Ahhh the day of pay!

Monday, 30 July 2012

Ahhh the day of pay!

Well tis the day of pay and also the day of paying off a last bill! two down one to go!!!

Only 5 more months of a credito card! One one of the 0% interest ones of course. Well worth the juggling. The other final £40 payment is also a 0% interest for 12 months style thing I got from Argos when I purchased the gas cooker christmas rush. I am still looking for a mini oven with hob. if they ever appear in Lidl again I will snap one up.

Weekend was grand. I snaffled a Gas barbecue from Free cycle. I have tried it out once with much charcoaling! IE burnt sausages. I have yellow flame which means I either need a new regulator ( ok cheap enough) or need to clean out the grill - likley need both knowing my luck. Came with a full large gas bottle as well as! Ita a bit tatty but for my purposes all fine. Failing that the scap metal neigbour man can have it!

Hoping to snaffle some wall mirrors as well as a karaoke machine for Weeny and a mountain bike that needs a new chain! Will see how fortuitous I am. Bike and a mirror would be good.

Biggles purchased 15 of meat for the barbecue and beyond. He is on leave for the duration of the Limpics. Nom Nom nom! On both counts.

Off to see Mother Biggles in Yorkshire at weekend.
Weeny girls last few days at daycare as she is off to big day care after our hols.

Very relaxed weekend. A few jobs done. Chip away at the mountain and it becomes a hill in time lol

2 comments:

Please may I?30 July 2012 at 13:24
What a great find, especially with it working even if it does need cleaning.

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Eeek31 July 2012 at 02:17
yes its rather good! I have also snaffled a stick hoover which is equally brilliant!

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Why do I Blog!

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.