Daring Myself to do this

Kitten868

Such a long slog waiting for pay day! I wanted to borrow a round amount from my parents so didn't borrow enough and all my little sales have been keeping me afloat so I can sit on my account being zero. Really must start seeing no debt accrued as a good thing. But I just don't. What I used to do (up to Christmas) is pay too much off then have to dip into the credit cards a bit. So what I am doing is better. I am getting there bit by bit.
Have majorly embarrassed myself. Someone came round to buy some thing but changed their mind based on how scruffy I looked :-s I thought it was going to be a mum. Not a mum to be. So her and her little husband couldnt buy from the woman Dalmation spotted in baby sick with a crying two year old with no trousers on and a baby covered in baby food. Fair enough but I still feel embarrassed. Like to see how pristine she'd look with two babies and no help. The only relief is that I didn't have a pit bull I had to hold back. I'm in such chav territory. (No one can be offended that's what dog I want lol)
Getting fed up. I gave up on breakfast entirely and dinner turned into a two hour debacle. I really hate how much impact his job has on our baby. She's missing him terribly poor little mite.
The wardrobe is having two annoying effects on me. On the one hand I want to continue to put more of my stamp in here and buy a nice rug. The other is that there's no point tidying my room until the new wardrobe is installed and I have somewhere to put everything.
Hope everyone else is doing well on debtbuster street. X

Petal88

Hi Kitten - just wanted to stop by and tell you how well you seem to be doing, what with all the ebaying, OH being away and two under twos! My OH is in the forces too and will be sent off for 4 months later this year but we don't have kids yet so I have no idea how you're coping this well on your own! I imagine it must be quite hard on your OH as well to not see his little babies for so long

On the bright side - he'll be getting paid extra for every day that he's away, no? That will be a tidy sum once he's back

kirtsypoos

Kitten don't worry about what that woman thought - she'll soon realise when her baby arrives!

You're doing really well, I bet OH is so proud of you coping with everything along with debt busting whilst he's away!

lilmissmup

What an idiot woman! As long as the item is ok, what does it matter?

Ignore her, like others said she will be in for a shock one day!

If it makes you feel better I haven't showered for 5 days! :rotfl:

chanie

I agree, ignore the woman. In the not so distant future, she will realise how difficult parenthood is.

Kitten868

It was just so odd. I am so a mum 24/7 that it doesn't even cross my mind. Then I walked back in the room and saw myself in her eyes or my old eyes. I looked a state. These are the children I could never have and I want to spend every second I can with them. It does come at the expense of a lot of things. Like housework and my appearance and my career and money. But I don't even care. Nothing in the world is worth more to me.
Feel for a silly fraud last night with PayPal! Realised when it asked for my pin and bank log on! Card cancelled and info on PayPal changed but my goodness!!! How dumb can you be? So embarrassed! Especially in my profession!
Both children are very poorly as am I. No sleep in our house last night.
Payday on Thursday can't come soon enough!!!! X

Kitten868

Counting down the hours til payday. Wish the children were feeling better. Put the old wardrobe on eBay. Bit concerned my mums asking too much as a starting figure but hey ho. Still a massive pile of stuff to put on. Waiting for a big promotion but I only seem to get those on hubby's account. But that's stopped now someone's given bad feedback so annoying. So no more cheap fees for me. How come some people get great offers and some get none? Makes no sense! He used to get 100 free listings with 50% off fees and all sorts. I've never had an offer! And mine has always had good feedback!
Getting very tempting to take it all up the charity shop. There's too much stuff in this flat.
Anyway must go to sleep xxxx

Kitten868

Oh and thank you petal for popping by. He does get extra for being away but I think it's more the case that he's not here to spend it that makes a dent. So far he's been too busy to miss us so that helps. The trip looks like an epic stag do. He smiles when he sees where they're going. So that should see him through. I do worry about him missing us and how hard it'll be on him but then I just feel even worse. We both have lots of different songs to get us through being apart. Been doing it long enough. And it feels like he hasn't been home since I had dd2 in honesty so I'm not fairing as badly as I thought I would.
How do you cope? Do you see a lot of friends or family? And has he surrendered purse strings yet? It's taken my hubby 4 years lol x

Kitten868

Payday!! And I got paid £150 more than I thought I would. Have a couple of ebays and I am resolute to do some more to start on Sunday.
I've got my list of to dos sorted out. Started out boring: (and scary) potty train dd1, get dd2 in her cot... Then got depressing: lose 1.5 stone. I'm aiming to close two of our credit cards and halving a third one at least. Quite a big ask as that's over £4K in 6 months but it can be done by jingo.
Buntings up and it looks lovely. Just sorting out ordering more ribbon! There's loads of it!
Hope you're all well x

AspiringButAnxious

Wow, you sound really motivated! Could you let a little rub off on me, please?

You are doing very well — esp with ebay, which I'm too scared to try. Keep going