Emzmom fresh start

Emzmom88

Oh dear its been another few weeks and i havent been on my i have been so busy with many things had some bad news about ohs job it may be at risk we should (hopefully) know by the end of next week thankfully hes spoke with his old boss and there will be a job waiting the next day if he wants it,its less money more hours and wuite rubbish but its a job...thankfully when me and oh have left jobs its always been on good terms so we have both been told we can always go back. It still doesn't make it any easier. We havent really got many presents atm defo a cheap and cheerful year this year we sold some bits and got around £100 for dds bike i get paid friday and have the day off i have around £100 to put towards some more bits so me and oh are going to have a shopping morning the weekend and see what we can get!!

This week's plans:
•do a meal plan tonite and shopping list for tomorrow back to @ldi shopping i actually think i prefer it to l!dl now
•i am busy all weekend and hopefully maybe £1 to spend i have £4 in my purse and leaving my cards at home as starting to spend on those again on nothing worth having
•after my bereavement earlier this year i started smoking again this NEEDS to stop this week as its £30 a week and thats just disgusting amount and habbit to have!!
•i have another pile of clothes for my friend of she doesnt have them il take them to the CS as i am not keeping chasing someone for free things (feel bad as I know she has stuff on atm but its been nearly 4 weeks)
•fill in some forms for dd and for me and get them send off
• get some xmas cards and write them out and send them (even if i start with work and move up to family ones closer to the time)

Thats all for now i am ho

Emzmom88

...i am hoping to post at least every other day but life isnt too interesting but i am going to try and focus now on becomming debt free asap!!

Emzmom88

Mmmmm didnt do meal plan but i stocked up i did spend £40 over budget but got a good stock of everything and hopefully nexts weeks shouldnt be too bad

Managed to get some charges refunded so that paid for a lot of new clothes in the Matalan sale for us all oh and dd desperately needed new clothes as dd is shooting up and oh has nothing decent so altho i feel bad it was needed

Spent £50 less than i budgeted on cmas presents but managed to get 2 more than i intended for our moms at half price i saved over £50 between the 2...this list is getting smaller and i managed to bag £13 in points too :j

Today i have spent £2 at dds club and £7.40 in mr T on some yorkies chocolate and bits for breakfast in the week i actually think i should be ok now for the rest of the week. Got given a chest freezer so want to do a big iceyland shop and fill it the end of next week!! Yes had friends over made tea stretch by adding more chips and garlic bread we drank some gin and had an evening of laughter with no money spent...not planned but really nice!! :money:

My plan for the next few days
•oh will clean my car (he offered)
• take clothes to CS as no mention from friend if she wants them
Today i did order some bits for xmas so they should be here this week so i want to sort my current things out
•sort all bedding out esp dds and see if i can give them to my sister...better cluttering up her cupboard than mine:rotfl:
•meals from stores this week i may make some hobnobs tomorrow if i get chance
•should hear about ohs job this week i an dreading it!!
•big payday tomorrow so a bit if reshuffling about
•will pay off £20 from dds main xmas present too this week
•write a list of xmas food we need and start picking bits up with the shopping but without buy 10 of the same things

Thats me for now will catch up again Tuesday hopefully

Emzmom88

Well i am trying just not getting anywhere, oh was notified last week his job is redundant....he gets a whole 3 weeks pay and hes finished :eek: just what we wanted this close to Christmas seriously feeling sorry for myself and oh, his family have been wonderful...mine not a word i think they think i will ask for help but i am too proud for that when they have acted that way!!

Anyway thats my moan for today, need to stop spending spent £3.20 on bits for work for the rest of the week tomorrow and Wednesday should be nsds hopefully.

This weeks plans:
• spend as little as possible
• all meals from stores, tomorrow a slow cooker meal as dd has a club
• turn off all plugs and keep energy usage down
•take clothes to cs still not done this but i have had a lot on
•i want to write xmas cards tonight as i do enjoy it once its done
•put xmas bedding on the beds

Thats a little list but hopefully i can crack it by tomorrow :money:

Emzmom88

Well this week has been long and hard,oh has officially finished work he started looking for jobs hes got one starting monday...not idea tubbish money but uts something for over xmas. MIL took me to pick dds xmas presents today and i picked ours (i hate picking anything for myself as i always go for the cheapest so i dont seem cheeky) she and oh overrulled me and those chose something that is beautiful but a lot more than i would pay (but again i dont like spending like that) if it was for dd i would have spent it instantly...i think im more of a gift giver ans struggle with receiving gifts (issues from growing up i think) i did buy myself 2 ornaments for the house i love them and tbh they were quite cheap for the 2 (£18.50 for both) and some new matching drinking glasses i can cope with that spending as we needed it as we no matching anything so i have started with glasses :rotfl: going to a friends tonight shes treating us to a take away and an evening of laughter and talking im really grateful after this week for real friends!!

