Diary of my new life !!!

benbenandme

Wow LadyPink ... your signature is VERY impressive !! :T :T :T Well don you!! February isn't that far away either, do you have any celebrations planned??

ladypinkof66

Well i owed the £30,000 back in 2000 so has taken me quite some time to clear, alot of it was an ex's problem that i took out loans etc for him then i had to throw him out and he paid me 0 back.

Yes me and my new partner are booking to go to Las Vegas but as my partner is debt free only has the mortgage he was insistent that we did not book anything til i had paid it all off.

Having to resort to going to a Sun holiday this year with the dog nice and cheap going tomorrow so hopeful weather is ok !

Zebedee69

Good Luck!

benbenandme

Ds and I have just done our christmas shoeboxes, I haven't done them before but this is what I put in:

In the one for the 4 yr old girl I put:

• a red polo shirt (40p in sale)
• a pack of kiddie makeup (90p in sale)
• a Little Miss stationery set (50p in sale)
• a foam animal face mask (was in a party bag)
• a Winnie the Pooh facemitt (50p in sale)
• a kiddies play camera (partybag)
• a pack of 4 felt-tips (free with a meal somewhere)
• a pack of 4 wax crayons (free with a meal somewhere)
• a pack of 12 colour pencils (19p in Asda)
• a make your own bracelet set (don't remember where from, has been in my pressie box for ages!)
• a set of Barbie stickers (10p in Clintons sale)

Total = £2.59

In the 12 yr old girl one I put:

• Beige pashmina (free from Comfort Creme)
• A white flannel (free from Dove)
• a small bar of soap (nicked from hotel)
• a lipgloss (one of a set that I didn't use)
• geometry set (49p in somerfield)
• a pack of 6 glitter gel pens (29p in sainsburys)
• various moisturiser / body wash etc samples (free from magazines)
• a purse (50p in sale)
• a pack of 10 felt tips (49p in somerfield)
• a pack of 12 colour pencils (49p in somerfield)
• a pedicure set (50p in tesco)
• an eeyore notebook (30p in sale)

Total = £3.06

It was lovely explaining to ds why we were doing it although he got a bit confused ... I explained that some children aren't as lucky as him and don't get lots of presents at Christmas so we are going to give them a present, to which he replied "so are we making these for all the children who have been naughty because Father Christmas isn't making them anything ??? :eek: :eek:

benbenandme

I have just done my £5 for today on AQA, it went much quicker tonight, lots of rugby questions I've had my bath and am now gonna get stuff ready for ds for school tomorrow, our xmas boxes are by the door ready, he is sooo excited about showing his teacher
I need to go and straighten my hair, I've done my nails and may even attempt an early night tonight :rotfl: then again, I want to try and figure out how I'm doing budget wise for the month so far

mae

Well done with the AQA you seem to be finding it quite easy.. I once applied and got the test and I couldn't find the answers :mad:

Straighten your hair before bed? No point in me doing that as what ever I do these days I wake up with curly very big bad hair in the morning and my hair is naturally poker straight :eek:

benbenandme

Today I recevied the cheque for £10 from PC World :beer: and I took a packed lunch so didn't spend any cash at lunchtime :T Howver, I did write a cheque for £21 for the Bookpeople at work, I ordered a set of 10 Usborne phonics book for ds (£10), I used to do Usborne books and they are great and they used to charge £3 each for them. After the meeting at his school last week I know that they follow the synthetic phonics (which these books are) so they should help him with his reading I also bought a book for my niece for Christmas (£6), its like those paper dollys that used to be in the back of Bunty (how old am I??? :rolleyes: ), but thesedays they're laminated :rolleyes: and have lots of diferent outfits and accessories to go with it. Ih and I got a set of xmas wrap / gift tags / gift bags all with the Snowman on it for £5.

I will try and take a packed lunch tomorrow too but I need to pay my £3.50 for fantasy football tomorrow too.
Have been very good since I came home, I have hanged the beds, done one load of washing and hung it up to dry, emptied and refilled the dishwasher, had dinner, tidied the kitchen and cleaned the kitchen floor :eek: :eek: :eek: Now need to go and do ds bath and bedtime stuff then I can get on with some AQA'ing when he's in bed

benbenandme

Well done with the AQA you seem to be finding it quite easy.. I once applied and got the test and I couldn't find the answers :mad:

Once you're in you get access to the database, which basically allows you to search keywords from the question .... many questions have been asked before on some form so often you can find the answer already in the system

mae

Thanks for that I might apply again see if I get another test that I can actually answer! It would be very handy for me to do at night like yourself.

lilmissmup

Glad the AQA is going well BenBen, i am waiting on results of my 2nd application now, not sure if will try a 3rd if fail but moving to Cornwall early next year so need to get debt free/ save for that so fingers crossed!

Mae they are recruiting now so good time to try again