Palema’s quest for a place to call home

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Hi everyone
What a week!
Gone by far too quickly got quite a bit done and have 4 WW meetings in 3 days to look forward too!:eek:
have had a pretty lazy week and I have finally got my WW members cards coded in a way I find easier to recognise for milestones (its taken me this long to come up with a system!:eek:)
We have my Gran staying with us at the minute as she is getting a new kitchen put in her house.

I went to the cinema on Tuesday to see Machine Gun Preacher - It was brilliant although a bit harrowing as it is based on a true story.

Monday 7th November
£37.00 - Fuel
£2.97 - Aldi
Total - £39.97

Tuesday 8th November
£7.50 - Dinner at Pizza Hut

Wednesday 9th November
£0.59 - baby card

Thursday 10th November
NSD

Friday 11th November
£19.98 - Mum's Christmas

Saturday 12th November
£2.00 - Bottles of water
£4.00 - Celebrations (future WW display item!)
£1.00 - Chocolate
£12.36 - Stamps
Total - £19.36

Oh and I used the MSE Kindle Voucher for Tesco Direct to buy my Christmas Pressie from my parents using mum's credit card

That's this weeks news round up!!
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[Deleted User]

Hi everyone
What a bl00dy week, it been so busy.

I have had to sort my 3 card boxes for the launch of the enhancements to the ProPoints plan for WW and alot of other work for that as well.

Went to see The Immortals at the cinema Sunday it was really gorey but really good, if you liked 300 you will like it!

Monday I was covering a WW meeting am and putting my scales in the boot managed to rip my finger nail, have had to cut it right down to the base of the finger as it was hanging off.

We took my grannie home on Tuesday (Hurray!) and helped to clean the kitchen of dust and muck.

Went shopping with my mum Thursday to Livingston and surprisingly didn't spend too much!

Went to see The Help at the cinema Thursday night, very funny and brilliant, defiantely worth seeing

Friday I went out for a meal with the girls from work for a leaving do for 1 of them, lovely meal and catch up however I was wearnig my contact lenses and had my glasses in my bag just in cases my lenses started to bug me. Went to put them on on Saturday morning and they were not there :eek:
Have checked with the places we went to and no luck so went to the wholesaler I use for my glasses and have had to buy a new pair

Saturday I wnet to see Breaking Dawn part 1! OMG was brilliant and so wanting to see the 2nd part NOW!!

Finally before the money stuff - I should be back to work tomorrow however I am off to the High Court for jury service :eek: Am needed at work really badly as there is alot of sickness and holidays just now and don't really want to go but I have too

Sunday 13th November
£5.85 - Cinema

Monday 14th November
NSD

Tuesday 15th November
NSD

Wednesday 16th November
NSD

Thursday 17th November
£12.44 - Sweets for Xmas
£3.24 - Cafe
£10.99 - Cards
£2.35 - Cinema
Total - £29.02

Friday 18th November
£31.33 - Dinner and drinks

Saturday 19th November
£5.10 - Cinema
£70 - Glasses
£11.77 Tesco
Total - £86.87

Sunday 20th November
£17 - WW

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beanielou

Hope you dont get picked for the jury service.

[Deleted User]

beanielou wrote: »

Hope you dont get picked for the jury service.

Managed to get out of it Beanie - lots off sick at work and really short staffed so my boss called the court this morning, she had to write a letter stating it was going to leave the nursery really short staffed and I was part of the management team. Gave it to the clerk of the court and she stamped my citation and said I could go!
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[Deleted User]

Hi everyone,
What a week - 1st week back at work and it was mental!

Monday - Had to go to court, but got a letter from my boss and was allowed to go home A ridiculous amount of staff off sick at work just now so mega mega busy.

