Diary of a holidayaholic

clippy_girl

i get paid on 19th so only just been!

mcd has now appeared unfortunately but bargain price of £6ish for 2 large meals! owe friend £58 so should have around £15ish left which can go on big cc.

have found another payment that has vanished though! boiler cover payment didnt come out last month. mentioned it on the phone to them and they said they have received the money! def not come out and was due out 3 weeks ago. he told me to check with bank but as they think they have it obv i wont bother

ms is a bit slow atm only got a few booked so need to get some more. going to do lots of comps tonight as well so fingers crossed!

clippy_girl

So update time

Got £22 left of this weeks weekly spends and £19 from the week I went on holiday £30 of this will go on face stuff and £10 can be added to the clothes etc... Fund

Got £19 in the debt account ATM but a few ms booked with reimbursements so will leave it in for now.

Ms going reasonably well as picked up £73 of jobs for the end of April which I wasn't expecting :T got about the same booked in for may already

This week I haven't much planned except a friends wedding. Petrol coming from weekend away fund and wedding present will come from present fund. Hotel already paid for. Just need to buy some wine if its not inc and probably breakfast (don't think it's inc in price). Shouldn't come to too much though so should be some more left over at end of week :A

clippy_girl

time for another update

so budget is going well in terms of i am sticking it but major issue has occured was a problem with mums spreadsheet for my account so it appeared i had money left so had enough left to clear the holiday credit card. was a calculating error and didnt have money left over so now will be short by about £130 :eek: at least it was paid off the card and not wasted so whilst i will have to go in overdraft at least i dont owe it on cc :undecided

ms going well, £78.25 earnt in april and so far have £118 booked/done for may :T

got two people coming round to give quote for painting house next week, fingers crossed its not too much!

got quite a busy weekend ahead as sat i have 7 ms to do, sun gym then out for afternoon/evening of drinking at free music event then monday cleaning and gardening if not too hungover :rotfl:

gallygirl

clippy_girl wrote: »

so budget is going well in terms of i am sticking it but major issue has occured was a problem with mums spreadsheet for my account so it appeared i had money left so had enough left to clear the holiday credit card. was a calculating error and didnt have money left over so now will be short by about £130 :eek: at least it was paid off the card and not wasted so whilst i will have to go in overdraft at least i dont owe it on cc :undecided

Time you learnt how to do your own spreadsheets my girl .

Pippilongstocking

gallygirl wrote: »

Time you learnt how to do your own spreadsheets my girl .

Hey that did make me giggle! I was so there before and now thanks to you lot I'm happy with a spreadsheet waves to gallygirl!

Read through from the start and found myself nodding alot (having just paid of the xmas holiday today) and planning the next one already.

Goodluck with it all clippy_girl

I do like a good adventure

gallygirl

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

Hey that did make me giggle! I was so there before and now thanks to you lot I'm happy with a spreadsheet waves to gallygirl!

Hi Pippi :wave:

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

I do like a good adventure

Don't encourage her :rotfl:

clippy_girl

Hi Pippi :wave:

so food budget is blown had to make up extra from spends last night in morrisons so £12 left of last weeks spends which is still ok.

two of my ms have been put back to end of month so i have decided to go to the gym today. so going there this am then into town to do 3 ms. will also get some books from library and want a thin cardi from new look. my last thin one was binned on holiday as it had developed 3 holes. had it for 2 years and was £5 so good value i think :rotfl:. new look have similar for about £13 and i should still have a credit note somewhere for that amount (hope i didnt bin it as it was printed just on a receipt )

then tomorrow i will go to gym then squeeze in remaining two ms before going out for afternoon/evening/night of music and drinking. will prob spend quite a bit :eek: but need to save a few £ as got some drinks on thur. worst case scenario i can withdraw next weeks spends early as no plans for the following week.

then monday will be spent cleaning house from top to bottom as it is absolutely filthy! would also like to plant my seeds for onions etc... and finish sorting the strawberries. will pull up all the extra plants that sprouted and take in work if anyone wants them (that was how i got mine last year). will also do late gym class. need to make sure i am not too hungover

have a nice weekend all

gallygirl

clippy_girl wrote: »

want a thin cardi from new look. my last thin one was binned on holiday as it had developed 3 holes. had it for 2 years and was £5 so good value i think :rotfl:. new look have similar for about £13 and i should still have a credit note somewhere for that amount (hope i didnt bin it as it was printed just on a receipt )

Good luck - I remember how traumatic buying the last one was :rotfl:. 2 years is impressive - probably works out about 2p a wear

clippy_girl

well some excellent news. on my way to new look i walked past a trampy market stall type shop and what did they have at the front.... £5 cardi's the same as the one that i got holes in :j so i bought one from there as whilst i had to pay £5 it means i still have my £13 new look voucher for something else. obv i put it on straight away :rotfl:

didnt spend too much yesterday, just £2 on hamster food, £1 on butter and £5 on the cardi. also got myself a new cheap saucepan using the reimb from a ms. was £1.25 over the allowance which i think i can live with as i really need a new one. also need to get a smaller one as well but may have to splash out myself for that. the last two were a bargain as were £5 for the pair in morrisons but the non stick is coming off after 2.5 years. im really glad i have decided to put £100 away for the house as lots of things are starting to need to be replaced as i moved in 2.5 years ago and had to kit out with lots of v cheap basics which whilst were excellent value for money, are now starting to fall apart

im really glad i squeezed one of the two ms i planned to do today in yesterday as the time im going out has been moved forward by an hour :eek: as i just have the one to do i can have a shower instead of bath so should be ok time wise. got to decide what to drink today- wine or spirits. if the other girls want wine i think i will do that as well as cant afford to be hungover as need to clean the pit that is my house and also cook 2 pots of soup, sas casserole and thai curry.

clippy_girl

so i'm awake and no hangover :j:A very tired though, always seem to only get a few hours sleep after drinking wine

so was a nice day and evening but did spend quite a bit. got £7.80 left of weekly spends. that will be enough for my drinks on thursday as i will just be having diet coke.

been updating the spreadsheet as a few payments have changed slightly. taking into account the extra £27 i now get per month and the fact i will be getting a window cleaner (approx £10 per month) i should have £28 left per month. i will transfer this out of the account the day before payday just incase anything is slightly more eg mobile bill and can also use for extra petrol if needed for work as the debt account will be empty as i pay it off cc as soon as it arrives in account.

so due to spreadsheet error i need to transfer £70 to main bank account to break even at the end of mays payday. i should hopefully get paid for my £60 mystery shop soon and possibly some of the others so that should be sorted before payday on 19th.

currently i have £100 in debt account which is this months £100 house savings. i am leaving it in there for now. i need to pay min payment on cc of around £55 by 20th and my rent money doesnt go in until 20th. so if i dont have enough in from ms payments i will 'borrow' the house money to pay cc then when rent goes in, £200 transferred to house account and rest off cc. will be fine for all future months as i will always be paying off way more than min throughout the month. i am looking forward to getting cash in and starting to see the balance going down i have found i like to make a payment as soon as any money arrives in my debt account as i like to see the balance going down even if its only a little bit!