In pursuit of happiness...for real this time! Donner_kebab's debt diary!

Sea78

green light's still on

donner_kebab

ha ha! :rotfl: Ok guilty!
I was checking out that Pigsback thingy! But I did eventually go to sleep...did not want to get up today as the weather is really pants!
I hope I hear back from Virgin soon about my Broadband...if I haven't heard back by tomorrow I am gonna hassle them some more! I am also gonna try and book some holiday from work today as have 6 days to use by the end of March. And this time I will actually pick Emily up from school rather than being lazy and sending her to the after school club and getting her later...that way I will save £36 and can use the towards my cards!

donner_kebab

Heya all! Good monrning! Just a quick message this morning...sorry for no update last night but I was taken out to the cinema at late notice! WAs really lovely to be taken out but the film was rubbish Country for Old Men...didn't think much of that at all...and neither did the rest of the cinema as 99% of them laughed at the end and was like...what the heck??? Oh well, was great to get out of the house. Did kinda fall asleep for a few minutes but I always do that! Ha ha! Felt guilty as brought some sweets to take along as shouldn't be eating them really and kept thinking oh I have wasted £3 etc...but at least the £3 sweets for the 2 of us was cheaper than buying them there and I didn't have to worry about the cinema ticket or getting there! I have to let go a bit too otherwise could become obsessed with where every penny goes, which won't do me any favours in the long run, so have to forget about the £3 and just think about what I was like before LBM in that I would probably waste that on my way home from work on a drink and some sweets for me and Emily! Anyhoooos, I had one of my Credit Reports through last night so went through that and all looks in order. Which is great! Might try and get myself a white board from Woolies on my way home today, so I can keep track of money etc. Thanks goodness it is Friday....yay! Better go now as have to get ready for work! Will be back later! xxx

Ellidee

:hello: Hi Donner. I've only just found your diary after seeing you on LK Today. Thought you came across really well and you looked drop dead gorgeous. Anywhoo just had to post to ask you was that a DATE you had last night ? ( Nosey - moi ? :rolleyes: )

System

Hi Donna, I was looking forward to watching that film, perhaps not. Lenny

beanielou

Hi Donna
Just found this diary too.
Look forward to tracking your progress
Have a good weekend.

donner_kebab

Ellidee wrote: »

:hello: Hi Donner. I've only just found your diary after seeing you on LK Today. Thought you came across really well and you looked drop dead gorgeous. Anywhoo just had to post to ask you was that a DATE you had last night ? ( Nosey - moi ? :rolleyes: )

Ha ha! I do have a boyf at the mo and yep, the cinema was with him! It's quite a casual thing really as we are both very independant bodies!

donner_kebab

lennymfo wrote: »

Hi Donna, I was looking forward to watching that film, perhaps not. Lenny

Honestly Lenny...I wouldn't waste the £7 to get into the cinema...it has had some very mixed reviews, seems like the peeps that love it see lots of different meanings in it...maybe I am like the rest of the cinema audience in that we just didn't see them...everyones reaction was that of 'what the heck was that all about'!

donner_kebab

beanielou wrote: »

Hi Donna
Just found this diary too.
Look forward to tracking your progress
Have a good weekend.

Heya beanielou! Thanks! Sorry I wasn't about yesterday...want to keep everyone updated on a daily basis if possible, that includes me! Was mega busy Friday night and today my bro and my gorgeous baby nephew came round for the day. I love seeing them so much, they really do mean the world to me. I popped out to post an ebay parcel and buy a few copies of the paper as my daughter's photo was in it...along with a load of quotes by moi! Getting to feel like a real celeb now! :cool: Ha ha! On a serious note though, it was due to the fact that they are talking about having to close the after school club down due to lack of funding. That would be awful as it is the only thing in this area for the kids to do whilst their parents are at work. I really hope they get the funding they so very much deserve and can then afford to stay open. It has been a life line to me over the last few years and without it, I would never have been able to work the hours that I do. So haven't really spent too much recently. I have been saving my receipts were I can to try and record where things are being spent. This is usually always food wise. I need to look into healthy eating on the cheap as want to shift a couple of pounds. I have decided that I want to do this properly now, healthy eating for life! Then it will hopefully set Emily a better example. I want us to do more sporty things together as we don't do nowhere near enough exercise. This is gonna change! I want to be slim and sexy for the summer! So this has to start NOW! Been trying to sort the money out and my brother has agreed to buy my camcorder off of me for £80! I was dead chuffed as easier to sell it to him than have ebay take a huge cut! So he is gonna pay that next month and it will be going off of that credit card...well one of them! The lady who was sending a cheque for the ebay item has now decided to pay by paypal! So I have enough in there to transfer, but as I have a few items ending in the next few days, I am gonna leave it now and transfer it afterwards! But it's a big yay anyway! At the mo, paypal balance sits at £57! :T Also had a bit of good news at work. I had been given some extra holiday which I was supposed to use up by the end of March and I was gonna use the childcare money I would normally pay out (in this case £36) to pay off of a card. But I have been told that I can carry it over into April and use it to take the first week of the easter holidays off. I am then gonna take a weeks leave and take the second week off too and this means that all the money I would have been paying out for full day childcare for the 2 weeks, can go towards a card...that's £180! That's fab! I long for the day when I can take a holiday and actually have a proper holiday! Will be great! Emily hasn't ever been on a real holiday, like a week away before ever. And I haven't since the age of 6 when I went to Greece for the week and that was the only one. It is gonna be amazing when we can, I love the idea of travel and seeing lots of different places, I really do! Anyhooooos, I really need to get to bed now. I am gonna be up early and try and go out for a run in the morning. Gonna attempt another 10 miler and next week get back on with the running schedule full on as have this half marathon in 6 weeks! Sooooo gotta pull my finger out! Take care all, night night xxx

Ellidee

Good luck with the running Donna. Does Emily run with you ? Take care X