Rampant Consumerism 2009

Yay Babe!

I bought Bake this morning too, but as a present for a friend.

I do have a confession to make tho - I had a major, major accident in Pumpkin Patch and it is all Sheryl's (our designer) fault. She ordered these gorgeous riding boots in for a shoot and I fell in love with them so this morning I went to Patch and bought them for Sienna. Mercedes picked a different pair so they now each have a new pair of boots. They did need winter shoes, so it was *sort* of a neccessity - but I didn't *need* to spend $100 on them

Right I think I am finally ready to start Still got to work onconvincing he doesnt need the extra slice of cake every time.

I did end up spending a bit on clothes and lunch last week but we havent had takeaways since the first night which is really good for us and have only had the one trip to four square (a friend just had a baby and I had to bring them something).

I didnt buy Keira the coolest dress I have ever seen so that saved me $30 and I stuck to just one pair of jeans.

We also managed to do our groceries for $110 including mothers day presents so not to bad.

 

Right from now on - no more spending!

Has anyone noticed that I have quietly sort of slipped away from this thread

Oh good, Ive been to scared to come back and read so didnt know if everyone was still doing it or not!

I feel like I've been doing OK ... we've just moved into a new place so had a few bits of furniture to buy (now in a house more than 2x the size of our old apartment!) but we went to Ikea on Saturday and took a list .. and we ONLY bought the stuff on the list. Nice work me & DH! Haven't been out for many lunches either as I've been so busy with the move

Got my hair cut on the weekend too but that was definitely essential - first time since C was born

Almost half way through the month. Come on BooBoo, you can do it!

We haven't been doing tooooooo bad. We haven't had to buy many groceries etc because we're staying at DH's parents, and I have been putting the extra money into the savings account and onto the credit card to pay it off. We managed to get the paint for the nursery at massively discounted prices (between 33 and 49% discounts for all of it), got a plasterer mate to do the plastering at a good rate and DH's work is doing our excavation for the path for no cost. BUT I had one major slip up I failed my last exam by 6 marks, which means I have to pay work back the cost of the course....$770. They take it out of my pay which is great.....except I only have 3 pays left before I go on maternity leave, which means a deduction of over $200 per pay, which we just can't afford. So right at the moment, I am having a heart attack moment thinking about how this is going to work.

Eek Kate about the test

Well done Emma, I dont think I have actually got anything to put into saving yet but I havent been doing to bad.

Still havent had any takeaways which is really good for us and DH hasnt brought himself lunch.
I did stumble in to the mall the other day and just happend to accidently buy some boots I am sure I still had some birthday money left....

I have done a big sort out of the girls and my clothes drawers and sold a few things on Trademe, think I still have a long way to go though.