The next chapter ....

benbenandme

Morning all, I have to wait in today for a delivery (some time between 10 - 3), so will be getting on with some jobs in that time. Ds is still asleep at the moment, I've put the dishwasher on, tidied through, made my bed, filed some paperwork, caught a pokemon and made a cup of tea an now I'm going to think about my plans for the day.

Once he's awake I can clean and hoover through, I want to clean the bathroom, take all the rubbish downstairs, walk the dog, continue looking for raffle contacts for the PTA fair, sort through some other PTA stuff, sort out the end of month banking, send a work email, clear all my surveys, do another bit of C25k, stick to my calories (was naughty yesterday), do my 10,000 steps, pop 5 bits on ebay.

Think that should keep me out of mischief for a while

benbenandme

So I've done all my surveys, taken the photos for ebay, had a bath, sent the work email, and ds is still snoring happily He never sleeps in past 7.30 normally but he was so grumpy yesterday so I'm quite glad as he definitely needed it

I think I'll start on the end of month banking next.

benbenandme

So the banking is pretty much sorted - I knew it had been a bad month but wow I have paid for most of our accomodation for our train trip this month, plus ds birthday, plus he needed new trainers at the start of the month so the bank balance took a big hit. Anyway, I have taken £1000 from an isa to get all the accounts back on track. Tomorrow is payday for me so at least it's all back where it should be and I can start the month organised.

I have got £250 left from the isa money and this will be used on the train trip. I also have school uniform to pay for next month, this will come out of the tax credits money so there will be less in the savings pot next month.

I also want to check through my direct debits and see that all my budgeting is correct.

benbenandme

I'm doing fairly well with today's list so far;

[STRIKE]Clean and hoover through[/STRIKE], I want to clean the bathroom, take all the rubbish downstairs, [STRIKE]walk the dog[/STRIKE], continue looking for raffle contacts for the PTA fair, [STRIKE]sort through some other PTA stuff[/STRIKE], [STRIKE]sort out the end of month banking[/STRIKE], [STRIKE]send a work email[/STRIKE],[STRIKE] clear all my surveys[/STRIKE], do another bit of C25k, stick to my calories (was naughty yesterday), do my 10,000 steps, [STRIKE] (3 done so far) [/STRIKE].

benbenandme

I've done some more emailing local companies for raffle prizes and one has replied and they are sending us a gift voucher It makes it worthwhile after sending tonnes of emails. Hopefully some more will reply too, I need to send more each day as we're having a pretty low response so far but it is so time-consuming to keep finding the addresses, logging them and when I sent the email etc. All worth it in the end though hopefully

benbenandme

Evening all, today we took the dog for a lovely walk as it's his birthday today I also popped into BHS as it's closing on sunday, I bought myself a table lamp, it was reduced from £120 to £36. It is my birthday on monday and Mum always gives me money that usually ends up being frittered on not very much, so at least now this year I'll have something lovely to show for it

I made £6 on a betting offer this morning and also took back a top to Next that I decided against keeping, so that was £14 towards my lamp too.

This evening I will be keeping an eye on the footie score online (Bournemouth are playing a friendly), I'm itching for the season to hurry up and start again and I'll also be looking for another 20 email addresses for the raffle list.

benbenandme

I managed another 30 emails last night for the raffle, all were to national companies so not holding out too much hope but there's always a chance.

This morning ds is still asleep so I am going to do a few surveys before he wakes up, then we need to pay in a couple of cheques, sort out taking the rubbish to the tip and cleaning the car. Bournemouth have another friendly this afternoon, other than that theres not too much planned as yet today.

benbenandme

Took the dog for a walk, went and got petrol and some bits for dinner, collected some uniform I ordered for ds, cleaned the bathroom, hoovered through, took the rubbish out and ate a cream doughnut

Mum might be coming round later for dinner, depending whether her friend turns up or not.

This afternoon I will update my list of things I need to do as it's gone by the wayside slightly this week.

savingmore

hi. I used to follow yr threads ages ago and recently found yr new one. sorry about yr flat loss, seems to be parr for the course at mo.
glad to see you got yr mojo back and that you writing on here again, I enjoy yr thread.
oh and Happy Birthday, hope you have a fab day.

benbenandme

Morning all, hi Savingmore :wave:nice to see someone else here

So, today is my birthday and a new month, so lots of planning going on I've had money mainly, my brother bought me a footie ticket a couple off months ago, some lovely flowers and lots of lovely wishes

We're going to go out for dinner with Mum later, not sure yet of the other plans for today.

Moneywise, I need to keep a close eye on the pennies this month as it could get a bit mad with the train journey and uniform for school. Yesterday I spent £6 on the car wash (desperately needed), £40 on petrol, £11 on groceries.