My challenge for the next 30 days 16.5.08

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Hi everyone!

I have been lurking on various threads (that sounds awful) ok reading various threads when I have time and have slipped badly. I should have paid off a lot more than I have and now that i have finished beating myself over the head have decided to do a 30 day challenge just to try and keep myself on the straight and narrow and not over spend on my budget. I get paid mid month (yesterday) and have done my spreadsheets and I know I can manage (I can I can) I just need to take my head out of the sand.

So here we are:

Day 1 15th took out £20 and bought a kebab for me and hubby. The rest of the cash will be locked in a drawer at work for the inevitable "retirement/birthdays/bonus ball" items that crop up.

Day 2 today - no spending as such but have shifted my grocery money over taking into account the £20 I took out yesterday.
However I am NOT tumble drying my washing even though it's chucking it down out there and have made sure the dish washer is really full before putting it on.

I will do my clicks in a mo although it takes forever to get anywhere these days!

Take care all

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Back again - have had to put the heating back on as hubby is really cold and not feeling at all well. will switch it back off when I go to bed.

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Shopping today!

I feed the dogs barf (bones & raw food) so stocked up at the butchers for £32.47 which also included some potatoes for me and 3 packs of mince.Oh and faggots and peas for tea.
The dogs are currently eyeing up some bones I bought for them!

Went to Lidl and spent £18.95 on basic type stuff + concentrated washing liquid. While I was there I made some notes and have decided that asda is better for:
cooked meat
fairy tabs (have tried shop own and didn't find it so good)
bathroom mouse foam
ice cream (:o)
ladies personal stuff
loo roll
goats milk

So hopefully no spends now until the week.

Take care all

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No spending today!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have cleaned through and will mow the lawn later, got some puter stuff to do first. Teen next door demanded three times to cut my hedges for "a cheap price". I said no I could do it myself. he started getting a bit arsy so I practically bellowed "NO" in his face. think he got the message then!

have a good day all,

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GirlRacer_2

Good luck hun, hope you manage to really cut down on the daily spends.

Tustastic

Hi, 1step, well done on the daily notes.
Have you tried using Stardrops for cleaning, as highly recommended on the Oldstyle Board? Very effective, very cheap, and a bit kinder to the environment than aerosol mousses/foams etc.

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Actually I have used Stardrops but they never seemed to clean my bathroom as well as I like. Perhaps I am just fussy! The rest of the house gets cleaned with a trust microfibre cloth and a spray bottle mixture of washing up liquid and zoflora as I really like the smell.

The bathrom mouse is £1.08 and lasts me a month so not bad I think!

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Hi all

Spent £4.50 today - tobacco which will last approx 1 week and some chocolate for me hubby and SD, as wee'd been to hospital to visit his nan who i am very close to. so chocolate justified it I think.

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jak

What a good idea. It's very motivating to come on here. I'm on all the time and the days I spend more time here, the less I spend as it keeps it in the forefront of my mind I think. Good luck. It sounds like you're doing well.
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In_Search_Of_Me

why not joi us on the no spend week on o/s - certainy focusses the mind! Week 1 that I did it I managed to spend 2.88 but went awry when I panic shopped in preparation for this weeks n spend week. Regardless am still down about 25 on what I would normally spend! Feels good!

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If I get through this challenge I will! want to see if I can actually do this as it includes my grocery budget if you see what I mean? does the weekly os one include the budget?

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