£21,000 to pay off -but we will do it this time.

pennywisepoundstupid

I love crumble, luckily everyone eats it in our house, I also made some pineapple fritters as had some batter left, served it with some syrup, tasted just like the ones you get in the chinese takeaway nom nom nom .

Think a food shop needs to be done today, kids are eating me out of house and home, will do a menu plan and a shopping list, hope for a £50 Spend.

Yesterday was another NSD so thats 7/42 .

SUrveys were rubbish yesterday and i'm starting to get fed up of them, but I must must keep going, they really do help when I get a payout.

Yesterday's surveys:

inb0xp0unds - 1p
myv0ice - 50pts
max!miles - 5pts
0pini0nbar - £1.00

Redeemed £3 from mysurvey, so should recieve that into paypal some time next week.

Looks as though we may have a sunny day today, Will go for a bike ride if that's the case, as DH fixed DD bike last night.

pennywisepoundstupid

Been and done a shop at aldi, once again very impressed with how much I got for the price. Spent £32.99 and have already compared prices online with asda, the same shopping would have cost £48.17 so a saving of over £15 :j. I truly am an aldi convert:D:D.

Kids are taste testing breakfast cereal this week, choc buttons have already had the thumbs up.

Postie has been with a reminder that my car needs taxing at the end of the month, not too bad though as it only costs £30 for a years tax on my car, I do need 2 tyres though dread to think what they will be.

pennywisepoundstupid

Had a fantastic afternoon with the kids, we went on a lovely long bike ride, only took bottles of water with us and no money, so had to wait until we got home for an ice cream out of the freezer :D.

Hopefully we will get a few more bike rides in before we go back to school.

debtfreewannabe321

Good plan leaving the money at home! I try and do this too

Ditto on the kids eating me out of house and home!! :eek: They are all telling me they are having a growth spurt at the same time!! Hope not as can't afford 3 lots of new clothes/shoes as well as more food

pennywisepoundstupid

Growth spurt x 3:eek:.

I said to DD this morning you need to go and get dressed we are going to aldi, her reply was why you went last week:mad::eek::rotfl:.
Child is completely clueless, I'm sure she thinks the fairies come in the night and replace things.

pennywisepoundstupid

Morning, not much going on here, off to the park today and DS is taking a friend so hopefully they can tear around and wear each other out.

No change on the money front NSD are still at 7/42.

Today will be a spend day also as I am meeting a couple of friends this evening for drinks although I am driving so that means soft drinks and no taxi involved which will keep costs down and also means I won't stay out as late.

Surveys are really slow at the minute, not near pay out with any and to be honest I could do with some extra cash as we still have a long way to go until the end of the holidays and payday.

Surveys yesterday:

0nepoll - 45p
adp0ints - 7pts
inb0xp0unds - 2p
ips0s - 50pts
springb0ard - 25p
myv0ice - 30pts

Its looking like a bright sunny day here, will hang out some washing, need to go and feed various animals and get myself dressed and kids sorted, must also hoover through the house, dogs are shedding hair everywhere and its driving me nuts.

pennywisepoundstupid

Morning, well yesterday turned into a very spendy day but we also had a bit of luck.

Took kids to the park and then ended up having a macdonalds for lunch so spent £12.

Needed to get a card and present for a friend, so another £12.50 was spent.

Night out with friends, which was really nice and had a lovely meal, spent a further £27.

Total spend of £51.50:eek:.

When i got back from park yesterday postie had been, parcel and a couple of letters, parcel was a lunch bag tht I'd won in a comp so thats one less thing to buy for september saving a few pounds. DH also had a letter from barclays about PPI on a loan he had years ago, enclosed was a cheque for just over £700:j:j:j.
Going to pay off vets bill and couple of other bills and then use about £100 of it for a treat day out, couldn't believe it, I know it's not a huge amount compared to what other people have received but to us its a fantastic amount and £700 more than we had 2 days ago .

A few more surveys done yesterday:
Hi-epan£l- 8pts
Inb0xp0unds-1p
0pinion bar- 10p
nectar adp0ints- 27pts
y0ur say pays - 25p
valued 0pinions - 50p

Also item on ebay has finally got a bid, only 99p but at least it's going to sell .

bella2121

Wow pwps that's brill!

Maybe a boost like that will keep you thinking positive I know when nothing seems to go right it gets you down, but I bet this has perked you up

Sounds like you had a nice day yesterday, we all need to treat ourselves now and then

Take care x

please-let-me-be-lucky

Brilliant news pwps :T Congrats Xx

pennywisepoundstupid

And the spending continues, been and spent £41 on school uniform for DD this was the embroidered sweatshirts and polo tops that they have to wear, still need to get DS 2 pairs of trousers, he still has 2 pairs from last years that fit, so not desperate if I don't get them until later on. Both still need school shoes though.

Spent £4.53 on potatoes, milk and fish fingers (we fancied FF butties at lunchtime), banked cheque for DH and nipped into sweetie shop next door spending £3.20.

Plans are to stay put this weekend as DH is working and not spend a bean.