relaxing day....

Looking forward to my hubby coming home tomoro evening....Had to collect and pay for the kids stationary and school fees today..ouch...other than that which was expected i didnt spend anything else...Have been pottering around the house today...windows, laundry, bathrooms, all those exciting jobs (said with sarcastic voice)hehe, Catching up with a friend tomoro, the one with the pool, so the kids are looking forward to that...will try and get the rest of the cleaning done in the afternoon before hubby gets home...So hopes are that tomoro will be a no-spend day also..I had the house sprayed by pest control on Sunday...and am pretty pleased  with the minimal number of creepies coming out to die...my sister and i got a pretty good deal for him to come and do both our houses..its the peace of mind i like...

sorting the house day....

Spent a great deal of the day sorting out the house and garage...had the plumbers come round to sort out some leaks...happy to get them fixed...all the cardboard in the garage was starting to annoy me so, finished cutting it all up,,,,,loaded the car as much as I could and found the local transferr station...I only have 2 boxes left in the garage..one full of paper and the other the rest of the cardboard...which i will get rid of in the next day or two...I always feel better when the house is in order...The garden is looking great..the owner came and planted new plants today and the lawns were done...I do love these sorts of days....And come to think of it,,,it was a no spend day too....double bonus...tomoro I am going to have to be strong...my sister is taking me to Ikea...I havent been yet and shes been dying to show me around there....I have a pest control man coming round on sunday to spray in and out...we cut a deal with him to do our house and my sisters...i cant wait, i had to deal with two big white-tail spiders today..squishy squishy..ewwwww. Will report back how i get on tomoro...

Busy, busy, busy....

What a couple of days its been...My boys birthday is this weekend, but to fit around as many people as i could, decided to have a playday at the park ...now since living in wa i can probably count on one hand how many times its really rained...But the one day i organise something outdoors, what happens??? Rain, rain and more rain...But I am very lucky that I have made some lovely friends...one offered to have it around at hers,,,the one that has the pool under cover..and my other friends that met us at the park in the rain and then moved location to my mates.....Turned out to be a great day..the kids had lots of fun..so happy about that...then today the bedroom suite that i bought arrived...i unpacked the tallboy, and the bedside tables..cardboard, and packaging everywhere...the bed was a whole nother issue,,It came in boxes ready to assemble...Now I could have waited til hubby got back from work(next wednesday),,,but really, im not that patient...So unpacked tall the bits and piece, no instructions, how hard could it be...hehehehe, long story short, did it, all by myself...YIPPEEEEE made it too with the bedding i bought and it looks great...

Now confirmed..I cant be trusted to go to the shops......

I have now come to the conclusion that if i am going to succeed at all at this low-spend challenge I am going to have to avoid all shops....I went to Kmart today to get some bedding for the new spare bed that is arriving on thursday...That is a need and I did manage to get 4 pillows, 1 set of Queen sheets, an extra 2 pillow cases, and a Queen size quilt..plus a pair of sandles for each of kids ready for school, all this for $100.00...Then went to Coles for the rest of stuff for sons party tomoro,,,have found out that more kids are coming than previously expected so wanted to make sure I had enough...plus needed a few more things for home..baking goods mainly..I was hoping to do it on the cheap, but had two hyper kids with, so lost some of my concentration...Ended up spending $100 there too...This day has just proven to me that I should stay away from shops...if im not there it doesnt worry me and i spend nothing..Probably a good time to learn this lesson, at the start of the challenge...

Singing hot, hot, hot....

Another wonderful day today....decided last night to back to my friends house(the one with the pool) after being invited that is, today....So last night I baked some choccy muffins (again, my one egg chocy cake recipe) in muffin tins...that way not going empty handed by also not having to pay out to buy any food or drink...Thus make today a NO SPEND day....the temperature today is,well im not sure of the number, but its hot....the kids and i have taken up residence inside with the fan on...Ive been reading on and off all afternoon the SS site..I get inspired everytime I read it and all the other bloggs from my fellow SS...If we can all keep ontop of blogging and posting our failures and successes, we should all be able to get through the year with great results....Unless I melt that is and with how I feel at the moment that is a definite possiblity...singing hot hot hot...olay, olay hehehe

Really enjoying the holidays......

When the holidays started knowing hubby was going to be going away, I was a little nervous...I love my children to bits, but they can be, whats the word im looking for....a handfull...So Ive been trying to find things to do to keep them busy and occupied..The Wii is great for the indoor times and have arranged playdates and picnics at parks for the outdoor time...All this on a budget.. and today was no different..this morning they had some indoor time, then went to the park across the road...I managed to do some cleaning and other household chores while they were occupied...Then i had arranged to take them to a friends house, who has a pool set up.  We had been there the other day also for a visit and swim....Not wanting to show up empty handed I was a little naughty and went to the shops and got a couple of bottles of drink and a bag of chippies for all the kids..Nice to be able to contribute considering the fun afternoon we had, all for $9.00....We had the stuffed potatoes I preped ready last nite, for dinner tonite with spaghetti and shredded chicken on top...Ive pulled out some of the appple bread i baked the other nite and some of the savoury muffins ,,ready for a picnic lunch tomoro...add a couple of choc muffins and that should do nicely,. I keep bottles of water in the fridge ready so thats the drinks taken care of too....Im a little worried, the birthday play day I have organised for my boy is now on a day that is suppose to be thunder storms.....arrrrrrrrrr will post how we get on with that one....

use it before i loose it....

I was inspired to keep going, using up those items that were hitting use-by dates...I found some apples in the pantry, found a recipe for apple bread that required milk, so that was a double bonus...then found some baby spinach leaves in the fridge, so i now have a dozen  savoury muffins in the freezer as well...and the potatoes i had left, i have cooked in microwave and am going to scoop out the middle, mix in some more of the spinach, some sauce, a little cheese and fill the skins back up...probably have them for dinner tomoro nite with a salad...and the last little bit of milk turned into a cup of tea...a freezer full of picnic goods.. yippeee