Regular Ramblings from LookingAhead

LookingAhead

whatatwit wrote:

That's should be our motto....never turn down a free drink....

I very infrequently do....! :rotfl:

OK I'm off to watch Strictly Come Dancing now.....have a good evening all!
:A

cathybird

LookingAhead wrote:

I hope you liked the URL by the way to eighth-day?

yes I did!! forgot to come back & say thanks! delicious looking recipes, practical too. haven't tried any yet but will soon!!!!

JAMIEDODGER

hi LA

just read your thread:) and want to say how well you are doing! i am so proud of you cutting up the cc!!! i cut up my last personal one months ago and have only one for the business which i use as part of the cashflow,it gets paid off in full every month:)

nice to see those debts coming down and that you are still managing to have a social life even when you are paying off your debts!!!

well done you!

jamie

LookingAhead

Awww thanks JD. I think my social life has petered out for the balance of 2006 now but, to be honest, I've had a really good run for not a lot of money in the last few weeks so I am happy as a pig in muck really.

Mum was down this weekend and I managed to keep her entertained. We went to a discount warehouse store and also to another cheapy place where she found a pair of leather boots in the sale which she could get on.

This was - excuse the pun - a real feat for her as she has a bunion which means she's usually confined to trainer type shoes. We both managed to get the last (but one, for her) of our Christmas bits as well for not a lot of cash so...result!

For lunch I cooked Boston Baked beans on thick granary toast which was lovely...and of course, cheap!

I feel a bit more Christmas-y today and may go off soon to wrap some presents and put the tree & fairly lights up I the lounge! BF has had a glass of mulled wine too - very seasonal.

Ohhhh talking of mulled wine, we gave Mum a glass last night and she had a clumsy moment and knocked it over on the coffee table....it smashed and red mulled wine went all over the carpet (which is oatmeal colour), my rug (which is cream/oatmeal/burnt orange colour) and splashed up the patio door curtains too (which might I mention are cream). She did a grand job!

Luckily I was there in an instant like some sort of cleaning superhero, rubber gloves, bucket of warm water, Vanish spray and loads of cloths and it's all come up like new thank GOD. When it happened it sort of happened in slow motion and I was like this: _pale_ when I saw the state of my carpet.

Bless Mum she was MORTIFIED and kept berating herself. I lost count of the amount of times I said "Don't worry about it...!" But I would have been mortified too.

I was more upset at the fact she did it in the middle of Louisa's dance to save herself (vs Emma Bunton) on Strictly!

Back to work tomorrow for a rest...;)

slowlyfading

^^ your poor mum, i would have been so embarrassed! looks like you're doing good i can't believe that louisa went out of Strictly, those two should have been in the final i thought.

LookingAhead

Hi slowlyfading!

I know, I was nearly crying for her but at this stage it's anyone's trophy.
Voting for Mark HereHaveMyCash personally though - yummmmmy!

Yes my poor Mum, but I was patient & calm...told her not to worry but she did anyway. Bless her.

LookingAhead

Actually I said to her "If you didn't like the wine you should have just said..." which made her laugh.

taxi73

Your pour mum...so glad it came out of your carpet and glad that you managed to keep mum entertained cheaply..sounds you had a good week-end

LookingAhead

Am a bit worried about my budget this week. I seem to be racing through it at a rate of knots and it's only Monday! :eek:

Forgot to budget for Christmas postage this week to D'OH but at least I had 7 second class stamps in my purse to assist with it a little bit.

But more things to post tomorrow and my boots to pick up so a visit to the cash machine is required, I now dread going to it as every time I know I am eating into my budget.

Got a lovely freebie coming my way this week though. A friend is passing over to me (via a third party) some exercise DVDs so I can get free workouts at home. My enthusiasm for leaving the house again in the evening is zero these days but my body isn't thanking me for it. So hopefully this is a good compromise.

Overdraft is rising....have joined JamieDodger in a challenge to get this down as much as possible by February (see Jamie's thread) and I can't wait to get stuck into it! I can try to do stuff now but pre Christmas....well, it's not realistic to say I'll do a lot right now.

taxi73

Hi Lookingahead...it can only be expected that at this time of year we forget some little expenses...and it's so hard around christmas to really tackle stuff..but remember you've done brilliantly to get where you are now...that's great getting those exercise DVDS..well all be at it in great gusto come january...don't feel like I'm getting very far either at the moment..if that's any consolation...keep your chin up