Keeping it {non} frugal

I've just finished off my spending diary inputs for January and it's not pretty. For some reason I've stopped earning money and started spending it instead. Please bear in mind that my strict £100 personal budget didn't start until the 18th so some of this was left over money from my last wage packet/bonus but it looks on paper like I was trying to wear out my debit card {which by the way is perhaps going in the freezer}

Some of the highlights:

£31.00 Train fares -London to visit my daughter
£21.91 Lunch Out - treat for daughter
£1.50 Newspaper - forgot my book for train journey
£6.04 Postage - Amazon sales
£9.25 Gifts ?
£6.89 Coffee
£14.99 Clothes - jumper from Gap on sale
£11.00 2 DVD's - 1 sold on Amazon after
£6.00 DVD rental
£6.99 New laptop cable for daughter
£15.40 Movies - Up in the Air (joint account)
£10.00 Mobile phone

There is good to come of this, at least I kept a spending diary, because now I can see where it's going wrong.

February will be about making money, not spending it.

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