The Happiness Fund.

savingwannabe

I met my friends in town, whatever I ate has made me sick! so I will be v careful what I eat in future!

I did however buy some lovely tins of biscuits from Debenhams and the tins are fabulous to look at so I am delighted. I also managed to buy some presents for my friends which were in the sales. Everything was half price I couldn't believe it.

I was going to go back tomorrow and do some shopping but it's going to pour with rain so I will just spend Friday doing work.

savingwannabe

OK so it stopped raining and what's a girl to do?

I bought presents for next year like MSErs are supposed to.

I bought a drinks thing for brother's birthday and one for lodger's birthday and another present for next xmas. I bought an extra present for mum for her birthday too. I am so happy. Everything is really pretty and I am so pleased. I still have loads of other presents to buy in the year.

savingwannabe

I'm just thinking aloud.

All my friends are telling me to enjoy my job. I wont have to work as hard as I used to but I am paid a lot less. Thank goodness the tenant has helped me to earn just over my old salary.

Stuff to do this holiday:

• I must also fill in my driving licence form.
• Start marking this holiday.
• Tidy last corner of spare room.
• Sew some buttons.

Plans for 2018 so far.... (still deciding):

• I will stop eating out but will meet friends for coffee instead. I just have to persuade them.
• I will save £30 a month for Christmas.
• I will save all my rent money after the bills are paid
• To get thin
  • to buy purple flowers for garden

Skint_yet_Again

Sorry to hear you have been ill do you know or suspect what it was that you ate ? Well done on forward planning for birthdays and preparing for xmas next year it sounds like you have got some bargains in the sales ?

savingwannabe

Ive put it all on the card but the prices were great and it will save me some money next year.

The cause could be Debenhalfpriceham's Japanese soup which has some dairy in it and Costalot hot chocolate which although made with soya had dairy hot chocolate powder in it!!!! Silly me.

savingwannabe

Hurrah tis nearly new year. I have put up my new calendars (all pressies) and am v happy even if I am a little fat. It looks nice outside. I ended up ordering extra biscuit tins from the Debenhams website (for friends that liked them).

Ive also ordered some jogging bottoms from fleabay (as the ones in town were so dear). Eventually I will use the cross dresser.

Today I have to take down Christmas decorations, start my marking, tidy a kitchen cupboard.

Kittikins

A kindred present-buying-in-the-sales spirit

Someone asked me the other day how I didn't forget what I've bought as I'm so crazy to buy things early........have they not heard of a spreadsheet?

savingwannabe

I only did it as I remembered MSErs always say it is a good way to save money for next Christmas. I am so impressed. I have never bought such presents at such low prices before. Quite a few older people were doing the same thing. I overheard them in Debenhams. I'm dead pleased.

Kittikins

I had a look at the biscuit tins, love the gingerbread house one and put it in my basket, but am going to resist......In my parents' house, we have a lot of very old H&Palmer tins, and I do love a good tin (as does KW *swoon*)

savingwannabe

My kitchen looks good as I did some cleaning today and that's it. I hope I can pay for all this lovely sale shopping I don't have the discipline that you do I have a 'tin thing' and have picked up quite a few. Maybe it's a tin fetish. lol.

One of my friends is visiting tonight and I am going to nip out to the supermarket £30 spent and £8 on travel. Id rather do that then spend the money on a rip off takeaway which is what I have been doing in the last few months.

I've taken down my Christmas lights and just have some decorations to take down tomorrow and maybe Henry the Tree (but I will think about it as he livens up the house).