London Socialite Sees The Light

LondonGirl252

Oooh I just noticed I have earnt my second star!!

Heading off for a bottle of wine now for a good office gossip! Being a bit naughty by tweaking my £10 a day budget to advance myself but it's needed!

Have a nice evening all!

LondonGirl252

Morning team,

We are speaking quietly on this thread today please! The second bottle of wine was most unessecary - why didnt anyone tell me this at the time?! Anyway only spent my £15 so today is a NSD to make up for that.

Went to boots this am and got 3 for 2 on my vitamins and 3 for 2 on tights - all paid for with my advantage points

i just updated my spreadsheet to include all the upcoming social engagements between now and xmas.... ouch.... this is going to be a financial challenge of the greatest degree! One is 100% paid for by work, a couple are partially paid for, some I have already paid for tickets .... not drinks etc but that leaves a lot to save for!!!! I am going to need all the help I can get! I'm going to tot up now how much I need to save and aim to pay for it via ebay, amazon etc .... It may be time for me to say I'm well and truly booked up for xmas and turn down anything else I get invited to.

Have a good one all...

LondonGirl252

Urgh I feel sick...

I just totted up the costs for those nights out....

If I only spend £20 on each evening and if i take into account any costs I need to pay before ie meals or tickets then I need to save about £290.....

Time to get thrifty....

LondonGirl252

Feeling a little better about this now... I have just played a bit more with my clever spreadsheet....

The predicted cost for all of this if I budget £20 for each night is £360, I have already paid £40 so that leaves £320 to make up.

On the day itself I will spend my £10 budget for that day on the night out, so that leaves me £170 to find.

My parents have £100 that belongs to me which I was keeping aside for this exact situation, so that leaves me £70 to find...

I think I should be able to manage that with some e-baying and thriftiness! Also if I have NSD's then those tenners will all add up to add to the cause..

Wish me luck, last xmas (and more than likely the one before too) I think I increased my credit card bill by about a grand :mad::eek::mad: so to get through this xmas without using credit will be a massive acheivement.

Just to plan it like this is a good start that I have never acheived before, I just used to wave the magic plastic and not even think about it...

LondonGirl252

Hi all,

Lovely day today! Up at 5 and rode one of my favourite horses - Ebony - who was a gem, we had a lovely ride through the park and lots of nice long canters, even when my friends horse pratted about she didn't bat an eyelid, love her! Was blooming freezing though - need to dig out the thermals!!

Having a great day at work! Learning a new process and picking it up well so far! I'm such a geek and getting excited by all our systems and excel hahaha!!!

Money wise - today should be a NSD, I am colouring a friends hair after work and she is supplying dinner and wine in return

LondonGirl252

Hey,

Friends hair went well last night, she gave me £10 as well as sups and pud! So not only was yesterday a NSD, I also gained a tenner so that's £20 for the xmas social pot!

Today should also be a NSD so that'll be £30 hopefully!

LondonGirl252

Evening!

My budget bags arrived tonight so got 6 little bags to sort my cash!

I have split them like this:

October
November
December
Presents
Olympia (Or whatever splurge I want to save for once Olympia has passed)

Then the big one for the weekly budget

Another NSD today

LondonGirl252

Now for the good news!

My friend is awake and talking!!!! It's looking good, a huge relief keeping everything crossed he's up and about in no time now

turbo.jet

That's great news!

LondonGirl252

It made my day!