Diary of a spendy cow

mooomin

That might be the way to do it - I just need to find that extra money!! I put a tenner a month aside for random excursions, that could be my extra fuel fund.

I'll ponder that some more, but thanks for the input

Lurker1972

Advice please, Moo

How did you change your user name?

mooomin

I sent an email. The email address is in this thread. They generally only do it because of privacy issues - I blogged under my old username too and that became linked to my real name so I decided to start afresh.

mooomin

The washing pile is cleared! :j

In other news, I started saving properly again! I'm saving £15 a month with a friend for general fun things - we like to know we have money set aside if something comes to our local theatre or something. I budgeted for £30 (the full amount, we save £15 each) so this morning also put £15 in to my ISA. It's a small amount, but every wee bit should help! I'm thinking about using the PAD method to start building up a savings habit again, will think about that one for a while.

I managed a NSD yesterday, hopefully I'll get another one in today. Only managed to earn a few Nectar points though - does anyone else really dislike the new Adpoints site??

beanielou

I am so not a fan of the new nector ads site

mooomin

Morning

Quick pre-work post from me.

Two NSDs in a row so far this month :eek: although I need to get milk/bread/cake tonight at the shops (Weekly tradition dictates that you *must* watch GBBO with a nice slice of cake!)

80 points survey done this morning and a paltry 5 points on the videos. There's nothing else there!

Hope your days all go well!

tomtombeanie

We always have a food treat with bake off, too! Last night it was those green small almond cakey things from ikea

mooomin

I ended up with a massive meringue from a local bakery Mr Mooo got a massive slice of cheesecake and was very chuffed with it. Those came from my spending money budget as cake isn't a grocery essential :rotfl:

mooomin

Yesterday's spends were a little iffy:

£43.98 on a return flight to Dublin to see an internet friend She came to stay with me this summer, so I'm off to visit her. There's going to be about ten of us all in all, so that's going to be a fun trip. The flights were so cheap I just decided to get them while I could :j *adds another line to the budget planner*

£6.53 at Asda, when I only went for milk and bread. Everything else was reduced though and I got some excellent bargains by hanging round while the lady was yellow stickering things. £153 left from the budget :money:

mooomin

Afternoon all

£115.18 left of my grocery budget, which is just under £40 a week. Hoping I'll be able to stick to that

Meal plan is currently this:

Today: Chicken stew
Tuesday: Gammon, egg and chips
Wednesday: Chili
Thursday: Probably chili again
Friday: Not cooking Going round to a friend's house for dinner and her hubby is cooking.
Saturday: Sweet and sour chicken
Sunday: Roast chicken

I'm up to 9014 points / £45.07 on the old Nectar front. I keep forgetting to do Adpoints

My spending money for the month has dropped a lot thanks to the flights to Dublin, but I'm planning on a fairly frugal month anyway. Thankfully we got a Dine In For A Tenner last month so I have a bottle of wine to bring on Friday

I've got a withdrawal of £5.80 on the way from one of my shopping apps, so I'll just add that to the grocery pot when it arrives. I'm up to £3.95 on the other one so it's nearly time for a payout there too