2018 Benbenandme's Next Battle

benbenandme

£31 profit from a matched bet tonight, not been too bad a day today :beer:

beanielou

Good day then

benbenandme

£6 interest, moved into 2018 fund.

benbenandme

So this morning I have sat down and checked the bank accounts situation. They are looking healthier than I expected, this month I seem to be doing quite well, although we were away for a week so no food / petrol spends that week and this week ds is away and I have been mainly using up stuff from the cupboards. I am planning a big shop before he returns as the cupboards are pretty bare now

I seem to have £663 left to last me the rest of the month (food / petrol / spends), which is much better than normal, but I do need to buy school uniform out of that, although ds doesn't need so much these days - shoes (£30 ish now we're done with Clarks), shirts (£15), trousers (£15 - one pair as he had a new pair fairly recently), jumper (£25 - I have a spare secondhand one but he needs one new one), then pencil case stuff / bag (£25), so roughly £110 for everything.

That still leaves me with £553 for the next couple of weeks, I have half a tank of petrol in the car and no major expenses that I can think of, so potentially I could have some left over at the end of the month which would be the first time in living memory :rotfl:

*If* I do have leftovers I will either put it away towards Christmas or pay some back to the household fund to cover the cost of the cards stock I've bought.

benbenandme

£5 withdrawn from GTM surveys :beer:

beanielou

Figures looking just fab :j

benbenandme

My ex-MIL sent me £50 today to put towards ds school uniform :T :T She always helps out with this and it's much appreciated

Today i caught up with a friend I haven't seen for ages. I'm recognising my anxiety is kicking in again, I think it's partly because we'll be going back to school fairly soon. I'm dreading it, but I need to stay there to get ds through the last academic year of school, then I can look elsewhere. Several things are causing it; stress of going back to work, Mums health is not good and she's barely eaten this week, worrying about ds and his future after year 11, worrying about paying the bills after year 11 .... I am trying to be mindful :cool: and slow my breathing / focus on the here and now but it's hard. Most of the time I'm okay and I love being single, but sometimes I just want someone to give me a hug and look after me

benbenandme

Feeling quite a bit better this morning, amazing what difference a good nights sleep makes

This morning I have stripped ds bed, hung out the first load of washing, brought everything downstairs that shouldn't have been upstairs and taken everything upstairs that shouldn't have been downstairs , opened all the windows wide and tidied ds bedroom ready for a mammoth clean later.

Currently I don't have any plans for today, I do need to go to the bank so may schedule that in for today, other than that I may potter around in the garden mainly.

benbenandme

I ended up tidying the garden up and cutting things back and took 5 Ikea blue bags of garden waste to the tip.

I also delivered my first order of cards to a customer today and got paid (£16) which was nice

I've done some matched betting, I need to wait for tonights game to finish then I can put on the free bets and hopefully later this evening I can update on my profits. Other than that I have pottered about and managed not to spend any money today I've had a text to say my Christmas brochures have been dispatched and will be with me on Monday :j :j

benbenandme

£31.50 profit from the first matched bet, I will do the second one later on today :beer: