Quidsy debt free diary

quidsy

Ok, paid off Next and BC. :j Booked flights to visit outlaws.

I am so happy to have cleared 2 debts already. :T

quidsy

£3.30 spent today. Got a soup & salad from the canteen so used £" to top up my card. And left my travel mug at work yesterday so had to buy a tea from the tea man at station for £1.30.

Yesterday I paid off the Next & barclaycard & used left over balance to pay for flights to the outlaws for October half term.

Just have to find an additional £1,300 between then & now to cover the internal flights & hotels. Shuffled the budget at bit so should manage it & still be on target (sort of)

Eyebright

Where do the outlaws (love that btw ) live? That is a lot of money :eek:
Great news re: the PPI though, 2 debts cleared in one fell swoop!! You must be feeling good atm. But hands off the Euromillions, that Friday jackpot has my name on it (well I hope)!!!:rotfl:

quidsy

Outlaws are in Thailand hence the high price for 3 flights. I can't do 2 weeks at the homestead so thinking of going to Koh Chang for 7 nights, 3 bed villa on beach for 55 quid a night, that way I get a beachy holiday & the mil gets to see her grandson. win/win (except the price obvs) down side is internal flights are pricey & need hotels in bangkok at start & end but imo well worth it for the break & for OH to be happy chappy after getting thai food fix & catch up with his maties.

quidsy

We have managed to shave 600 quid off the holiday by BIL offering to drive us to the island & back, will cost 100 in petrol so well worth it, so the internal flights are down to just 2 one ways for OH & son to get up to the mil's place. OH came up with it & it was very MSE if I do say so. :money:

2nd of June's payday today which means £400 off the remaining CC, balance down (minus interest) of 5,080.

Also managed to put £200 away in my new esaving account from Lloyds to pay for the next round of school charges (they average about 800 every 4 months) hopefully I wont be scrabbling around trying to find it & being forced to use cc to survive like usual :j

Boot fare this sunday, hoping for a good result, have SO much stuff to take & lots of kids stuff which is a good earner. I need the money as I have hair appointment for my keratin treatment tomorrow & need a way to pay for it without messing up the weekly budget. !

quidsy

Hi spend day today as having my keratin hair treatment & curt done, have "sort" of budgeted for it (not really!) but it must be done so I will take the hit. Son has flu so missed his language tutor today so that's £12 saved.

I took out £40 & had it changed up ready for the boot fare tomorrow. I have SO much stuff, not sure I will get it all in the car but we shall try later & cram as much in as possible. Is it notmal for 2 adults to have in excess of 30 coats between them?

I feel good about the clear out though. Will see what sells tomorrow then do another 1 or 2 over a few weeks then whatever is left can go to the charity shops.

Hope you are all having DFW days.

quidsy

boot fare done, made 170 quid after paying pitch fee, £50 to my mum for her cut & £30 to niece for assistance so over all not a bad earner for the day. This will go intot he current account to pay for yesterdays hair treatment & if any of left over at end of month can over pay someone a little.

Knackered.com though, still have to do the ironing but plan to lie down for a couple of hours first.

quidsy

high spend today

£30 to childminder - had forgotten to pay her for a day in last half term!
£13 on stocking fillers in prep for Christmas (yes, you heard me, Christmas)
£11 on snacks, having foot surgery tomorrow & will be house bound for a couple of days so need snacks.

Apart from that, not much else to report.

quidsy

oh dear, this week is some what of a write off. After my surgery Tuesday we gad a Chinese for that & the cab to the hospital was £38.

Yesterday I needed a cab to another doc appt £10 then spent £45 in boots (foundation, mascara & 4 months worth of reduced price deoderant) & £9 in poundland (washing pegs, snacks for the boy after school & some Mr sheen)

I AM still in budget for the month but next week needs to be super lean. No additional spends.

quidsy

Had to spend £4 on eye drops in Boots today as have a red hayfever eye. Just the one, it is swollen & red & looks !!!!!! so the drops were a must. Also spent £4.50 on antihistamines yesterday, so I should be ok for hayfever for the next couple of weeks

Apart from that, still on track for monthly budget & debt busting. The next week or 2 is going to be lean though after my overspending this week.