Best put on my big girl pants! my saving for a deposit diary

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I have work later.
I've tided the house so I'm going to make a cuppa take some painkillers amd have a bath
Tomorrow I need to get middle child in to the doctors again for another ear infection.

NSD Today. Yesterday was just a small spend on milk

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doctors done... more antibiotics for little man

£20 spent yesterday.

myself and oh are off out tonight for a rare date night. cinema and food. should be nice and to be honest its long over due and very much needed

day off today and tomorrow

i need to sort my emails and register for my dementia training course. also need to sort out with my tutor about my diploma . its going to be a busy few months doing both the courses and working but will be worth it .

off to do the rest of the housework . ive also chased ds2 pediatrician secretary as he was due an appointment in February and we still haven't heard anything about his next appointment .

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Guess who's employer has told my pension provider I'm no longer working for them... That would be mine. I worked there yesterday I'm back in the weekend. I wasn't aware that I'd been sacked. Because so far I haven't been sacked. and I haven't been told to leave or that they plan on sacking me so I guess he's told them that to get out of paying.... Or maybe he will be sacking me... We will see. Fed up with working under him..plan to get my.diploma and leave but not until I've fort for my pension contributions off him :money:

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13/04/18
loan stands at £7800 once this month dd has gone out

savings stand at £4000

conversation got onto the subject of marriage last night. we both agreed we would love to have a simple stripped back wedding. but oh was worried about what people would say. me i couldn't care less what people think, but its looking like we may get married before youngest starts school which would be nice. we also talked about possibly another baby , again it wouldn't be for a few years, if i am going to apply to do nursing id like to do that first. its looking like the year we turn 30 or thereabouts could be a busy year !

on the spend front we spent £9 in nandos and £3 at the cinema thanks to vouchers we had for xmas for nandoes and free cinema tickets .. film was great . food was good. and we gave the nearly full tub of popcorn we had left to two homeless people sleeping on the street .. they were so so thankful i was crying as we walked away from them .. i can't even begin to imagine what it must be like for them ...

anyway 2nd load of washing is on, middle childs bed has been stripped . kitchen is tidy lounge is tidy,,, (thats what happens when my ex mil comes over to babysit the kids) win win !!

all the kids have had breakfast

i keep thinking about getting a better table for our kitchen but partner said the one we have is better here as its a small kitchen and folds down when we dont need to use it and when we put both sides up all 4 of us can fit round it and baby goes in her highchair,... its old virtually retro it was my nanas and i think its just because it doesnt look very nice is why i keep wanting to buy a new one. but practicality wise we wouldn't get better than the one we have.

off to find something to do... think it looks like a few hours playing with the kids .. happy days

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bathroom been deep cleaned

going to list some stuff on fb for sale. only a few items but if they sell ill put the money in the house box

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off to a!di to do a food shop. Im armed with a list! And aim to stick to it. Will use my phone to add it up as I go along to try and stick to budget.

Off we go will update when I get back

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oh I have spent the afternoon sorting the fridge. Pantry and drinks cupboard. It looks so organised!

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£87 spent in the last few days on food. Just finished a shift at work. Kitchen looks like a tornado has swept through it. I put dinner in the slow cooker before I left this morning. So everyone has been fed even though ibonly walked through the door half an hour ago.

I'm off too sort the house out then I'll have something to eat.

House and kids sorted for bed to start with then I'll see what energy I have for anything else

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Recieved the school admissions offer for ds2. So accepted his place. I think we have a meeting with them and his sen nursery next month.
I'm 4lb off my target weight (gained 12lb so far.)

As of Sept eldest will be going into year 5 at school and I hoped to move before he started high school.
That doesn't seem that far away now!

We will see. We are heading in the right direction at least

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so I've just worked out since having my loan 5 months ago. I should of paid off £980 . I've actually paid off £3300.

Our savings are still at £4000

Oh Is going to help me tomorrow link my spread sheet to my phone.

Yesterday I filled my tank so that was just under £50 in fuel.
Today I brought tobacco and filters. I need to sort out my vape to help me cut back down.
Tomorrow I have a scan on my womb ovaries and bladder

I'm not sure if I have already updated but my smear and blood tests all came back normal.
One major issue I'm having at the moment is my bladder if the scan is clear I'll be put on medication for overactive bladder. I also need to try and source some help regarding my pain. I'd like to try that needle thing. I think that can be used for pain. As I'm going through quite a bad patch. I've also been referred to wheelchair services as I still have my paediatric wheel chair. So I'm in need of a new one. I wont qualify for an electric one though which will ultimately give me more independence as I can no longer push myself in a self propelled. So this is anothrt thing I'm going to have to look at buying in the future.

I'm feeling a little deflated at the whole money situation ATM. I'm not sure if we will get our savings back upto 5k by the end of the month. But I am still trying to be careful with money. I'm hoping if I can get my pain and muscles back under control I can increase my working hours towards the end of the year.
I need to ask my gp about trialling baclofen (sp) again. I also need to get into The doctors as I've ran out of tramadol. As I have been reliant on it everyday for the last 10 days. I only ever take this pain killer if I absolutely have to. It's my last resort.

I'm 25 and reliant on so much medicstion . Mainly pain relief this is something. I want to explore othet options and I'm going to be in pain fot the rest of my life and at 25 I'm still extreamly young. I don't want to be on morphine etc in ten years. Because what options does that leave me in my 40s 50s 60s etc.

On the upside we have only spent on essentials the last few days