“Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”

WannabeFree

So DS and DD said Panto was okay but not amazing. They said some of the children kept getting up and generally messing and made it hard to concentrate on what was happening. This has made DS be in a right mood this evening. The joys.

Youngest had a fab Xmas party at school. Even after an incident this morning so I had to leave her in tears! Boo. I really hope the school get a new principal found quickly and order is restored. Or I'm really considering transferring them elsewhere.

Not much in other news.
Popped into Lidl spent £3.48.. (milk, juice, eggs, sweets )
Money just seems to be slipping out at a scary rate!

No more snow, although the snow we had is just all ice now! The main road isn't too bad though.

Tomorrow we have youngest's Nativity. £2 needed for a ticket. I'm sure I have something else on tomorrow but I can't remember

WannabeFree

HairyHandofDartmoor wrote: »

If you lived in a mansion Wannabee you could probably afford to pay a painter to do all of your painting :rotfl:.

Oh I can dream :rotfl:

WannabeFree

December goals

Money
£135 to Council Tax - £0/£135
£60 Rent - £15/£60
£80 Groceries - £9/£80

Extra income (Waiting for)
Populuslive £50 Cheque
Panelbase £20 Bank

Plans
[STRIKE]1st - Non Uniform £2[/STRIKE] Done £3
[STRIKE]7th - Youngest dress as a character for calendar pictures [/STRIKE] - She refuses to dress up.
[STRIKE]8th - Smalls Xmas dinner £5[/STRIKE] Paid
[STRIKE]11th - School Panto trip £42 Paid[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]11th - Youngest Xmas party - Need cocktail sausages and cake[/STRIKE]
12th - Youngest Nativity 10.30am
13th - Xmas Fayre & Santa Express Train
13th - School Santa £18
14th - Christmas roadshow
14th - Youngest School Santa £9
15th - Xmas jumper day £3
18th - DS Xmas Production
19th - DD Xmas Production
22nd - Last day of term

[STRIKE]Youngest appointments x 8[/STRIKE] Done Need to sort the ones for next week now
[STRIKE]Make and keep my own appointments [/STRIKE] Will focus more on this after Xmas.
Decorate Living room - Wallpaper to go up
Decorate Kitchen - Wallpaper to go up
Decorate Hallway - Wallpaper to go up
[STRIKE]Decorate Stairs[/STRIKE] - Done
Decorate Landing - Doors need finishing
[STRIKE]School Xmas cards[/STRIKE] Done and sent
Finish Xmas shopping
[STRIKE]Xmas tree[/STRIKE] - Coming Wednesday
[STRIKE]Xmas cards[/STRIKE] - Posted

List of things I need to sort in December
DD's clothes - just tights
Youngest - leggings and socks
[STRIKE]Xmas tree[/STRIKE] - £25
Xmas gifts
[STRIKE]Xmas cards[/STRIKE] - More expensive than it should have been
Buy a Kettle
Buy Mugs
Buy 2 photo frames
Buy storage boxes for toy cupboard
£10 for DS to buy his sisters a gift.
£10 for DD to buy DS and DD a gift
£10 for Youngest to buy DS and DD a gift.

Unbudgeted spends
£35 DIY store
£2.50 Coffee
£1.50 Sweets
£33 Xmas gifts

WannabeFree

Activity a day

1st - Paint Xmas pictures - Done Amazing fun
2nd - Make Xmas decorations - Glitter everywhere! Done
3rd - Xmas movie & popcorn - Done
[STRIKE]4th - Make Xmas cards[/STRIKE] Swapped to 5th all done and drying
[STRIKE]5th - Read Xmas stories (busy with appointments needed something quick) [/STRIKE] Did on the 4th
6th - Finish Xmas cards/envelopes - Done
7th - Winter walk & post cards - Done

8th - [STRIKE]Make photo frames for gifts[/STRIKE] - Done, waiting for tree to be done to get an Xmas pic
9th - [STRIKE]Donate Xmas treats to food bank & Ice skating[/STRIKE] No ice skating, have taken treat things to food bank
[STRIKE]10th - Decorate gingerbread house [/STRIKE] -
Will make it smaller next year and do one each.
[STRIKE]11th - Make tree decorations[/STRIKE] - Done hanging to dry
12th - Visit nursing home with cards and things
13th - Make Xmas cookies
14th - Make a snowman (Craft items not snow hopefully :rotfl:)

15th - Christmas tree day
16th - Wrap gifts smalls got for each other
17th - Do Christmas photos and finish making gifts with them
18th - Make sweet cones, snowman soup and reindeer food (Xmas themed)
19th - Make a snowglobe
20th - Donate list items to Foodbank
21st - Read an Xmas story with puppets

22nd - Make fudge/cakes and treats for gifts
23rd - Deliver gifts and cards and things to everyone
24th - Make Santa plate and food, hang stockings, Xmas movie with snowman soup and sweet things.

Honeysucklelou2

I agree with the comments about teachers' presents. The sentiment and thought is much appreciated but never expected. The most precious gift I have received as a teacher was a still life picture drawn by a child in my class and given to me at the end of term. Twenty years on I still have that picture and often wonder how that child is getting on now.

UncannyScot

Morning

Have a lovely day
(((((HUGS)))))
:A

[Deleted User]

Morning Wannabe,

Hope you're ok? Have a lovely day and keep warm xx

WannabeFree

Morning,

Busy morning here. Smalls to school and youngest nativity. Then took youngest straight onto an appointment where we didn't get the news we wants. So a rubbish day so far really.

Anyway to take our minds of that we are sat enjoying hot drinks, well hers is warm and she has a gingerbread.

So definitely not a NSD. Although least of my worries.

Hope everyone has a good day x

Cherryfudge

Oh no to the rubbish day. Come and chat to us over here if needed: support and maybe advice seem to spill over on this board.

Meanwhile hot drinks and gingerbread are the order of the day... yummy!

[Deleted User]

Sorry the news wasn't the one you expected

Definitely a hot drink and gingerbread kind of day xx