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Am I Sad Or What?

southernscouser
southernscouser Posts: 33,745 Forumite
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Believe it or not but I am actually looking to the next couple of days as 3 credit card payments come out of my account! Yes you read that right. I'm looking forward to paying my bills! :eek:

I know it sounds daft but when they are paid I can update my debt list and see it reduced a little bit more! :o

I used to dread the end of the month as I was always in my overdraft, but this month I'm looking forward to paying my bills and have probably got enough left over to sort Christmas! :D

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  • exessexmum
    exessexmum Posts: 398 Forumite
    Car Insurance Carver! Cashback Cashier
    Yaay, its it a great feeling, knowing that you are on top of things and not having to panic every time the doorbell goes or phone rings. I even look forward to the post now as I know there won't be any nasty letters.
  • mintymoneysaver
    mintymoneysaver Posts: 3,527 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Home Insurance Hacker!
    I know what you mean!I always write down everything I put on my credit card now so there are no nasty surprises,and I enjoy writing a cheque out knowing that there will be a little bit less to pay next month.Especially when it goed down to the next hundred or thousand,I open my pay packet and sit down straight away to work out how much I can pay off.Can't wait until that money will go in my savings though,rathe rthan paying off my debts!
  • kevker
    kevker Posts: 141 Forumite
    I agree, your SAD
  • black-saturn
    black-saturn Posts: 13,935 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I enjoy the days when all the bills are paid. Then I can see whats left and know exactly how much I must have cut back this month.
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    Won so far - £3010 Needed - £230
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  • keith_lard
    keith_lard Posts: 517 Forumite
    I pay all my bills on Payday, whats left is mine!
    All except the Bloody TV licence

    Would only take payment on the 1st of each month told them they could have it on the 15th................they said no :mad: :mad:


    and NO you aint sad! Its peace of mind that matters with the Debt game, get everything sorted.
    I have done my spreed-sheet. and every month it does GO DOWN!! :wave: :wave: :wave:
    If you want to see a rainbow, you have to get used to the rain.
  • skintchick
    skintchick Posts: 15,114 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    I am the same! I LOVE altering my sig and look forward to the 9th of each month when my loan payment goes out!
    :cool: DFW Nerd Club member 023...DFD 9.2.2007 :cool:
    :heartpuls married 21 6 08 :A Angel babies' birth dates 3.10.08 * 4.3.11 * 11.11.11 * 17.3.12 * 2.7.12 :heart2: My live baby's birth date 22 7 09 :heart2: I'm due another baby at the end of July 2014! :j
  • Avogirly
    Avogirly Posts: 751 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Me too! I love looking at my loan on the internet banking, seeing it gradually dissapear makes everything so worth while! I can't wait to give up my second job, but not till every penny has been paid back!
    October make £10/day currently £11.02
  • Little_Miss_Scrimper
    Little_Miss_Scrimper Posts: 62 Forumite
    I hear ya! I do the exact same thing! Every pay day look at my CC & loan balances and knock the money off my spreadsheets. It makes doing 2 jobs all worth while seeing it reduce every month and when I make extra payments. We are not sad we just want to be debt free!!
    Official DFW Nerd Club - Member no. 038 :j
  • tru
    tru Posts: 9,139 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic
    I'm sad too, I love adjusting my spreadsheet every month :j :D
    Bulletproof
  • wigginsmum
    wigginsmum Posts: 4,150 Forumite
    Ditto - mine's all colour-coded and pretty :)

    Jules
    The ability of skinny old ladies to carry huge loads is phenomenal. An ant can carry one hundred times its own weight, but there is no known limit to the lifting power of the average tiny eighty-year-old Spanish peasant grandmother.
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