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That's a great bargain!!! haha I know what you mean about looking over your shoulder, too funny.Debt - CCV £3792
CCB £1383 (took a hit for a holiday)
Loan 1 £1787
Loan 2 £1683
Total £8601 Was £393020 -
Managed to get more work today, should be about £80 all done will have to wait for February until it comes through though.
Put 3 loads of manure on the veg patch today, feels good to have made a start.
DH and DS have had a fab day sales wise and next week they have a few big items going out already, excited!! Really need the extra money.
So pleased with DD today I came home Late about 9.45 this evening to find she had done 3 loads of washing
DS came in this evening after being out with his GF they had bought cereal which they'd seen on offer! They were really chuffed with themselves, I was chuffed with them as it all adds up and we now have lots of cereal.
I have had the heating on each day for the last 3 days as it has been about 12/13 degrees according to the room thermostat when it's been off, so way to cold for comfort. As I was driving home tonight they were out gritting the roads again.
Mum has found me a £12 off a shop of £60 with testco online code, I don't want to spend £60 till next month but a few things which I buy from there just because it's cheaper are running out, hmmmm decisions decisions.....
The hob on the Rayburn is linked to the oven and since it broke I can't use it, it is so frustrating as I can't even brown mince, or chicken or anything to put in the slow cooker, but I don't want to pay for a repair, DH has been overloaded with work and when he is a bit quieter he will look at it, I just need to find meals to eat that can be cooked in a halogen, George foreman or a microwave/convection oven, or a slow cooker without the browning, thinking cap on.
Feel like I could waffle on forever, but I won't lol!
Night night x£250 shopping, diesel and any other spends
December 16- January 15 £345.06/250.00 -£95.06
£2 saving a day for christmas 2017 £0/£730
Total debt paid off before 26 December 2017 £3142.31/14,053.85 = £10911.54 left to go0 -
I never brown anything anymore, I just bung it all in and no one noticed a difference
Hope you get sorted soon. Loving the Rayburn thought. I'll add it to my list lol. Debt - CCV £3792
CCB £1383 (took a hit for a holiday)
Loan 1 £1787
Loan 2 £1683
Total £8601 Was £393020 -
So you would just put mince in without it being browned first DF? What about chicken?"..........do you know thinking about it, I put a whole gammon in and don't brown it! Didn't think of that lol! Thanks:T
Bought horse feed today, tut tut tut! Anyway asked for the cheapest mix (for the fatty mares) and when I got home it is a huge bag £6.25 + vat but mixed with chaff
. Can't decide whether I am pleased because it is easier to do, or peeved In case it works out expensive, going to have to monitor it.
Drizzle here today from about 2.30 onwards, brought the horses in about 3.30 boy were they ready lol, phew they don't like getting wet!
When we mucked out this morning I noticed since we changed to the better quality hay they have not wasted a bit, such a relief! DH has decided he is going to make one of Cazmanian Minx's hay boxes, maybe this weekend
. We still have got 2 more auto waters to install, well finish installing really, they are nearly done. I am defo working tomorrow and I also need to take DD for a lesson, only 20 mins or so away, should only be out about 2 hours in all. Now I don't usually like to see my horses kicking each other but the bigger one has decided that actually he is the boss after all and has stood his ground and told the youngster to back off, I smiled a sigh of relief and thought wow well done boy!
I ended up working again today so may have another 120 or so to add i hope so (fingers crossed). But ....tomorrow night after working and taking DD for a lesson we are going to macdonalds
Have managed to get about 2 loads of washing done today and dried, and also DD's loads from last night are dry as well.
I am so tired I've just re read this post and it is all in a jumble, but hey ho I'm too tired to alter it, night x£250 shopping, diesel and any other spends
December 16- January 15 £345.06/250.00 -£95.06
£2 saving a day for christmas 2017 £0/£730
Total debt paid off before 26 December 2017 £3142.31/14,053.85 = £10911.54 left to go0 -
Tomorrow's jobs:
Clean bathroom
Clean toilet
De clutter every room
Hoover through
Wipe surfaces kitchen and living room
Muck out, feed and turnout
Check bank account
Walk with DH if time....£250 shopping, diesel and any other spends
December 16- January 15 £345.06/250.00 -£95.06
£2 saving a day for christmas 2017 £0/£730
Total debt paid off before 26 December 2017 £3142.31/14,053.85 = £10911.54 left to go0 -
Lol your to do list looks very much like mine!
Have a good day x0 -
So you would just put mince in without it being browned first DF? What about chicken?"..........do you know thinking about it, I put a whole gammon in and don't brown it! Didn't think of that lol! Thanks:T
Nope, I don't brown mince, chicken or beef. It all goes in raw and together. Looks yuk but end up lovely. Even the sausages which I used to brown, I no longer do as it was always just a visual thing anyway. I now love SC sausages mmmm.Debt - CCV £3792
CCB £1383 (took a hit for a holiday)
Loan 1 £1787
Loan 2 £1683
Total £8601 Was £393020 -
Love your posts, jumbled or not
Debt - CCV £3792
CCB £1383 (took a hit for a holiday)
Loan 1 £1787
Loan 2 £1683
Total £8601 Was £393020 -
Been very busy today so far, worked for an hour or two this morning, this back to muck out! We have a gate which splits the yard in half, yesterday some how?? Don't ask! But the 4 legged furry neighers managed to lift that off its hinges and position it in a different place. Then overnight the bigger one decided that it's not enough to have kicked a foot round hole in the partition it needs to be extended to 3foot round. So when I got back this morning,DH was trying to be nice and explain why he hadn't mucked out yet whilst I think really he wanted to pummel the wall lol.
So, have cleaned all upstairs, hoovered, 3rd load of washing going in, sorted books on dresser, made dinner, gammon in slow cooker, will do chicken raw thanks to DF tomorrow.
I am really looking forward to beginning February, new money, new shopping lists, new meal planner, and throwing what a rubbish job I did of January out with the rubbish!
Have a lovely day x£250 shopping, diesel and any other spends
December 16- January 15 £345.06/250.00 -£95.06
£2 saving a day for christmas 2017 £0/£730
Total debt paid off before 26 December 2017 £3142.31/14,053.85 = £10911.54 left to go0 -
We have raw chicken in today too

Horsey antics sound fun from away but not so when you're there dealing with it!Debt - CCV £3792
CCB £1383 (took a hit for a holiday)
Loan 1 £1787
Loan 2 £1683
Total £8601 Was £393020
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