Cheery's buttling diary: tea in one hand, plant pot in the other, running shoes on 26 January 2014 at 4:19PM edited 30 November -1 at 1:00AM in Debt Free Diaries 3.7K replies 211.4K views

boredofbeingathome

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

Damn you and your banananas Bob - I only got to eat ONE of the six I brought home the other night!! :eek: (I have a cheeky bananana eating fairy in my house, apparently) :rotfl: :rotfl:

Might have a go at the phone/broadband line rental comparison thingume, thanks Although I confess I'm starting to get Quite Bored with the whole thing and may soon be reaching my tolerance threshold for today... :rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl: These were ripe ones and only me likes them...but they will eat them in cakes and things..might hide them though;):D:rotfl:

I get bored as well-but when i get on a roll i go with it. The car insurance usually drives me nuts to be honest..but then i think of the cashback:drool::money: That gets me through:D:rotfl::rotfl:

Cheery_Daff

:rotfl: I should confess I only did cashback once, just COULD NOT BE BOTHERED (which is an abomiable confession to make, especially here!! )

Slightly got rid of my guilt now - my sister's PTA has an account set up with The Giving Machine, which is kind of a bit like cashback for charities - so anything I buy online I go through there and it gives them a percentage as a donation. FAR less faffy than actual cashback, no trawling through, no messing about clearing cache etc, just one click and then they get a donation.

(I don't get anything, mind you!!)

Anyway, drawing a line under this for today, been sat on my backside for far too long!

However I have:

* changed to joint account for energy, BT and my mobile :j
* switched to new cheaper energy tariff and will change DD amount later (saving us nearly £30 a month :j )
* found new phone/broadband tarrifs (potentially saving £30 a month or more) :martin:
* done online banking and put everything in the right pots

Not a bad start to a rainy Friday! :j :j :j

Must go and do some things like housework and running now...

starnac

Cheery so nice to see you back. YAY! :j it's like a reunion. woohoo!! Your diaries always make me smile.

*subscribes*

Also BOB can I have the banana loaf recipe please?????

Karmacat

Cheery, you've saved **loads** today! I'm chuffed for you! I do understand getting Quite Bored though (sounds very Pooh Bear ) I think you definitely deserve a run. Not sure about the housework ... and I think Bob may snaffle any more bananas you buy ...

Cheery_Daff

Well I didn't run yesterday (it was too rainy, and I was too idle :rotl: ) but I DID run 8 miles this morning :j :j Don't think there'll be much activity for the rest of today mind you :rotfl:

Just popping in to declare yesterday's NSD! :j :j :j These are SO rare for me I feel like it needs some kind of celebration :rotfl:

Maybe I could challenge myself to one a week this month?? Maybe??

Something else I did yesterday and forgot to declare - I've budgeted £200 a month for my travel to work, but because I'm not there this week, and I'm doing a lot of fieldwork travelling (which work pays for) I won't be going to the office as often - so I've transferred the spare £60 to the long term savings account :j :j

Need to put in my signature how much I've added to that this year - budgeting for £50 a month but will add all extra bits and bobs too, so £110 total in Januar :j :j

Should easily be able to add £1000 over the year... :j

Cheery_Daff

Couple of things to declare today, mostly treats

£9.70 brunch in cafe (from treats budget )
£8.20 co-op (milk, 8 yogurts, bananas, pretzels, cheapo soup, quark etc) - from food budget

Also Mr Cheery announced we had £30 leftover from January's food budget so I've plonked that in the long term savings account :j

Not going anywhere else tonight so that's it!

EssexHebridean

Great progress there with the savings and changing things over too. I'm like Bob - I do find the searching around quite tedious but the lure of cashback - or simply being able to transfer another small saving to the Mortgage overpayment pot Clearly I'm easily won over! :rotfl:

Are you going to do the NSD Challenge then?!

Cheery_Daff

Er, I don't know I've always been rubbish at it, and don't like being able to just grab something useful while I'm out and about... but that's how you end up spending more than you need! Hmm, will think on :rotfl:

EssexHebridean

I was a bit surprised today when I actually started thinking - and I mean REALLY thinking - about what we needed when I was shopping. I've always thought of myself as being pretty good at buying just the things we need when I put my mind to it, but there were several things earlier on that I would happily have bought more of than we needed, or probably than we would use. It's that "grabbing something useful" gene I think, sometimes it's not useful at all, is it!

lionheartedgirl

welcome back Cheery :j I shall be having a buttling day today in your honour *buttles off*