Aims for August

trying-very-trying

postingalwaysposting wrote: »

can i join too? I will be writing these down in my diary too...



* have 4 green weeks on the weekly challenge(Yeah, and I'll be there with you)

* finalise my xmas presents

pap, it's only just August!

RVK2

Great idea for a thread so I thought I'd join in.

Tight month this month thanks in part to new school uniform,a surprise £90 to get the car fixed and visitors for a week . Heaven only knows how I'll manage but these extras need to be squeezed out of my money this month.

£50 petrol - spent £10.78
[strike] £10 my evening out, (£6.50 entrance + raffle tickets, remember raffle prize )[/strike] 50p under budget
£50 additional shopping (includes week with 3 extra peeps and 2 BBQ's!)spent 34.70
[strike]£20 ISA[/strike] [strike]
£20 savings (now depleted because of car repairs)[/strike]
[strike]£25 trips out with visitors [/strike]- spent 28.50
£40 to pay off o/s electric bill
[strike]£15 hair cut[/strike] can't justify it, will wait till college is back
[strike]£10 phone top up[/strike]

Earn £20 if possible
Sell £20 of bits on ebay/amazon

Do not have a nervous breakdown and talk very nicely to the car

postingalwaysposting

trying-very-trying wrote: »

pap, it's only just August!

aww bless trying, dont worry you shall be green soon and we shall celebrate... with regards to the xmas gifts, i started december 2006 for this years i have most of them sorted/decided just my little bros and ordering my 'special cards' from moonpig... the problem is i am still saving for xmas this year... i guess it will roll over :rotfl:

painted_lady

Like the idea for this post.
heres mine
- transfer my CC balance to new 0% card I got meself
- change gas and lec supplier
- ebay several items and put money into my maternity fund pot

For the record, I never used to think about christmas until December and used to laugh at my SIL who always had them wrapped by september. I have now changed my ways, christmas is a big expense and things are so expensive in shop from sept onwards. This year, I have been saving £20 a month and have already bought several pressies when I seen stuff reduced. There are also 6 children in family with December birthdays, now I have my own baby and my brothers is due december too! I wont be spending january in debt next year, well not extra debt caused by christmas. Infact, if I manage to do all my shopping soon, I will even use the £20 month saved towards a holiday, well, maybe debt repayment.
Oh yes, in january I got 20 cards for 30p and 10 rolls of wrapping paper fopr free in a shop that was closing down an hour later! They are in the loft ****mental note not to forget and buy more*****

Gemmzie

Oooo good idea

* I need to clear £200 off the 'other cards'
* Get father to get a MAC code from BT so we can switch to Sky BB
* Downgrade Sky package
* Make an extra £100 from match betting
* Do at least two mystery shops
* Sell at least two more Ebay items

HairyHandofDartmoor

I want to:
Try and pay £1000 off Egg card (bit ambitious but if not £500)
Enjoy the summer holidays without spending too much
Avoid having visitors to stay as we always end up spending too much money
Build up £2 coin and copper collections
spend less on food (bill is creeping up, must visit os board)

headoutthesand

postingalwaysposting wrote: »

* finalise my xmas presents

I started my xmas shopping the other day and i've spent most of today checking through quidco to see what companies will pay out in time for december as most of my immediate family have birthdays in january.

As an old (no offence martin) wise man once said "everyone know xmas falls on the 25th December every year so why are they so unprepared". :money:

I sleep with the money diet by the side of my bed

sweepster

Good morning everyone,
Just glad its not me that sorts xmas out well in advance. Everyweek now i get the emails from hmv with the 70% off box sets have bought a couple of these for pressies and put away. I go through quidco as well so thats another 10% for me. My plans for this month pay off barclaycard 515 it was paid 50 upto now. Take packed lunches to work so i dont spend my money in boots lol. Change over car insurance and electric providers hopefully sort out this week and most importantly
FINISH HARRY POTTER LOL
sweepyxx

sammiboo

I am glad I am not the only one who is thinking Christmas already. My boyfriend cringes every time i mention it!!!

I have started to ask around to see what people want for christmas so i can start getting presents. There isnt anything worse than waiting till december and having to pay for everything at once!

My aim for this month really depends on weather we get a date for moving for this month.

The equity in the house we are in at the moment £5k of it will pay off my loan. Thats my biggest aim anyway.

I also want to cut down the amount we are spending on food shopping as this is getting far too much!

My OH birthday is next month so will have to work out what i am going to do about his birthday as he is 30 so its a special one.

painted_lady

Christmas - not long to go now, in terms of paydays, thats 5, but that includes December pay which arrives early and therefore has to last longer!
I am quite proud of my christmas planning this year, but have to be careful as they severely reduce the maternity pay in Nov. I am proud fo myself.
Might go check out the shops later.