Well so much for updating here regularly lol. So far has been a pretty busy week. Sunday I did a rubbish dump run, then came home and weeded front garden, had ds11 mow front lawn then took all that to the green dump. Front yard looking pretty good at the moment altho I think I might need to invest in more bark chips to revitalise it - its a tad on the dreary side.
Monday was work all day. I didnt organise anything for tea but luckily DS8 thought of risotto. So I pulled a couple of packets out of the cupboard but noooo he didnt want that lol. Made risotto from scratch with leftovers in fridge etc... hopefully ended up just like Nans lol.
Called in early with 15 mins notice Tuesday so morning was pretty frantic as I didnt have ferals ready for school so I flew around getting ready, threw some money at them for lunch orders (there goes no spend day) and barked out some orders as I headed out the door.
Work all day again Wednesday and all went pretty well.
This week I've been following a few Simple Savings threads religiously... I'm more of a lurker than a poster but has helped keep me on track with my spending .... those girls are very inspirational. I'm attempting a $21 challenge this week and aiming to keep it up throughout the month altho I can already see cupboard stock piles dwindling. I have HEAPS of meat in the freezer. I have a large freezer in shed, a chest freezer in laundry and small freezer with fridge... very slowly I'm dwindling these down but then I go fill them up again. At least it isnt with meat atm. Saturday I froze over 10kg of tomatoes to use in cooking instead of buying tinned tomatoes and I made up a heap of chutney but ran out of jars to store it in so have frozen that as well... hopefully it keeps.
The house is still a bit of a bomb site, but is gradually improving. Last nite I folded clothes and did about 3 more loads of washing, this morning I've folded what was washed last nite and a load that I have done today. Lounge was vacuumed last nite and kitchen floor swept. I have been using the dryer which I hate (not very ss of me) but atm I'm figuring its more important that I do it than how it gets done. I'll console myself with the thought that the clothes would probably just blow off the line here atm anyway.
Finances arent looking to great at the moment but got 4 bills out the way this morning. On the weekend I'll make time to sit down and sort through the rest and make a plan to get rid of them... then its onto the CC's. I'd really like to get all of one out the way and then whittle away at the other ASAP. I've been tracking my spending since the start of March and altho it isnt a true picture of where my money goes its definitely helping me stay on track. I don't have a set budget for how much I'll spend on groceries, altho I try and always buy on special I have no idea of the amount spent, some weeks could be up to $300 and I'll pay bills etc with anything left over. No wonder I've got myself in this situation I've been spending willy nilly and not planning at all.
Baby steps....
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