Fresh start for 2011

mummychicken

Hope you have all enjoyed the sunshine :cool: We fired up the BBQ today and spent the afternoon in the garden, the chooks loved it, had a dust bath in my bedding plants.

Been a LS weekend, hope to have a LS week as back to work tomorrow night and never spend alot at work and because i sleep the next day i am not tempted to nip to the shops to spend money i have not got

Still need to work out how much money i need to transfer to the virgin 0 % CC. I know my OD is almost £2,000 and Next Directory aprox £450 and then i need money for DC clothes, school uniforms etc. I need to make sure it is a manageable amount i transfer as intend to pay it off at £130 a month....... I think !!!! Really need to make sure i can cover the re-payments.

mummychicken

Spent £15 on diesel, £11.21 in Sainsburys, hope to not spend alot more this week.

Simple tea of prawn salad tonight, it too muggy to cook, plus i am working so need something easy.

needingaccountability

mummychicken wrote: »

i needed cereals but not sure whether the kids would notice a taste in the different brand,

We don't have an Aldi but we have a Lidl. My kids love special k summer fruits but it does nothing for my budget. I grabbed a box of 'special flakes with red fruit' from lidl the other week.

This week when I made the usual enquiry to what cereal was desired I was pleasantly surprised to be told to get some of that stuff from Lidl's

mummychicken

I am absolutely shattered, had 2 busy night shifts and said i would do an extra shift tomorrow night I really do not want to but need that extra cash.

Bolognaise for tea (made a few weeks ago and froze) so at least no cooking, so early showers for the DC, soak in bath for me and early nights for all !

Skint_but_Optimistic

You are working heavens hard. Hope the night shifts have gone ok.

:-)

abba1772

hi mummychicken :wave:

just checking to see how you are getting on x x x

mummychicken

Hi, My sleep pattern has been all over the place this week, i have only been doing one extra shift a week!! It seems like alot more as i am always tired.

Today i have a headache that i cannot clear, i have taken pills twice but still feel cr*p.

Sorry for the moaning, i know the extra wage will be helpful but not sure i can do this often as a reduction in the OD is not as important as my wellbeing .

turfy6

Hope the headache improves quickly and you can enjoy some of the weekend.

pennywisepoundstupid

Hope your feeling better today.

mummychicken

Thank you for your thoughts, the headache has gone, working night shifts is alot like jet lag, i do manage to cope well with my 2 nights together but because recently i have done an extra night my sleep has been messed up a bit... hence the bad head, but all well today.

DC helped me to plant lots of bedding plants that my lovely aunt gave me, the chooks got a telling off though as they were pecking away at them too !! Was a lovely warm day, and DH again cooked a fab roast beef dinner.

Do hope you all have had a relaxing sunday too :cool: