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benbenandme

Morning all, £18 profit from another games offer, must be my lucky weekend

benbenandme

So, I'm up, showered, dressed, ds is getting dressed, we're off (on the bus :cool:) in a bit to his drama club, then we're combining buses with getting started with geocaching today At least it gives me some walking and something other than sitting on buses to do

I'm also taking a notebook with me to get started on several lists, I have all sorts of bits and pieces floating round my head that I just need to get down on a list and then I'll feel much calmer and more organised

Hoping for a fairly low spend weekend, although with being out and about today (and no food in to take with us) I will need to be careful

vasseur

benbenandme wrote: »

I honestly don't think I could Poles, not without confusing the hell out of all of you What I would say though is (a) the gambling board has a fab explanation of it, its pages and pages long and you need to read, reread and reread again ... and (b) the most offers I am doing at the moment are on a very well known gambling site beginning with W and the second word begins with H, and they aren't actually matched betting, they are risk free offers, and again if you red the threads on the gambling board they explain them clearly and they are easy-peasy. I have made £300+ from them this year so far

I printed it all out and it was my bed-time reading last night. I think it's starting to click

pixiechick99

polesalot wrote: »

I printed it all out and it was my bed-time reading last night. I think it's starting to click

I printed it a few years ago and read it a couple of times before giving up:o The maths geek in me loved it and I'm sure I could master it, but it's just finding the time. Maybe I should try again - in a week it's the holidays so I will have 2 weeks to myslef:D

benbenandme

So it ended up being a bus day again after all We went to drama, spent £8 on bus tickets, and then rode around on various routes all day ...

Ds had a whale of a time, I was bored silly Never mind, he's happy. Spends were too big, as expected ... £8 bus tickets, £7.50 lunch, £3 in the 99p shop on bits, £3.50 in Boots on cleanser, £18 in primark but stocked up on t-shirts for ds for the summer as he was desperate for some. Also got him some sunglasses and some beach shoes and some long johns reduced to £1 for next winter £2.10 on a magzine to help keep me awake, £2 on 8 x Easter cards and 5 x birthday cards (bargain ). Think that was all.

So, the rest of the day needs to be spent tidying the flat as its currently a tip, and I want to get my banking stuff sorted out this weekend too.

benbenandme

Hmm, well having checked the banking its not looking great; last month I was overspent about £80 at the start of the month and that didn't get rechecked Anyway, I'm currently £49 overspent and still have 6 days til payday Its all hypothetical as I physically have money in my accounts but in terms of the budgets I am £49 overspent for the year so far. I also need to go food shopping and also need petrol. Now I'm wondering how far I can minimise any more damage. We definitely need some food shopping, although I may get away with a mini shop rather than a proper one. Maybe if we keep walking to work this week I can get away with a tenner on petrol too?? I still need to drive to see Mum / Dad and to ww so will need to put some in.

Food this week; ds has cooked dinners at school each day this week except for wednesday. I may get away with less than £20 of shopping, I need bread, milk, ham, veg, etc but not much else is necesssities.

I will double check all the finances again, usually something turns up that I'd forgotten all about

Alisonpennypincher

Hey BB,

Have you got an Aldi or Lidl near you that you can get the essentials from? I have started shopping at Aldi and i am always surprised how much shopping i can get for so little £. Just a thought.

Hope that the weather is great there, am off to spend the morning in the sunshine.

APP

benbenandme

Thanks Alison, I do have a Lidl nearby, may give it a whirl
Sun is shining, I've been reading stuff about our summer holiday and am dead excited, can't wait to go already

pinkladyof66

when is the holiday again please i forgot

benbenandme

Not sure which one you mean PL, we break up for Easter on friday, we go to the isle of Wight on Easter monday (til friday) and we go to Spain in August

Been for a lovely long walk in the forest with ds, mum, my aunt and the dog. Had a sandwich at a tea-shop halfway, the sun was shining and all is right with the world

Spent £7.50 on bread, milk, salad, sausages and some choccy on the way back but no other spends today. Now time to think about tea, baths, homework and early nights