Ouch Em! There's something quite quaint about having to go cap in hand and say sorry in court for speeding lol. Expensive lesson but hopefully learned!
Lilac I would be in two minds about the job. On one hand, as the kids are in bed (?) when you are out I would say crack on and reassess when the debt is gone. On the other hand, you can't buy the time with your kids back. I've taken a huge pay cut recently in order to spend more time with the kids and as hard as it has been financially it's been worth every penny.
Re: recipes the 7up scones look interesting... I could almost pass those off as healthy lol. I tend to find a good recipe and stick with it - my 'never fails' are scotch pancakes, sticky ginger cake, pizza base, basic sponge using the weigh your eggs method, 'twink' hobnobs off MSE and the mug microwave chocolate sponge... everything else I have to search for a recipe online and it's all a bit hit and miss.
Payday tomorrow, can't come quick enough. May has been the first month of my new lower wage and I have to confess it's been a complete fail. We have put zilch into savings. Onward and upward, lesson learnt - time to get stricter on myself now and try again for June.
Wins for today: took DH to the dentist and his lovely dentist replaced his filling for free! Was expecting a crown so that was a little bonus. Went over the border to fill up with petrol which is about £10 a tank cheaper. Was hoping to stretch it out until tomorrow but I needed it today unfortunately! Ended up in sainsburys with DH and picked up a nice tunic in the sale down to £7 and also a lovely flattering blouse which was marked half price from £14... but went through the till at £1 and then the 25% off all tu made it 75p!!!!! Win of the week lol. £33 in total spent in sainsburys. £20 on a cooked breakfast out for the whole family, extravagant but with work over the past few weeks it feels like we haven't been all together in ages, so we took the opportunity to treat the kids. Need to avoid this kind of thing for June if we want to stay on track. Another win was we needed loo roll and I had to pick up DHs prescription.. the chemist was selling 4 packs of cushelle loo roll BOGOF at £2 which I thought was very good. Took the kids to the park and then we had a picnic tea in the back garden - they are so easy pleased at their age, I wonder how it will go when they are a bit older!
Girlie I am so excited for your house move, I remember that feeling transferring our deposit! It's been a long and expensive road but worth it to own the roof over your head :) good luck with the move.