Maternity pay and a wedding...

beckyjayne23

Hello!

I've been lurking for a really long time and have finally decided it is time for me to make myself a diary. I am not technically 'in debt', but I have a wedding booked for May 2021 and am about to go on maternity leave with my second child due in a few weeks, so it is more of a diary to avoid the debt coming as opposed to scraping the debt away.

I spend a lot of time selling online, and also doing some survey sites, but I'm hoping this diary will keep me accountable for my extra spends, pointless spends and side hustles too!

We've already paid our wedding deposit, which was a third of the price. We've booked things like photographers and florists and paid their deposit, and we have a healthy £3k in the fund at the moment. I'm very lucky my parents are paying for my dress as well.

We own our home (and have a mortgage of around £150,000), we luckily have our funded hours come in for our 3 year old and I like to think we're reasonably ok with money but could always be better. I'm hoping this diary will help me find some useful tips and friends along the way!

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beckyjayne23

Today won't be a no spend day unfortunately as our washing machine is spitting out the clothes dirtier than when they went in! I'm hoping a few pounds on a washing machine cleaner will sort that and it won't be a new machine!

Also, had a sale on e*ay so got to post that after work today, that's a few pounds into the wedding fund.