My Diary--------THE JOURNEY :-)

The_Dragon

Good luck with your fresh start month!

Cherryjack

A Good Afternoon to Cats and Dragon :-) Thanks so much for your messages..nice to know im not alone :-)

So ive done the big big super size Asda shop... i think i have enough food for everyone til the end of next year lol.. I spent £103.63 on food.. and well i really cant see that i will need anything else for weeks!! I got lots of fresh salad, must make it up in a fridge box later ..must eat a little with each meal. Also Asda had the lovely big bags of fruit for a pound each.. I got about 7 loafs of bread for the chest freezer they were 30p each.. Ive stocked up on all my tins..(the cuboard is exploding) lots of rice, pasta etc.. if the snow comes i will be totally fine to take in a few people lol

I also spent £12.00 on christmas presents.. got some lovely asda truffle type crackers for a £1.00 , some body stuff for mum and a really nice pair of slippers for my grandad.. :-)

So thats £96.37 left for food for the month (the budget)
+
£122.42 Christmas shopping money left..


so thats me done :-) and no more naughty stops to the petrol station for milk and bread supply's!! Ive also stopped carrying my card on the school run-totally stops me from going on an after school shopping spree... and believe me they do happen!! Im terrible-its could be dunelms homefurnishing look around-with a coffee stop , for a pannini, latte.. (character biscuit & milkshake) for little man and atleast £12.00 poorer.. not good!

So I have an hour and half left ish before i go out to collect him..lets get a few things on ebay

Over and Out xx

Catslovelycats

good luck with eBay cherryjack!

Cherryjack

Thanks Cats.. i put ..........................wait for it............................drum roll......................................... 4 items on ebay today lol.. but im proud and its a start :-) ive got them on 10 day listings and i really chuffed a coat ive out on already has 2 watchers..yippe!! So the goal is a few items a day.

Had a very productive afternoon! i pay for british gas homecare cover currently £34.92 a month. I got an email from swinton today ( i have house insurance with them and car insurance- not from loyalty-they were the cheapest on confused.com. Anyhow will get to the point they offer cover with extra perks for only £6.99 a month (the gold membership) they cover windows, roofs and all sorts and its a total seperate policy to your insurance so does not affect that. They also gave me 3 months free.. so no DD until Feb 2012.. you can cancel before the money comes out. I did scenarios with them and its the same as british gas £1500 for labour and parts each call out. Even when they take the money you can cancel at any time.. its a monthly contract.

So British gas per 12 months = £419.04
Swinton 12 months -the 3 months = 62.91

Thats a massive saving of £356.00 per year... there is only one flaw.. you need to have your boiler service each year (britisg gas include this).. but i have a fantastic gas safe heating plumber that charges around £60.00 so im still quids in :-)

So much food in the house that i dont fancy anything lol... seriously too much choice.. i must eat something tho,boiled egg and soilders lol..???

I had a plan of going to an indulgence evening on friday with a friend.. at the local school.. they were offering facials & beauty treatments along with stalls of xmas goodies and hand made soaps etc(ive gulped in fear all week, as that would be a real test) was quite relieved to get an email to say it may be cancelled due to the lack of tickets sold (could be a blessing)!!

linz

Hi Cherryjack,

Don't forget to do the Asda price challenge with your receipt; every little helps, or is that Tesco ? :rotfl:

Marty82

Cherryjack wrote: »

Thanks Cats.. i put ..........................wait for it............................drum roll......................................... 4 items on ebay today lol.. but im proud and its a start :-) ive got them on 10 day listings and i really chuffed a coat ive out on already has 2 watchers..yippe!! So the goal is a few items a day.

Had a very productive afternoon! i pay for british gas homecare cover currently £34.92 a month. I got an email from swinton today ( i have house insurance with them and car insurance- not from loyalty-they were the cheapest on confused.com. Anyhow will get to the point they offer cover with extra perks for only £6.99 a month (the gold membership) they cover windows, roofs and all sorts and its a total seperate policy to your insurance so does not affect that. They also gave me 3 months free.. so no DD until Feb 2012.. you can cancel before the money comes out. I did scenarios with them and its the same as british gas £1500 for labour and parts each call out. Even when they take the money you can cancel at any time.. its a monthly contract.

