AAARRRRGHHHH!!!
Stupid money crisis. Mine is already gone four or five times over :redface: .
We are so behind since DF lost his job. Thankfully we should be right once it comes in but argh what a strain!
So is yours spent yet? Was it bills or do you get to splurge? Anyone having a lovely night out when they get theirs?
I'm going to splurge mine.....and DH's :rofl:
YES mine is spent so much so I have an ideal amnt I'd like us to get LOL. We are renovating, so it's going to cover the hall floor & paint a couple rooms....any left over will get some bits & pieces from IKEA to complete our home. I have a 27week deadline!!
Oh yeah, that's mine & DH combined......I'm sure that's what he wanted to do anyway LOL.
sort of...a bit of $$$ for our QLD holiday - most of it on a cc and some of our car loan oh and maybe a little fabric :hide: if I can get it passed jed
DH spent most of ours already. Doh! He wants to save the rest.
Yep, yep. I can totally see that happening.....
Every time we get a large sum he always has plans on saving some. Always. Think he has managed to save a cent yet?
I'm with you...spent at least 4 times!
I'll get my car back, get DH's registered, pay a few bills...there goes my new lounge & mattress that fits our bed! We have a double on a queen base atm, lol!
Oh mine is so spent that i reckon i wont even get to see it!!!
first thing is first- bedroom suite for DD-$750 this is a must, as she currently has a matress on the floor, no drawers... and i want her to have a pretty big girls room!
next is food shop- about $200 in Aldi, then about $250 in coles/safeway- i plan to buy at least TWO of everything we need from Aldi, and then just stock up on basics, and things like sauces/veg oil etc.. the stuff that you forget you need till you actually need to use it and its not there!
Bills- i havent added the total.. but i want to at least pay off elec & gas so that i can have payment plans.. and be ahead! then water/phone. we dont have any debt which is great! just bills.
then, if there is anything left, we get to split it! for me, i need clothes desperately.. like, yeah, thats not even a luxury.. its a need!
we dont need anything for DD2..and DD1 is pretty well set, as we just had her birthday, so yeah. i might layby some spring clothes shoes, and leave a deposit, but she isnt in desperate need of anything!
dp will probably spend some on his car.... :rolleyes:
and then.... we should be right money wise. we'll have a lot more FTB this year, so hopefully we can keep ourselves in top of everything! rather than being so far behind :(
cushie tushie full timer pack for me lol...so i guess thats a splurge/ necessity!
Splurge DFs
Spend mine on a hair appointment! (I don't get much tax back!)
Yep want to combine mine & DH's & get carpet for 3 rooms. Haven't told him yet but I doubt he'd dare argue with a heavily pregnant woman who is sooooo over concrete floors!!
Yup. Nappies!
Got a boatload of backpay too, guess what that's going on? Yaaaaaay!
Savings or mortgage depending on how much we get back....no big splurges in this household! :doh:
Yep, paying the credit card that we had to use while I was on mat leave with ds. Since he was a surprise, we had no savings to use....and maybe a bit on summer clothes for the kids, or to start on chrissy pressies. I'm hoping it's going to be a big cheque!! LOL!
Yes, we need a bigger car and we need to move, so it we go towards one or the other. I just don't know which is the most important :think:.
mine is spend on a new bed for me, and bills.
I've done an estimate on my tax return and I should get a decent amount back because I only worked for 7 months. Then I'll also get some FTB too as I way way way over estimated my income because I didnt know how long I'd be working for. I dont know how much DH will be geting back, but we'll probably spend his on bills. I hate how all the big bills come due at the same time :(
We're about to do some minor renovations in our house and we're spending my tax return on that. We have a terrible floor at the moment - parquetry floorboards with carpet over the top of them, but all the floorboards have come unstuck from the subfloor so they are loose under the carpet and you can feel them move under your feet when you walk on them, so the floor is really uneven (the previous owners obviously did a cheap job on the floor when they put the carpet down!). We're getting it fixed with brand new floorboards in 3 weeks.
I will only get the education tax refund because I don't work, but it will pay off the little bit that is on the cc and then I need to buy some new sheets for our bed plus buy some for DS2's bed when we get it. I am not really thinking too much about the FTB supplement/top up as I haven't a clue if we will be over or under (probably under though) to think about it yet, but on the wish list is a new dining table and chairs, a unit for the TV and then the rest in savings for a holiday.
Yep bills and CC, thats it. Although I bought Pink tickets on the cc, so I guess that means we're splurging a bit too?
I did a bit of 'pre-emptive spending' too ;)
Yeah mine is all spent in my head. The first thing I am doing is getting blinds. I was meant to do this with the last lot of Ruddy money, but one thing after another kept cropping up and I never got there. I desperately need blinds for summer. There goes $450.
Andrew has to renew his radio controlled flying license $225. Our car rego will also be up for renewal $600 + for 12 mths.
So I am over $1000 without even really trying to hard. Glad we get that $600 per child thing again this year or we would be stuffed LOL. We could possibly be getting a Wii as well. A friend's partner won one on Friday night and they already have one so have asked us if we want to buy it off them. So just waiting to hear on a price.
I'm way too scared to spend mine in my head as I'm not sure that I'm even going to get a refund. At the moment I've got everything crossed I don't have a tax bill.
Oh PINK tickets! JEALOUS!!!:
