money talks!! time to pay up and shut up

elly68

it wasnt me talking about christmas it was freeby fifty or enchanted im just following along lol tried to do the presents early last year and failed lol this year i'm not getting caught in january and the kids presents are now smaller but more expensive lol.
by the way i now have 4 gold coins saved whoohoo

elly68

elly68 wrote: »

well get weighed tomorrow hopefully all my gardening efforts will have paid off
list for this week
1 bank £10 check
2 find kids bank books and get dd a change of account to bank card she is very good with money think theres some money already there been so long since i opened them thinking about dd of £20 a month pocket money and see how she manages it
3 get dh to pay first pad to cc
4 buy my mum a suite i'm decorating her house for her with my sister found an almost free one today .
5 not to spend more than 25 this week .on extras shopping came to £75 but that included the dreaded razors for hubby
6keep losing weight and exercising and get ready for boot sale next sunday
7 do a room a day tidying hope this works

good luck all on debt busting this week

well doing well on shopping this week £56 spent so far and £18 left over from last weeks £100:)
weight coming down slowly week three of diet 5lb:T lost still not at pre holiday weight but getting there have to say less and less treats being bought for house and more fruit i'm sure the dentist will be happy
starting the room a day today decided on this order
livingroom,kitchen,bathroom,my bedroom ,kids bedrooms(they will help if they want pocket money lol) and hall/stairs doing this along with a bag a day to declutter hope it works.
need to take dd sort bank account ,buy phone or unlock old one and contacts for pe days .:( more money but hey
put stuff on ebay lots of it trying hard will laugh but honest going for the 100 how bored will i be lol:D

elly68

well dear diary im getting there many nsd and garden becoming tidy i need to get some ground cover plastic then build my vege boxes ready for next march and hopfully we will have our own tatties ,carrots ect we shall see .need to find the charger for the hedge trimmer and go for it big time .last night i split the tenner i have had in my purse since friday go me thats a record .still have £40 of this weeks shopping budget .
happy debt free day ev1

trying_hard

You're dong well well elly, well done on the weight loss

elly68

thanks i think i've put it on this weekend and i'm in belfast next weekend so think i will have to starve all week lol.
hows things with the ebay shop ,wish you lived closer u could have all my junk .will go get the camera from the van as its free listing weekend .(honest i will)

elly68

god sept already how did that happen need to focus and go for it .
good news
bank account much healthier
passed the 3 month point in new job
managing to reduce spends however not perfect
house getting better
exercise up
bad news
not started using new wage for debt
not listed on ebay
weight static
.plan continue with good stuff do something about bad stuff and post ppi claim

elly68

a/a lol
im away to turn caravan into an ebay shop for the winter .hoping i wouldnt have to do xmas so soon how can it be less than 3 months lol .will be £34 better of a month soon going to set up an over payment to cc for that amount .need to make/save more money.going to have a good rake round the house for any valuables/treasure as if
right i have 6 days left to make sept profitable right im off to try any ideas will be welcome .

elly68

well october is on top of me ,hate this month to many people have died for some reason positive i have moved all my junk,clutter to the caravan need to take photos and post on ebay /gumtree
hope ev1 else is well and life is treating u well

trying_hard

Hi elly
Have you put anything on ebay yet? It's another free listing weekend!

elly68

i know i really need to mad i know so need to focus .thanks for the kick up the bum