash in about March or April. Oh, look at that, just in time to catch a flight to your wedding :rotfl:

Reflective days are good for you, chick. I'm sure you and your OH will be very happy with your decisions. xxx

wendz86

How annotying about the weight loss, maybe it will all catch up next week?

That is a good task to get enough money for the DJ, something to work towards!

That is a massive amount of money for your brother to save. I hope we can save up for a house one day but next couple of years at least will be tough!

OrangeFairy

Woohoo lost 3lbs this week!! Back to where i was before. I am sooooo enjoying playing badminton. We are playing twice a week now! Hoping to take OH on the odd occasion too.

This is to be a frugal February!!!!!!!!

I have written a list of all the food in our cupboards and freezer. I have then made a meal plan including as much as i can of what we have here! The kids will be eating a lot of the same stuff through Feb but it won't hurt for one month!

At the end of this month we should only have the following in the freezer

1 pack 300g quorn mince
6 pork stuffing balls
2 chorizo sausages
1 portion of beef

That is the plan anyway. We have to pay £829 for the holiday at the end of Feb :eek: Hopefully we will have enough to pay it!

My lovely Mum and Stepdad rang the other day to say on top of the wedding fee they are paying they want to pay for the photographer for the wedding party too. This is £275 so is such a big help. Still need to ask my Dad if they could help out with something little!

Need to get some items on ebay if i am going to raise some wedding money! Just sorted a spreadsheet with the things we have to pay before between now and the wedding. We have decided to use wedding present money towards payment of the hotel for the wedding party. I would prefer to do this than end up spending the money after on furniture like we planned and then paying the rest of the wedding off the card!

Finished our Douwe Egberts coffee on thursday and realised the jar it is in really looks like the Yankee Candles jars! So i am saving it and then the one we are getting through ow to make candles. They should look good. Haven't had a go at it yet but websites say it is obviously a lot easier to make candles straight into a jar rather than in moulds!

Off to write a Mr T list for anything we need to top our food up this week. I have to RESIST buying anything else even if it is on offer!!!!

I watched My Sister's Keeper last night!! OMG i cried like a baby!!!!!!!1 Trouble is - you could relate in every angle and that made it sadder. Made me think of what it would be like to say goodbye to my sister, my daughters and what it would be like to leave others behind! :(:(:( puts a lot of things into perspective

Need to record my spendings

So far

£40 Water
£30 to TV and car tax account
£7 to La Redoute
£3.53 Co-op - water and fruit

Spent the weekend baking pretty much. I have made 48 cupcakes since last thursday!! We used tesco vouchers that we exchanged for rewards and have to use by 31st jan. We had pizza express take away pizzas for free on saturday and then took the kids to the Big Sheep adventure park on our vouchers on sunday!! Very MSE!

What a long post.............off to get the kids to bed and do the wii fit as i got up a bit late to do it today!!!!!!!!

wendz86

Eek a lot of money to pay end of Feb but I am sure you can do it.

That is lovely of your Mum and Stepdad to offer to pay for the photographer. Hope your Dad offers to pay for something too.

I have read my sisters keeper but not seen the film, the book was sad so can imagine the film is really sad too.

OrangeFairy

woohoo our shopping list to get everything we need for this week is

Tomato Sauce
Butter
Italion Seasoning
Orange Juice
Milk!!

Not bad going!!! :j:j:j

*Waves* to Wendz!

Better get my skates on.......300 calories burnt on the Wii last night and badminton today!!! ..................................

OrangeFairy

2 hours of badminton on tuesday. We fit in 7 games! I lost 5-2!! :(:( I was worried that my friend was getting a lot better than me but today we played for an hour and a half and fit in 8 games. I won 6-2! And i am a bit poorly so i was pleased with that!

Spent last night making cakes for OH's work just to be nice. Plus DD2 took 4 in for her teacher!

Logging my spending every day now which is a great help as it means i feel guilty about unnecessary spending

Trying to plan my 3 course meal i am making for OH for valentines! I think i have my decisions made now! There are two puddings iwant to make though!!

Sticking to our meal plan well. Will be great to see the freezer empty!

Off to make OH's dinner. The kids have been showered at swimming (very MSE) and are now fed and ready for bed!

I am hoping to take photos of some ebay bits tonight! If that goes to plan

La_escocesa

Oooh, spending diary. Good work. I sometimes find that I just need to do it for a few weeks to give me that extra kick up the bum

OrangeFairy

I haven't been on for a while!!

We seem to have been really busy for ages

DD1's birthday yesterday! We had a day of visitors and then went to see Gnomeo and Juliet today. She is now 8!!!!!!!! That scares the life out of me!

2.5 months until our wedding now! We have lots of things to be getting on with now!!!

Right i have 3 days off now.

Things i want to get done before the kids go back to school

Finish reading pride and prejudice- done
Get at least 3 things done on my 101 list 1.pride and prejudice
Iron and put our new bedding on the bed
Sort out my knicker draw and darn any holey socks!
Go through my wardrobe and sort messy shelf
Try DD1's new clothes on
DD1 wardrobe - get rid of clothes that are too small or too young for her
Sort final designs for cake
OH to sort his outfit finally
Send passport form
List more ebay items
CD's to music magpie
Sort DD2's wardrobe
Package up ebay items
Send ebay items already sold
Clean the fridge well
Mealplan for next week
Shopping list for next week
Sort out kodak photos into folders
finish 2009 photo book
Start 2010 photo book
Exercise at least 4 times this week - 1.tues-badminton 2.Thurs Walk 2 mile Cross Trainer - 15mins 3. Fri-wii fit and boxing 4. walk out on the burrows today
Sort out DD2's bedroom
Email friend about legal form for wedding
Order bracelt to go with wedding necklace
Research underwear for wedding
Start using up toilettries
Have fun with the kids - bowling and attempted kite flying this weekend!
Make a candle with my kit!
Find wedding ring to order for OH
Email wedding shop to change my bridesmaids fitting day
Book airport parking
Travel insurance - sort
Tiara and veil - research and order
Bridesmaids jewellery -looked online but will look in town
Email photographer and book
Email my Dad about helping out - keep putting this off!!
Homework with the kids - one more lot of reading to do!!

There is my week sorted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also on Saturday OH's son is coming round for the first time!! He is 9 and has a very crazy Mum who has never let us meet him - OH goes round to his house to see him twice a week! Ihave been with him since his son was 6 weeks old so we have had a lond 9 year of crap from his ex! We just talked last week about looking into going to court when she suddenly out of the blue said OH could bring him to ours on saturday from 12-7pm. Then build it up to stay overnight!! How out of the blue. This isn't out of the goodness of her heart - she has a newish boyfriend so i think he has had a lot of influence and also she wants a babysitter i think!! 12-7 is a long time for a first visit if it isn't that she is off out somewhere! Whatever the reason this is fantastic news!!

Right off to cook tea for the kids!!

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