MIT's penultimate diary

millionaire_in_training

I know I shouldn't stress but we all do don't we.

I am beginning to feel like a punchbag this week. Another guy nipped my face off in work today but luckily boss was standing beside me and stopped it going any further. Again I battled with tears so I reckon I am majorly hormonal due to menopause symptoms - Deep Joy . I love being a woman ! So thank God it's the weekend and I can escape for a few days. I am only working 3 days next week as well so happy days.

My spending is at a minimum. I was £2.50 for lunch today though as I forgot to take anything in.I dropped into the butchers on way home and bought 2lbs of mince. I made massive pot of spag bol. DS hates veggies so I made 2 plain portions for him and 3 portions padded with peppers, mushrooms and onions for DD and I. So for £7 I got 8 good portions and it is good quality as well.No other spends so not too bad.

Made some cupcakes as having a wee catch up with some friends tomorrow night and that's my contribution to the nibbles. They look great and cost me nothing as I had everything in . Just need money for a chinese as until I find out what is wrong with me I am avoiding alcohol as it definitely exacerbates whatever it is. I need to get time to do a wee catch up on diaries on here and see what you are all up to but I am knitting like a mad woman for birthdays and Christmas.

Cleaning job in morning so that'll pay for DS's lunches and bus fares this week.£24 this week but will normally be £30 which makes me want to weep slightly but hey ho my priority is that he is happy going to school and I will find the money somehow. Hope everyone is well xx

millionaire_in_training

Happy Sunday folks am back in positive land.

Am super organised today and it definitely helps with the mood. House is spic and span. Washing out on line although a bit iffy weather wise here today. Am now watching loads of weight loss programmes to try and motivate me fortomorrow to get back on straight and narrow food-wise. I have been thinking about starving children as well to try and guilt trip myself out of my greedy guts attitude to life. I get well ashamed of myself when I do that.

I have had a terrible week emotionally and have decided not to let negative workmates get to me. One of the guys who I allowed to annoy me last week is just an absolute a r s e and is disliked by everyone. I think I felt so annoyed about his comments as I am genuinely someone who makes an effort with him as I hate seeing folks alone and felt sorry for him. The second guy is a good friend who I was going walking with a lot and I just don't get his rant at me. I know he wanted to continue with the walking and I have just stopped it completely as I was getting vibes from him that he wanted to take things further and he is just so so not my type. He is an old man compared to me. I don't mean looks or age wise but attitude to life in general. He is boring and just wants to do old man things and I still have a lot of life to live. I am very fond of him and when I want to do grown up stuff then I enjoy his company for short periods but he bores me to death otherwise. Harsh I know but it's how I feel. I enjoy a laugh and a social life and he hates going out. We went out for dinner and there was a singer on afterwards and he sat all night with his arms folded :eek: Such fun !! Not. Then went onto facebook raving about what a fab night he had had. Such a pity his face had not been aware of the great time he was having. Anyway, him and I is never going to happen and I think I have annoyed him by stopping spending time with him as I have now become someone who cannot do anything right in his eyes. No wonder I cannot be bothered with a man in my life as every one I meet is an eejit :rotfl:

Sothe single life for me and I will concentrate on myself and my wee family. Everyone else can do one :rotfl:.

I have most of the money put by for DS for lunches this week. I haven't touched this week's child benefit yet so between that and this week's child benefit I will have enough for the rest of this week and for next week so that is good. I reckon I only need to buy some fresh food until payday so should have minimum spends there as well. I need to get DS a school bag but the one he likes is about £15 so not too bad and that is him ready for school. So all is going well and my best foot is going forward. So yet again weight and moneysaving are my priority. There are 18 weeks until Christmas and I want to have lost 5 stones in total. So I need to lose the 13 lbs I have gained and another 33lbs. This is very doable as it's only 2.5lbs per week and I can manage that if I really apply myself. So I am setting myself this short term target and I will update my finances and get a plan for those as well.

