Aspirations of Frugality and Fun on the Road to Mortgage Freedom

DedicatedDFW

1, 100 newly listed items on / prepped for bay of e - Didn't achieve as i didn't have enough things sell to allow me to achieve this - did get over 60 though so am happy with this :j

2, Side of house declutter Mostly done - i have done all i can, the 1 thing left is too heavy for me to do myself :j

3, Spending diary Purple = could have saved
1st May: - food shop = NSD as no extra purchases
2nd May: - £12 in £1 shop - £10 packaging and £2 grocery, £7.50 8 pairs of tights - much needed and would rather buy alot in 1 go as it saves me making the journey to the shop and being tempted by other things. £16.99. Spent at post office also but this was covered by bay of e money
3rd May £22.65 - bay of e dress and postage - it is BNWT
4th May £12.50 - meal out, drinks and transport
5th May £12.50 - meal out and drinks
6th May NSD
7th May £54.89 food shop & saving stamps
7th May £14.98 2 t-shirts 1 was reduced from £30 so good savings on both
7th May £0.68 food spend
8th May NSD £0 had bought shoes will be returned
8th May £4.25 anniversary gift
9th May NSD
10th May NSD
11th May NSD
12th May £2 cat food - she doesn't seem to like what i had got before
12th May £8.67 - food spend £2.75 on salad and fresh fruit, fruit will cover a few days and salad covered 2 meals for 2. Also bought bread- should have made own. Got brekkie and supper also and a meal for 2 + leftovers for lunch. Still feel all could have been avoided even if it was scrummy
12th May BNWT dress bay of e £12
12th May BNWT dress bay of e £4.90 - its meant to be a bit short so may be a top
13th NSD
14th NSD
15th £61.77 food shop - £56 worth of meat for £10.70
16th £2.25 very large chicken - food budget
17th £8 - almost 2 years supply of washing liquid - some from food budget for THIS WEEK
17th - £18.14 2 dresses bay of e
18th 65p emergency onions for BBQ - still lots of onions left too & from food budget so £8.65 THIS WEEK so far
18th £12.35 dress bay of e
19th NSD - posted parcelsbut all paid for by recipients
20th
Hmm - better record keeping needed in june :cool:

4, Shopping list: - aim £50 a week and analyse spends on here:
30/04/2014 - £7.47 - not good got delicious meal though that saved me lots of time so i could focus all attention on assignment, also got cake & a huge chicken for less than usual supermarket - so not all bad.
01/05/2014 - £59.19 - £7.54 for my Mr which he requested at last moment - stuff he usual gets and not from grocery budget.
£2 on a conditioner i asked the assistant to put back as i'd found 1 cheaper - got home to find she'd put both through Grr!
£9.86 on meat - remember i said i'd not seen any reduced for weeks? total would have been £35 so a good saving there
07/05/2014 - £48.89 + 0.68 = £49.57 - over what I wanted to spend (i was aiming for £40 but under £50 so fairly happy) Analysis of receipt is: £12.93 kinda unplanned but netted me: 6 huge sirloin steaks (about £7 for 2 full price), 1 turkey leg (£4.50 full price), 1 kilo chicken pieces (£4 full price), 2 x salad (£2 at full price), veg (£2 at full price), ham (£1 at full price), bread rolls (£1 at full price), fruit pie (£1.49 at full price), 2 marinaded turkey steaks (£3.50 at full price), 1 pie (£2 at full price), 1 jar of sauce to use as part of a recipe (£1.50 at full price)
15th May £61.77 food shop - £10.70 on £56 worth of meat - no other cutbacks could be made

OVERSPENT


5, 5 5k runs - starting 22nd May :cool: Not 5 but 3 runs over 5k as i am in training for a race and following the plan :j

6, Keep checking for cashback Tuesdays Done but none found

7, Apply for MA started app

8, 30 minutes a day following my dream from 22nd

9, Complete Uni assignment Done :j

10, NSD Tally: llll llll llll ll

After 22nd may:~

copy and paste relevant course materials before no longer have access Done :j
carboot Done :j
find on-line course stuff and get on with it!
Search and apply at least 1 job a week searched but none to apply for
Garden - sort out / clear up started
tax return
weight loss program started

DedicatedDFW

1, 10 newly listed items on / prepped for bay of e

2, House declutter
week 1 = Bedroom:- bedside cabinet decluttered

3, Spending diary Purple = could have saved
1st June: - £2 at carbooty
2nd June: - 59p jam from food budget so NSD
3rd - £7.52 from food budget

4, Shopping list: - aim £50 a week and analyse spends on here:

5, Keep up with weekly running program will be at 7 miles by end of month
02/06 - 3.5k

6, Keep checking for cashback Tuesdays

7, Apply for MA
7th june & 8th june

8, 30 minutes a day following my dream

9, Use up beauty products

10, NSD Tally: ll

11, On-line course stuff - get on with it!
4th june

12, Search and apply at least 1 job a week
10th June

13, Garden - sort out / clear up started
8th june dig up 2 plants which did not recover after winter

14, tax return
7th june

15, weight loss program - 2 litres of water a day, weigh-in Fridays
daily and friday weekly

16, Book room
8th june

17, Book hairdressers
10th june

18, research trip
1, 4th june

PositiveBalance

Hi Dedicated!

:j WELL DONE on finishing your assignment! :j

Wow, you're busy again! Well done, but as usual don't overdo it etc.

I'm very, very proud of you! You must be over the moon! :T :beer:

Watty1

Am exhausted reading June list. Think I will go to bed and sleep it off LOL

DedicatedDFW

Hey all,

Very tired here - think i'm still just caching up on so much lost sleep rather than thyroid playing up but i will keep an eye on it.

Reminder - single spend today on clothing - had to force myself to do it as twas needs for various upcoming adventures. Still need to try on and possibly return items so will put total when thats sorted.

Been for a run - was so hard work but glad i achieved it.

Had a very long to do list for today and not sure how much i've managed.

Continuing to promise to get round diaries, i do tend to keep up on my phone when commuting if there's no room for writing but its too fiddly for my to post from

Right best achieve something before bed

brizzledfw

AAGGGHHHH. The rhubarb was a bit knackered so will send you some later...sorry haven't forgotten and can resend in Spring if this lot doesn't take.

Hope you're OK. Haven't been posting recently..is everything ticking along?

X

Alchemilla

Hope you are ok. X

DedicatedDFW

Hi all, I have been a wee bit out of sorts and currently have something in real life taking up much of my time and contributing to the outofsortiness. Fully intended to post yesterday but the comp was refusing to play - hoping it is fixed soon. I'm on my phone so will continue to read but posting is muchly awkward.

Returned the spends for adventures and resorted to bay of e for affordable fitting footwear rain is just starting here x hope to get the comp back and do a proper update soon x

Thank you brizzle & al and other readers hope all is good with you

Cheery_Daff

Glad you're alright DDFW xx

Alchemilla

Hoping you are back in sorts soon xxx