Moooooving back to DFW - one Fresian's continued adventures in debt-busting

Hopeful1

Your financial stats are looking good! I'm sure you'll miss Mr Fresian, but yay for meaning the budget stretches further I do often think how rich i'd be if the kids didn't cost so much

mooomin

Full of the cold *achoo*

Was doing conference calls in my pyjamas this morning though while Mr Fresian was trying to silently unpack the order of mince/venison from DR :rotfl::rotfl: I'm quite excited to try it - it all looks lovely. Venison stew will be on the mealplan next week sometime I think They also gave me a code for 20% off my next order and free delivery, so that's worth thinking about too.

NSD here due to sinus explosion. There has to be a better way of racking up NSDs!

Hopeful1

How are you feeling now? I've had 2 days of a dodgy tummy and headaches..the joy!!!

That sounds like a good deal for your next order with old Donald

mooomin

Feeling better thanks, and heading back to work today

My loan balance on online banking is now showing as being under £4,000 I'm PADding to the credit card for the rest of the month to get a head start on my cinema pass before the bill comes in.

Card orders are beginning to come in as Mother's Day is on the cards (boom boom ) so I now have to make two Mother's Day cards (plus the three we need for our family), two new baby cards and a wedding one. Jings! Still, will be well-needed pennies for the PADs and it's something I love to do so that's a major bonus!

mooomin

Evening all

I had the day off work today as Mama and Papa Fresian are due this weekend for their state visit. The house is sparkling :rotfl: I have also had a lovely afternoon with my best friend having afternoon tea here which is part of Edinburgh's Botanic Gardens. We took a walk around afterwards to try and walk off some of the cake, although Scotland being what it is in February we didn't stay out for long

There are currently 10 days till payday and things look like this:

PAD/Spends - £15
Entertainment - £22.31 (will use this for a cheap haircut via a voucher site if I don't have any nights out)
Purse - £15
Grocery purse - £23.99
2nd purse - £7.64
Loan balance - £3999.71
ISA Balance - £2800
Loan outstanding - £1199.71

Hopefully I'll bring the outstanding balance to under £1000 by the end of March.

Things are tight in terms of the food budgets, especially while I get my head around the second purse system, but my stockpile is growing and it seems to be working for me. I have done this weeks freezer-Tetris and will write the meal plan once Mama and Papa Fresian arrive and tell me what my plans are for the weekend in terms of eating out!

Hopeful1

When is Mother's Day?

mooomin

Hopeful1 wrote: »

When is Mother's Day?

Google says Sunday 18th of March

Hopeful1

flying_fresian wrote: »

Google says Sunday 18th of March

Sorry, should have done that myself Am busy flitting between different windows, I didn't think. Thank you

I've just used Greenmetropolis for the 1st time. I love how easy it is to use. Just need to make sure I pack the books away safely so they don't get lost or battered!

mooomin

Surveys

Ipsos - 1325 points (1380 needed for £10 Amazon voucher)
My survey - 530 points (550 needed for £5 Amazon voucher)
Valued opinions - £2.75 (with 75p pending) Need £10 to redeem for Amazon vouchers
Swagbucks - 578 (849 needed for £5 voucher)

Current Amazon balance is £9.28 which should keep me in Kindle books and MP3s for a while Mr Fresian's birthday is at the end of April, so I need to up the surveys and start saving!

beanielou

Have a good weekend.
I had great fun one day whizzing round the botanics on a scooter.
Was great.
Sadly that day cafe was closed.