Thats all my plans for this week
•i have done no feel shopping i think i should be able to cope until Monday got meals in just need sandwich bits for lunches and potatoes and i should be fine i think until next week so if i can keep it below £20 (already spent £8) in total thats £40 extra i will have towards dds main present :j
•try not to spend anything...this is a given but i am going to try
•all meals from stores
•get on top of washing...its endless atm :eek:

I shall see what else i can do

Emzmom88

Well i am starting to feel really deflated with everything atm,oh is in his new job (just temp work) the money wont cover his part of the bills so going to have to get creative i think!! How i dont know!!

Shopping done for the week and hopefully for xmas week (all we should need is fresh veg and a nice desert) the only thing i need to get is washing powder and i should be done!! Need to pay for dds xmas present and buy her some more bits as she hardly has anything off us (or at all for that matter) and need some wrapping paper although i may have some for other people in my cupboard that has everything in it!! Still havent done xmas cards i am defo sending my dads tomorrow. Spent £16 in Wilko today but tbf everything was reduced and needed i.e drain unlocked,cleaning products rabbit stuff so not too bad really!!

I have been reading through other peoples diarys its given me some inspiration and altho i still have bucket loads of debt this time last year i was barely coping i didnt sleep and i was just at the end of a very long cycle...my credit rating may be shot and i am struggling but nothing compared to last year when i was robbing peter to pay paul so to speak i am wondering and dreaming at where i will be in another 12 months!!

Anyway off to drown my sorrows in tea and biscuits i think

Emzmom88

Still feeling down....had words with OH i said some things i didnt mean out of nastiness (not like me) i think its all just getting too much for me and i need a break or at least something nice to happen to us. So we are not really talking much we went out this evening (tickets already paid for) we spent £30 on drinks (it was so cold) sweets and goodies and the fair for dd it was expensive but a nice night overall despite the not being the friendliest!!i hadnt spent anything all day despite getting the itchy feeling like i needed to.

Tomorrows plan
•roast dinner (i have everything in)
•i do need to buy some gift tags (1.50 budgeted) and a card for oh for xmas
•need to make a project tomorrow afternoon with dd
•post neighbours xmas cards and a relatives card in the post (already got the stamp so no cost)
•if i get chance i will make a start on familys wrapping before i start on dds this week

I hope i can get out of this miserable funk but i am really worried about money and how we are going to cope esp as oh has had such a pay drop and not sure of he will get another job in his sector (very niche)

I am going to start using my recipe apps back on yougov and try and get us a bit of something for January

Emzmom88

Well Christmas has been and gone and we all had a lovely time,dd had the best time and so many presents we did cut back on usual but we used lots of vouchers and points so really she probably had as much as usual but without the big cost me and oh have been more careful!!

Had 2 nsds mainly because i havent gone near a shop but tbh its not stopped me before with online shopping so quite pleased with myself :money: bill day tomorrow so my bank will be looking very sorry for itself but on the plus side we have the money for this months bills we just need to focus on January as it will be hard with ohs wages cut right back due to temp work hes still looking for something better paid tho just hope it comes along soon!!

Plans for the rest of this week:
•just me and dd tomorrow as oh at work i have got some free cinema tickets so may take her to the movies and just grab some popcorn from shop we have plenty of sweets to take with us or find something else to do but no ideas and shes not fussed!!
•keep tomorrow a lsd need fresh bread and polish and thats about it not sure on tea yet maybe turkey and chips and get rid of the last of the turkey!!:rotfl:
• try and keep on top of the housework as it always seems to get away from me
• got no other real plans with my time but defo want to do something nice and cheap with dd to make the most of my time with her

I also joined the 1% thread with some interesting ideas going to explore more tomorrow

Xx

Emzmom88

Well ive been good and bad......took dd to a cheap day out and broke my tooth had to see an emergency dentist then going again this week for it to be fixed so approx £100 with medication i think it will cost so not great oh paid for our day out so that cost me nothing except the resulting dentist :mad: dont need much food just brought something nice for tea tomorrow as dd has a friend over and some fresh veg tonight will be a quick spag bol got everything in for that so i did only spend £5 on food today and treated myself to a hot chocolate and dd a donut whilst we were out £4 still not massive amounts!! Will try and only spend £1 for dds club and nothing else until the dentist except maybe a loaf of bread!!

Thats all so far going to crack on with tea and loading the washer for the billionth time this week :rotfl:

Emzmom88

House blitzed and all nice and clean,dd has her friend stay so they have been playing lovely whilst i did what i needed too!! Got tea in SC and going to get a nice desert out the freezer for afterwards. OH brought is a takeaway yest as dds friend was here as a treat not planning on leaving the house today so should be a NSD. Tooth still hurting but the damage in total was £102 so any money i was going to use to pay off debts has gone but its not increased my debt which is a bonus :j

I have quite a lot in my freezer so i dont think i need much this week may do a click and collect order for the fresh bits to save any unexpected spending on stuff i dont need.

Right time for a cuppa and chill x