I’ve tackled the big, scary pile of post. I know everyone says it, but I am beginning to get really, really annoyed by the amount of junk mail we are getting – particularly all of these catalogues trying to flog Christmas stuff. At some point I’m going to phone all of these companies and ask [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Off to a good start
Posted in Getting organised on November 30, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Running through treacle
Posted in Getting organised on November 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Running through treacle pretty much sums up how things have been lately! As soon as I found out I was pregnant (and started feeling nauseous and tired) I gave myself a hefty break from most of my usual routines. It was necessary at the time. However, the past couple of weeks have reminded me how [...]
Shopping list for baby
Posted in Baby on November 28, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Here’s my current ’shopping list’ for baby:
Cot: Our second bedroom is very small and a very odd shape. There is only one place a cot could go and it is in an alcove. Annoyingly, it is 5cm short on space for most of the cots I have seen. So far, through online research, I have [...]
Shopping and pregnancy reading
Posted in Saving?Spending on November 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Husband and I had the day off today (it is our wedding anniversary this weekend) so we decided to go to our nearest big town and ‘hit’ the shops. Admittedly this is a different kind of affair since Project Shoestring began but still.
First stop: maternity bra (sorry to any chaps reading- you can skip this paragraph [...]
The Family Fund
Posted in Saving?Spending on November 26, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Many thanks to each and every one of you who left lovely messages about our baby news. It’s so nice to know other people are excited for us too. I’m feeling much better about the whole tests/stats thing now. The chances are by far in our favour that everything is fine and there are plenty of other, [...]
My news
Posted in Uncategorized on November 24, 2009 | 14 Comments »
Any regular readers of this blog might have noticed that my posts have been a bit here, there and everywhere of late. There’ s a simple reason for this: I am pregnant. So, until now, I haven’t been able to blog about the new financial things I’ve had to start juggling with and I’ve also been too busy flopping about feeling, [...]
A great whopper of a shop
Posted in Saving?Spending on November 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I’ve just gone and done a whopping great shop waaaaaayyy over my budget. But it had to be done.
I haven’t been to Tesco for a couple of months to do my usual big monthly shop and my store cupboard has been running dry. And, as I haven’t been feeling too hot, I haven’t been doing my big [...]
My little blog
Posted in Goals on November 18, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I have no idea how many hits the average blog gets and I very rarely check the Shoestring Alley stats. However, I had a peek just now and discovered that I have passed 20,000 views! How exciting! I know a few of you through your own blogs, which I love reading and catching up on. [...]
Greetings
Posted in Saving?Spending on November 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’ve done a spot of wrapping and card writing this evening. Not very much – just the things that need to be sent abroad. I’ve got cards and small packages that will be zipping to various points around the globe this Christmas. As the post has been disrupted with strikes and what-not I thought I might [...]
Trying to make a plan
Posted in home improvements on November 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m still mulling over those pesky, never-ending home improvements. Last time I reported on my lack of progress I said I was going to leave it until my Christmas break to start tackling them. While this is still the case, I decided to try and make a new plan to put in my trusty filofax. That [...]
