Pap's Productive Project

Emzilla

I got worried when I saw you were saving for 'weed' Pap - I thought you had developed a drug habit!! :rotfl:

Emz xx

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Emzilla wrote: »

I got worried when I saw you were saving for 'weed' Pap - I thought you had developed a drug habit!! :rotfl:

Emz xx

:rotfl: Em, Weed as in Bill n Ben, as in the garden. Mmmm maybe I will rename it, didn't make the connection myself, how about Sierra? The phonetic alphabet for S = shed?

Emzilla

postingalwaysposting wrote: »

:rotfl: Em, Weed as in Bill n Ben, as in the garden. Mmmm maybe I will rename it, didn't make the connection myself, how about Sierra? The phonetic alphabet for S = shed?

Hee hee :rotfl:. 8 years working in the probation service and I only know weed as drugs . I think Sierra is much better .

Emz xx

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:rotfl: Em, I suppose so. I thought I must change it as I do post outside dfw and I don't always turn my sig off so thanks for pointing it out.

So day's have gone by and I haven't updated, thats because there is nothing really to update with. Everyday but one since last posting has been a NSD so thats 19/25 I think The only spends day I had was Friday when I when I got petrol (budgeted) but also got some food (£6.00). That same day I also got 200l of compost for the garden (£6) and some reduced pots/propagator/sheets (£10.32). So I have spent £22.32. That leaves £29.14 until payday :j My second calculation wasn't correct, sadly I have also lent Mum £12 on my CC for her MOT but that will be payed off before any charges.

So with the £29 I want to buy some concreate for my posts, my mobile credit (I am now dipping into my £6 buffer), and then I will have £10 floating. I still have another budgeted tank of petrol so thats not a problem.

Not long until my week off work which will save me about £10 in petrol :T

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NSD today, spends day 24th and 25th.

On the 24th - £14 in B&q for garden stuff, the concreate was £6 and then I purchased some more seeds, bucket and nails. I got my credit so free calls next month and I also downloaded 4 books to my kindle, £1.71 with the remaining g/v money in the account.

On the 26th - Very unexpected. I was on my last pair of work trousers (we have to supply them) it was getting the the point I was sewing them up daily I also ended up in hospital so... £32 on 2 trousers, socks, cream, tablets, magazine (!) and some reduced food. The worse thing is it ended up on the CC. It was that or the petrol in a few weeks.

I think I am going to aim for a no spend month next month. I will budget £20 emergency and thats it. Argos must all but go next month, fed up with them now :rotfl:

dangers

Hospital? Hope you're ok xxx

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Sorry for the late reply Dangers. Yes I am fine, while working in the garden a pest ended up biting me through my gloves. Over the night and while at work my hand started swelling so was sent to a&e. Perfectly fine now after cream and tablets but I suppose its a side effect of gardening.

So playing with my figures - Income £850 (min), then my main bills and 2 tanks of petrol is £584.50, this excludes grocerys. So that would leave almost £270 for Argos Leaving only £78.95 to pay in October :T If I get anything over then I will re evaluate it, maybe I can get some cloches for my garden while they are in the sale

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Today is NSD number 26 :j target reached. Next month I will aim for 24/30, with the wish to get 30/30. I will also pledge to spend no money at work from now until 1st October, by that I mean food/vendor stuff, packed lunches are 'free'

Thursdays job is to look through my foods in the cupboard and make a list of desperate foods I need on payday. I will certainly need cup drinks and crisps for work but those I can buy in bulk so will save a good £10+. I have about 30 cup a soups to use so while on holiday that and crackers will be my staple :rotfl:

Oh and changed my sig to something funny There is no way on earth I would be a fruaglista with regards to clothes as I never follow fashion but I am slowly trying to buy less and less, plus this 'grow you own' is getting serious

beanielou

Looking good.
Am at library, laptop is away to see if anything can be done :eek:

postingalwaysposting

Final total for August's NSD, 27/25 :j

So today is September, wow 6 months through the year already. Sadly today will not be a NSD. I filled my car up (budgeted) but I also took a trip to the village for food supplies. After looking through my cupboards I think I can last until payday but I did need some f&v. So spent...

38p - milk*
63p - bread
75p - onions*
£1.20 - 12 crumpets
50p - bread*
50p - bread
£1.00 - 4 cans
50p - mushrooms*
50p - salad pototoes*
£1 - 4 peachs
£1 - 4 nectarines
£1 - 2kg potatoes
£1 - 3 baking potatoes
55p - 4 fresh beetroot
98p - 4 apples
£1 - reusable bag (as I only took one)

£6.50 - Avon order

=£18.99

Everything with a * was reduduced, Mum will use the milk hence the purchase. I have been taking bread to work for toast so thats why there are three loafs of bread. I purchased a value one from the supermarket before going into the newsagents where they sometimes have loafs for 50p, this time it was warburtons (a luxary in our house) so I got two and put two loafs in the freezer. It is starting to urn but if you toast it you can't tell the difference

Potatoes are now a staple (well in the last two months), instead of buying chips/waffles etc we chip our own. All those potatoes will last until payday and if the kids come around there are salad potatoes. The Avon order is my 6 bottles of shampoo and some cream I ordered last month. That should last until the new year, which means I only need handcream (from Lush) and maybe some bars of soap.

I am all set for all my wage going towards debt this month. There is a birthday I have to chip in for but I will address that on payday. Hopefully I will get more than my min which means I can eat this month. If not I will have to pay less to Argos, I hope not so fingers crossed