A Budgeteers Continued Quest to be Debt Free & Mortgage Free By 40

DedicatedDFW

I know what you mean chocs, its really hard when you get into a routine of running and then can,t run due to injury or in my case illness. Thanks for the heads up on the marathon application - we could end up running it together!

Your time is good for 5k especially as you,ve not run for a while - mind you i run a similar time so i would say that

DedicatedDFW

Posting on my phone which is hard work! So hope to update better later! But need to put some to do things down before i forget them -
Ring place up about product used
Do all that i didn,t do yesterday
Amend cv & resubmit
Throw glasses & case away
Tidy letters into a suitable pile
Update sig

DedicatedDFW

Sig done And that and a spot of reading might do for today - i'm both completely shattered and cold brr! I have turned the heating on which i'm trying not to do too much

It has a been a really long day in work today - not helped by me tossing and turning all night - possibly due to a) worrying about work and b) my Mr's super loud snoring grr!!

So at this point i'm not in a fit state for much! Hope to update some more tomorrow xx

Jwil if you're on here hope you're good i'm missing your posts x

jwil

Sorry I am around, just don't seem to have much time at the mo. Will catch up properly soon x

DedicatedDFW

Not to worry jwil just as long as you are ok xx

DedicatedDFW

Hope everyone is well ?!

I am having a not too great a week this week - i'm not sleeping well at all - i am just tossing and turning all night - i very nearly got up at around 4am as i just could not settle instead the alarm went off at 7am and i stayed in bed as long as possible before getting up and going to work - otherwise i feared i'd be falling asleep at my desk :eek: I am trying to avoid this becoming the spiral of just work and bed all week

I did manage a NSD today :T so that is good - although i have my broken boots to take and see if they can be repaired so that could end up being a spend :think:

Yesterday was an NSD as well :T although i did get some new stuff - i had to exchange some returned items so hoping the replacements are ok now

i threw away the specs which were my back up for my old pair (which completely broke last year) but these ones were also broken and actually the wrong prescription!! Not a great back up! i've counted the glasses and the glasses case as i was going to keep the case in case it was useful! :eek: Even though it was a completely tatty one made from an odd material that everything stuck to

I've had a complete panic over my assignment for my course and started totally writing something else and then realised i need to stick with the original piece :eek: so some time wasted there

Chocs i've found using the lotions to be pretty good really - i've been using some foot lotion stuff and its really helped with the dry skin on my ankles or is that TMI Anyway i've just added bits onto my normal routine such as having a foot soak before i shower, applying the lotion after or using a hair mask etc.

I am sure there was more i wanted to babble on about! Never Mind x

DedicatedDFW

Plan for Sunday:-

Write 1000 words for TMA2 Nope! :eek::eek::eek: And this is super urgent now! Arrrrggghhh! New stuff mentioned earlier was a pure panic waste of time lots to do but at least i've a bit more of an idea now

[STRIKE]Polish CV and submit to agencys :eek: i am nervous about this[/STRIKE] I have done this! :j but definitely need to make some amendments already - Oops!

Read 2 chapters of book Nope - might try a bit now before sleep it'll help me switch off on other things and i'm too tired to work on something else

[STRIKE]5k run [/STRIKE] Yeah! :T It was really hard work but glad i did it

1 hour on NVQ stuff Massive fail on this - i am so not enjoying it - especially as it all needs to be done in my own time

[STRIKE]Lift out work clothes ready for Monday or maybe for the week ?[/STRIKE] Yep - i am just doing this daily though

[STRIKE]When cooking tea do enough for packed lunch as well[/STRIKE] :T

[STRIKE]Get work bag ready and bag of
items and receipts for goods to return during lunch hour[/STRIKE] :T

[STRIKE]Ensure kindle is fully charged ready for the journey[/STRIKE] Did it then prioritised assignment

[STRIKE]1 hour Espanola! [/STRIKE] Ended up being 2 hours!! adter all faffing with loading cds onto relevant stuff

[STRIKE]Use body lotion after shower [/STRIKE] Done! :j

So some easy wins - i'm finding the assignment massively hard to do but would have liked to have been in the right frame of mind for this on sunday Right - off to bed will have a little read first - i know i should go to bed earlier but i only get home from work just after 10pm and need to do some bits and try and wind down too x

DedicatedDFW

Morning all!

Sadly another night where sleep evaded me although i half expected that due to having an upset stomach - again! :mad: i did manage to get up a bit earlier partly due to next door having work done. Need to snap out of this grouchy mood - i was unimpressed with all the 8am banging going on and then super grumpy when i saw that the people doing the work had parked in my money private parking spot! Grr!

Being up earlier i spent an hour job hunting which was unrewarding - the computer kept either freezing or crashing as well which wasted loads of time too! Hoping the day gets better x

DedicatedDFW

Hello all!

Deep breath!

I got through the day which was the main thing - although i hit total exhaustion at around 7pm :eek: as i've just got in from work i still had a few hours to go :eek: I've looked for a new job (again) so that is a positive to be taken from the day!

Today was also an NSD as i had hoped so i am managing to try and keep a hold of the pennies!! Tomorrow i have my boots to take for repair so its unlikely to be an NSD - unless they of course charge when i go and pick them up again *fingers crossed* they can be fixed :cool:

Got screened out of a couple of surveys.

I'm looking for some willpower in keeping hold of my amaz*n vouchers people - the goal *only pledged this month* was that i would save them all year to get a bigger item - i'm thinking a new hoover now but thats because i am so rock and roll! Anywho's there's this little gadget that i'd like which is just over my £20!!1 Arrgh!! In my defence it is a useful gadget which i would use - what to do!!! I know keep a hold of the pennies and let them grow some more *wistful sigh**

Target over the next week is getting this pesky assignment done and submitted !! Then getting a whole section of NVQ done (but i'd rather just think about that later shhh!!) It is just so hard with feeling so ill all the time and the tiredness / not sleeping stuff - i know i'm odd Well i'm hoping the doc has some answers at my next appointment so in the meantime its [STRIKE]plod on[/STRIKE] positive hat on *i can do a good job of this assignment* Please everyone - your positive vibes on this would really help x

Chocforever

Is the TMA an essay or lots of short questions? Can you chip away at it so it doesn't hang over you all week?

Regarding the gadget, I suppose I was wondering how you came across it. If it is something you specifically searched for because it would be useful and you like it, go for it. Or you could always leave it until the end of the month if you aren't sure and see if you still really want it.

I confess I have been counting the hours down today. I feel tired and achy (nothing serious; just after effects from seeing a chiropractor yesterday) and I am looking forward to a rest this weekend.

I have been good this week and not spent much money. And most of my food shopping was from MSs so I will get my money back in due course. Just as well because my bank balance is not looking good this month after paying one credit card bill!

Take care x