Diary of my new life !!!

benbenandme

I have just checked my bank account and my tax credits went in 2 days ago (paid every 4 weeks) but was €10 less than normal ..... anyway, this morning I checked it like normal and an extra payment has gone in for €380 :j :j :j I have no idea why, they haven't sent me any info about it yet, they did say ages ago I may be entitled to a bit extra in April at the end of their year, but I haven't heard anything more from them :rolleyes:
I'm sooooooo happy, I won't spend it yet in case they decide they want it back, but if I'm bored at work today I can start planning what I'm going to do with it Happy happy day !!!!

benbenandme

The list of possible ideas so far includes ....

• go towards new sofas
• go towards a new tv
• go towards a holiday
• wii fit
• new clothes
• haircut
• mortgage fund
• go into an isa

As much as they all appeal, the isa one is winning at the moment as I'm worried they may ask for it back :rolleyes: Anyone got any more ideas??

tigzem

Hey BB.... how's you?

xx

benbenandme

Hey all .... my computer i being a nightmare so haven't been around for a bit ... may not be here for long again so just saying hi before it goes again :mad:
I am completely lost without the internet so am trying like mad to get it sorted ... my cutie friend has offered to come round and help me too

benbenandme

well at the moment its looking like i may have fixed whtever the problem was ... I am not remotely technical but have spent the last 3 days playing around with th laptop, stroking it nicely to try and persuade it to work :rolleyes: and finally today it decided it would. Its still pretty slow and tempermental but hey, I'm grateful I have also finally upgraded to wireless, I went and bought the router thing and managed to figure out what I had to do. I can't believe pc world charge about €80 for setting it up, its not that complicated, most of it tells you step by step on screen what to do :mad:

Anyway, I've spent the last hour trying to figure out my money which had managed to get in a huge muddle in just a couple of days; not ony had I lost my internet access I've also managed to lose my bank card :rolleyes: I know its indoors somewhere but I have turned the place upside down, I reckon it may have got put in the bin by accident at some point So, I have had to withdraw cash from the bank and use that for everything ... today in Sainsburys my shopping came to €36.15 ... luckily I had enough but only just, I came out with 46p in my purse :eek:

So, he upshot of it all is that I have €5 to last me until wednesday (payday) which shouldn't be a problem as I have been food shopping and we're having packed lunches. Tomorrow night I am going to a belly-dancing class :rotfl: with girls from work, not sure how much it costs but won't be much apparently More of a belly wobble rather than a dance I think

Yesterday I received a cheque for €25 from Globaltestmarket (surveys) which I need to bank, and today I sold 2 things for €1.99 each on ebay
Off now to figure out the budget for May

hypno06

Sounds like a reasonable day, all in!

I think the tax credits payment is an adjustment for the end of the financial year.......I got a strange payment through too, but haven't looked since to see if it is in addition to my normal payment - I just assumed it was an end of year thing!

My vote would go for the wii fit........we don't have a wii, but even I have to admit they look good fun!!

benbenandme

Evening all !! Tonight we went to the belly dancing lesson, it was great fun and we will definetly go again It cost €2 (half price for the first week ), and I also spent €1 on a bottle of water and sweets.

Bad news today ... cutie teacher is leaving :eek: :eek: :eek: I'm gutted

ZTD

benbenandme wrote: »

Bad news today ... cutie teacher is leaving :eek: :eek: :eek: I'm gutted

So get his address and phone number and "keep in touch".

tigzem

benbenandme wrote: »

Evening all !! Tonight we went to the belly dancing lesson, it was great fun and we will definetly go again It cost €2 (half price for the first week ), and I also spent €1 on a bottle of water and sweets.

Bad news today ... cutie teacher is leaving :eek: :eek: :eek: I'm gutted

Noooooooo... not fair!!! Where's he going? Can you go too??x

benbenandme

Unfortunately I don't know where he's going but I'm doing my best to find random excuses to need to talk to him

Today was a cheap day, I spent €1 on cake and a cup of tea and €4 on postage for ebay stuff. Its payday tomorrow and I'm all set with Mays budget

The weather here is horrible tonight, so we're just having our tes then ds is having a bath and an early night When I dropped him off this morning I bumped into his teacher and she said she thinks we've turned a corner with his behaviour as he seems to be improving each day :j :j I know I shouldn't speak too soon, but I really hope she's right I also ofund out he's the only kid in his class to have moved onto the books with a red sticker, everyone else is on the pink stickers I'm soooo proud :A