New Diary, New Start-mortgage be gone

tattycath

This month I'm determined to stick to some kind of budget. So I've decided:
Groceries, including cleaning stuff and pet food-£200
Fuel-£40
So far I'm on just under £100 for groceries-and my month started 26th August (I think, lol)
Fuel, I've only put in 20 quids worth and I have 100 miles left in tank.
let's hope I can stick to the budget.
I've got a designated pot to put the funds in for anything I sell-totals for that are in my siggy.
Today I have made out a to do list for the week-or as soon as I can plough through it. Knowing how much stuff is going on it will probably take me the week to work my way through it.
Best get cracking!

tattycath

Still working through my list.
Managed to sell £38 worth of stuff.

tattycath

Mr T decided we needed some shopping...but at least he only spent £2.49.
Total spend is now £99.15/£200 for the month. Only 18 more days and just over £100 left in budget. :j lots of food in cupboards, fridge and freezer too... Fingers crossed I can do this.

tattycath

Today I have been running errands and paying the dreaded bills, ordering stock and grocery shopping.
Tomorrow I need to work in the morning and concentrate on tidying and cleaning in the afternoon, if I get away from work early enough.

A_Frayed_Knot

tattycath wrote: »

Mr T decided we needed some shopping...but at least he only spent £2.49.
Total spend is now £99.15/£200 for the month. Only 18 more days and just over £100 left in budget. :j lots of food in cupboards, fridge and freezer too... Fingers crossed I can do this.

You Can Do It . . . . . . . . . :j Rummage the freezer, have light lunches, baked potatoes, toasties or omelettes, You Can Do It.

tattycath

A_Frayed_Knot wrote: »

You Can Do It . . . . . . . . . :j Rummage the freezer, have light lunches, baked potatoes, toasties or omelettes, You Can Do It.

Thank you AFK-this is what I keep telling myself.
I spent £50 ish tonight but I still have just over £50 left until the end of the month. I'm only planning top up shops for rest of month-like bread and milk. We have loads of yoghurt-and I shall use The slow cooker recipe from Rasputin Thorpedo's diary if I run out.
I've got to sort through my cupboards as we currently have food in various different cupboards that it shouldn't be in-it was only supposed to be temporary but never got put back.
Freezer is full-full enough to feed us for a couple of weeks if we ate what we have instead of stuff we fancy that we don't have.
I wombled a receipt tonight so I need to check that on APG as well as the receipt from tonight's shop.

tattycath

2 receipts APG checked today and an extra £1.50+ for the food budget.

tattycath

Wheels are in motion for a nice little earner next month-just for an account switch-that's been long overdue anyway.
Still plugging away with listings to try and drum up some sales this month.
I'm still ploughing through my to do list for the week. I managed to cross off a couple more jobs today. Still lots to do though.
Chilling tonight, watching a film with mr tc.

tattycath

Nearly the weekend.
Lots of jobs started but not completed on the positive side, now they have been started, they shouldn't take as long to finish.
Decluttering not going quite to plan...it seems more churning than decluttering to be honest.
I had culled my books right back but lots more books seem to have snuck in.
To do this weekend and going in to next week:
1)Sort out my paperwork and receipts etc for TR -PRIORITY
2) try and get rid of at least 100 items, either by selling, sending to charity or Putting in bin.
3) get more stuff up for sale
4) sort out DVDs and CDs again

tattycath

Having a lazy family day today. long overdue, need to recharge my batteries a bit.
Today I've:
Cleaned sink
Unloaded DW
Reloaded DW
Done some washing