Jamiedodgers 4 month simple life challenge

GettingThingsDone

Also - that's really cheap gym membership! I would go at those prices

Thanks for the tip on the spending diary site - I've signed up and will give it a go...

gtd

JAMIEDODGER

GettingThingsDone wrote: »

Also - that's really cheap gym membership! I would go at those prices

Thanks for the tip on the spending diary site - I've signed up and will give it a go...

gtd

its not usually that cheap, im on suspended membership atm, while its summer holidays. usually it is £25.95 per month, but i go over 20 days a month so it works out very cheap.

Snaggles

£25.95 a month still isn't bad! You have inspired me to declutter my breadbin this morning...lol!! (Sounds weird, but there was everything in there apart from bread, it had become one of those secret dumping grounds that most houses have!).

JAMIEDODGER

Snaggles wrote: »

£25.95 a month still isn't bad! You have inspired me to declutter my breadbin this morning...lol!! (Sounds weird, but there was everything in there apart from bread, it had become one of those secret dumping grounds that most houses have!).

i have one of those too......

mine is a drawer in the kitchen where everything that doesnt have a home goes lol

Jacks_xxx

Ugh! The kitchen drawer! tell me about it! :rolleyes:

Love Jacks xxx

JAMIEDODGER

jus got off the fone with a friend and we have sorted a shopping girlie day and lunch on friday to celebrate the return of the cherubs where they rightly belong ie, school.:D

this is a usual occurance during termtime as most of us are single parents and dont get much chance to get out in the evenings.

the lunch is not a problem....will be paid for out of my £10 per week personal allowance (just like the kids pocket money lol)

the shopping however could be.

being now debt free i dont like to deny myself something if i really really have to have it, but as i am now trying to become as rich and clutter free as possible:D i dont want to return friday afternoon with a load more crap and an empty purse!

however, in the spirit of the girlie friday thingy, i am going to take some money and only buy what i already have on my most wanted/needed list and nothing more, (i will of course be indulging in loads of window shopping and trying on of clothes:D)

on my list:

a brown v neck long sleeved jumper
a brown long cardigan
a pair of winter boots go on guess what colour.....?

thats basically my list of clothes needed to last me through the autumn/winter/spring!

i love the whole capsule wardrobe thing and it really does work!!!

now i have a voucher out of glamour magazine for 20% off at H&M only this friday, and blow me down with a feather (brown obviously) if they havent gone and just opened a brand new H&M in chichester only last week!!!!

now my plegde for this is IF i come back with any of the items on the above list....i will ebay 2 books for each item from my precious book shelf!

this money will come from my yearly clothing and shoes budget. what i manage to save with the 20% off voucher will go in my PMS pot and any sales i make on ebay selling 'the crap' will go towards my olympic challenge.

CharliesAngel

good luck on your quest! Here's to being clutter free... :beer:

lynzpower

JAMIEDODGER wrote: »

cheers pap.that was exactly my motivation behind downloading music instead of buying it less money, less clutter and quidco into the bargain

get them from the library and copy them to the PC well cheaper, its 40p a week at my library

Sorry if this has already been suggested.

You can play them off the PC too as you know - dont buy blanks unless you NEED them - shocking for the environment

JAMIEDODGER

lynzpower wrote: »

get them from the library and copy them to the PC well cheaper, its 40p a week at my library

Sorry if this has already been suggested.

You can play them off the PC too as you know - dont buy blanks unless you NEED them - shocking for the environment

our library has a rubbish selection of cd's so i would have to request from another library....40p a request, but still, miles miles cheaper! hadnt been metioned yet...

thanks lynz:D

JAMIEDODGER

yuk, thought i was gonna get away with a NSD today, had to pop to shop to buy missing ingredients for my soup i had planned for my lunches this week, and also my kids had drunk nearly all the milk, i am not a very nice person when forced to go with out a cup of tea! picked up crisps for lunches while there as i was going to get them from lidl, but they were BOGOF in the co op:)

£5.03 to add to the list for Food, just off to update spendingdiary.com