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When things hit rock bottom the only answer is to fight the way back up...

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  • That's great HI. Why do you want to change to 4 weekly rather than weekly?
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  • Kids in bed, uniforms ironed, kitchen cleaned and I'm just going to have a cuppa and sit down before doing the floors and heading to shower and bed myself!

    I wanted it 4 weekly to help budget :o
  • Okay I'm done! Everything completed on my list and a few more. Soup in the slow cooker over night so I can pack some up for lunch at work in the morning.

    Hope youngest day at school goes better tomorrow than yesterday! We will see, although I think the fact they aren't in today will just make it as bad as yesterday!

    I have done my shop for weekend to come Sunday night (We are away Fri-Sun) so don't need milk etc until Sun night 9-10pm, used my nectar points to pay and a voucher for £10 off. £12.50 to be paid.

    Got a few Amazon vouchers in today but still outstanding some.

    Today was a NSD.

    Nothing much else to report, I think the money side of things will be really quiet now until 18th October! and my other witterings are just boring :o
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    Not boring! Never! It's great that you all had such a good day today, and do organised for tomorrow! Hats off to you!
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  • I'm trying to plan so I don't spend/pick at unhealthy stuff.

    So soup from home made from the sorry looking fridge finds is the plan :o :rotfl:

    Plus the extra walking and being on my feet 5 hours in a hot kitchen hopefully helps :o
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    Glad your first day at work went well :) I live on home-made soup for work lunches, make a big batch on Sunday to last all week.
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  • So glad you had a good day and much admiration for getting all the jobs done at home as well!
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    Wow super well done hidden, doing s dsy at work, sorting small ones for school, cooking a healthy dinner, washing, ironing, and making soup and cleaning floors, I am a little bit in awe, my work days are my excuse to do absolutely nothing else, as I tell myself I just don't have time! I did actually clean up today though, I thought of you actually, and how much you achieve in a day and I actually cleaned my bathrooms, hallway and outside the front! I hope ou get some good sleep. X
  • Small ones in school :) Youngest full on protesting still :( Makes me feel so bad :o I want to cry :o

    Just having a cuppa and deciding what to chuck in the slow cooker for dinner and waiting for the washer to finish so I can swap it over before leaving for work.

    Hope everyone has a good day x
  • She WILL get past this point and you are doing the right thing by sending her HI - promise!

    Pleased to hear that your first day at work went well too - and god plan to switch the tax credits to 4 weekly if you think this will help you with budgeting too. It's really all coming together isn't it!
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