I dream a dream.

beth111

A NSD today for me :j getting a bit more in the swing again. Need to get washing powder and dish washer tabs tomo tho but last washing powder lasted ages as cut the amount I use now.

Working later which is good and almost finished my sample for my new venture, it's taken ages as waiting for supply's from china:eek:

Been playing with the calculater again and keep looking at rightmove, I don't know why I do it, just noise I guess;).

beth111

Really enjoying sitting in the garden. Getting back into my crafting ways, it's been far to many years since I did some craft I almost forgot how much I love it:A if I won the lotto I would most properly spend most of it on beads and buttons

Really liking the fact that I don't have to use the tumble dryer and I am on top of the usually gigantic washing pile.

Works a bit slow for me this week and ds1 is off school today as had a temp. Ds2 is his usual pain in the behind

On how I would love to be by the seaside right now.

beth111

Getting very excited about my new venture it's looking fab. Without giving to much away it's to do with weddings. Won't be long and my first sample will be compleat. Stars and moon hear I come.

Wow! You can tell its payday, lots of new bookings in today for my day job, which is great for the mf dream:D
But our oven has now completely given up on us, trip to ikea on Sunday is on the cards for a new kitchen quote as heard they are good, o bloke from oh work has agreed to fit it for £90 per day:T
Really need to do the food shop tomo, gone back to ald* from lid* as nicer in my opinion.

Seeing one of my best friends tomo, looking forward to a good old catch up.

beth111

Really enjoying the Easter holidays. Kids and I are really pooped done a lot already, all very mse only spent £15 total plus petrol so far and don't plan on spending anything tomo or Friday as seeing friends.
Next week we will try to spend most days with the family and friends so only min spend plus petrol.

This weekend we will be decorating the master bedroom ( already have paint) and spending some quality time together, may go for a family meal out poss toby carvery as we currently don't have a working oven :mad:

Not really got much to update really feel I spend most my time working ( not complaining) or doing the school run. Plan on doing another soa soon to see where else I can improve on things. Really please with our progress as we where wasting £800 when I first started and now we are saving/op'ing £500ish pm. It's soooooooo addictive I love throwing any spare cash at the mortgage:T

beth111

Oh help! I'm finding this such a hard decision.

We have ( if we scrap everything together) £4500 in savings, that it!
Oh and I have been wanting to get a new kitchen fitted, it's a nice and large kitchen but it's old and pine:eek: the inbuilt oven has stopped working and some of the doors have split, I hate the pine look with the horrid tiles and it's very dark.
The plan was to rip it all out and start again, But after costing it will use all £4500 we have and I can't bring myself to spend such a large sum and be left with nothing. oh is not being much help, just says we will be adding to the resale value of the house.

We have thought about replacing just the doors but I won't be happy with that so whats the point. Also looked in to cheaper kitchens but that would only save a few hundred. I do want a new kitchen, we have been in this house 4 years and it would make a big difference to the house but I can't decide weather to just go for it now as I believe the price is the best we can get or wait a save some more but to get to the savings I would be comfortable with it could be another year. Help what do you think?

Anna_Glypta

Hi Beth

I think if you really want it that you should get it. You could wait a year and the prices will have gone up, and you won't have had the year of enjoyment of the kitchen. If you just do the doors you may well regret it and won't ever be totally satisfied and in that case you have wasted your hard earned savings.

Good luck with your decision :-)

* Sensible head does say that you should make sure you have a bit in reserve for emergencies though!

Brodiebobs

Do you have any local kitchen makers? we found one in yellow pages, took a pic of one we had been quoted £5k for (and the plan that designer did) and he built and fitted it for £2.2k. loads better quality than the pre-built stuff too.

beth111

Anna_Glypta wrote: »

Hi Beth

I think if you really want it that you should get it. You could wait a year and the prices will have gone up, and you won't have had the year of enjoyment of the kitchen. If you just do the doors you may well regret it and won't ever be totally satisfied and in that case you have wasted your hard earned savings.

Good luck with your decision :-)

* Sensible head does say that you should make sure you have a bit in reserve for emergencies though!

Thanks Anna, its a tricky one for us to decide. After sleeping on it we will save for a few more months and when the next sale starts we will be in a better position, also can't not overpay anything ( we would have to stop overpayments for a few months if we went ahead) I'm now an overpayment addict.:D

Beth

beth111

Brodiebobs wrote: »

Do you have any local kitchen makers? we found one in yellow pages, took a pic of one we had been quoted £5k for (and the plan that designer did) and he built and fitted it for £2.2k. loads better quality than the pre-built stuff too.

Thanks bobs,

I will get a few more quotes and see if we can get the cost down a bit more. Beth

beth111

Oh bother, just checked Internet banking and used money that was allocated for next month this month :mad: think a new soa is in order so I can allocate more money to family fun/house bits fund;)

Got no cash left for food ( month end 25th) got loads in freezer and cupboard but will need to get fruit, milk etc

We are going on holiday at the end of this month so need to plan spending money. For some reason I have been thinking we are still in march not April doh...
Other that that hick up this week not spent a penny (I think) apart from petrol, spent it seing family and chillaxing :cool:. Lucky the boys are to little and get tired very easily if we do to much at ones.