August's Almighty Advance

CrazyCatLady1_3

Hi everyone,

Mrs Toast - Congrats on the birth of baby Maisie

SFD no 5 for me, almost out of food and desperate for something tasty, but i will not give into temptation, not going shopping till tomorrow. My 3 girls helping with this challenge and although not on this, they are all watching what they are spending and and joining me in SFDs, and suggesting recipes to make use of whats already in the cupboards

giggal

Hi everyone!:wave:

Sorry for not checking in sooner, I have been plagued by evil migraines which unfortunately necessitated a trip to the doctor's on Friday and an unplanned £15.70 spend on prescription medicines. Clearly I should be factoring in a £20 emergency budget for this sort of thing!

It's not all bad though, I have chalked up my first NSD at the weekend, and would have managed 2 if I hadn't stupidly thoughtlessly spent £2.16 on 3 mp3 downloads However, I will be taking that money out of my £10 treat money, so am at least starting to keep tabs on my spending and attempt to plan better.

I have a very weird month ahead, as in about 10 days' time I am moving out of my parents' home (where I've lived for the last 2 & a half years) into a studio flat of my own! So, I have to get back into the mindset of budgeting for food, and generally being a heck of a lot more careful with money than I have been. I've lurked on these challenges for so long that I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to give one a go!

So, this is what my month looks like thus far (and it is pretty much a test run to see how future months might pan out):

Food budget: £17.35 spent out of £80

Beauty spends: £0 spent out of £10 - I want to get some hair dye and I need a new moisturiser; will have to really restrain my spending urges in B*ots or S*perdrug!

Treat money: £7.69 spent out of £10 - knew this would be the hardest, but am going to be super strict with myself and NOT go over the £10 limit. Have to keep telling myself that the treat will be living in my lovely shiny new home!!

I've donated my £3 to the Trussell Trust by text today so a huge THANK YOU to whoever posted the details for that, sorry can't remember who it was.

And to end on a very positive note, I have earned £116.93 on eBay from sales that finished on Sunday!! Need to calculate the postage costs to see what my final profit was, but it should be in the region of £90ish :T I am extremely pleased with that, and will be putting the money towards covering the cost of hiring a van for my move

Hope you are all enjoying the sunshine, and apologies for the long post. Keep advancing on everyone, love reading your posts!

lilian1977

Well done on the Ebay sales giggal, that's fab!

squinky

Wow this thread moves so fast! It's so nice to hear how well everyone is doing and how supportive this thread is

Congratualtions on Baby Toast. Gien I hope your daughter is okay now and giggal hope you're feeling better.

karmachilovething I usually try and take something but when it's friends it doesn't really matter as I'm sure you'd be fine if it was the other way round and they showed up empty handed.

So far so good for me...

Petrol £40.78/£40

Food £5.67/£30

Work Expenses £11/£10 (I'll get this back next month though)

Beauty £10.50/£15

Holiday Money £0/£150

Airport Money £0/£10

Charity £0/£5

Nights out/Entertainment £8/50

SFD 4/20

& had a packed lunch everyday at work. Not sure if today will be an SFD as I'm going to the cinema tonight, my ticket is free but I may need some sweets, I should have picked some up at the supermarket on Saturday really, nevermind.

Day six already guys

Jonesy88

Hello everyone :wave:

Small spend day at £2.19 for me today to buy a drink. I don't do this very often and i'll take it out of my treat money.

Today i'm feeling very broody! There seems to be a MSE and real life baby boom going on.

Determined_diva

Hello all - my first nsd for me :-)
1/20
DDx

Matt2389

Hello everyone,

Sorry I didn't get around to posting yesterday...

Yesterday was NOT a NSD, actually quite a big spends day! We did an online groceries shop, it always looks like you're sticking to budget so well but then slowly the numbers just creep up and up! My girlfriend has decided she's going to get into baking, so of course this means buying EVERYTHING! Mixing bowls, cake tins (with springs?!) Debating whether a 2lb loaf tin is big enough?? I don't have a clue! Butt I have been promised regular cakes so I can't complain even if the initial outlay seemed a bit excessive!

Today has also not been a NSD as I had to buy lunch at work, NOTHING to eat in the fridge, freezer or cupboards hence the online shop! We are also taking my parents out for dinner tonight BUT from then on we have plenty of food in so no more eating out for dinner or lunch for a while! Really hoping for a run of NSDs.

I am thinking about money a lot more every time I buy something so even if I'm spending, hopefully I'm spending wisely!

Matt

Mrs_Toast

Evening everyone

Thanks for all the congratulations.

Our money seems to be going a bit daft this month especially with DH off so it's more of damage limitation at the moment. Once I can get out of the house and walk myself we should be able to have SFDs with DS.

I will try and upload a picture so apologies if it's huge. Promise it'll be the only one. Off to update my diary which I haven't done in ages.

CrazyCatLady1_3

Awww Mrs Toast - your wee Maisie is beautiful :)

Jonesy88

What a gorgeous little lady!

I am double posting todayas seeing as i had ruined a SFD, i decided to spend a further 79p on an itunes classic!

Phats & small - "I said hey! What's wrong with you..."

*dances around living room like a loon*