Need to stop spending and chasing dopamine!

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Thank you. It thankfully all went well. I think OH was a bit shocked when he saw all of his family there. I thought he may have had an idea, but he didn’t have a clue bless him!

The cake survived, just 😂 The good news is it tasted amazing.

I have packed my suitcase except for toiletries, make-up etc as I’ll do that in the morning once I’ve finished getting ready. The taxi is booked for 10:15am to take us to the train station. I’m getting excited now 😊 Fingers crossed it all goes smoothly!

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I’m home! And skint 😂 Dublin is spenny, but it was worth every penny 😉 We had a great time. The hotel staff filled the room with balloons for OH before we arrived which was cute 😊 We did the Guiness tour, and a small whiskey brand tour, a bit of shopping (I didn’t buy anything though), and plenty of eating & drinking. Surprisingly our favourite meal was in a very small pub just a few yards from the hotel - we both agreed their burgers are the nicest burgers we’ve ever tasted!

I’m not much of a drinker but I did drink a fair bit while we were out there, especially Baileys. One place charged €11.35 for a shot of it with some ice which nearly made me cry 😂

The journey back today wasn’t fun as the flight was delayed, the train was delayed, and the weather was awful, but I can’t complain too much. We made it home safe with memories to last a lifetime 😍

We only got home around 2 hours ago and I’ve already unpacked my case, stuck a wash on, ate some dinner and updated my budget spreadsheet. I’ll go to bed as soon as my washing is done as I’m TIRED! I’m so glad I booked tomorrow off work, although I’m still going to get up early as I’m going to go to my ex’s house so I can take DD2 to school. DD1 wants to walk to her school with her friends 🙂 x

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5 days until Christmas Day and I picked up the final Christmas present today. I’ll wrap it up later and then I’ll be done with the wrapping! Actually, that’s a lie, I still need to wrap DD2’s phone, but that’s with her dad at the moment. I’ll get it tomorrow when I drop the girls off at his house.

I saw my dad yesterday for the first time since 31st October. He flew home on the same day I flew home 😊 I ended up staying for dinner as my mum had done a huge cottage pie. OH and the girls stayed too. DD1 shared her school newsletter with us while we were there, which gave her a special mention as she had come 414th out of 30,000 kids in the country in the “LanguageNut” competition. She’s such a clever cookie. Her school rewarded her with a voucher 😊

I went out for coffee this morning with some friends whilst DD2 was at her performing arts class. The coffee shop is on the same estate that OH lives on so he popped in on his way home from work to say hello and meet the ones he hadn’t met yet. One of my friends is in my team at work and she gave me a £40 gift card from work that I can spend in various shops 😊 I’ll probably use it in Boots as I want some more skincare. I’m skincare obsessed 😁

The girls and I are just going to chill for the rest of the day. Will no doubt watch the Strictly final and eat too many Roses chocs 😁

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I really can’t wait to move in with OH, for many reasons, but one reason is so I can talk more about our finances on here 😂 I realised that I haven’t spoken about my financial situation much, but it’s mainly because I’m treading water right now. I’m not really throwing any money at the debt due to Christmas, OH’s birthday and moving costs. We also need to get DD1 a new bed, all 3 girls need a new wardrobe each, and OH and I will most likely need fitted wardrobes installing because of the shape of his bedroom. It’s a big room but there are 3 windows which makes things awkward, plus the radiator is in an odd spot.

We do often wonder if we should buy a bigger house, not just because of OH’s bedroom, but also the kitchen is quite snug when there are 5 of us in the house, but we’re going to see if we can make it work. If we find we need more space then we’ll look into it further.

The Dublin hotel fee isn’t showing in my pending transactions yet. Maybe they’ve forgotten to charge me?! 🤣 I forgot to say before but while we were in Dublin I saw that the theatre had released the tickets for next year’s panto, so I paid for 9 tickets. My brother has given me the money for his share (3 tickets), and my mum will no doubt give me the money for hers even though I’ve told her not to 😂

I’m back to work tomorrow so I’m going to make the most of this afternoon by watching my favourite programmes on catch up. The girls are at their dad’s and OH is going to sleep soon as he has work again tonight so I can have the sofa to myself 😍 yay!