Tuesday - Had the teacher visit the nursery and my brain was frazzled by the time she left!
Have had a problem with my WW scales for weighing members - at our Area Meeting a few weeks ago myself and another leader both voiced our concerns at our scales weighing differently, our Area manager suggested we get together and see if we could swap scales around to get 2 matching pairs. Went to the other leaders house on Tuesday and we tried to sort out the scales however each of the 4 sets weighed differently and were all half a pound out from each other :eek:

Wednesday - Staff meeting PM about up coming events like Chirstmas market and show :eek:

Thursday - Was helping interview all day, we have a new Nursery Nurse starting in January and another hopefully starting January/February as maternity cover.

Friday - Was shattered, not a bad day at work and had a good natter with my mum at night as my dad was out.
I phoned the scales swap line on Thursday and I have 2 sets that weigh the same again now!

Saturday - Not done a great deal today, sorted out my WW stuff for next week including my meeting talk and props for my table display. Booked my hair appointment for my Christmas night out in 2 weeks time. And bought my brother, mum and dad's Christmas pressies.
Little Brother I have bought - JEFF DUNHAM DVD and am getting him THIS!
Mum I have bought FANCY WALKING STICK
Dad I have bought a NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SUBSCRIPTION

WW tomorrow and then not a great deal!

Santa's elves arrive in the Nursery on Thursday and I can't wait to start the mischief and fun over the next few weeks! :D God I love Christmas best time of year to work in a Nursery :j

Monday 21st November
NSD

Tuesday 22nd November
£4 - Asda
£8.99 - Amazon Kindle plug for Chirstmas present
Total - £12.99

Wednesday 23rd November
NSD

Thursday 24th November
£11.81 - Books for Christmas for work
£23.98 - 2X Jeff Dunham DVD 1 for little Bro 1 for ME!
Total - £35.79

Friday 25th November
NSD

Saturday 26th November
£19 - Dad Christmas subscription
£28.75 - Mum Christmas pressie
£13.43 - Tesco
Total - £61.18

Nothing else to report tonight

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beanielou

Love the spotty stick.
If I wasent so skint I would buy one.
Much much nicer than the NHS ones :rotfl:

[Deleted User]

Hi everyone,

My Budget this month is as follows:

Income
Monthly income after tax - £1,351.62
Current Account Reward - £5.00
WW Salary after tax - £538.93
Account fees
Account fee - £15

Monthly Expense Details
Direct Debits
Rent - £200
Mobile phone- £24.40
Cinema Card - £15
Speedway support - £10
Contact Lenses - £18
Total - £267.40

Savings accounts

Santander 1st Homebuyer - £300 (2nd of the Month)
[FONT=&quot]ISA - £350
[/FONT] Holidays and Social - £100
Car (including MOT, maintenance and Road Tax) - £50
Emergency Fund - £50
Niece's savings - £5
Work Christmas savings - £10

Total - £865

Other Spends
Petrol/diesel - £100
Me money - £200

Savings totals so far
Santander 1st Homebuyer - £5100
ISA - £1900
Holidays and Social - £235
Car (including MOT, maintenance and Road Tax) - £150
Emergency Fund - £150
AA Savings (VSP) - £60.35
Work Christmas savings - £90
My Niece's savings - £95

I have put quite a bit on my Pink Friend last month so have managed to pay off most of it, I am hoping to get some babysitting in over the next few weeks and this will hopefully pay this off totally! I have emptied my sealed pot and £2 coin jar to help to pay for this as well.

Events for the next month are as follows:
AT WORK - Tuesday 6th December - Christmas market
Wednesday 14th December - Christmas party and concert (I'm an angel in the concert! :A)
Tuesday 6th December - James Morrison gig (was cancelled due to illness in November)
Friday 9th December - Waxing
Saturday 10th December - Haircut and put up
Saturday 10th December - Chirstmas work night out
Sunday 18th December - WW lunch with 1 of my WW meeting groups.
Sunday 25th December - :xmastree: :xmassign: :xmastree:
Monday 26th December - Sales shopping for Christmas 2012 :eek::D:eek:
Think thats everything for now!
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[Deleted User]

Hi everyone
With updating my mothly post I forgot yesterday to update my spendings.

