New life, new me......

WelshWoofer

Well today is turning out to be a very spendy day

After the petrol and visit to the vet I've splashed out £62 at the hairdressers (gone up since the last time:(), and varying amounts in a few shops....
Wilkos - £6.50 (household bits and some toiletries)
Superdrug - £7 (super whitening toothpaste and a few face bits)
Aldi - £3.50
Sainsbugs - £5.85
Totalling £22.85.

Thats a whopping total of pennies away from £160 :eek::eek::eek:
The hair do was budgeted for out of my tax rebate and the shopping and petrol come out of normal monthly budgets but the extra at the vet was unplanned:( The unforeseen drama happened - spoke too soon.

Oh well, worse things happen at sea.......

WelshWoofer

Had an email from Go Outdoors today. I've asked mum for an all weather jacket for Xmas and the one I wanted was on special offer reduced from £125 to £80 - phoned mum to make sure she didn't mind me getting it without her (will hand it over with the receipt next time I see her) and set off for a nosey.

Ended up buying the Craghoppers jacket, a polar fleece, 6 pairs of thermal walking socks (packs of 3 on BOGOF), a long sleeved running top and a small rucksack for dog walking rambles! It all came to £125 and the fab news is it didn't cost me a penny! Put in on the CC and mum and sister will reimburse me.
All pressies for my birthday and Xmas and all things I actually want or need - not yet another pair of pyjamas, don't know how many pairs mum thinks I need!

So have felt like I've been on a shopping spree but its all for free! Can't have any of it until Xmas though:(

Was up early this morning - the clocks changing didn't do me any favours, still up at the crack of dawn. Have a had a busy morning so far - took the dog to the park, cleaned the whole house including scrubbing the bathrooms, changed the bed and did the laundry and then walked the dog again.
Then popped to the outdoor shop and finally came home for lunch.

I have about an hour or so of schoolwork to do this afternoon ready for tomorrow but otherwise I have run out of things to do. Think I'll watch a film or something later....I'm not good at doing nothing:o

Coco114

Sounds like you have had a very busy morning
I cannot wait for the day I run out of things to do !!! Though with 2 boys to run around after ..... Dont think it will be any time soon

WelshWoofer

After a few days of what is basically controlled binging on rubbish I have decided enough is enough! I don't want to put any weight back on and so need an action plan.
After mooching around myfitnesspal I've decided to join the November Move your As* challenge and have pledged to walk/run 100km (approx 60 miles) in November.

Its not as bad as it sounds - broken down it means just over 2 miles a day. Easily doable.
Will see how long it takes me to get to 100km and if I manage it fairly quickly I'll up the total.

Here's my tracker...







Will update it daily and see how long it takes.

Went on an organised night walk last night and even though it was raining, windy and pitch black on the top of a mountain it was quite good fun. The dog was shattered afterwards.:) Good value too as it was a whole £1!:rotfl:

Tonight I'm off to a Spice Halloween film night - cheap and cheerful, not sure which film we get to watch yet - apparently its a majority vote thing. Gets me out and about and all for the princely sum of a fiver.

Had a good day with food so far - think the stern talking to I gave myself in the bath has worked:D Also done two brisk walks with the poocher - very windy today.

Right, off to do a teeny bit of schoolwork (only about an hour) - the more I do now the less I have to do next week.

WelshWoofer

Weighed this morning and have miraculously stayed the same:j:j That's a victory after this week of rubbish food and hormones:)

Its the start of the 100km challenge today so will get out and about soon and get cracking.

WelshWoofer

4.6km done - quite pleased with that - will aim for a bit more tomorrow.

WelshWoofer

Just done another 4.65km of brisk walking. Will be taking the woofer for a post-tea trot so will be up to 10km in 2 days:j:j






Had yet another spending day - £65 at the vets on a booster jab and kennel cough vac. Then took a top back to Zara and got £25 back towards the vet bill. Then on to Asda for the weekly shop armed with a list and meal plan and spent £27.50 and then an extra £4 on 2x 8 packs of Pepsi Max for work on offer at £2 each.

I've decided not to go on the ghost walk tonight - can't really afford it after the extras I've had to pay for this month - £125 at the vets (all under the insurance claim level or jabs that you can't claim for:mad:), £25 on my Xmas do ticket, £50 on a party dress that I know wouldn't be there the next time I looked, extras for school that add up to about £25 (might look into claiming those back). A whopping £225!

November has to be a frugal month now! At least the dog is sorted, the Xmas stuff is already now paid for and I've done some extra paid work this half term.

I'm booked on a walk tomorrow but thats already paid for and local so no real petrol to pay for.

I've decided to do a bit of batch cooking to stop me eating rubbish when I go back to work. Made an extra cheese and potato pie (really its mash with onion, tomato and cheese in it and baked, no pastry), making veggie mince spag bol for tea and will make enough for at least one more portion for the freezer and have stuff in to make a chickpea curry and leek and potato soup - one of each as a meal and at least an extra portion for the freezer. Should save me a bit of money and stop me binging on cr*p.

Took £30 out of the cashpoint today - that has to last until next weekend. Slap me if you see me spending on frivolous things!;)

pixiechick99

Ooh cheese and potato pie sounds good - how do you make it? (If you don't mind me asking;))

Your week has been spendy hasn't it - but none of it frivolous, all needed I'm always glad to get back to school to save money! I reckon you'll manage easily on the £30:D

WelshWoofer

Thanks Pixie

There really isn't a recipe as such for the cheese pie thing - its something my nan used to make to use up bits but its one of my favourites.

Boil a load of aging spuds until mashable. Start mashing them but only add a bit of marg or butter (no milk, it makes it too runny) and whilst mashing sling in a handful of diced raw onion (makes it nice and crunchy and it does cook enough to be edible), and a handful of grated cheese.
Spoon into individual oven proof dishes and artistically arrange a sliced tomato on the top and cover with the rest of the grated cheese.
Bung in the oven until nice and brown. Scoff by itself or if starving with baked beans!

Its proper comfort food and uses up stuff you usually have in.

I'm no cordon bleu chef!:rotfl:


Made a nice veggie mince spag bol for tea and have put 2 extra portions in the freezer for "ready meals".
Tomorrow I'll make the chick pea currry - just checked and I have onions, peppers, mushrooms and chickpeas so can pad it out quite a bit to make at least 3 portions. Get me - all organised and old style!

fedupandskint

That pie is something I keep thinking I'll give a go,. which at some point I will!

I'm going for a cauli curry tomorrow to use up my slightly bendy worse for wear cauli which will do for a couple of meals over the weekend

Looks like my weekend will be quiet and resting mainly watching tv while I still recover from this rubbish viral infection that has floored me from normal activities and exercise. Can't wait to get back to normal!

Good luck with your 100k challenge - I would join you if I was up to it!