We are about to pull the purse strings soooo tight!

Alice_in_Poorland

Beat the Debt that's fab - £20 per year road tax .

I know that next time our car tax comes round we will have saved up the money for it (I hope anyway).

Tea was lovely, more so because I had made it yesterday so it just needed warming up.

OH called our life assurance people today as for some unknown reason the DD hadn't been set up to come out of new account. So paid £39.18 to catch up for the months we missed and will return form to start DD from next month.

NSD day today (well that wasn't hard as I only have 1p in my purse), should be another NSD tomorrow.xx

brizzledfw

Well done Alice..you are doing so well sticking to a tough ( very tough ) budget and all those NSDs..you are hereby crowned the NSD Queen:A ( nearest I could find!) :rotfl:

Alice_in_Poorland

Oh thank you brizzle. I am trying very hard to stick to our budget.

Do you know I'm sure I've had more NSDs this month than the whole of 2011.

and on another good note I've pegged the washing out today. Sad I know but it does make me feel much better, I hate to have it hanging round the house.

Off for a walk with the kids and the dog. xx

mummytogirls

Afternoon Alice,

well done on pegging the washing out, it was a lovely day for it. I need to buy a new washing line before I can do that. I always feel good about myself pegging out, not sure why!!!!

x x x

Alice_in_Poorland

Had to get petrol tonight as I had to take DS2 to my sisters tonight as I am back at work tomorrow. Got my weekly allowance of £25.

Also called in to supermarket to get bread, milk, also got eggs as they were on offer and the big box of Aerial which was half price (£8), also some chicken for kids tea (freezer now empty), cereal, still managed to spend £25.38!!! But I didn't get any cash so purse still empty until tomorrow.

Washing was just about dry :):).

Need to do a major shopping list/meal planner to fill freezer. xx

Enchanted21

I love doing meal planners ...... It satisfies the OCD in me :-) I can tick each meal off as I eat it ...... Not literally mind you, I think my family would think I'm more mad than they already do...... I'm saving that surprise for another day :-)

Inspiring diary....... Loving it :-)

Alice_in_Poorland

Lists are my thing Enchanted, I write lists about everything.

I never did meal planning, just wrote shopping lists, until I started my diary and our DMP that is.

Post-it notes is my other thing, drives everybody mad. xx

Enchanted21

OMG! With me it's note books ...... I turn them into household management books ...... Each time I buy I new one I transfer the whole lot of info into it ...... It baffles Hubby, also amuses him I think :-)

I have about 12 now ...... Going back five years ...... I can even tell you what I ate today five years ago. mental, I know :-) I'm guessing it was steak or something else vaguely expensive...... Which is prob why we are in the situation we are in today Xxx

I have to say, lists make me happy :-) Xxx

PinotGrigio41

I love lists, its that feeling of satisfaction when you finally cross them all off, or in my case cross them off to make me feel better and then add them to the next days list !! Is that cheating ?!!

Our car tax is due at the end of Feb unfortunately as well, the same as you though when he next one is due we are hoping to have all the money saved up in a pot !

Do you secretly live in Barbados Alice ? Ive not been able to hang washing out here in months and months !!

BEAT_THE_DEBT

Hi another list fan here:j in fact i have my notebook by the side of me now! Alice where was w powder on offer please? (i have 4 x 54 washes in utility from prev offer but you can never have too much can you?) x