children, cross-stitch and chocolate. Chickywiggles debt-free diary

chickywiggle

Saturday 17th SeptemberA rainy day in...... and I *think* IIRC ..... a



NO SPEND DAY.....NOTHING....NADA....ZILCH






Targets:

Food shopping = £20
Baby shopping = £20
Other essential shopping (cleaning products etc) = £0


Random = £30
Days out = £20


meals out/ takeaways = £20
Clothes = £0
Presents (birthday/ Christmas) = £20 (if I see anything)

Total available to spend = £130 (plus my £30 personal money)

chickywiggle

Sunday 18th September

Took toddlerwiggle to see Thomas: Day of the Diesels today with the tickets I bought using Nectar points a few weeks ago. Paid for a popcorn and drink (kids AM special price even tho not official kids AM film :j:j £1.50) then treated him to pizza hut (his choice) for dinner- £4.49

Nipped to T for bread - £2.

Had a productive afternoon tho and managed to list 24 items (mainly baby) on e-bay so here's hoping i get some sales.........



Targets:

Food shopping = £2/ £20
Baby shopping = £20
Other essential shopping (cleaning products etc) = £0


Random = £30
Days out = £5.99/ £20


meals out/ takeaways = £20
Clothes = £0
Presents (birthday/ Christmas) = £20 (if I see anything)

Personal money = £30

chickywiggle

Monday 19th September

Productive trip to town/ ASDA with hubby.
A - £16.78 spend on food, £7.55 on baby milk.
haircuts for DH and DS1 - £6
Homebargains - £1.93 on food, £3.98 on hubbys deodrant.
swimming - £10
lunch out - £13


Targets:

Food shopping = £18.71/ £18 (hmmm me thinks budget will be well blown here this week - forgot we needed fizzy pop.)
Baby shopping = £7.55/ £20
Other essential shopping (cleaning products etc) = £3.98/ £0


Random = £6/ £30
Days out = £10/ £14.01


meals out/ takeaways = £13/ £20
Clothes = £0
Presents (birthday/ Christmas) = £20 (if I see anything)

Personal money = £30

chickywiggle

Tuesday 20th September

Flying last minute visit from my daddy :j. nipped to A for bread rolls, ham and cheese to cook some tea. (£5 - well just under but not got the receipt to hand)


Targets:

Food shopping = £5/ -£0.71.
Baby shopping = / £12.45
Other essential shopping (cleaning products etc) = -/£3.98


Random = /£24
Days out = /£4.01


meals out/ takeaways = /£7
Clothes = /£0
Presents (birthday/ Christmas) = /£20 (if I see anything)

Personal money = /£30

chickywiggle

Wednesday 21st September

Yay for a trip to A for some brekkie food and a few other bits of food - curtosy of my daddy :j

Dashed to Morrisons (on the hunt for cheap toys).... came away with a bit of food shopping (74p) and some baby food (£7.11).

got some bargain baby milk/ food half price in Wilkinsons (£1.94)

then realised (when he started screaming) I hadn't got tinywiggle's dummy on me..... so a 4.49 :eek: spend in Superdrug on a pack.

Targets:

Food shopping = £0.74p/ -£5.71.
Baby shopping = £13.54 / £12.45
Other essential shopping (cleaning products etc) = -/£3.98


Random = /£24
Days out = /£4.01


meals out/ takeaways = /£7
Clothes = /£0
Presents (birthday/ Christmas) = /£20 (if I see anything)

Personal money = /£30

chickywiggle

Thursday 22nd September

decided to stock up on baby things (we were nearly out anyway) while the Sainsbury baby event was on so £11.11 spend on baby stuff.

£2 random in poundland (sweets for taking into work and for our train trip Sunday)


Targets:

Food shopping = / -£6.45.
Baby shopping = £11.11 / -£1.09.
Other essential shopping (cleaning products etc) = -/£3.98


Random = £2/£24
Days out = /£4.01


meals out/ takeaways = /£7
Clothes = /£0
Presents (birthday/ Christmas) = /£20 (if I see anything)

Personal money = /£30

chickywiggle

Friday 23rd September

Just realised I'm about a week behind on the updates due to being on hols for a few days then playing catch-up. Will attempt to remember what I can tho.

Brunch with a friend I've not seen in ages: £6
because brunch was a last minute after I dropped off DS1 had to nip and get brekkie/ bowl/ spoon for DS2: £2

Targets:

Food shopping = / -£6.45.
Baby shopping = £2 / -£12.20.
Other essential shopping (cleaning products etc) = -/£3.98


Random = /£22
Days out = /£4.01


meals out/ takeaways = £6/£7
Clothes = /£0
Presents (birthday/ Christmas) = /£20 (if I see anything)

Personal money = /£30

chickywiggle

Week 6 - a summary

Baby shopping was a big overspend this week because i choose to stock up while things were on offer rather then pay full price next week.

Still not spent any money on credit cards or overdraft tho :j:j


Earnt this week:

0

Cash Expenditure:


Food shopping = £26.45 (target £20)

Baby shopping = £34.20 (target £20)

Other essential shopping (cleaning products etc) = £3.98 (target £0)

Random = £8 (£30 target)

0 days out = £15.99 (£20 target)

meals out/ takeaways = £19 (£20 target)

Clothes = £0 (Target £20)

Presents (birthday) = £0 ( £20 target)

TOTAL: £107.62 (£130 Target)
Overspend: £0 :j

Vouchers or points used:

cinema tickets previously bought with nectar points.

chickywiggle

Week 7

I am omitting this week due to holiday from Sunday to Tuesday. We took £100 out of the savings to cover this as we knew it would be costly eating out and buying train tickets for 2 days while there. From what I can work out we spent about £125 so really happy with that.

Saturday --> I think around £5 spend on nibbles/ drink to take with us.
Sunday - Tuesday --> away
Wednesday --> NSD :j
Thursday --> had to go into town to take my mobile in as it had developed an intermittent fault.
nipped into wilkinsons for lightbulbs (£11) plus managed to get babywiggles main christmas pressie (£14) and some stocking fillers (£10). oh and oven cleaner (can you guess what I'm doing tomorrow?!) - £4.
Mr A - essential top up shop (£6)

am anticipating a NSD tomorrow :j

chickywiggle

Week 7 - a summary

see above