Ultimate Challenge. 457 days / £16600!!!
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Cod3....glad your inspired!:T.. you can get creative now..:T
And thank you for your well wishes...“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent".0 -
Hey.
I LOVE your post...mainly because you've just told me that I have 457 days to be debt free. I have been in debt for as long as I can remember and it's not a nice place. It's OK when you have money as you don't realise how indebt you are, if that makes sense.
I added up my outstanding debt tonight and it's sitting at about £12,000, so that's £861 a month assuming that I pay it off as fast as I can and also include the interest payments each month. It's tough, but the Scalifax have increased their overdraft charges and that's an extra £25 a month and so it goes on and on. You get the picture.
I'll subscribe to your posts and pop in and say hi. My diary is just a moaning session..but no-one knows the extent of my debt so it's my only escape means of this place I'm in.
I'm off to bed and then to 'my good warm work' as a lovely lady used to say to me each morning as I passed her by.
Talk soon.
LL xx£38,000 and change to £00 -
NinjaSavingKat wrote: »I have just done the same. I make "Buddha Bowls".. tubs of different foods thrown in one pot. Very substantial and cheap cause I am a veggie... potatoes, Mediterranean cous cous, spicy veggie mince..three bean salad etc. Dull but its gonna be a staple for a while.. I like the different flavours and LOVE my food .. since its the most interesting part of my work day I need to make it fun...:rotfl:
Thank you for the good wishes...
Delicious... I think I need to start being more adventurous with my lunches as well.. atm it's a cheese salad sandwich with a liberal sprinkling of chilli pepper lol.. I am addicted to hot n spicy food..
I think I am going to have to sit down and tackle my budget again to see if there are any further savings to be made.. Am awfully tempted to invest in a Sky/Virgin media package as I think I spend so much time at home, I deserve it but it was this attitude that got me into this trouble in the first place :o. No, brokemedic you are not to get a satellite dish lol!!
I also need to sit down and divide my total debt by 11 - the number of months I have to my debt-free wanna-be date lol.. I dread to think how much it will be.. but I have to do itOne debt in 100 days £384/1264(£865 left)Pay all your debt off by xmas 2014 £276/18864NSD 4 and 4 in a row0 -
LexieLou welcome on board..:T. thank you for your post. I swear the more people on here that know the better but I can see why people don't tell those around them! I think on my last check my debt per month is about £1147 or £37 a day. Breaking it down into days is preventing me from buying myself breakfast etc.. even that 80p is costs! I brought my own today as I have been doing most days its the little bits inbetween that break the back ( crisps, hot chocolate out of boredom etc )... BrokeMedic is all over this "bring your own food" ...:).
LL your post made me ask myself what I had done to bolster my income. I had a NSD yesterday so was well proud of myself - hopefully another today. 2 ebay items sold @ £5 each ( £7.20 with postage ) so will await the "free listing" with batted breath to get more up there!!:D
I have made a list of books that I am going to sell on amazon - FatBrain have accepted 3 for £16.20.. just awaiting that payment to clear though before I get too excited! So that's £26.20...every little helps I guess!!
Do you use Approved Foods.com.. highly recommended. Nowt better that 10 packs of pasta from Sainsburies for £1.:rotfl:They are doing expensive toiletries too though.. I got 6 x Weleda Gifts packs ( expensive organic range ) for hampers for Christmas. They were supposed to be £16 each and I got them for £3... you MUST look...
BrokeMedic ...shame on you! You do not NEED a Sky package - you shouldn't have it at all. Get a FREEview box / or at least a recordable one. Don't pay for something you can get for free and that will ultimately rot your brain... read a book! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:( sound like my mother there ...lol!! )
....then treat yourself to an immense holiday next year with money you have SAVED!..( naughty brokemedic )....“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent".0 -
Okay I just had to share how I "possibly" made some money recently.. some transactions are awaiting "approval" - but one can get a little excited...
- £9 - checque as repayment from BT that is somewhere in my room that I never lodged.
- £10 - Ebay sales secured last night.
- £16.20 - Fatbrain book buyback.
- £29.70 - ( plus £5 October offer ) book trade-in...
- £13.79 - Nationwide pennies in other accounts...
- £12 - return product to company that I forgot about ( may not get this as its passed its 30 day return policy but I wrote a nice note )..
And I got more bits to sell on Ebay... just waiting for a "free inset" weekend...“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent".0 -
NinjaSavingKat wrote: »So there you go - fingers crossed for £90.69 return. Not bad for a snuffle round my room for "pennies"...:T
And I got more bits to sell on Ebay... just waiting for a "free inset" weekend...
That is flippin' ace!CC1 = [STRIKE]£10,323[/STRIKE] £8,200
CC2 = [STRIKE]£8,437[/STRIKE] £0
Loan = [STRIKE]£3200[/STRIKE] £0
Total = [STRIKE]£21,960[/STRIKE] £8,200
£10/day challenge: £100 -
NinjaSavingKat wrote: »I think on my last check my debt per month is about £1147 or £37 a day. Breaking it down into days is preventing me from buying myself breakfast etc.. even that 80p is costs!
Thank you so much for this tip, I have just done this and somehow a daily target seems so much more achievable than the monthly one!!CC1 = [STRIKE]£10,323[/STRIKE] £8,200
CC2 = [STRIKE]£8,437[/STRIKE] £0
Loan = [STRIKE]£3200[/STRIKE] £0
Total = [STRIKE]£21,960[/STRIKE] £8,200
£10/day challenge: £100 -
CDTDays.. thanks for that... you got a similar amount to me! Go see whats lurking for a "£5 for everything" sale on Ebay in your house..
I just thought very hard and found another 7 items - just can't wait to get home and take pictures of them... lol!“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent".0 -
I certainly will do!! You have inspired me!
Tonight I am washing and ironing my daughter's old baby clothes *sniff* to sell at an NCT sale this Saturday. The comission is higher there (being a charity and all) but the price per item is higher than bootfairs so I think all in it should work!
Also just had a quick check on my gas and electricity bill and I am £132 in credit yay, so just have to decide which lucky credit card gets the extra money :-)
How much I am waiting for the day when that extra £132 will be more of a question of, weekend break or shiny new shoes :-)CC1 = [STRIKE]£10,323[/STRIKE] £8,200
CC2 = [STRIKE]£8,437[/STRIKE] £0
Loan = [STRIKE]£3200[/STRIKE] £0
Total = [STRIKE]£21,960[/STRIKE] £8,200
£10/day challenge: £100 -
Oh no! The baby clothes!! But seeing it's a charity you are helping another mother in need! This is a good thing... not quite the same but I have decided to sell a very beautiful expensive vintage dress that doesn't quite do up and that I shouldn't have bought in the first place....finger crossed for both of us..
YEAH!! for the credit!! That is excellent news!!
You will get new shoes some day don't worry - until then tesco carrier bags work a treat...“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent".0
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