SF's 2012 diary - the most exciting year yet!

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Aamberle wrote: »

Hi SF - life in your world seems very exciting at the moment.

Well done on staying organised and MSE all at the same time :-)
Take Care x

Thanks - it is very exciting at the moment

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Just ordered 4 books from Mr Ts using clubcard vouchers so it won't cost me a penny love it!

Keiss_21

It's great when you can do that SF. We had promised DS2 a speaker/docking system for his iPod, and managed to get a really good one with Mr T vouchers, so cost us nothing...just as well, as preparing to send him off to Uni cost a fair bit anyway...not to mention his accommodation!! :eek::eek: Haven't heard from him since DH dropped him off last weekend...might wait until the weekend before contacting him...too soon for a mum trying to seem cool and not worried???

Love the look of the holiday in Finland..I had a Finnish pen-pal when I was at school...we never met up...the closest I got was working in Norway one summer! :rotfl:

We are thinking of what we will do for our 30th wedding anniversary next year. Paris or Amsterdam are on the list so far, not sure what we'll end up doing yet...have until next October, so plenty of time!

Right need to get out of the conservatory...getting rather chilly here now. Trying not to put the heating/fire on until October...only 12 days to go!

Enjoy the rest of the week and all the planning you want to do.

Aamberle

Morning SF - hope you are well! X

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Keiss - I'm sure DS will be fine, but there's no harm in texting I spoke to my mum most days at uni - and I didn't mind! Some days just a text, others a phone call I love Paris - I really want DH to take me there (I've been 5 times but not with him!) but we need to be sensible with money for the time being...

Aamberle - hope you're well this morning, I'm fine thank you

Isn't the weather horrible? It's awful today raining, cold, miserable. brrr. We've got the heating on at home I hate feeling cold, and have been sat in jumpers and stuff, but getting up in the morning when it's freezing is awful, so I've crumbled and put it on it's so much better! I just have to be aware of how much it's costing and look at where we can make savings else where so I can justify the cost.

DedicatedDFW

Hi SF and everyone

I am all caught up on here - love, love, love the look of that holiday destination and the things you can do there though i couldn't see the price either I've made a note of it to mention it to my Mr - that is if we ever get back onto speaking terms :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Brr! Another one who has been feeling the cold here and i have not put the heating on yet - except for 10mins the other day to make sure it worked Jumpers and thick socks all the way here

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DedicatedDFW - nice to "see" you over here it is an amazing destination - to stay in the glass igloo for four nights is nearly £1,000 though :eek: but the log cabins are much, much cheaper and still as nice I don't know if we can go though, it's definitely something to put on my life list as something to do though!

I'm so so so glad it's Friday :j just today to get through, and then a nice relaxing weekend. I went to Mr S last night as I had a £6 off £30 spend so the food shopping is all done I also had a sneaky $tarbuck$ on the way home as it's near the Mr S - their chai tea lattes are so so good :drool:

Today is going to be NSD 12 for me - I've bought some left off veg chilli in for my lunch plus some fruit, and I don't need petrol as I got that yesterday not sure if I'm going to meet my target for this month, but that just means I've got to try extra hard next month! I don't think I'm going to meet my target of 200 NSDs in the year like I did last year, but we shall see.

Have a good day everyone!

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Ooh just realised I've reached 9,000 posts :j :j

DedicatedDFW

Ooh SF you've given me a good idea with that NSD challenge the thing i get myself confused with is: - i have to pay for public transport each day i work (it is cheaper this way than paying once a week or once a month) i also have DD's - mortgage, phone bill etc. coming out on various days in the month. Would you count NSDs as a day where even if these things happen nothing else is spent ? I also food shop once a week which is pretty essential as is putting petrol in the car so i am just never sure what to count...

Well Done on all those posts phew! :T

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DFW - I normally count everyday where I don't spend anything at all - our DDs come out on the same day of the month so that's a spendy day always accounted for. However, in your case, would you be able to get to work without the bus? If not, then it is a nessecity spend and wouldn't bother including this on a NSD, if that makes sense? After all, we all need to get to work!

I like the challenge of setting myself 200 NSDs for the year, then just saying each month how many roughly it is, as an average. Not done so well this year, but I am determined to do it again next year and succeed!