Botanical blunderings on a budget - good life starts here.

Karmacat

Sewing Christmas trees! How lovely!

Cheery_Daff

Happy birthday DS! :T :T :T :T Lovely young fella Hope birthday was suitably fun (and visitors have apologised to neighbours - eek!) xx

vl2588

Very happy birthday DS of Pippi! xxx

Pippilongstocking

Thanks for all the good wishes, all full of a chicken roast dinner, lots of veg and yorkies, followed by hm apple and rasp crumble with custard

Happy boy!

Lemon_Tree

happy birthday DS, guess i've mentioned this before but it's also my dad's burfday so one of the bestest days all around

Pippilongstocking

Yay lt hope you all had fun.

Morning all brekkie to sort

Keiss_21

Have a good day all! x

Pippilongstocking

Money alert

Morning all - banks half done - (Not great) about to look at the other and figure a plan.

One load out, thinking of doing a bit paid gardening later when its dried up a bit

Next bank here I come. To say lifes not great moneywise would be the underexaggeration of the century.

Billed yesterday for svq work (12) and teaching hours -(6) might get that on the 15th

Need phone council tax folk think they are expecting £105 today or by the end of the week, which I just don't have
Tax bill arrived for the final assessment for all the years (3 with nowt, one with a payment of £1012 to pay - I need to call and make an installment plan
Ebay plants posted - did a free postage thing which is fine as things sold (YAY), but postage is high (£2) for plants but I'd rather they sold than didn't as they will just spoil, better to give them new homes

I've been scrabbling about for coppers - visitors have been great - when I asked them to get bread and milk they didn't bat an eyelid angels - I'm making things like scones for brekkie and we're eating meals from the freezer so they're not impacting on food at all - I'm making meatballs later - and have veggies from the garden for that too. Thankfully I've a nice full cupboard of rice etc (thank you keiss! and other supplies, thank you cheery!) so we'll manage grand.

Put £15 petrol in the car - ds gave me £20 to use my cc for the same amount, probably use that for petrol too.

Will all be fine eventually and then I can start paying things off but the now its got me a bit down.
I've things to ebay, I'm going to spend a bit of time doing that today and amazon listings.

Cuppa in hand off to look at the final bank.

Cheerful but poor think job will begin on 16th Nov

Lloyds cc - £26 left of that
bank - £63 left of od (need £15 in for account charges etc on 3rd and £56 in for BT on 7th) - so that will need some money in it too before then

Royal - Balance - left of OD £55 - but more money in on 3rd (WTFC)
£17 needed on 3rd for dentist, 8-10th capital one dd out (£100) other dd's on the 15th (£113)


Capital one - not great <£30 left of a £2200 limit - we'll keep plodding and when money here I'll put it to that

Gamerchop b/day prezzie £50 went on CC - he wanted to buy a few bit and bob - felt better to do it like that. Concert on Friday - thankfully all paid and OH taking care of any treating to be done which lovely

Well its tighter than a badgers whotsit -but we've food and I can keep the petrol afloat until I've more money in.

Oh well, nowt for it then but to get finger out and get on with ebay................................

MatyMoo

I know things are tight Pippi but try not to be down.

You do an amazing job on little or no regular income :T And in less that 2 weeks you will be paid to be a Womble, how fab is that?

By the way, did Mr F have any luck on the costume? :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Pippilongstocking

Maty thanks I know it will be OK - its just I've never been quite so near to limits before (or I probably have but it feels relentless the now) - I hate being so near to my limits.

Mr F only found adult male suits - the mind boggles!

I start in 15 days - I need to keep focussed on that and I've got a new garden to do a bit of work in which will make the one day a week gardening income probably viable

Hope rodders is good today have enjoyed peeking at your blog!

Just listed my 'dragon naturally speaking 10' on amazon - I didn't use it - but I've got an educational version - as long as folk can verify they are student I guess they will buy it. Put it on for alot less than the first priced one. Thought of putting it on ebay but wasn't sure how to do that - didn't want to seem greedy by listing it at a proper price.

Dvd's beginning to list and I'm about to tackle a few books..........and campervan parifinalia - I've alot of unused stuff like mugs and 3 campervan bankiess etc - (not my egg cups, they are very well used)

Transferred £33 from paypal (ebay) to my bank - will help with the dd's