So British gas per 12 months = £419.04
Swinton 12 months -the 3 months = 62.91

Thats a massive saving of £356.00 per year... there is only one flaw.. you need to have your boiler service each year (britisg gas include this).. but i have a fantastic gas safe heating plumber that charges around £60.00 so im still quids in :-)

So much food in the house that i dont fancy anything lol... seriously too much choice.. i must eat something tho,boiled egg and soilders lol..???

I had a plan of going to an indulgence evening on friday with a friend.. at the local school.. they were offering facials & beauty treatments along with stalls of xmas goodies and hand made soaps etc(ive gulped in fear all week, as that would be a real test) was quite relieved to get an email to say it may be cancelled due to the lack of tickets sold (could be a blessing)!!

Good luck with your ebay items; what kind of stuff are you selling?

Think I will have a look at that Swinton policy for when I finally get my new boiler! I wonder if there's a comparison site for these polices.

Cherryjack

linz wrote: »

Hi Cherryjack,

Don't forget to do the Asda price challenge with your receipt; every little helps, or is that Tesco ? :rotfl:

lol yes well done...in my excitment i had forgotten about that:rotfl:reciept safetly tucked away in my purse.. it should be ready to compare tommorow morning.
I had a £75.00 receipt i found the other day from a previous shop , got so excited.. but they were the cheapest grrrr.. really i should have been happy that i had saved £8.50 in comparison to the other shops...

I will catch them out mwwwhahahahaaaaaa:D

Cherryjack

Marty82 wrote: »

Good luck with your ebay items; what kind of stuff are you selling?

Think I will have a look at that Swinton policy for when I finally get my new boiler! I wonder if there's a comparison site for these polices.

Thanks Marty.. i have boxes full of clothes , sparkly shoes with heels i will never wear again lol.. at 31 its all about ugg boots and flat shoes (well it is for me anyway) haha.. i do have a few going out shoes... but i am in fear of them!! just not used to them anymore.. gone from clubbing 4 times a week to maybe 2-3 times a year.. sad eh..

Really is a good idea, there policy for boiler, plumbing and electrics without the (roof, keys etc) is just £4.99..
Im gunna test them out this winter to see if they are any good.. and get british gas to do a final boiler service before i leave (cheeky i know) but another saving..:T

Hope you get that boiler sorted soon, it will be such a relief..:j

Cherryjack

Good Morning lovely people :-)

Hope you are all well.. Ive had a good couple of days with a few events ...

Yesterday i woke up to NO heating!! what is it with heating at the mo??? thankfully i hadnt cancelled with British Gas yet and an engineer was around in the afternoon(great service)!! he was lovely.. the fan had gone.. and the clock /setting dial buttons were not working properly-i would use a back of a fork to set things lol.. and he replaced it with a shiny new one! he wired it up and everything :-) im loving this baby bump... im getting real good service these days with it lol.. was out for costa week last (sshhh this was before saving) and i had people trying to let me go first in the que.. toilets etc..haha.. its brilliant!! will definetly milk it for the next 8 weeks

So Boiler Fixed.. phew!!

I found a £5.00 note in my bag (result)!!

Signed my partner upto a free Tesco sim he wanted today.. top up 10.00 and get 30.00 worth of credit.. and clubcard points..
If anyone knows of a better deal please let me know :-) Ta!!

Im struggling today.. looks like the indulgence evening at the school is going ahead on friday. Ive yet to by a ticket for me and my friend..i want to go but fear i will come back £50.00 worse off.. eekkss.. what should i do?? i could cook her lunch and stay in instead. ?????? what to do??????

Was soooooo tired yesterday... i slept lots in the day and all thru the night.. hoping the iron tablets start working.

XMAS tree went up yesterday.. was too exhausted to decorate it.. me and little man will do that this eve ( i know its early!! .. but im too excited..
Wont be opening the blinds to the neighbours mind as they will think im mad haha

Have a good day everyone x

oops almost forgot to write, i have an ebay bid on one of my tops!! yay and 4 watchers on ''THE'' coat.. must put some more stuff on later

kerri_dfw

Congrats on the ebay bid. I think you're mad for putting the tree up so early, but if the little man loves it then it's worth it.

You could speak to your friend, explain that it's almost christmas and you don't want any unnecessary spends and see if lunch would be fine?