Peonie's journey to smart money management

pavlovs_dog

just caught up with your wonderful news. Wishing you a happy and healthy pregnancy xx

Peonie

Hi everyone,

Thank you for your messages NG, icontinuetodream, GG, Lois, Courgette, Shala, Courgette, Hurdler and Pavlovs.

I've been missing for a few weeks as I've just felt too tired. This is now the longest pregnancy I've had and so I'm relieved to have passed our MC milestone. In fact I've relaxed a lot.

We've looked in a couple of shops baby but we're not buying anything yet. There are so many choices my head was spinning. I still fit in my normal clothes and I don't plan on buying any maternity wear until clothes start to get a bit snug.

As I did not do a financial update at the beginning of March, here's a quick one:

• Mr P fully paid back the loan.
• In February £500 went into the holiday VP fund with more to go in at the end of the month.
• I OPd the mortgage by £267 in February and £317 in March taking it down to £139,090.00.
• Continued with the £45 monthly VP payment for car up-keep.
• Each month I put a couple of £s into the IVF pot so I can slowly see the number come down.

Peonie

Ooo, I forgot to say, we've knocked another month off the mortgage to January 2036 :T

gallygirl

Glad to hear all is going well :T. The tiredness is just to prepare you for what's to come :rotfl:.

newgirly

Very glad you and bump are well

EchoDelta

Glad all is well Peonie

Enjoy plenty of lovely naps!

icontinuetodream

Lovely to hear from you Peonie....so pleased all is well!!

Peonie

Thanks GG, NG, Echo and icontinuetodream. I have grown more of a food bump than a baby bump. I've been indulging my food cravings a bit too much. I may have talked Mr P into getting a Suubw4y for dinner last night - oops. A lot of what I want to eat has changed, unfortunately I've gone off veg - not good.

My scan scan is in another 2 weeks. It seems like such a long time to wait. I want to make sure everything is OK.

I got paid today! Woohoo.

Lois_E

Peonie wrote: »

This is now the longest pregnancy I've had and so I'm relieved to have passed our MC milestone. In fact I've relaxed a lot.

We've looked in a couple of shops baby but we're not buying anything yet. There are so many choices my head was spinning. I still fit in my normal clothes and I don't plan on buying any maternity wear until clothes start to get a bit snug.

So pleased for you. How many weeks are you now?

Peonie

Hi Lois :hello:, I'm now 11+3. Only a few more days until 12 :T

I had yesterday off work and went looking round the shops. I bought a new bag for work - I did need one. But I did not need the ear muffs - which I'm wearing inside now (£7 from £25), a hat that goes with all my coats (£10.50 from £25) and 2 M&S waffle dressing gowns for guests (£16 each then 20% off). So I went over this months clothing budget - oops.

We're going to a racing ladies day soon, I really bought the hat in case the weather is bad. I'll need to go shopping for a fancy feather to go on it and I'll look winter chic. I might need to buy a new top. If it's cold there's no way I'm going to wear skimpy summer clothes.

I looked around the baby shops again. They need to have an American style registry like they do for weddings. So I can just zap everything I think I want and decide later. A couple of years ago my sister gave me a lot of her old baby items like a Moses basket, high chair, bath and play mat. So I need to check what we have before we get anything.

Then I met Mr P and we spent £65 on food that looked like nothing I checked the receipt and nothing had gone through twice and we had not bought cat food. I don't think that's the last of the shopping this month either. :(

Yesterday I moved my (our) ISA to a higher rate, it's still pitiful but better than I (we) had. The woman talked about the annual credit allowance but all I could think was money is likely to come out this year for the first time.

We're having another quiet weekend in. Mr P is doing some DIY and I've cleaned the washing machine with white vinegar. So a very exciting weekend for all.

I'm not really keeping up with everyone elses news at the moment. Is there anything big I should know about?