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Time to 'grow up' - the slippery slope to 30.

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  • Budget time!

    Food £70.00
    Petrol £25.00
    Social £30.00
    School dinners £21.00
    Holiday £30.00
    Dance £20.00
    Bills £51.50

    total out:
    £227.50

    total in:
    £282.84

    surplus to holiday fund £35.34

    I have £115.35 in the holiday fund with £198 of standing orders to go out, so if I can save the £35.34 I'd only have £11.31 left to save :)

    If all goes to plan I'll have it all paid off on the 25th November. :) Hurrah!
    Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
    Que sera, sera. <3
  • vandanfc
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    What am I missing here IA, I get the difference between the two figures as £55.34 ??
  • Why don't you make lunches for the girls? I spend about £10 a week on packed lunches stuff...
    Empty pockets never held anyone back, only empty heads and empty hearts can do that -Peale
  • Hi IA!!!

    You probably wont recognise the user name, but I can't remember my old one. I knew you back before you seperated from you ex, just before you did the appearance on Martin's tv show... yet back then!

    It's lovely to see you doing so well, I'm so please work is going well you deserve it.

    Well as I did with all your old diarys... not off to subscribe :D

    Take care hun

    Lucy
    Total at 9th Feb 12 - £17,500 :eek: Now - £6,851.05
    Loan - £6022.05, [STRIKE]Card 1 - £3293.85,[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]Card 2 - £2287.04[/STRIKE], Sofa - £825.00
    Wedding Pot - £0.00 :o
  • Marty82
    Marty82 Posts: 195 Forumite
    Budget time!

    Food £70.00
    Petrol £25.00
    Social £30.00
    School dinners £21.00
    Holiday £30.00
    Dance £20.00
    Bills £51.50

    total out:
    £227.50

    total in:
    £282.84

    surplus to holiday fund £35.34

    I have £115.35 in the holiday fund with £198 of standing orders to go out, so if I can save the £35.34 I'd only have £11.31 left to save :)

    If all goes to plan I'll have it all paid off on the 25th November. :) Hurrah!

    Is this for a week or a month btw?
    Council Tax £1,928.85, Fines £90.00, Old Car Tax £267.00, Gas £337.25, Electric £54.42
    Car Tax Fine £80.00, B/card Visa £470.85, RBS M/C £759.69, M&S M/C £790.00, B/card M/C £2,592.01, House Ins/Title Deeds £1,573.54, Laptop Finance £578.45, Old Car Ins £85.73, Total debt £9,607.79
  • beanielou
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    Marty82 wrote: »
    Is this for a week or a month btw?

    A week i think.
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  • Hey IA - great to see you posting again....like others have said, your diary from before was really inspirational when I first joined MSE ........can't believe it was 5 yars ago though:eek:

    Good luck with your goals...we've booked our first foreign holiday in over 12 years for next year....but now need to save to pay for it......:(
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  • Why don't you make lunches for the girls? I spend about £10 a week on packed lunches stuff...
    I was doing that, but in winter I like them to have 'hot dinners' because of it being colder. They tend to go back on to sandwiches in spring :)
    Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
    Que sera, sera. <3
  • Marty82 wrote: »
    Is this for a week or a month btw?
    Weekly. I use my tax credits and child benefit to cover our weekly costs like food and whatnot. My monthly wages cover the bills. Monthly Child maintenance gets saved.
    Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
    Que sera, sera. <3
  • vandanfc wrote: »
    What am I missing here IA, I get the difference between the two figures as £55.34 ??
    Eeeeeeeeeeer... I'll get back to you on that once I've gotten out of the bath and can check my spreadsheet. Maths was never my strong point (Oh the irony..) :rotfl:
    Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
    Que sera, sera. <3
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