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beanielou

When are your schools back?
Ours went back last week.

benbenandme

I'm back on the 5th, ds on the 7th

pixiechick99

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I'm back on the 5th, ds on the 7th

Bah, I have an inset day I have to go in for next Thursday - the 1st:( Off on the Friday and we all go back on the 5th then. It's coming round too quickly, I'm nowhere near ready for it yet:o

benbenandme

I totally agree Pixie, we spend all year looking forward to it and it whooshes by sooo quickly Considering 6 weeks is the same as half a term, I just wish the terms went by just as quick :cool:

benbenandme

Another £17 added to the overspend, we were out of ink for the printer :cool: but we did manage to get in and out of tesco without buying anything else

My stuff from the Body Shop has been delivered this morning too, very pleased with the body butters, I have got some lovely Christmassy cellophane gift bags from Lakeland stashed away, so they will get put into those with a lush bath bomb and some sparkly ribbons

benbenandme

Evening, we've been round looking after dad for a few hours this afternoon/evening so mum could go shopping with my sister. While we were there a hedgehog came and sat in the middle of the garden (3.30pm, full daylight) I gave him a dish of dog food and he ate the lot and a dish of water but he wasn't fussed about that. He sat there for about an hour before waddling off under some plants, it was absolutely gorgeous and let us get really close to him, he made a kind of grumbling noise but didn't curl into a ball

Other than that I have spent today £2.00 on sweets and £2 on chips to go with sausages from the farm shop for tea I also have a bid on another ebay item, so thats £8 already with 5 days still to go :j

beanielou

Awww I just love hedgehogs

benbenandme

Morning Ds has a skiing lesson booked today using money from his birthday, its £10 for an hour which I thought was pretty good value :T He originally wanted a horse riding lesson but that was £30 for an hour :eek: so he settled on skiing instead We'll have lunch there afterwards and then he will be able to go into their outdoor play area for a bit this afternoon. Must remember to take a magazine or notebook and pen with me

benbenandme

Ds loved his ski-ing lesson, it was really good, there were 5 kids in the group, they had their boots fitted and then were kitted out with skis. They went to a nursery slope and practiced walking sideways etc in them, then spent the hour getting used to going down a little hill in them and doing snow ploughs. He was the youngest by a couple of years but managed to do as well as the others, I was very proud of him, he listened to all instructions and behaved beautifully for the hour :T :T

Then we had lunch and then went into the woodland park, its like a wooden obstacle course, loads of bits to climb over / swing on etc, trampolines, zipwires etc, so hopefully he will sleep well tonight after all that lot

benbenandme

Woohoo, when I worked out my finances yesterday I somehow forgot to check one of the bookies i use quite a bit, and I still had £124 in there, so in fact rather than being overspent this month I have some left :j

I did think I was £23 overspent, plus yesterdays spends (£21) and todays (£10 lesson paid from ds birthday money, lunch = £5.75, magazine / drinks = £4) so altogether I have spent £54 out of £101, so I still have £47 left until next wednesday (payday). This will probably still not last as we're going to my brothers for the weekend so will need £30 ish for petrol at least, plus spenging money while we're there, but its a lot more positive than I previously thought

I've also got a couple of small betting offers in my inbox that I need to work on this afternoon too