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  • beanielou
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    teafor2 wrote: »
    Aww that's lovely. Do you live close to each other or was Milann in your neck of the woods. xx

    We are in different countries and she was having a wee break near to me :) xx
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  • teafor2
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    beanielou wrote: »
    We are in different countries and she was having a wee break near to me :) xx

    I've met my internet friends when they've been visiting for the day near our van. It's nice to put a face to a name isn't it. xx
  • teafor2
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    Morning :)

    Day 6/31, Prolific £3.82 cleared, Spends £0

    Had a fab day with DD yesterday and the show was brilliant if a little close to the bone.:p Total spent on travel, lunch and cocktails = ALL my spends plus £12 of the savings. Worth every penny though.

    I picked up a gift I’d ordered while in town so Christmas pot is now at £105 and charity pot is at £41. I’ve got a little notebook on the go to keep track of purchases from these pots which will be easier than writing everything down on here, but I'll do a monthly round up.

    Quiet day in today so no spending, which is just as well. Looking forward to ‘pay day’ on Monday. :D

    Hope you all have a lovely day. xx
  • beanielou
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    Glad that you had a lovely day yesterday with your DD. ��. Xx
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  • kimplus8
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    The best advice I can give is budget budget budget.
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  • beanielou
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    kimplus8 wrote: »
    The best advice I can give is budget budget budget.

    I think tea is fantastic at budgeting.
    Have you read her diary?
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  • LABMUM
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    Glad you had a lovely time. Love hearing your pots.
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  • teafor2
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    kimplus8 wrote: »
    The best advice I can give is budget budget budget.

    Totally agree Kim :) I budget for everything so even a big spend is already saved for. xx
    beanielou wrote: »
    I think tea is fantastic at budgeting.
    Have you read her diary?

    Thanks Beanie :) I'm not sure if Kim is talking about something specific I've mentioned but I think I'm pretty good at budgeting as well ;) xx
    LABMUM wrote: »
    Glad you had a lovely time. Love hearing your pots.

    Thanks LABMUM, the whole day was brilliant apart from getting a blister from all the walking I did :o xx
  • HairyHandofDartmoor
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    I'm glad you enjoyed the show TF2, it sounds very glamorous with the lunch and cocktails :).

    You're doing so well to have bought some Christmas presents already! Still at least I have a Christmas pot which is a first, even if there isn't much in it yet.
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    CHRISTMAS SAVINGS = £0/£500. SEF = £1,400/£12,000 PREMIUM BONDS ME = £350. PREMIUM BONDS DH = £300.
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  • teafor2
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    HairyHandofDartmoor wrote: »
    I'm glad you enjoyed the show TF2, it sounds very glamorous with the lunch and cocktails :).

    You're doing so well to have bought some Christmas presents already! Still at least I have a Christmas pot which is a first, even if there isn't much in it yet.

    Thanks HHD, we had a lovely time. It's probably not as glamourous as you imagine tbh. DD is an avid bargain hunter especially where food and drink is concerned and she took me to a place where the cocktails were pretty cheap but they still hit the spot. ;) We certainly weren't sat in a posh hotel lunching like ladies :rotfl:

    It's great having the Christmas pot, it means if I see something I've got the money there already to buy it. Think I'll be taking a bit more out this week for a couple of books. At this rate I'll have Christmas done and dusted before I've got DS's new uniform sorted. :D xx
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