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Goals for week commencing 8 October
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Last week's thread: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=274569
Last week:
Next week:
Over to you...
Last week:
- Send invoice for £600 of working from home
-- red. - Make a trip to Brighton (from London) to start looking at flats
-- Nope. Decided against Brighton until the spring - will look in London instead. - Usual spending target: £100 tops
--Slowly getting there. £108.76. - Cut down on drinking, especially drinking at home. No more than 21 units.
--Failed. Actual amount is more like double. - Travel by bus instead of train to save money
-- Mixed success. - Chase up Egg - who still haven't send me a replacement Egg Money card
-- Done. They're sending another one.
Next week:
- Keep it simple. Lunch to work. Spending below £100. Take it easy.
Over to you...
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Hi all!
Last weeks goals:
Packed lunch for work every day. Yes!
6 No spend days. Failed
5 Alcohol free days. Only managed 3, crap week at work.
No visits to cash machine. Yes!
No visits to Town, Costco or any other place where I may be parted from any money. Had to take a client into town, but just bought 2 coffees.
No online shopping. (apart from the £15 I just spent on two snuggly throws for the sofas) Yes!
This week shouldn't be quite so tough.
Packed lunch every day
5 No Spend days
No spending apart from remaining Christmas presents and essential groceries.
5 Alcohol free days (need to try harder this week)
No visits to cash machine this week.
Have a good DFW week everybody :wave:Official DFW Nerd No 096 - Proud to have dealt with my debt!0 -
Last week
1. Keep my spending diary up to date. Managed this easily, I am in a routine now so fill it in daily
2. Spend less than £10 all week. Didn't happen managed to spend £21.06 I had been on hols from work the previous 2 weeks and work lottery and 3 collections had happened so owed people money for that.
3. Take lunch to work everyday buy no sweets or chocolate Managed to take lunch every day and only sweets I had were bought for me by my gran on shopping day.
4. Get up early at least 1 day to go swimmingManaged 2 morning swims!!
5. Make a meal every day. (parents on holiday!) Managed this easily dinner cooked for me thursday by my gran
6. Clean house Did this this morning!
All in all I think I did ok.
Next Week
1. Spend less than £40
2. Get up early at least 2 days to go swimming.
3. Don't spend any money at Rooster concert on Monday only on food before hand.
DFW Nerd no. 177
~ Car HP - £1447.41 still to pay - Final payment July 2008 :T
~ 26 monthly payments left of my Trust Deed
~ Clear Credit Report March 2012 :T
PROUD TO BE DEALING WITH MY DEBTS0 -
Hi, can anyone join in this as I'm just having my lightbulb moment and this sounds like a great way to start my new spending habbit.
This week
1. submit expenses with work
2. chase up where this months payslip is
3. sort out file all paper work
4. start spending diary
5. sort out books/dvds etc for ebay
6. look into local evening / weekend work
I think that's enough for the first week. Hope it is ok I'm crashing your thread.
BobbieOfficial DFW Nerd Club - Member no. 234 Proud to be dealing with my debts I love the Dave Ramsey podcasts. Debt Free Date (including house) Aug 2012 Live on £4000 a year the short version £918 for 29/09/08 - 01/01/09 spent £0 NSD's In October Target 10 Actual 0 Quit smoking 25/09/08 saved £5 so far0 -
Of course it's OK Bobbie, and welcome aboard :wave:Official DFW Nerd No 096 - Proud to have dealt with my debt!0
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i don't know how to do all that clever stuff! but my aims were:
don't use cheque book-used once-cashpoint ate my card or i would have succeeded!
take lunch to work everyday: managed-spaghetti and beans on toast everyday!
can't remeber the rest to be honest-therefore probably failed!
same aims next week and try to stay within my overdraft!official dfw nerd club member no 214
Proud to be dealing with my debts!;)
Why is a person that handles your money called a broker?!
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LAST WEEK
1) New month, new spending diary - Yep, started but lost track a bit. Will do better this week
2) Lunch to work three days I managed twice
3) 2 no spend days - Managed only onw
4) List two items on ebay Not done
5) Swimming three times this week Oh dear, only once
6) Reply to email from mates from Uni re meeting up.... Um, oops....not yet.
THIS WEEK
1) Keep the spending diary up to date
2) no spend days
3) List two items on ebay
4) Swimming three times this week
5) Reply to email from mates from Uni re meeting up
6) Email mate in NYC to arrange meeting up.
Good luck everyone!Debt Free Nerd No. 89, LBM: April 2006, Debt at highest (Sept 05): £40,939.96
NOW TOTALLY DEBT FREE!!!!!!!! Woooo hooooooo!!! DEBT FREE DATE: 23 December 20090 -
Last Week...
1. Stick to Moozie's challenge Mainly
2. No frivilous spending at work (no matter how cute that jumper is *sigh*) Didn't spend ANYTHING and I won a £10 Capital Bond so I can get the jumper next week anyway :j :T
3. Find Christmas presents for brother, mum and dad @ £10 each Found one for brother - a PS2 game, Mum will be easy, Dad - yet to find
4. Empty credit card ready for car insurance in three weeks I'm getting there, £200 to go in three weeks - no idea how I'm gonna find that though! :eek:
This Week...
1. No unbudgeted spending - car parks, lunch only
2. Find £100 to pay to credit card...
3. Enjoy Monday night
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This Week:
- Do something about having bank charges refunded - begin by reading advice threads on here to see first steps
- Send off application form for part time job
- Chase up Littlewoods re credit still owed after closing account in February!
- Complete daily spending diary and update on PC at week end
- Stick to menu plan - take a packed lunch into work everyday
- Aim for 2 no spend days
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My goal for this week is to come back from holiday and make sure finances are back on track where they should be.
This will include updating the spreadsheet, checking all bills which may have appeared and working out how much I have left for the end of the month.
A break from it all was good but will be nice to get back in the saddle and truly under control.0 -
Goals for the week:
1. List ten things on ebay
2. Check pigsback account for clickthroughs and enter competitions
3. Check quidco account
4. Do not take any money from bank when paid on Thursday
5. Take lunch to work 4 days this week (would have like to do 5 but i've nothing in house for 2moro!)
6. Spend 30 mins working on my SVQ
7. Spend 30 mins working on my training manual for 2nd job
That's enough for me this week. Good luck everyone
Buddiebabe xDEBT OUTSTANDING 23.04.17 £16802.970
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