Tues 28, Wed. 29th June

Tues - work and gardening
lunch £4
Coffee £1.50
£5.50

Wed. Hospital visit, Petrol rip off and rehearsal at mine
Hospital car park 2
Petrol 79 ouch.
Prosecco 5.99
tea and buns at hospital 4
snacks for rehearsal 5
£104

Sub total £275
Grand total £384.50

Monday 27th June

work, singing with Melons

£274.20
Coffee£1.50
Pastry £1.50
Peanut bar and ice cream - £2.50
£5.50
Grand Total £279.70

Sunday 26th June

£254.20

Rehearsal and concert at South Bank.
Drinks at QEH roof garden - £5
sandwich breakfast £3
Salad for dinner £10
£18
£274.20

Saturday 25th June

Singing rehearsals at St. Johns Waterloo, dinner for Carey and Wes engagement. 


£209.70
£44 dinner
£1.50 cup of tea

Grand Total £254.20

Friday 24th June

Work, home early to see Mum. Patrick round late after singing rehearsals.

£2 car park
£50 diagnosis fee for Halfords


157.70

Grand Total 209.70

Thurs. 23rd June

work, hospital, Jon Boden Cecil Sharp House

£146.50

Drinks for Mum, sandwich for me £7.00
Car park £2.00
Drinks at CSH £4.20
£11.20
Grand total £157.70

Wed 22nd June

£102.50

£25 cheque to Amelia for birthday
£2 carpark at hospital
£5 drinks etc for Mum
£12 nibbles etc for rehearsal
Total £44
Grand Total £146.50

Day spent at home/hospital, so cheap.

Tuesday 21st June

Allotment and Hospital.
£5 on car wash
£5 in cafe/shop at hospital
£92.50+10 = £102.50

Monday 20th June

Sad day at hospital seeing Mum.
£1 newspaper
£4 hospital canteen.
£87.50 + 5 = £92.50

Sunday 19th June

Gardening and Mummy visiting in hospital.
Newspaper: £2.30 (!)
Plants for new allotment: £8
Shopping Co Op: £10
Grand Total £67.50 + 20.30 = £87.80

Saturday 18th June

Singing at Abbey Road (Karl Jenkins).
Water: £3.00
Shopping at Sainsbury's: £26
Grand total £41.50 + £26 = £67.50

Day 3 17th June

£1 for a climber plant! bargain.  Better lack of expenditure due to working from home!
Grand Total: £41.50

Day 2 - 16th June 2011

A better day - managed

£4 lunch
£1.50 coffee
Total £5.50
Grant Total: £40.50

I do try and bring in lunch when I can, but the balance between spare time and money is another significant factor.  Would rather be gardening than preparing lunch!

Day 1 15th June 2011

Trying to keep a rein on my day-to-day spending this month.  Areas of weakness include taking a break from my desk at lunchtime, and browsing shops, an absolute skill for persuading myself I need something, and the fact that buying things simply pleases me.  But do I need what I've bought? Probably not.  So for this month wanted to note what I have spent day by day and see if a spot of introspection can help with this minor shopping addiction.

So, Pay Day, another dangerous day - my little brain thinks - so much money in my bank account!  Surely it won't make any difference if I just buy...whatever is in front of me, shiny and new...

Spent:
Coffee - £1.50
Lunch in staff restaurant - £4
Plants in HOmebase - £10.50
Ticket to sing with Jon Boden at Cecil Sharpe House - £15
DLR ticket because I forgot season ticket - £4
Total: £35

Well it's not great is it.  Excuses? 1. Had to buy the plants as I have, late in the growing season, taken over a growing patch in Penge (a community space behind St. John's Church).  2. Coffee and lunch are unavoidable, kind of.   3. Ticket to see Jon Boden?  Sorry just not so skint that I couldn't justify that one.  4. DLR ticket?  well, we got home late from weekend in Barcelona, so not surprised I forgot my ticket, and DLR kindly took £25 off me the last time I forgot my ticket.