My road to being a millionaire - I wish

lunar

MIT, lots of my debt was joint he didnt really pay any of it so i know how you feel. I hope you had fun eating cake and drinking wine, sounds like a plan to me, if i run up and down the stairs a few times do you think it would make up for it.

millionaire_in_training

been spending.
Took kids for a subway as I had a voucher. Still cost me nearly a tenner but was yummy and I have taken it from the shopping budget.
Bought a large frame for my kitchen as I want a funky picture in there so I am going to look for a suitable poster. I got the frame for £2.99 so that was great. I bought 3 selection boxes for £5. Actually writing this down I am realising that it was the kids that spent loads and not really me:j.

Got my cheque in today at last for delivering the Thomson directories. £108. I though it would be £120 so am a wee bit disappointed.

I paid my childcare yesterday but DS has hardly been there this month as I have been off so I asked for a rebate. Paid £50 instead of £100. Woohoo!!!. Kids and I are off to a ceilidh tonight so that should hopefully cover the costs of that. It's for charity mind you so it will probably be quite expensive.

Right am off to cook pasta for tea and then to make myself presentable for tonight. Will take a while that one xx

millionaire_in_training

Lunar if you running up and down stairs made up for me eating cake I would pay you to do it !!

Didnt have the wine after all but I did have the cake yum

millionaire_in_training

Wow!! I am a serious money saving fan now. Promotion ??

vonph1

Congratulations MIT!!
I am still a "Newbie" LOL

Von

lunar

im just hoping running up and down the stairs will loose me 6lbs by friday!

congrats on being promoted, im not too keen on the stalwart title!

millionaire_in_training

I didnt like it either lunar. I am sure before the titles were changed that you got a new title thingy at 500 and I was all excited cos I was nearly there. Then Martin changed it and I needed another 250 posts. Good job I'm a blether.I hope your 6 lbs comes off.

Just home from a ceilidh for children in need. Was a great night. My kids just love it. We got into it because the guy next door has a ceilidh band and we have a fab time. I didnt drink but still spent about £35. Oh well its a good cause. All those lovely men in kilts as well yum yum.

I should really go to bed but I m watching x factor. Loving Leon and Rhydian.

millionaire_in_training

:eek: Had to buy my DD new undies today. She was all dressed up last night and her undies were grey eew!! Dont mind mine being minging but no way are hers going to be. The kids and I had a long chat with the ex today. Said he will try harder in the future but hey we will wait and see. He NEVER buys the kids anything unless it is birthday or Christmas but he promised during the week he would get trainers for them. Did they appear?? Did they hell!! I don't know why I even believe his sh*t. He always tells me what I want to hear then does what he wants. It drives me insane. Ach never mind he doesnt matter and anything he does give to the kids will be a bonus. Done moaning about him.

Doesnt look like I will manage the shopping challenge this month. Spent nearly a third of the budget already. Cut it by £50 as I spent so much last month. I need to get motivated with this again so am going to spend a while on OS board tonight to get me going again. xx

millionaire_in_training

Got £5.88 from Amazon so I paid it straight off of my Halifax card. Doesn't even dent it lol but every little helps.

Put my cheque from Thomson directories and a £2 cheque I got into the bank. I have kind of lost the plot on my spends over the weekend though so I have a horrible feeling I have spent the most of it.

I am liking this having separate bank accounts for weekly money and my bills. It will work well I reckon. Spent £18 in Boots today but got a couple of things for kids stockings. Got a £5 NO7 voucher so will use that to get DD some 'real makeup'. Got free handcream in from Avon. I have written my list for Christmas and am doing quite well. Still a few bits and pieces to get but apparently my bonus and back pay are coming at the end of November so that should sort that out and get in the food shopping as well. Might be a wee bit left to throw at the debt as well.

I have a few things to go on e-bay so will get them on this week at some point. I also have 3 boxes of books left so I am going to have a look and see if there are any second hand bookshops local that will buy them from me. Even if I get a few pounds for them I will be happy.

millionaire_in_training

Good evening. The £5.88 I said I had got from Amazon was actually from quidco. Still got the money to come from Amazon so that'll chip another wee bit off. I think my Sony 0% finishes in January but just got a l.o.b of 5.9% from Halifax so could transfer some of it over abd have another l.o.b from Barclaycard. Will need to sort it out tomorrow. I have loads of paperwork to do tomorrow before I go back to work on Thursday. Am dreading it tbh as I will be going straight back into the cr*p I left. Ho hum I'll be fine and I need the money. Quite excited about the diploma mind you and that will be starting to roll very soon. I think the actual studying starts in February. Can't wait. I am having terrible trouble at the mo with my clickthroughs. They keep freezing on my machine and then the programme just closes down. Not happening all the time but enough to annoy me. Have scanned with 2 virus checkers and about to do a spybot search but wondering if anyone else having bother.

Was in Homebase tonight with DS for a browse. DD was at sancing and we had time to kill. DS drove me insane. He wouldn't stop touching things. I was like some loony telling him 'dont touch' until I lost it and grabbed his jacket and told him to pack it in. He bloody smirked at me so as soon as we got home he was shoved in a bath and put straight to bed. Little git lol. Said I was cruel and he was calling childline. He can wire in. Peace and quiet now lol