Aspirations of Frugality and Fun on the Road to Mortgage Freedom

DedicatedDFW

Hope to be able to catch up tomorrow - we've had loads of comp / internet problems and my Mr needs the comp now.

Hope you've all had a good weekend and are well x

brizzledfw

Have a good week DDFW and don't study tooooo hard

in_need_of_direction

Am not surprised to see you jumping for joy. Well done with the cc

DedicatedDFW

1, 31 newly listed items bay of e
12/31 14/31 21/31 31/31 37/31

2, Kitchen - complete total declutter
comleted

3, Spending diary
1st: Mr L's: £16.12 - 6 packs of meat, compost, 4 jars, cheese, pasta, rolls, mushrooms - much cheaper than elsewhere and some items i am trying to see if we can switch brands
2nd NSD
3rd: £25.50 = £15.50 gifts and £10 replacement boots (ones returned were £30)
Mr C's: £2.39 - reduced meat for a meal and brekkie
4th: £60.50 - tickets for a night out
5th NSD
6th £9.66 Mr Al's, £45.90 Mr M's £9.30 petrol £1 scratchcard
7th £11 on night out - included food =, drinks & a ticket
8th NSD
9th NSD
10th Mr C's £4.19 - cheaper items than s/m
11th NSD
12th cake 90p
13th £4 gifts, food shop £54.89 - Mr M's, Mr Al, Mr C
14th £25 gifts


4, 8 5k runs

5, Tuesday, the day of cashback each tuesday check if there are any good cashback offers available

6, Complete and submit assignment for uni

7, 30 minutes a day following my dream i enjoy it, it could lead to a new career so i need to work at it

8, Shopping list to be kept to a minimum each week Aim for £50 under current budget :cool:

9, stick to the meal plan as far as possible will save time and money :T

Plan with 1 drawer at a time approach :cool:

10, No buying clothes in March or shoes or accessories :eek:

11, Try to find the good / humour in the day e.g work may be hard but i can make it better by appraoching it in a cheerful manner and not letting this be worn out of me as it has been by other in the past

12, NSD tally: llll llll ll

DedicatedDFW

I didn't keep up with alot of March's plan so not sure how i did overall - i'll need to keep a better track in april :cool:

DedicatedDFW

Whoops - i seem to be losing and duplicating posts!

DedicatedDFW

1, 10 newly listed items bay of e 19 so far (2 were written and ready to go but sold privately instead)

2, Loft declutter Done! 05/04/2014 and lots gone too


3, Spending diary

4, 8 5k runs

5, Tuesday, the day of cashback each tuesday check if there are any good cashback offers available

6, Complete and submit assignment for uni

7, 30 minutes a day following my dream i enjoy it, it could lead to a new career so i need to work at it

8, Shopping list to be kept to a minimum each week Aim for £50 under current budget :cool:

9, Apply for MA

10, Start work plan

11, NSD tally:

DedicatedDFW

Thanks brizzle - off to read up on your news

Karmacat

Amazing that you kept track not only of the NSDs, but what you spent on the spendy days! And I just love the month's analysis, I'm in awe of being able to do that. Congratulations!

Watty1

Monthly analysis most impressive / scary. Totally disorganised here...dream of being able to remember where I left the keys and the dog - no hope of remembering much else!!