Payday, pay gone day

Wednesday, 29 February 2012

Payday, pay gone day

pay day yesterday..... car needed some TLC to the tune of £180. Brake discs, pads etc also noticed whilst it was up that a shock is leaking adn that the tyres at the back will need replacing next month. Sigh so thats next month's spares and saves out the window as well.

Super enforced frugal month is is then. I was hoping to get away with £250 all in including service. Service will have to wait till the end of April. End of March the above work will have to happen. sigh sigh.

Wedding.

Biggles is keen,. The couple are actually getting married locally. I hate weddings. B wants to pay for a sitter. I hate weddings. I may have to make an exception for B. Grrrr. Frock ordered from Ebay. Will see if it suits. I am not spending anymore than £30 on a new frock and then it will be re ebayed.. thats if..... Bloody hate weddings.

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Sue1 March 2012 at 02:21
I hate them too. What size are you? Sue x
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Scarlet1 March 2012 at 12:46
I've now been invited to a christening- husband's great niece born in January. Luckily it's not until July. I have a maxi dress, shrug and jewellery that I wore to my elder daughter''s PGCE graduation last July, so that's me sorted. First words to hubby were ' We don't have to stay long do we?'.Thank goodness his reply was ' No'.They may be family but we have absolutely nothing in common with any of them.
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Eeek1 March 2012 at 13:34
Am a 12-14. ish - odd size adn depends on style lol

oooo don't do Christening either. Bleurgh yuk boring.
lol I know what you mean about not having to stay long. The wedding is an all day affair. Biggles will be doing the sword thing. Military officer types do this apprently- bear swords for the bride and groom to walk through. (tacky if you ask me) Will have to stay for the wedding, afternoon and evening thing and grin at the speeches and make plesant conversation. They will all have loads of dosh - both families are minted and the military types there will also have loads of dosh. last wedding I went to with B they were wearing Loboutins! them posh shoes. Ridiculous.

There is a bit of a wag culture for officers and their partners- I make an exception for Biggles as he wears motor bike leathers and has a nice bike.
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Well primarily for me its a cathartic get it off my chest / a means to organise thoughts / to take stock. A journal that in 2012 has an interactive ' Dear diary' that is vast.

I don't write to share wisdom. Have very little of that. I don't claim to have an aspirational lifestyle of any kind. I dont write for it to be read even. If it is and my mad mixed up life interests people, makes them laugh, is a bit of a soap opera, whatever then that's great. Blogging - a bit of an affirmation of real life life choices maybe....

Sometimes my blog brings order and reflection to the real world. Sometimes Blogland folks share pearls of wisdom which is very very cool! :-)

I ve gained a great deal from reading other peoples blogs. Different ways of life are always interesting. I don't get involved in giveaways or stuff like that. I think its lovely though. Am pants at choosing gifts and it would give me no end of nightmares.

I read blogs before I blogged. Some people share so much and through reading I have learnt a great deal.Practical and otherwise.The tips are fantastic for frugal stuff. As are the stories of strangers lives. INSPIRATIONAL and all wonderfully different.

I m a bit of a roller coaster girl up and down. The blog keeps me more train like. Also an outlet for the negative stuff. A bit like wind. And by that I mean the gaseous stuff. BETTER OUT THAN IN. My blog is then a load of old fart.....this amuses me greatly.

Thanks Dave!!!

Once upon a time the end was in sight and financial freedom from my little debt of under 5k was nearly within my grasp! December 2012 if not before with the benefits of frugality however our friend Dave had other plans!!!!

I was made redundant from my job with a pish package I took what I could find till a full time position. Finally taking a 10k salary drop.

In 2009 I invested in property buying my house with a 15% deposit. n 2011 after three years of home owning and negative equity to the tune of 12k I have finally sold and now have jack bloody buggery shite. What smarts is that I gave up time with my small child in favour of seeking security for us. If only I had done the opposite....... rented, claimed top up benefits and saved my hard earned cash .... quality of life for me and weeny girl for three years would have been be better and we would have a cash sum in the bank and no debt.

You play frugal, play independent, watch your consumption, don't do frivalous sofas or new cars, no nights out at the pub type debt just what you have to! After a double whammy from the government - house market slump and Local Authority redundancy compounded by rural living what is a single mum supposed to do???? = Suck it up, Keep smiling, and use a brush instead of a hoover.