Moving House, Renovations & OPs

Elephantchunks · 2 July 2017 at 11:27AM

Too right Shangajimmy. Purse is staying at home, no need for it at work.

London was great, bit too big and busy for me but we had a good day.
Due to traffic, we arrived 2.5 hours too late to do what we had planned, I will only go by train in future. The coach tickets were free though.
Nan donated a Patisserie Valerie tea for two which she can't use herself, sandwiches, scones, clotted cream and jam, delish! I asked for a bag for the cakes because we were already full so we got to eat them on the coach on the way back.
We visited the Natural History Museum for free (donated £3 its all we had in change), not bad, shame Dippy wasn't there.
And the best bit - there was a music festival in Hyde Park, we didn't buy tickets but we found a great spot outside the fences that we could see half the screen (their faces) and hear the music perfectly. We heard one of our favourite bands (Gogol Bordello) live for free! Nada! £0!
Total spend for a day trip to London - £3

Right, today I will mostly be making this months budget, listing on ebsy and boxing up, best get cracking....

Elephantchunks · 2 July 2017 at 11:47PM

So, the monthly figures have been totted up, here we go...

-£13.96. Food - £313.06/£300. £23.96 last week. Not far off target after all. :T
+£15.14. Petrol - £109.86/£125. :T
-£57.94. Cigs - £122.94/£65. :eek: Totally going to give this up!
+£12.20. Fun me - £87.80/£100. Nothing this week. :T
+£0.21. Fun DH - £99.79/£100. Nothing this week :T
-£25.00. Driving lessons - £250/£225 Not a problem these are important.
+£62.95. Extra saved - £62.95. - £15 ebsy £7.95 TCB this week :T

Difference = -£6.40.

OK! Not bad, we're almost evens. It does mean anything extra (after wage savings) that we saved was spent, but at least we had saved this extra. This diary is such a help, if I hadn't of wrote that I would list on ebsy I wouldn't have done it and the £40 in the change vase would still be sitting in there now. Thanks for the support I've had on here, I'm learning as I go along but it has really helped thinking I have someone else to not let down. My monthly budget has been an eye opener so I will continue doing these.

So total saved in June is £472. Let's see if we can beat this in July.

SuperSecretSquirrel · 3 July 2017 at 8:22AM

That's some nice budgeting, £6.40 over for the month is damned close :cool:

If you give up smoking, you'll smash it

Jessy103 · 3 July 2017 at 11:15AM

Well done with the budget! It always helps to see where the money is going! Good luck with the quitting smoking! Imagine how much better you'll feel and you'll be able to roll around in all the money you've saved! Lol! x

Elephantchunks · 4 July 2017 at 8:13PM

Thanks SSS and Jessy. For everyone that has to spend time with me and DH in RL its best that we don't give up smoking until we move. We're both looking forward to saving cig money in a separate treats pot for a while - we've got our eyes on some snazzy wellies haha!

Elephantchunks · 4 July 2017 at 8:47PM

The July budget has been prepared (finally).

+£2433 - Wages
-£1000 - Bills
-£200 - Groceries
-£100 - Petrol
-£110 - Cigs
-£90 - My fun
-£90 - DH fun
-£50 - Min on credit cards
-£195- Driving lessons
£598 - Save

Total saved so far £2045
Minus Survey Paid - £380
= £1665 left saved.

Saving goal before £2380
Minus survey paid -£380
Plus drainage survey needed £650
Saving goal now = £2650

Eek, ah well, we will try our best to get closer than we would be without trying.

Elephantchunks · 5 July 2017 at 5:50PM

Spoke to our solicitor today. Huff! He said if the septic tank drainage didn't comply with environmental health we won't get a mortgage on the house until our sellers sort it. They're about 90 years old and don't look like they have money for this. It would be so sad for them if they are unable to move, they are only moving due to age and health issues. I don't want to tell DH but I'll have to when he's home because it'll be too obvious that I've got my grump on. Septic survey is next Tuesday, that'll be 7 weeks since we completed the chain. Fingers well and truly crossed that its ok!!

Jessy103 · 6 July 2017 at 2:17PM

Fingers and toes crossed that it's all ok for you!!

Elephantchunks · 7 July 2017 at 7:14PM

Screw being grumpy, it's no fun! Even more so I hated seeing DH grumpy & worrying what will happen with the drains and moving. We pulled ourselves together last night, had a big chat and decided that rather than preparing ourselves for a fall, we're going to enjoy the whole process and deal with any fall at the time IF it happens. We'll be just as sad if anything bad happens if we prepare for it or if we don't, so the dreaming of what it's going to be like continues

We've bought a mini tractor from the seller and I'm so excited dreaming of riding around on it with pink warpaint on and my 'Happy Halo Helmet' (GI helmet covered in pink fluff) :rotfl:

Elephantchunks · 7 July 2017 at 7:38PM

This weeks spends:
£142.60/£200 - Groceries - full months shop
£0/£100 - Petrol
£80/£110 - Cigs - bought in bulk
£40.45/£90 - My fun - Xmas saver, SIL b'day gift, wine, takeaway, London trip.
£23.89/£90 - DH fun - wine, take-away, booze, London trip.
£62/£195- Driving lessons - test booked
£0 Extra saved

I've been really good at defrosting frozen meat the night before and cooking every day, DH washes up and makes the sandwiches for lunch. Long may this continue.

Fun packed weekend coming up...
Besties birthday bbq - buy cheap booze and expensive (looking) present.
Soap box derby - take packed lunch.
Car show for DH.
List bag of stuffs on ebsy.
Tip a huge lot of garden waste.
Box up lounge books and ornaments.

And now for a cheap night of cups of tea and Exploding Kittens with DH and bestie.

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