Keeping on the Straight and Narrow...

beanielou

Nearly in the £100’s 🎉

DancingInTheRain

Now in the £100's! Thanks to catching a few small surveys on Pro!ific over the last few days, cashed out today and £6 added to today's PAD.

It's been a long day today, I was wide awake at 530 so I got up and did a few little jobs before everyone woke up. Traffic was good for once on the school run meaning I was at work 20 minutes early, I decided to take advantage and have a quick 15 minute walk while the weather was dry. Was pleased I did as it helped keep me feeling energised and then once I got back to the office the weather turned awful. Work was quite hectic today and then when I finished I immediately had to pick the boys up and head straight to swimming, this is literally my first 5 minutes I've had to myself today, really struggling to keep my eyes open.

DH has had a similarly long day, he's been at a site 40 miles away and driving conditions were horrendous for him coming home which added an extra 45 minute to his commute so we're both feeling tired. At least if we're asleep early it will remove the temptation to put the heating on 😂

Today's PAD £8

Debt Total £2847 (BCard £197)

beanielou

🎉. 🎉. 🎉

ohdearhowdidthathappen

Yay to the number starting with 1!

Definitely heating weather 🥶

Dakota_Rose

Just catching up (in the middle of a sleepless night) and love that you’ve been buying then wrapping gifts in advance. That’s impressive!

Feel you on the non-stop days. We’ve had a week of busy work days with child duties added on. Roll on half term!

DancingInTheRain

Thanks all 🙂

Not getting too cocky about wrapping Xmas gifts, just getting those gifts for outside the house organised where possible as the boys haven't got a single idea of what they would like for Xmas so December may end up being a mad dash to sort them!

£10 voucher redeemed from Snapmy3ats today.

£2 PAD

Debt Total £2845 (BCard £195)

Off to see who gets murdered in plain sight 😂

ohdearhowdidthathappen

What did you think of the victim? Sad way to go 😂

DancingInTheRain

It was. I felt like a disappointing way for anyone to leave however, given their reactions to earlier innocent interactions perhaps it was karma? 😂

DancingInTheRain

Well that's been a weekend and a half thanks to storm Boelo! We were due to attend a Halloween themed event with the boys and our niece yesterday which would have involved a 250 mile round trip. The venue still went ahead with the event so, as we'd pre-booked our tickets,we lost our £75 entrance fee money but with the way the storm played out we'd have been in danger as it would have been in the peak of the storm, 3 of the roads we would have had to use had significant traffic incidents so it was the correct decision, although a bit disappointing. Our niece still spent the day with us and then stayed for a sleepover so the 3 kids have had fun building a den in DS1's room and gaming/watching films. DH and I have only seen them if they've needed fed and/or watered 😂

DH and I spent a chunk of time outside yesterday morning securing the trampoline and moving any lighter items into the shed. We also checked that both our Mums had supplies in and torches/candles, etc to hand in the event of a power cut. We've been out to assess the roof and the garden this morning and we seem to have escaped unscathed thank goodness as there's been a number of incidents in and around our town, including the neighbouring village being without power for much of today, so we've been very lucky. My place of work has an anemometer onsite and the wind speed hit 87mph through night, scary stuff.

As we've been in the house most of the weekend we've just enjoyed a slower pace and relaxed. The slow cooker has earned it's keep this weekend, we made a curry in it yesterday and have a beef stew in it today.

Still no sign of the bank switich incentive, will follow that up later this week once the deadline has passed. The missing V parcels are still missing. I've been in touch with my buyer this morning to guide her through contacting V to report that item as lost so that we can both get refunds sorted. There's been a lot of AI surveys on Pro!ific today and I've cashed out £31 which has massively boosted today's PAD after a couple of days of the standard £2.

Debt Total £2808 (BCard £158)

DancingInTheRain

Just spotted this online, a fabulous description of how I spent much of the stormy weekend ☺️

Currently at a free fun swim session the boys get as part of their swimming lesson package, they're burning off a lot of energy & having lots of fun and I'm sat with a coffee in my travel mug and splitting my time between watching them and catching up on diaries, not a bad way to spend an hour ☕