£23179.10 until my debt free life begins in March 2014

Skint_but_Optimistic

That sounds great. Fingers crossed for the job and well done for the christmas shopping.

Emzilla

Hope your son feels better soon DF.

Emz xx

DebtFree2012

Morning all

What a fantastic weekend I have had with my family.

We have a new addition to the family, a small pony for my daughter. She is on loan and is very cheap. £10 a week It's fantastic news. I of course have to add this into my budget however the pleasure we will get from this far outweighs the cost on my purse.

I am determined not to allow this to change my DFD so keeping it the same for now and rejigging as I need to.

On that note I have a beef in gravy tea in the slow cooker which is using everythin I have in the house. I will put peas and sweet spuds with it for a hearty healthy meal.

Aldi's super 6 are great this week for us so I will probably go back and get some more, blanch and freeze.

At the end of the month I will be getting a large bag of mince (have none in now and not paying shop prices) which I will make up into shep pies/spag bols/lasagna and a few other bits and pieces and freeze. Same for diced beef, will make up a load of stews and things and freeze for the coming months.

If I can keep the costs of groceries down that's where there's flexibility for savings to be made and the money can be saved to debt

I'm off to update my budget with my little addition to the family.

xxx

DebtFree2012

Meant to add on. We've all caught my son's cold now, well my DD and I have, DH is feeling grotty but different symptoms. Hoping that vit C and fresh air will make this our only one of the year!
xxx

B-J-D

hi sorry to be cheeky but what are aldis super 6 this week? if you dont mind me asking!! x

DebtFree2012

Hi there - I got brocolli/carrots/onions and iceberg lettuce. Can't relember the others but these in bulk will see me through as the mase of many meals.

DebtFree2012

Hi MSE diary land

Another meal in the slow cooker today ready for tonight. Hope it works ok as the mushrooms (which I don't think will do well in a SC) were floating on the top rather than submerged.

Anyway - it'll be eaten either way

Last night was my riding lesson and again it was just fantastic. I am learning so much. Tomorrow when DD and I go to do her pony we're going to watch the professional girls jumping which you can learn from too.

We've gone from standing still to a steady pace with full steam ahead being next year. Enjoying every minute of it though.

Off to check my accounts.

xx

katieandlee

Good luck with the tea! I'm having chilli nachos tonight.. when I get round to making the chilli! Sounds like you're really enjoying the horse riding x

DebtFree2012

I do I love it, we both do

Tea is doing ok - I went home to check on it - paranoid! No need to be but at least I know for the future now lol.

Enjoying this week so far

xxx

DebtFree2012

OK I am feeling the need again so I have sorted out my spreadsheet - given it a declutter. I now feel like I have less financial worry hanging around my neck. Not sure why as nothing's actually changed lol.

I have my account A which all of my direct debits and cash withdrawls come from. These are the ones that do not change from month to month. Then I have my account B which is the everything else account and where I pay my debt from, as it changes monthly how much I can pay off. Once my debt is paid off I won't have to make any adjustments as I will still have a bills account as such and anything extra just gathers up into my account B.

I feel a lot better. Also I can see where I can add in my own horse

xx