So here I go again lol

kittycatfan

Hi mit well done for getting focused after your rubbish and emotional week last week , well im now having a very bad week got told yesterday by my good friend that she has just found out shes got breast cancer but luckily they think they've caught it early but she has to have further tests but when she told me we both burst into tears such a scary thing cancer of any type , then after that on the very same day my boss rang me to say id lost 2 cleaning contracts meaning i was going to loose about £420 a month and i burst into tears again feeling really stupid as already i cannot financially cope so i spent most of last night in tears and also feeling sorry for myself for being so so so rubbish with money that at the age of 44 i only actually ave £250 savings although today my boss has said new people have got to keep us on im hoping shes right but this scare has made me realise i need to try harder and save as even if id of had 1000 id of been able to cope so much better so now im putting my savings head on and will scrimp away what i can itll be difficult sorry for such long post but god yesterday was terrible x

millionaire_in_training

Aww Kitty poor you. What a c r a p time. I really hope your friend will be okay. As far as the work is concerned you will either get kept on or you will get other contracts so bear that in mind.

My neighbour across the road's son has died at 44. She has dementia and it is all very sad. I was in floods earlier as I used to work and socialise with her daughter so I know them all really well. I just found out at tea time and went in to see her as soon as I got home. Such a shame. I am fed up of folks dying . I can just be thankful that although it has made me sad it isn't in my world.

No money spent today other than for DS's school lunch and bus but unfortunately that comes to £6 per day .............yes that's right PER DAY :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:. Ho hum

So I need to keep the belt tight or I will sink :cool:

dawnybabes

Makes you realise how important life is and money actually isnt ....

kittycatfan

Oh mit thats such shame about your neighbours son it does make me realise how lucky i am in so many ways but having no money does make me miserable but of course im grateful for things , well on the job front the new contractors are going to keep us on for 3 month trial so that 3 months ill be extremely money cautious in case , cant your son get a lift into school with someone already going that way to save money £6 a day is alot

millionaire_in_training

All these horrible things definitely make us think of the positives in our life for sure .

I have had another evening that has made me very thankful. My niece and nephew were here visiting from Lincoln and it was so so nice to see them. My niece is adorable and a total drama queen who had us in stitches, My nephew unfortunately has severe autism and I haven't seen him since he was a toddler. He is now 6 and so tragic to see. He has very very little language but he has some communication. He uses an i-pad app to tell you what he wants and told me he wanted dinner and it was to be macaroni :rotfl:. Phew as that was what I had cooked for him. He is tactile and I got loads of hugs but really heartbreaking to watch his frustrations. His poor Mum and Dad are amazing and have paid out thousands of £'s for therapy for him. Unfortunately they are now getting divorced. Had such a lovely evening with them though .

Spent nearly £20 in aldi tonight as I was getting a few things for them visiting and gave them a £5 each for their holidays.I couldn't actually afford it but I was counting my blessings and £10 was a small price to pay.

Isn't life strange sometimes. All around me just now is chaos but I feel quite calm. I can watch all these other poor souls who are having an awful time and I can support them in any way I can but at the end of the day I just thank God it's not me. Hopefully my turn is over for a good long time . Take care everyone and wee prayers for these poor locked in autistic kids tonight if you're that way inclined xx

millionaire_in_training

Scan all clear :j. Tiny amount of fat in my liver but that will go when I lose more weight. Good news indeed. Just need to find out what it is now but at least nothing nasty.

No spend so far today and not really intending spending anything either.

My brother has called me to let me know there is a post in his work that looks tailor made for me and is £4k higher than I get just now. I am just waiting on him e-mailing me the job description so I can sendoff my CV. I am fed up where I am working and reckon I need a change to excite me again.

I am off work now until Tuesday so that is fab. Just about to hang out some washing as sun is out and then going to cut my grass and wash and clearout my wee car. So catch ye latersxx

please-let-me-be-lucky

Great news re scan :j

Good luck with the new job application. Xx

millionaire_in_training

Aww looks like it was an internal vacancy so I can't apply :-(