Working towards being debt free and a new house.

dipdap

Hello diary
Weighed myself yesterday, I currently weigh 14st 11lb :eek:
Need to do something about that to distract from spending money!
Why is eating healthy so expensive!

dipdap

Hello diary
It's late and there's a chocolate bar calling my name. I must remember to be good!
Got loads of overtime scheduled at work for the next few weeks. Hoping to bank plenty of money so I can take some extra time off later in the year (but only if we can afford it)
Still clawing my way through the school holidays, entertaining the kids without spending money is really hard! We had a 'party' today which one of my younger kids planned. It involved multiple games of musical chairs, a couple of rounds of pass the parcel (I knew those 10p rolls of Xmas wrap would be handy one day) and a table full of junk food we raided from the cupboards.
Kids had run themselves ragged in the end and we did have a good time for a good few hours
Better get to bed, night diary

dipdap

Morning diary
Well my plans for having £500 left over for the credit card have gone out the window.
Why is it money always seems to run away when you're not looking!
Need to get through to the end of the month without spending too much (this could be interesting!).
Have to fork out for new school uniform (had forgotten about that), why do kids always have a growth spurt between July and September!
I wonder if I can start trying to have NSDs again... :think:

dipdap

Good evening diary
Well I nearly got though today without spending any money.
Had to nip to the shops and get bread and milk so spent a couple of quid (I was so close!)
Night

dipdap

Morning diary
Busy day today, I have a day off so spending the day entertaining the kids.
Going to take them shopping this morning, need to grab school uniform bits and might grab them a few cheap toys etc for entertaining today (Poundland here we come!)
Hopefully won't spend too much money

abba1772

The party sounded lovely bet the kids had a blast xx

dipdap

Hey Abba
The kids had a great time, they want to know when we can do it again :rotfl:
One of them was nagging me today to make 'oobleck' (yes I had to resort to google to find out what it is!) luckily I had a tub of cornflour going out of date next month so we now have a Tupperware tub full of some orange coloured gloop. OMG it gets everywhere. Luckily it cleans off most things really easily and is harmless if ingested (tastes nasty though!). Another cheap entertaining day!
Hopped on the wii fit and I've lost 1lb :j slightly disappointed it isn't more but Rome wasn't built in a day
Overtime day for me tomorrow, means I will be making money for the day instead of spending it
Night diary, cya tomorrow

dipdap

Hello diary
Well one of the kids has started driving lessons now we always said we'd pay for them, just didn't realise they'd take us up on the offer once they're old enough :rotfl:
Still ploughing through the overtime, currently looking forward to my week for next month
Roll on next Thursday, payday can't come quick enough

dipdap

Hello diary:)
Weighed myself today and I've lost 2lb :j it's not a massive amount but slow and steady should get me there
DH has an interview soon, fingers crossed (no idea when it is) a pay rise would be nice
Still ploughing through the overtime done 20 hours last week and am absolutely shattered!
Will see on payday next month if it was worth it or not
Night night!

dipdap

Good morning diary.
Well the kids are finally back to school and peace has returned to the Dipdap house

Outstanding debts for the end of August

CC1 £7,700
CC2 £900
CC3 £0
Car loan £6,160

Total debt £14,760

Still not going down very quick
Need to do more overtime!