We are about to pull the purse strings soooo tight!

pennywisepoundstupid

I have also bought a new spending diary :j and i'm really excited about starting using it, its all new and shiny:D:o.

pinkladyof66

pennywisepoundstupid wrote: »

I have also bought a new spending diary :j and i'm really excited about starting using it, its all new and shiny:D:o.

where do you find a spending diary please how do i get hold of one thanks

Alice_in_Poorland

pinkladyof66 wrote: »

where do you find a spending diary please how do i get hold of one thanks

I just bought a notebook but it has dividers in so I can have different sections. For the spending diary bit I put lines on each page - Date, In, Out, Balance and Reason for spend. It was in the reduced section 89p, so a bargain.

Alice_in_Poorland

pennywisepoundstupid wrote: »

I have also bought a new spending diary :j and i'm really excited about starting using it, its all new and shiny:D:o.

Me too.:j LOL xx

Alice_in_Poorland

All ironing done.

Tomorrow is payday for me....yippee....although need some petrol:(.

I've updated the list of Christmas presents I need to get, also need cards for December birthdays, and birthday presents. :eek:

Off to bed early, I'm shattered. xx

pennywisepoundstupid

Pink lady, I just use a cash/accounts book, bought it from a local stationers.

Alice_in_Poorland

Yippee its OHs payday today and mine yesterday so today the bank account is looking very rich........not for long once all the bills start to go out, but for today it looks good

I went into town today and got Christmas cards and Birthday cards for December birthdays. Instead of sending individual Christmas cards to niece, nephews, BIL, SIL etc we just send one card to the whole family. They still insist on sending individual cards to us but I've told them not to. Anyway it came to £9.52

I'm going to order another 2 presents tomorrow.:)

Paid childminder today and 1 lot of football subs for DS2. OH put £10 petrol in DS1s car today as his contribution.

Looking forward to the weekend. xx

PinotGrigio41

Alice_in_Poorland wrote: »

Yippee its OHs payday today and mine yesterday so today the bank account is looking very rich........not for long once all the bills start to go out, but for today it looks good

I went into town today and got Christmas cards and Birthday cards for December birthdays. Instead of sending individual Christmas cards to niece, nephews, BIL, SIL etc we just send one card to the whole family. They still insist on sending individual cards to us but I've told them not to. Anyway it came to £9.52

I'm going to order another 2 presents tomorrow.:)

Paid childminder today and 1 lot of football subs for DS2. OH put £10 petrol in DS1s car today as his contribution.

Looking forward to the weekend. xx

Totally agree with you Alice re the one card per family. We used to buy for my sister for example from us, then a card each from the girls to her and etc etc through the whole family. I remember one year spending £63 just on what I call Special People Cards. Never again. I know it sounds a bit humbuggy but I would rather not receive them myself, I hate the mess and I end up piling them up on the stairs then frantically displaying them around the house if the person who sent it is visiting. I have also suggested keeping the previous years cards and putting them back up againt he following year , but noone wants to play that game with me !!

The_Golden_Goose

I've got enough "spares" from previous years to hopefully get away with not having to buy any this year. *tight yet frugal and MSE proud*

I also plan to not go overboard on gifts either.

mummytogirls

Hi Alice,

Happy payday for last week! You are doing so well, keep it up.
I love seeing the bank account with money in before the DD's go out too!!

Have a lovely weekend xx