Ready to do it all over again ...

benbenandme

£4 withdrawn from another slots offer :beer:

benbenandme

£3.35 withdrawn from quidco :beer:

We've been to ds train club this afternoon, it was pleasant, he loved it, and best of all it's going to cost £3.75 for unlimited monthly usage :money:

We popped into Tesco and spent £3 on dog food and mashed potato for dinner tonight, then I needed petrol, topped up £15.46 and ended up with 2 x £2 coins in my change. This was after I paid for ds haircut (£11) with a £20 note and got 2 x £2 coins in my change there too. So in total this week I have had 6 £2 coins - probably more than I've had in the last 6 months They are off to the £2 pot, I am going to struggle to stick to the budget until payday but I'm determined to try my best!

pixiechick99

I have complete faith you will sail through to the end of the month (and maybe pop another £2 coin in the pot on the way:rotfl:)

pixiechick99

benbenandme wrote: »

We popped into Tesco and spent £3 on dog food and mashed potato for dinner tonight,

Remind me never to come to your house for my dinner:eek:

benbenandme

:rotfl::rotfl: Maybe I need to learn to punctuate

So, the spending plan is getting hit again ... ds is off to his Nannas today, only his **?!* of a father 'didn't realise' he was getting his train ticket - he gets free tickets through work, but needs to order them at least the day before. Ds announced this morning that he hadn't sent him the code for it, so I text him and he said he didn't know he was meant to get one ... I pointed out I had text him 3 times asking him to do so ... anyway, after much to-ing and fro-ing he's agreed to pay halves, so that's £17 I need to cough up this morning for ds train fare :cool: I could've said he wasn't going but that would be unfair on his Nanna.

benbenandme

So ds is on his train and I get 3.5 days of peace and quiet, it is sooo needed I love him to bits but I am utterly exhausted with it all at the moment so am very glad of a break.

The train ticket was £17 in total, not £34, as he is a child, but he then wanted some money for a snack on the way, so more money disappeared I have a total of £6 left until payday on tuesday This has been a real eye-opener as I feel like I've hardly spent anything this week - in fact it has gone mainly on train ticket (£17) petrol (£15), £2 coin pot (14), a few bits of food (£12), haircut for ds (£11), lunch/spends (£15). Hardly living the dream is it :cool:

£6 clearly won't last me until tuesday, well I probably could force it to but seeing as I have an unprecedented 3 day break I don't want to live like a complete hermit. I am seeing a friend today, we may go for lunch or may just potter around town for a bit. I will be careful and not go mad but wll buy something if I need to

My plans for the next few days are:

• Relax
• Weed front garden
• Get up to date with housework
• Clear paperwork pile
• See my friend
• Take Mum to buy a lawnmower
• Have an uninterrupted footie day on saturday
• Lie-ins
• Eat meals from the freezer

I'm looking forward to being able to play my music (and not be drowned out by ds' music), to not being on edge 24/7 waiting for ds to kickoff about the smallest thing

beanielou

Enjoy your break.

benbenandme

My friend and I went shopping yesterday then out for dinner at the pub with her other half in the evening. It was a lovely chance to relax a bit

I spent £2 car park, £4 xmas decorations , £15 xmas presents (from xmas fund) and £25 on dinner. so in total I've overspent by £25 this month so far. I will try and be good for the rest of the month but realistically there will be a bit more to be spent.

Today I have a long to do list - just bits and pieces really but bits I want to get done. I woke up at 6.45, a bit later than usual but not as long a lie-in as I would have liked

Betterthanever

Don't beat yourself up over the spends - you're not exactly going mad, and it is difficult to stick to our self imposed budgets all the time.


Enjoy your few days to yourself!

benbenandme

Nope you're right, I know I needed that dinner out last night, it was lovely to have a normal evening with friends and was worth every penny to me

I've joined Circle this morning using your code Betterthan, thank you, £5 added to my holiday fund I've also hit my Swagbucks target for today already too so I don't need to spend hours trying to find random videos to watch etc to reach my goal :rotfl: