Diary of my new life !!!

benbenandme

My Wii machine turned out to be a free sample of cod liver oil tablets :eek: :eek: I had forgotten I had sent off for them, the bloke at the post office said he's never seen someone look so disappointed with a parcel before :rotfl: Hmm, well I guess I won't be having much of a competition tonight with my mates then :rolleyes:

benbenandme

Just been on Tesco direct site and ordered 2 photo frames with spaes for 5 pictures and 2 photo frmes with spaces for 9 pictures. It should have come to £30 (inc. delivery) but with discounts it only cost me £6 :beer: I'll get some photos printed out (bound to be an offer on pigsback ar quidco somewhere) and then fill up the frames and thats another couple of pressies sorted for Christmas

ladypinkof66

hi benandbenme i just love reading your diary you should be very proud of yourself in how organised you are. I always look out for your thread being updated each day not heard from you since yesterday lunchtime hope is all well with you and your ds.
Hope you update your diary again very soon. looking forward to hearing what you been up to.
Lady Pink

benbenandme

Thank you ladypink, I haven't been around as I've had a fabby weekend with a couple of mates :beer: but I have spent waaaaay too much money too

I did housework yesterday, then a friend popped in then I went shopping and bought a pair of combats (£10 reduced from £20, but get £8 paid from mystery shop ), 74p on some craft scissors for ds, £23 (not reduced!!! :eek: ) for a handbag from Per Una .... very unlike me to see bag I love and even more unlike me to just go "oh what the hell" and buy it , but hey ho thats what I did! Also spent £2.50 on concealer in M&S, £5 on a jumper in Asda, £5 on food in Asda, £7 on two school jumpers, 2 pairs of school trousers and a tanktop for me in Sainsburys :T , 74p on some watercolour brushes for me in WHSmith and £1.50 on a new baby card for a friend. £4.15 in Boots on moisturiser and conditioner. Then I went and met my friends and we went out for dinner which was lovely (£15).

Today we went shopping together and it was the first time for years I have been girly shopping. Normally I have ds with me or I go on my own. It was lovely and we spent ages going through all the testers in Boots makeup section like little school kids :rotfl:

I ought a relly nice green parka jacket for £15 reduced from £30, £12 on new foundation which I desperately needed, £7 on nail varnish and some shimmery bronze powder stuff (but paid for these with Boots points ), £1.90 on some new kitchen scales in Asda (so I can weigh stuff to work out postage and start shifting stuff on ebay again!), £2.50 on a shirt for ds in Asda, and £1.90 on one of those travel mug things for taking my coffee to work

Thats seriously shocking when I write down how much I have spent in just over 24 hours :eek: :eek: Total = £114.93 :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: OMG !!!! I've had a lovely time but have seriously blown the budget for the month now :mad: :mad: Off to see what I can stick on ebay ........

benbenandme

Just realised I also spent £4 on a black top and £4 on a milkshake and cake in M&S but I did also return the item I bought in a mystery shop last week and got my £5 back

mae

You are so good with your money this is why you could afford to have a fun weekend and splash out a little... So your hard work money saving over the weeks has allowed you to do it.. You were being good to yourself and quite right too

benbenandme

I've been a bit better today and only spent £2.20 on lunch, nothing else
The picture frames I ordered from Tesco have arived already too :eek: They are lovely except for one that was already smashed when I opened it ... of to customer services again :rolleyes: which reminds me I still haven't heard anything bak from them about the milk yet, and also I haven't had the money back from PC World yet for the USB cable either :mad:

Just done a survey and earnt £1 for my paypal account not much but it all helps

benbenandme

oh and my Wii didn't turn up today ...

benbenandme

£2 on lunch and 60p on choccy and £5 on bread, milk and veggies for tea
I phoned Tesco re the broken photo frame and they don't have anymore but they said they'd refund the £2 for the broken one
Some of my stuff on Quidco has moved to validated now so should be paying out soon hopefully :beer:
Not much else to report really, had a chat with my ex today ... doesn't sound much but its a huge improvement for us ... wasn't long ago we couldnt be civil at all to each other, I just hope for ds sake we can maintain it

benbenandme

Spent £2.35 on lunch today and 40p on a teacake at breaktime Tesco's have refunded the £2 for the broken photo frame in my account too
I haven't wirtten much over the last couple of days as my Mum is staying and she frowns every time I get my laptop out :rolleyes: so I've not been on here as much a usual. She's going home tomorrow so normal service will be resumed !

Am quite nervous about payday on friday ... I still haven't been told how much I'm actually earning, I know what the highest and lowest amounts per hour are, and I'm guessing I'll be at the lowest end of the scale as I don't have specifi qualifications for the job, but hey it would be nice to know :rolleyes: Also, I think I'll be paying emergency tax because I only sent off my p45 last week to them and also today I found out they join us in the pension scheme automatically, but I don't know how much they take for it :eek: Its a good thing I guess as I've been meaning to get round to it for ages but haven't bothered so at least its done for me ... just hope it leaves me with enough money to live on