The final count down:)

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Yes. Thank you God Almighty.
He is not coming now. Ds2 doesn't want to go out.
I feel so much better now and ds1 is having his exam now.
We will go and eat first and then shop

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I ended up enjoying my weekend after all

Totals for last week
Budget £100
Spent £70.91
Left over £29.09 :beer:
Christmas shop
First budget £100
Spent £40.77
Remaining £59.23
I did take the purse back and purchased a Christmas gift for someone else, but I still have a few more things to buy.

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New budget for this week £100
Spends so far
Petrol £20
Food £32.00:eek: this is shocking compared to last week but I did have to purchase a few things for my mom.
DS2 breakfast club £10.
Total spend so far £62.00
Remaining £38.00

I have no other major spends this week so I am hoping that I can stick to the budget again.
My budget will be less than £100 next week but at least the kids will be off school, I just hope the food bill doesn't go too high.

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Ds1 new school shoes have arrived. They look great I am sure he will like them. It can be hard finding the correct shoes for boys that don't look like trainers.
I felt really sorry for him this morning going to school in pumps they get wet very easily.
:beer:

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ohhhh, it is really cold, windy and rainy here tonight.

Yesterdays update
DS1 likes his new shoes and they fit very well too.
Put £10 of petrol in the car and no other spends

Todays spends
Asda £2.30
Poundstretcher £3.98
Money left in purse £21.72.

I am not sure how much I will have left by Saturday. Anything left for this week will be used to buy the snacks for Christmas day. The whole family go to my mums every Christmas, she cooks for over 30 of us and this is my contribution. I will also bake a few cakes

Yesterday was my first attempt making cinnamon and raisin cookies, they were yummy but didn't even last 24 hours
Tomorrow is bake day again

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DS2 has announced that he wants to live in Palm Springs
I have no idea why, but I love the idea. I am trying to think of a reason why we can't do it other than it is the most random thing to do all of a sudden.

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I wanna move to Palm springs to
Just found a house I like http://www.trulia.com/property/3097286727-1177-N-Vista-Vespero-Palm-Springs-CA-92262

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So far today I have spent £5.08 this morning at Tesco. I am really annoyed with myself. For some reason the bread went funny so I couldn't do ds2 sandwiches and I was running very low on milk.
I had to buy a sandwich from Tesco's which turned into a meal deal and a loaf of bread for tomorrows sandwiches.
I couldn't find my £5 vouchers so I had to spend £5.08 in cash.
Oh well never mind

Good news - DS1 sim card has arrived this morning from Ovivo. I have already activated it and his number will be transferred tomorrow. I will ask him to use this sim from now on to see how it is compared to his current T-Mobile sim.
I have gone through the last 6 months of our bills and he has never gone over 100 minutes and the max text he has ever sent is 45. It seems like a no brainer to me and he will get more data as a plus. The only thing is his contract does not end until May next year.
I pay £10.50pm for 600 mins, 500 text and 1GB data. I have never gone over 188 minutes and that was only for last month, before then I have never been over 130 mins. I have only sent a max of 70 text but always use my 1GB data.
I am now out of contract with T-Mobile and can leave at anytime, I wonder if I could change my contract date with my son's (he is on my account) and then I could cancel his number with T-Mobile.
I'll give then a call later and see what they say

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Pay day tomorrow :j
I'll transfer it to another account to make sure I don't spend it too early

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Well Christmas is now over and the new year will soon begin. I haven't updated for a while but I have been keeping in budget.
I was really looking forward to 2014 but yet again my ex decided to ruin my day at 7:30 this morning. As time goes on he is getting more and more possessive and it is getting very scary now. I can't even be at my mom's without him calling me every 5 minutes. I spoke to my mom this morning as she rang to check on me. I didn't tell her everything as I don't want to worry her but I do have to find a way to sort this out.
Anyway, this may be my last post this year and I may start a new diary for 2014.
This year I would like to clear the last remaining card, laugh more, enjoy and appreciate life and those around me. I would also like to fall in love with someone caring, gentle and can make me laugh.
And of course I hope that I, my kids and family have a healthy 2014.
See you all on the other side and I hope everyone has a happy 2014