2018 Benbenandme's Next Battle

benbenandme

Yesterday my bestie came round for the day and we sat with ds and had a good chat about everything. We took his phone and xbox and they are having a holiday at her house

I can switch off the internet but his phone has 4g / unlimited data so makes no difference. His Dad pays for his phone and is already not happy that I've taken it. I said he can have it at his house but my house my rules

Ds has been lovely since they've gone. Today we're going to Ikea for a mooch and meatballs, haven't been there for a while and fancy getting out for a bit. We're going on the train so ds is excited about that

Last night I decided to empty my £2 jar - I had been hoping for about £200 in it towards the holiday - anyway, when I added it up there was ..........


£504 :eek: :eek: :eek: :j :j :j

I'm so happy and so unexpected. The £200 is going towards the holiday, not sure about the rest yet, some may go in my brothers fund, some towards holiday spends, not sure yet

System

Wowzers! well done you. That's one heavy bag of £2 coins. Enjoy planning your spends xxx

benbenandme

We've been to the bank and paid it all in (£2's and the other coins), I had to pay it all in to ds account as they would only take 5 bags into an adults account, but unlimited into a childs However, when I got home and tried to transfer it back to my account I realised I switched my current account from that bank and can only transfer from a childs account into an adults with the same bank, so will have to withdraw the cash at some point instead :cool: Still, at least it's counted and banked :T

MeandO

I'm glad DS has been lovely. Perhaps, in a round about way, he was looking for a 'way out' of contacting this ex-friend and by taking the x-box and phone you've given it to him. Maybe you both need some good quality time together doing things too, enjoy the train and IKEA.

Great news about the £2 pot! How about you put the £200 towards the holiday, £150 towards your borther's pot and go and have fun or be spendy with the £150 left over? It's money you never knew you had and I think you need to treat yourself a bit at the moment. It will boost your spirits somewhat.

mummytogirls

Brilliant news on the £2 pot Benben thats brilliant. Maybe a little treat for yourself out of it too xx

System

MeandO wrote: »

I'm glad DS has been lovely. Perhaps, in a round about way, he was looking for a 'way out' of contacting this ex-friend and by taking the x-box and phone you've given it to him. Maybe you both need some good quality time together doing things too, enjoy the train and IKEA.

Great news about the £2 pot! How about you put the £200 towards the holiday, £150 towards your borther's pot and go and have fun or be spendy with the £150 left over? It's money you never knew you had and I think you need to treat yourself a bit at the moment. It will boost your spirits somewhat.

Excellent suggestion by MeandO

benbenandme

Today has gone well, we got the train and went to Ikea, I only spent £15 - not taking the car was definitely a good idea as I couldn't buy much as I had to carry it

For now I'm not going to spend the extra money from the £2 pot - I may treat myself to a new jar as clearly it works well to save them Other than that I will hang on to the money for now, it may be used as spending money on holiday - the cruise is all accounted for but any spends in ports isn't, so it may give us a bit of leeway for odd treats. Otherwise it may go towards some new holiday clothes etc. Either way it's just nice knowing there's a bit of spare unaccounted for cash

I had a text today from the company that are paying me for having stickers on my car. They want me to go into town on saturday, park the car for 4 hours in a central location and they will refund me the parking and pay me £40 :money: :money: The main reason I don't go into town very often is the stupid parking prices so if someone else wants to pay them for me then that's fab Ds desperately needs some new trainers, his are starting to fall apart (all he ever wears apart from school shows), so that money will cover them

benbenandme

I meant to say, I agree that treating ourselves right now would be a good idea but for me buying myself a new savings jar is a treat as it's something I wouldn't normally buy as it's not a necessity. Like I said before, knowing I have the rest of the money there in case I need it is also a treat for me

Drawingaline

Wow, that is good saving of £2's!

Sorry you were feeling down, being a parent is hard, and I have my hubby to help me (well I say help.....):rotfl:

Hope you perk up again soon.

And £15 in IKEA :eek: I dream of those sort of days :rotfl:

benbenandme

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