Chica's gonna get a house! (hopefully)...

ChicaBonita

Today has been fairly productive - cleaned (and hoovered) my ever-so-dirty car, can't believe I let it get that bad. Did some yoga, and finished a novel that's taken me all week. My bf got me a jokey present of yoga socks for my bday, actually they performed quite well. They have toe holes though (like gloves but for feet!) and I have short toes so it looks like I have no toes in them :rotfl: Nice and grippy though. Will be going over the the bf's soon and have a lazy night with fajitas and chocolate. Bliss.

Not spent anything today so will be NSD 2, and tomorrow I shouldn't need to either. Will be giving bf a lift to his referee course, and going on a run. He got me a brand spanking new running watch, so desperate to try it out! Will be much better than struggling with my mobile phone to see my time/splits.

Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend in the sun

ChicaBonita

Was up bright and early today to take my bf to his referee course. Was going to run today, but my ibs is really playing up - does it every weekend. Think I may need to to go to the docs, I think it's stress related in that it builds up during the week and then when I relax on the weekend it all gets released and goes to my stomach. I've heard of people being referred to get CBT on the NHS to control the symptoms, as I think it is mainly stress related rather than food. My docs are a bit weird though so they might laugh me out the door! It does mess up my weekends though and often means I have to skip runs/exercise...I know it's that because on a Saturday morning *bang* my symptoms are horrendous.

Got a load of washing on, need to do some tidying/organising and then maybe some reading. I don't know why the weekend goes so quickly

ChicaBonita

I've also decided I'm going to look into acupuncture - spent all day in bed with a painful stomach, ruined my weekend as usual. My boss has been to one on the same industrial estate that I work on, so I'm going to start there. Need to get a handle on this because it's making me miserable

All I managed today was washing and remaking my bed - not a very successful day.

ChicaBonita

I'm going to try and take a different approach this week, and note out what I "have" to spend, and then go from there - so....
Today - Tesco for work food - £10 max; petrol for car - £30

Forgot my chicken had gone off in the work fridge so £3.25 work lunch, £6.66 in Tesco and £29.80 petrol
Tuesday - eyebrows - £25
Paid £25 for eyebrows
Wednesday - probably tesco again as will be eating at the bf's and it's my turn to buy the ingredients - £10
£14 spent :eek:
Thursday - should be NSD
Fail - got a bottle of wine from the corner shop £5
Friday - should be NSD
Fail again - £14.35 in Tesco
Saturday - hair appointment - £47; parking - £2.50 (this is assuming I don't go anywhere else of get lunch in town! MUST.BE.GOOD); double date, will be bus fare, drinks, and then possibly bus/uber back depending on how late - will budget £30
£47 @ hairdressers and £19 :@Primark, £3 @ Greggs
Sunday - (completey forgot Sunday!) Should be NSD

Total for week - £154.50

Actual total - £167.06

Ouchy. Looks worse as I have the only two beauty treatments I get done in the same week. Non-negotiable are the eyebrows, hair and petrol (need this for work!) so there's room in the tesco trips and night out. The trip to town is dangerous as I always end up meeting the bf and we go for coffee :eek: Let's see how I can do.

ETA - Friday was NSD 2, Saturday NSD 3 , Sunday NSD 4

ChicaBonita

Work is ridiculously boring - feel like my brain is melting

Withdrew the money I had sitting in PA- very slow there atm so rather than waiting thought I'd just take it now, and wait until it picks up again in September to get back on it.

That's £9.65 added to the house fund, sig updated.

Getting my eyebrows done in an hour, so tempted to get wine on the way home but MUST. RESIST

ChicaBonita

Had an eb@y sale last night, only just noticed when checking the address this morning that it's going to NI....wonder if that's going to cost me more in postage? Will see when I get to the PO I suppose.

Anyway, weird how I got that sale after I'd all but given up on it. Perhaps this a sign to keep going....? :think:

Resisted temptation to get a bottle of wine on the way home from getting my eyebrows done last night....just nabbed a can of beer from the fridge instead :rotfl:

ChicaBonita

Packed and posted the shirt. Got sent as a large letter so saved on postage. Woo!

As there is a coop next door thought I'd buy the groceries for tonight's dinner there. Also had no lunch for work as the chicken I had bought on Monday had gone off within a day!!!! so my budget was £10 but in actuality spent £14, with the ingredients for dinner, lunch and cat treats as I was out. oh well, dinner was delicious and I have left overs for tomorrow :money:

ChicaBonita

I've opened yet another savings account - this time for beauty stuff. I know when I'm going to have treatments (eyebrows every month, hair normally every 8 weeks) so if I put money aside each month it won't feel like such a drain on my normal spending money every time they come round.

ChicaBonita

My bf's best friend at work has bought a 2 bed flat literally round the corner from my bf's parents' house - £310k. Eek. I think we knew we wouldn't be able to afford round here, but that's definitely out of our budget. It's not even that close to the station either, it's a good 25 minute walk, and I don't think it has a garden or anything.

Depresses me to think we are completely priced out of our own area

ChicaBonita

Went for a run with the bf - feel so unfit had to make him walk halfway through! Need to get back on it. Used my fancy running watch that I got for my bday though - so much better than using my phone.

Was naughty and walked to the shop and got a bottle of wine But it is going down so well I'm not sure I can beat myself up about it!