Diary of my new life !!!

benbenandme

Postie has just brought me a £10 Argos voucher from a survey site :beer: and my new MBNA credit card arrived ... never had one before ... now I have to figure out how I move the money from it into the bank and I can start making (a tiddly) bit of interest on it to go towards the mortgage pot

yeovilmac

Just wanted to say "thanks" for keeping your diary updated as I genuinely find it an inspiration to read.:T

I couldn't keep my diary going properly as I moved house last week and I was without the t'interweb properly for two weeks before that. I'll try again in the new year as a lot of my SOA has changed. I'm getting much cheaper broadband / TV / phone than before ( £33.45 instead of about £60 ), my rent is cheaper and I'm consolidating my debts through CCCS too.

Sorry to hijack your thread a little but please don't underestimate the ability you have to inspire people through the diaries of you and others on here. I can barely buy anything nowadays without checking online first or trying to get a discount or special offer on it and normally just after I've read your thoughts on here...

As a kind of "single parent" too ( I have the twins much more than normal absent dads ), I find that side of your diary interesting too.

Best wishes to you and DS for a great Christmas.

Martin
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benbenandme

I've got my Mum 2 jumpers from Edinburgh Woollen Mill shop, they were £14.99 each but when they went through the till one was reduced to £7.49, so came to £22.48 altogether :beer:
I also nipped into Sainsburys next door and spent another £16 :mad: but I bought duracell betteries (4 + 4 free), croissants to finish my nans breakfast hamper, and then some gifty bits that were half price and 3for2 , all of which will go into the present box under my bed ready for 2008 :rolleyes:

Then we went and delivered some parcels and cards and now we've had lunch, ds is watching the Snowman (again :rolleyes: ) and I must get on with some tidying up I might even hoover under my bed while its relatively empty under there

Oh, and while I was out, M&S have deleivered part of the order, the pack of pot pourii I ordered to get it up to £30, but not the main bits I wanted ... still, I think they may be getting the whole lot back anyway!

sophiesmum_2

My kids used to love watching the snowman , and the father christmas videos when they were little.:D I still like to watch them now - brings back lots of lovely memories:D

Wish we had some littlies in the house again.

benbenandme

I have had a blitz on the flat and it is looking much more respectable now I still need to clean and hoover everywhere, but at least it is tidy no so it shouldn't take long to do that tomorrow.

Jobs left to do before Christmas:

• Wrap remaining presents
• Hoover and clean through
• Make mince pies with ds
• Go to church tomorrow evening
• Make reindeer food ready for xmas eve
• Order stuff from Next tonight
• Put up remaining xmas cards
• check financial situation for this month
• Drive around locally in the evening and look at the pretty lights with ds

Other than that, I want to try and relax and have fun with ds

sophiesmum_2

Sounds like you and DS will have a lovely time, and doing stuff like making mince pies and looking at the lights are the memories he will remember when he is older.
i have just been making some of the chocolate slabs from the christmas board - great fun:D would be ideal to do with DS.

benbenandme

oooh, hadn't seen those, just off for a look ....

benbenandme

I've just done my next sale order and spent £250 :eek: :eek: :eek: tbh a lot of it will be going back, I've ordered several pairs of bots and jeans and will try them all on and see what I like best and then decide what to keep. Theres also a couple of presies in there for my present box (of course ), a grey cashmemer mens scarf reduced from £40 to £10

Keeping_Motivated

Oh well done on the Next sale. I can't find my account number so couldn't apply for a slot :rolleyes:

skint_spice

wow - that's some spending spree! hope you got lots you liked.