Time to Take Control

BlushingRose

Just read through the last part of your diary and...

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!
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wannabee_in_credit

Bit of a drama, and totally non mse. My poor 4 year old son was taken into hospital last night with a hernia, which was causing him some serious pain and puking. He has to go back into hospital Monday for an operation, but I'm just pleased that he's at home with me for the time being, and not suffering too badly.
Unfortunately by the time I thought he needed medical attention I'd had a couple of drinks so had to taxi to the minor injuries unit £10. Hubby followed us through in the car, when we were transferred to the RVI (£8 parking). Then food for me and hubby this morning as neither of us had eaten for hours. Kerching!
I've emailed my boss - not entirely sure if I'll be paid for next week - but I've done her the courtesy of letting her know as soon as possible so that she can get someone in to cover me.
I'm all over the place - I've had precisely 1 hour and 45 mins of sleep since 5.20am on Friday morning, and it's now approaching 7pm Saturday. I feel terrible, really anxious, really grumpy and physically shattered.
Ah well.
x

BlushingRose

oh honey *hugs*
I hope he's ok xx

pennywisepoundstupid

Sending you all big hugs.
At times like this you have to forget about the money.

wannabee_in_credit

Thanks
I'm just pleased that I'm money savvy enough these days that I had the money available to pay for an emergency taxi etc.
He seems absolutely fine, but I'm in bits about him being so little and having a relatively minor op. I'm so lucky that I've never had a really poorly child.

wannabee_in_credit

Well this is turning out to be a strange old week that's for sure.
My son went into hospital on Monday for his operation, and was out of hospital by Monday evening. He's doing really well, but not well enough to go back to nursery just yet - so me and him are off work together at the moment. Unfortunately, it's unpaid leave for me but that's the least of my worries at the moment. The extra time off has given me a chance to get a few things done that I always mean to do but never get round to. The wedding thankyou cards are almost finished (only 20 to go), I've started doing lots of knitting scarves for Christmas gifts and I finally got round to listing a couple of things on eBay. I'm still really sceptical that anyone would actually buy all of my old tat but you never know, do you?
I can't help though, but feel a bit stressed at the thought of losing 5 days wages, paying double my petrol costs this week and then all the little expenses that add up from having time off work.
Ah well.

pennywisepoundstupid

Glad everything went well with DS.

wannabee_in_credit

Morning all.
Well, I've just checked my bank balance and I am utterly skint until payday rolls in. I need to tax the car at the end of this month and it really could use two new tyres before the winter, but my extra funds won't stretch to both at the moment. On a more positive note I've made a really good start on my Christmas shopping - most people are bought for, and even a big chunk of the kids stuff.
It'll be short pay this month as well, I've had to take the last week off with DS unpaid. It's been worth it to make sure that he's well again but I could use things being a little less tight than they are in the run up to Christmas.
I'm off food shopping today with a list as long as my arm, so really hoping I can be wise with what little £ I do have. It's going to force me to be a little more frugal during the week etc as it's still a fortnight until I get paid. The good news is that I spend far less when I'm at work than when I'm off - phew!
I'm putting on the list as well that once I get this debt problem sorted out I am most definitely going to look at getting a car that costs less in tax. Mine is £170 a year now, whereas my sister pays £60 and a friend I work with pays £30. I could use that money for something for sure.
The other thing I'm doing this week is getting back onto the diet wagon for the billionth time. As you know, I lost 2 stone on a diet for the wedding, but in the 6 weeks since I got married I've managed to pile almost a stone of that back on. I can't afford to do the meals that I was doing in the run up to the wedding so I'm trying SW again. I tend to only lose weight on original days, which I can't really afford either but we'll see how we go. I've just gotten up and had a 'free' cooked breakfast and am off to see my butcher friend this morning to see what he can offer me that won't utterly skint me. I hate that I can't seem to get in control of my money or my weight again. It's been spiralling in the run up to the wedding and since we got married - not that I would change a thing, just that I wish I could stop making excuses for spending, which is what I'm doing at the moment.
Time to keep this diary going, and my spending diary and my food diary. Even if there's only me reading them then if I write everything down I find I tend to think twice before I hand over the cash, or shove something naughty down my throat. And it makes me accountable writing it down as well.
Thanks for reading if you got this far - I can tell when I'm typing that my brain isn't quite with it.
:T

BlushingRose

*hugs*
Come on, we can help each other.
I lost 2 stone at the beginning of the year and am about a stone back up again. I'm not even sure what I'm doing - might be too much 'comfort eating' of chocolate.
As for the money/ I hear ya. In the housekeeping budget we have £8 left as of today and Mr BR gets paid on the 24th....we have food on and we're sure we'll manage, plus we have some in sundries still.
next month it's £70 for vets fees for the cats, and as you say, the run up to Christmas though we've got a few presents already from charity shops and The Works. This'll be our first Christmas on a DMP without credit, so it should be 'interesting' lol

wannabee_in_credit

Thanks BR, so pleased I'm not in this alone - it's always nice to have someone along to give you a helping hand when you need it.
I ended up spending £82 in total yesterday on groceries, which had better last up until the end of the month (apart from a few fresh bits and pieces next week). I too am like you - I have £6 in my purse and it really needs to last me until payday to be honest.
Day 2 of SW and so far so good. We did go out for ice cream earlier, as our family 'thing' for this week so I have been naughty on that front but everything else has been quite saintly. I've had a headache all day, and can only assume that it's my body detoxing from all the rubbish I've been chucking in over the past few weeks. I've planned and prepped most stuff for meals next week - still thinking about what to do with chicken. I got a load of chicken thighs and drumsticks from the butcher yesterday really cheap, but I normally only do either a whole chicken, or just the breast - so a learning curve coming up I think. Hope I can keep the motivation for that going.
I've also been on the main dfw forum and I've joined in the weekly spend challenge and the nsd challenge - they're both normally quite good at keeping me on the straight and narrow as long as I commit to reporting in.
Come on then BR, we're in this together:beer: