Christmas blues...

sorry guys this is just a wah from me
i love christmas and love love LOVE splurging on my family but yesterday it dawned on me that i so cant do that this year :(
we've just had our phone cut off (i dont know why im still on the net!) it was ridiculously high god knows why, we are still waiting on a huge cheque froma gig my partner did in welly like 3 weeks ago and i still havent been paid from xmas in the park,,, i tooka week off work pretty much to do it so i would like to get paid. soon, lol. anywho,,, weve been told the cheque will arrive tomorrow but that has to go on the stupid phone bill and i have done no shopping for xmas and we have hardly any gigs for the next month or so,,, its just all getting abit too much. and wouldnt you know it, im having a baby! lol.
again big sorry i just wanted to have a wah. my partner is a sweety and said, at least we've got each other" and i was like, but i promised my lil brother a cell phone!

oh dear

sorry

Haha I'm the same (except not pregnant!...yet) we have been focusing on slaving away and saving to move and most of our bills are on AP except the phone which I haven't paid for two months - and each month is around $240 coz we have internet, cellphones and landline on one account... the power in this house is shocking and we pay $150 by Ap every month but are in debt to them about $700 in 6 months - and the boss won't get the house looked at (got the house with the job)...

Christmas is a non-event for us this year pretty much... no tree cause we threw it out by accident, arna is the only one getting pressents and my mum and dad are putting the guilt trip on me to spend time with them before we move

WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH

Oh me too Got the major money blues at the moment. I have just finished getting my parental leave pay so are now down to one wage and Daniel is self-employed so who knows how much we get each month Updated our budget last night and wouldn't you know it, short by about $600 a month! Xmas wise, only buying little pressies for my 6 nieces and nephews. Everyone else is getting a homemade Xmas card with some photos of Hannah. Really want to buy some lovely clothes and things for Hannah. I know she doesnt know whats going on but I still want to buy stuff!

Sorry, this is turning into a real rant! Almost 11 weeks ago my husband was kind enough (or stupid enough!) to lend a friend $3000 for this sound system thing (DJ setup) and they promised we'd get the money the next week. I said at the time it was a bad idea etc, but its a good mate (they were each others best man and stuff) and Daniel is too nice. Anyway, surprise surprise we still havent got it back They are in major financial poos and are really bad with money. Trying to sell some stuff on trade me but nothing selling. I get so mad cos they have a real flash car, SKY and heaps of HP's and stuff but cant sort themselves out to pay us back I got sooo mad the other week when his wife turned up with a new engagement ring (on HP)! ARGH!! Daniel keeps asking him about it and continues to get told that they're working on it and the stuff will sell on TM - but its not. I dont want to be friends with them anymore cos of it And to make it even worse, he is talking about leaving his job where he gets quite well paid to set up himself! I think they need to ask there parents for a loan and I'm sure they would help out, but they dont want them to know how much in the S*@T they are. I just dont know what to do about it - the money was what Daniel puts away for next years tax bill, but we still need that money.

Sorry for rambling on but it just makes me so mad and I worry about it a lot

I hate that we all have stresses right now I'm feeling sad cos we just can't get ahead, and we still pay ginormous child support and Jono still hasn't talked to his ex about cutting it back. Our little bubba is going to have to make do with all old stuff, nothing nice and new at all, and for some reason that makes me really sad We keep getting letters about unpaid bills, and now I ripped my pants and, well I'm just sad

I think it was the pants that really did it!! And I so agree - a bit more money would make things much less stressful and you know what, I think Santa needs to bring us all some cash in our stockings!!

Yep things are pretty tight here at the moment as well. But at the end of this year my DH will be finished paying off his student loan. So yay we wont be skimping to make it through each month anymore. Also hoping that he will get a bonus to help pay for christmas gifts.

But do you know the good news (I had to share) His work has had a really good year and are letting all the employees choose one of these gifts.

A) Acer Desktop PC with 19" LCD Screen
B) ASUS A6L Laptop
C) DVD Home Theatre System Yamaha Harmony System
D) Philips 23" LCD Television includes Philips DVD Recorder
E) Samsung 43" Rear Projection Television Includes Philips DVD Player
F) $1500 Travel Voucher from House of Travel Includes your choice of either $100 Duty Free voucher or Free cabin bag

So generous aye, They are all things that we would never consider splurging out for ourselves so its a real treat. And a real dilemma deciding too! Im letting DH choose as he has done all the work. Cant wait to find out what he decides. Personally i would love the holiday. Ahhh to go back to Raro again.

Sorry guys i know this was ment to be a grr things suck thread but i had to share our good news.

im hoping that too!
the child support thing gets me too sometimes. I had to tell my man that while we had the boys, we didnt have to give their ma any $ considering we paid to pick them up AND drop them off ( they live in nelson and us in chch) and its only been the last 2 holidays that that has happened AND that shes paid for half the travel. AAAAAAAAAAAAND the christmas before last my man spent $700 on his 2 sons pressie and he went muh at me for spending around the same on the FIVE people in my family... ARGH! he got over that lol.
i just DONT get people who borrow money esp large sums and make no effort at all to pay it back... esp when theyre getting things they dont necesarily need, even a lil a week is good! we borrowed $500 off a really good friend of ours and we're drip feeding it back...

im more annoyed with myself for not realising earlier that i wouldnt be able to give my family the xmas i always do... lol

anywho! there is a silver lining, that big cheque is being put into my bank tomorrow am and we're getting a gst return too which is nice,,, going to pay the bills...

oh but i rant!

much love and hugses to everyone!!!
wah wah wah!!!!

Forgot to ask Maria, what does your hubby do? Might need to make a career change with people handing out bonuses like that!!

LOl lizzle, I was hoping the same for my student loan as well, its so HUGE.

I hope everyones luck changes, and santa comes to you in some way or form.

lizzle those gifts sound like funtimes! lol and lovely one xmas i wasnt as rich as i would have liked to be so i just made things for the family, i did a few artworks and things, they loved them,,, maybe i should get onto that tonight!