WTBSEs 'Starting From Scratch' Savings Diary.

WantToBeSE

tiger_eyes wrote: »

I'm basing this on vague memories of an article, but I'm pretty sure they did experiments into what kind of reward system to set up to get the monkeys pressing that button. They found that the trick is providing unpredictable rewards, because you never know if the next button-press might get you a reward. Which is why item drops in MMORPGs are random!

I don't think me playing The Sims is that far removed from Monkeys pressing buttons :rotfl:

JoJoC

Haha living the theories! Sometimes after work I feel like a monkey that isn't even capable of pressing buttons! Haha

About to head off to get my food shopping done- wish me luck!

WantToBeSE

Good Afternoon All I hope you have all had a lovely relaxing Sunday?
I have. The poor kids were nagged and nagged and nagged a bit more today, as I needed them to clean their bedrooms. With much protesting, they did it

I am currently sitting down with a glass of wine, waiting for the oven to preheat. I am being a very slummy-mummy today and emptying out the top drawer of the freezer for dinner. The top drawer is my processed foods drawer. It never gets full, but I have had a few bits that I wanted to use up soon, So dinner is crinkle chips, spaghetti hoops (not from freezer obviously!) and fish fingers (for me), Chicken pie (for the teen) and Chicken burger (for youngest). Doesn't sound very appealing, but it'll fill a hole.

I cant remember if I have said this before, but I am only working 3 days this week. 1 day for a private client and 2 days for the agency. The schools are on strike on Wednesday and my teen has an orthodontist apt on the Tuesday, so it'll be a very easy week...however, that also means that I wont get much money (about £70) to last over a week. I do still have £50 in my account though, for small emergency needs, so I will probably be using that. I do hope that I wont have to touch any savings.

I have my £250 for our Longleat break saved in my e-savings account (not my ISA, that's the main savings account), which will be for food, gift shop spends, eating out etc. If needs be, I will have to take a few quid out of that and then replace it the week after.

cathybird

WantToBeSE, you've got nearly two-thirds of the cash you need to move house already! I said you'd pull it off really quickly

WantToBeSE

cathybird wrote: »

WantToBeSE, you've got nearly two-thirds of the cash you need to move house already! I said you'd pull it off really quickly

Thanks Cathy I am surprised by how quickly my savings have mounted up. It may not look like much money to some people, but its a lot to me.
I cant see any reason why I wont be able to meet (and exceed) my target by May.

tattycath

WantToBeSE wrote: »

Thanks Cathy I am surprised by how quickly my savings have mounted up. It may not look like much money to some people, but its a lot to me.
I cant see any reason why I wont be able to meet (and exceed) my target by May.

It's a lot of money to me too!
Well done with your saving so far WTBSE :j :T :j

JoJoC

Looks like there's a lot of positivity in here!

I'm off work today- really unwell yesterday i started feeling achy and went to bed early. All night i tossed and turned shivering and sweating and I havent been any better since.

Brother in law has the little man today so I can try to sleep it off, but I am feeling really sorry for myself.

Sorry to bring the thread down

tattycath

JoJoC wrote: »

Looks like there's a lot of positivity in here!

I'm off work today- really unwell yesterday i started feeling achy and went to bed early. All night i tossed and turned shivering and sweating and I havent been any better since.

Brother in law has the little man today so I can try to sleep it off, but I am feeling really sorry for myself.

Sorry to bring the thread down

:grouphug: hope you're feeling better soon.

JoJoC

Thanks Tatty, I'm still feeling rough but have managed some tea and toast so hopefully that'll help.

Also, husband hust put £1 into the £ tin and I just raided my purse to see what was in it and managed to put £7 in there!

A nice little bit of happiness in a rubbish day.

TM6

Hope you get your :j jumping beans :j back soon... it is no fun feeling off it