I joined the December thread a few days ago and got the tail end of it, I spend way too much money for silly reasons and when I think about how hard I or husband has worked just to fritter it away it makes me both sad and cross with myself.
My plans for the new year usually include saving money and losing weight, this year is no different, although I will be working longer hours which means I'll have less time to spend plus I'll be earning more too, I'm hoping the eating less just slots in.
It's my daughters 6th birthday in just under two weeks time, obviously we have just had Christmas and she did very well with all the gifts she was given, I've held back some Walkie talkies and got her some notebooks and crayons - her favourite things. I feel that I need to buy her something else too, she won't have a party but has asked to go to a play centre that her sister visited for a friends birthday, and a friend is making her a cake with a barbie doll in the middle, I'd still like her to feel that her day is special, what can I do fairly cheaply? Any suggestions? My two eldest (both boys) have February birthdays and both are teenagers so that's a costly month too, I'm just so fed up with wasting money.
I have just finished a stock take of the freezer and also a mini store cupboard check, I have a chest freezer and things do seem to get lost at the bottom, so I've based all meals on ingredients from the freezer for now, wrote a plan and stuck it on the kitchen wall so I know what to defrost zinc order to follow the plan, not so difficult now but once the children are back at school and I'm at work it'll be critical to remember, or beans on toast will be on the menu. I made lasagne this evening and husband ate a little then binned it, he does this often and tries to be sneaky but he's not quick enough, and I catch him, it annoys me because it's such a waste, and a few hours later he will be looking through the fridge or cupboards for something to eat.
I can't believe tomorrow is New Year's Eve, we won't be going anywhere but I'm not bothered as we don't drink alcohol anyway, so the only thing we will be missing is watching other people getting drunk.