Busy at work again this week, only member of staff in my room for the rest of the week so will be working with a lovely girl from the agency we use who has been a regular in the nursery for about a year on and off - Thursday sees the return of the elves Jingle and Belle into Nursery, they get up to all sorts of mischief when the kids are not looking! I love it can bribe the kids to do anything at this time of year - Santa is watching

In me news - back to work last Monday and by Thursday I had a cold and cough, didn't sleep well last night as I was coughing loads, went to doctor. My chest is clear which is good and its a bug thats been going about lasting about 2-3 weeks Just feeling really tired and yuk!

Money stuff

Sunday 27th November
£20 - Scottish Social Services Council annual registration (If I dont have this I can't work)

Monday 28th November
£37.50 - Aveda
£1.52 - Recorded Delivery letter
£12.96 - Stamps
£1 - Parking
Total - £52.98

Tuesday 29th November
£6.12 - Asda

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[Deleted User]

Hi everyone
A busy end to the week for me, finishing with one of the kids being picked up 20 minutes after the nursery closing time on Friday night :mad:

Something I forgot to post a couple of weeks ago, I had my review with my WW area manager on the 16th November. She was happy with my progress and my figures within my meetings. When she asked how I was getting on I was truthful and said I was struggling (something I hate admitting but feel I am doing to much) with new responsibilities in my full time job and 3 WW meetings a week. She asked how many meetings would I want to give up and I said I would be happy just doing 2 meetings a week and dropping just the 1 meeting.
She then asked which meeting I would want to drop and I said the Monday meeting - at the minute I run a Sunday and Monday in the same venue (can leave things set up most weeks) and a Wednesday at another meeting, some may think the Wednesday would be the better meeting to drop as it would get my meetings over with at the beginning of the week BUT my Sunday was my 1st meeting and the Wednesday I have built up after it was closed for 6/7 weeks and I am the 8th leader in the meeting in a space of a year. I am the longest running leader in that meeting :eek: and I like it.
So anyway - I got an email yesterday to say another leader is taking over the Monday meeting as of the 2nd Monday in January (9th) so my last Monday meeting is going to be 19th December - SO will be a New Year New Start.

Went to do my Grannie's shopping on Thursday night - She is a Morrisons lady and to go elsewhere is a crime! :eek: Our local Morrisons is in a shopping centre and I needed a few bits from Boots so went in and stopped by the Biotherm counter as it is the skincare I use and they had a Christmas boxset, I was needing a few bits but was going to put it off HOWEVER The Biotherm lady said the fatal words "We have 20% everything this evening" So £55.32 later I left Boots :eek: Bought the boxset (£37 for £29.60) and a couple of other things I was needing.

Went Santa shopping for 11 boys gifts for work today, started in Asda and within 10 minutes had all 11 presents bought!
Myself and my friend from work then went to the Handmade Burger Co for lunch OMG! It was well good and 1 bowl of chips did the 2 of us and I was totally stuffed

Used the Nectar site to gain triple points on buying me slippers from ebay for Christmas (mum is refunding me) and triple points for Amazon on buying me a Christmas Present from me of the Harry Potter DVD set all 8 films for £20 :j

Money Stuff

Wednesday 30th December
£0.91 - Diluting squash
£2.00 - Work Collection
Total - £2.91

Thursday 1st December
£37.50 - Fuel
£55.32 - Boots
£7.96 - Tesco
Total - £100.78

Friday 2nd December
NSD

Saturday 3rd December
£21.78 - 2x Slippers from Ebay
£17.50 - Secret Santa for Work
£12.10 - Lunch at the Handmade Burger Co
£20.00 - Harry Potter DVD Set
£32.93 - Tesco
Total - £104.31

Thats it for just now
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beanielou

Glad that you have managed to drop a meeting a week.
Biuger place sounds fab.