Third time lucky

natlie

Had a sad and worried day yesterday - after the distraction of some time out. I had a chat to OH about it but it wasnt much help really. I was nosing on internet last night and found a job similar to mine but £7k more per year! am going to apply for it - but if I get it I will have to go back to work earlier than I wanted. Ebay stuff now on £18 but its free listing day so going to raid the house

Lemon_Tree

hope you have a better day today. good luck with the job application sounds like a nice payrise if you managed to get it

natlie

Have updated my sig. to show this months debt decrease there will be another £255 off this when my loan payment goes out next week - not bad month really. Got loads of kids over tonight for halloween party. Ebay stuff is all ending today £25 so far.

natlie

£30.91 on ebay - brilliant! yesterday when I was checking my accounts I noticed a duplicate payment of £49.99 contacted the company and got immediate refund hooray!

Lemon_Tree

two positive pieces of financial news yay! and it's only early in the week things are looking up

natlie

Thanks LT I have been reading you diary - you are doing really well.

I am putting my xmas list on here (not for me for others lol) just to remind me what i am getting:

mum n dad: homemade food hamper
sister and dan: sister shoes from Kurt Geiger - £29 incl delivery - bought Elle mag for £3.80 and had £20 giftcard - shoes were £70 and were in the sale for £45 hooray
gran and mam: smellies stored from last year:T
OH?: socks lol:rotfl:
OH mum and dad: OH bought his mum a camera
DD1: spent £210
DD2: spent £179
DS: ? he's only 3 months old
DD1 half sister: Knitted Blanket - shes 2 months old
DD1 Dad and wife: homemade food hamper
DD1 gran and aunt: homemade food hamper
DD1 aunt: homemade food hamper
DD1 cousins: homemade sweets
Best Friend: shoe deal kurt geiger like sis above.Friend 2: homemade food hamper
friend 3: homemade food hamper
Nieces and nephews x 5: ?

its quite a list but I have only really spent on the girls, my food hampers have cost very little - random maths says they cost around £23 for 7 hampers including the boxes to pack them.

natlie

£0 in the bank and £255 loan payment due argh! have zero acct so payment should go out with no charges anyway, have requested £55 from Paypal and will have £47 from Child benefit, tax credits are due a week monday. Have added £100 to the santander cc grr xmas pressies - will pay this off on payday. Just feeling at the moment that I wont be able to achieve anything whilst on maternity pay. Back to work date Feb 6th boo hoo!

Have had an excellent grocery month in Oct £90 wow - only becase I have been shopping the reduced section- some of my bargains:
loaf of bread 11p, barabrith (cake) 23p, 4 finest scones 13p, white cabbage 43p, cauli 43p, mince £1.89, finest rice pudding 99p, 2 custard slices 53p, 2 organic leeks 90p, a whole roast chicken £1.69, a quiche 99p, 2kg onions 30p

Baked ham and veg from the freezer for tea tonight - I am having something veggie also from the freezer.

House is a bomb site need to get the girls to help, OH is still in bed grrrrrrrrr

done so far -
xmas puddings for hampers
nappies and wipes washed
towels washed
dishes - load 1
ebay parcels posted

to do-
tidy lounge
more washing
tidy kitchen
cook ham
make a cake?
get towels in from the line
clean bathroom
bath baby
wash baby bedding

natlie

More bargains yesterday spring onions 16p for 2 bunches, lemons 6p each, hot bacon muffin for OH 15p, bread 58p, pitta breads 28p, panini rolls 50p for 4, apples 45p, broccoli 45p, cucumber 10p and more, made leek and potato soup, biscuits and had reduced quiche for tea. Got enough food in freezer to do meals for at least a week - maybe more - going to make sausage rolls today.

This month the last late pament will drop of Barclaycard on my credit report - 6 years clean hooray! I can close it as soon as its paid off!

Off to make a cuppa its freezing here today heating is on eeek but not warming up

Xandersmum

Hi Natlie

Just discovered your diary - I have just restarted mine so looking for others for some inspiration!

Like you we are trying to get a new house, but no chance at the mo. Although we have plenty of bedrooms as only 3 of us but we desperately need somewhere with bigger rooms and a downstairs loo as our little man is getting a wheelchair!!

You seem a lot more handy than me - have an afternoon at the hospital today but plan to try and make a big pot of homemade soup tommorrow for me to live on for lunch for the week! And then it's back to more mad ebay listing!!

natlie

Hi
I will go and have a look for your diary! Thanks for posting
Nat
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