Diary of a spendy cow

beanielou

it all helps indeed

mooomin

Morning folks

No change in the bank accounts overnight so I finish the month (barring a major upset at the supermarket later) on budget for groceries, and only £1.92 overspent on my spending money budget.

There's another £5 off a £10 meat spend in Morrisons voucher in the Sun today if anyone's interested. I still have a LOT of meat in the freezer, but it's a hard offer to refuse! I might just buy all chicken breasts because they can be put in individual freezer bags and hidden in small corners

I'm off to play a short game of Freezer-Tetris before work...

rising_from_the_ashes

mooomin wrote: »

No change in the bank accounts overnight so I finish the month (barring a major upset at the supermarket later) on budget for groceries, and only £1.92 overspent on my spending money budget.

:T Well done!

mooomin wrote: »

There's another £5 off a £10 meat spend in Morrisons voucher in the Sun today if anyone's interested. I still have a LOT of meat in the freezer, but it's a hard offer to refuse! I might just buy all chicken breasts because they can be put in individual freezer bags and hidden in small corners

Ohhhh thanks for that

Nearest Morry's to me is in town BUT off to the 'olds' later so have to drive past Berwick .... and the store's just off the A1 - might just pop in! (I could also just about squeeze in a pack of chicken breasts!)

mooomin

Morning folks

It's been a busy old week here in Mooo Towers with the various Edinburgh Festivals in full swing. I've been to 11 shows so far with quite a few more on the horizon. Thankfully I save for this throughout the year and am still spending from the Fringe budget.

My food budget is already squeaky, with less than £100 left. I'll be doing a list this weekend and making sure I stick to it! In addition to my Fringe budget, I also have a Spending Money budget which has about £100 in it, so I can use that for food if I run over a little.

My Nectar earnings have stalled a wee bit as I don't have time for surveys, but they're sitting over £39 so I can take my foot off the gas a little anyway I have a voucher for extra points when I spend £10 so might do part of this weeks shopping in Sainsbury's.

I cashed in 35 Tesco points yesterday from TCB, so they will be on my next statement. This month I got £8.50 in Clubcard vouchers, so I'm happy with that. I'll keep them ready for Christmas shopping or similar.

Hope everyone else is well - sorry I haven't been keeping up with diaries either

mooomin

Apparently the Sun today has a coupon for £5 off fruit and veg with no minimum spend. I think I'll be buying that paper today then

beanielou

I got one

mooomin

To Do:

• Collect parcel from post office
• Buy fruit and veg from Morrisons
• Buy cat litter and other stuff from Aldi
• [STRIKE]Do two washes[/STRIKE] and hang them outside
• [STRIKE]Tidy the spare room for a friend visiting on Monday[/STRIKE]
• Hoover
• Take stuff to the tip
• Check out half price Fringe shows today
• Reconcile budget
• [STRIKE]Earn some Nectar points[/STRIKE] 40 point survey done
• Drink all the coffee I can because I've had five hours sleep

Morning

tomtombeanie

Morning! I like a woman with a mission or ten!

mooomin

mooomin wrote: »

To Do:

• Collect parcel from post office Forgot, will arrange redelivery for next week
• [STRIKE]Buy fruit and veg from Morrisons
• Buy cat litter and other stuff from Aldi[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Do two washes[/STRIKE][STRIKE] and hang them outside[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Tidy the spare room for a friend visiting on Monday[/STRIKE]
• Hoover
• [STRIKE]Take stuff to the tip[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Check out half price Fringe shows today[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Reconcile budget[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Earn some Nectar points[/STRIKE] 40 point survey done
  [STRIKE]
• Drink all the coffee I can because I've had five hours sleep[/STRIKE]

Not bad!

I didn't do Fringe shows as I decided to nap instead and I think that was a good choice.

I went and did my shopping and did a full week's shop including two bags of cat litter for £22.13 That even allowed for some treats like a quiche for lunch and some chorizo.

I used some Love2Shop vouchers from a survey to get my hair dye for free, so I'll dye it tomorrow. I like having it really red in the summer and it's fading to ginger again :rotfl:

I'm off to two stand-up shows tonight, which should be fun. I need an earlier night than I had last night though - it was after one when I got home I did get to see two free shows though and one was presented by Sue Perkins from GBBO *and* one of the acts was Ladysmith Black Mambazo, so it was fantastic to be able to see them live! It's shaping up to be a good weekend at Mooo Towers.

mooomin

Morning all

A productive morning in Mooo Towers already - 12 Adpoints earned and 120 from surveys :j My Nectar balance (excluding these) is already at 8059 points / £40.29 which I'm very pleased with. I'm going to be using these points to pay for Christmas food and drink and that'll give the two of us a very nice Christmas dinner Anything else I earn between now and then will be for presents.

Not a lot else to report really - yesterday was a day of housework and not spending. I've sold some excess craft stuff, so need to withdraw that money from Paypal later as I've already used some of it to buy a t-shirt