Its not about the money money money .....

Who else has their money disappear, then you try and retrace your spending to figure out what it was you actually spent it on? Sound all too familiar?

I decided that next year I will attempt to track my spending using these spare finance sheets. I must admit that I've tried to do this many many times before. I think I lasted a couple of weeks then got lazy. Now I need to monitor funds for myself, hubby and the two kids. This time I'm determined to make it work. 

I've tried to make the finance sheets a little less dull with some washi tape and I hope to color code the entries. Any ideas on how to make these sheets a little more fun....let me know!

I have also included a Chinese red pocket with these cute characters on it. This will sit behind my finance sheets and used to hold important receipts until they are filed. 

My Filofax Finance section is ready...I think this may be the busiest section of my planner!

A big shout out to my new followers!

ML

Thrift haulage

Had to drop off donated goods at the local Brotherhood over the weekend and I obviously had a quick look around. I was secretly hoping not to find anything as

1. I don't need anything and 
2. I'm on an extremely tight budget at the moment. Hello - Christmas is around the corner!!

A quick scan around the store and here is what I ended up with.

Small wheelie bin - great toy storage for the little one



Naruto Japanese figurines - this was for Mr. ML who loves this anime

Sanrio stationery - will be using this as part of my Filofax 

Boho tooled leather bag - $8 score! This is practically unused.