£50k to zero - made it across the finish line

Thank you

Next on the list...it's time to switch electricity suppliers again! I still need to go through the suggestions already made, but so far I've found a £26/month saving plus £16 cashback. That's more than 25% of the money I want to free up in one hit. Not a job for a Friday night though.
Happy weekend everyone!

Oh dear, a proper wobble was had this afternoon. I was helping my husband move something heavy, we got a bit uncoordinated and my finger got squashed. A few minutes under a cold tap and it was obvious there was no lasting damage, but the couple of tears that came out turned into a full-on deluge, and it took me more than an hour to stop crying. H felt awful because he had to go out, but tbh it was less embarrassing for me to just wave him off and then carry on bawling without witnesses! I haven't had a really good cry since before a health scare last year and I know I've been bottling a few things up more than was good for me, so it's been coming for a while.

I cracked on with getting organised this afternoon and put a few pics of things for sale on Facebook in advance of putting them on eBay, and three have gone for a total of £80! :j Feels like a good start. I so want to get my own CC debt below 30k, so £650.86 is my short-term target. This afternoon has got me 12% of the way there! One bite at a time... The next few things need to be plugged in and tested before I can put them up, so that'll be tomorrow's job - time to call it a night!

Oh no, what rotten luck with the chicken pox! I hope it hasn't hit him too hard .

Thank you - today is a much better day, much happier all round.
I decided to wait until payday to do the energy supplier switch - the last thing I want is a new direct debit going out alongside the old suppliers' final bills on what's likely to be the most financially precarious month of the year. Our energy bills are pretty up to date, but the final EDF one might bite me in the bum a bit if I'm not careful with timing. Provided the First Utility deal I've found is still around then, we're looking at £400 savings over the year, and £40 cashback. Waiting before switching may be a *bit* of a gamble but better than accidentally falling foul of my overdraft!

I've managed to shift another £40 in sales via Facebook today, so grand total £120 for the weekend (£50 has gone to MBNA already), and a bonus 10p I found on the floor on the way to Sainsburys to buy milk.
Tomorrow I will indulge in a free bar of Dairy Milk courtesy of Shopmium :j:j:j

Hubby's debt-busting effort today is to try to get himself through the selection process for a company that provides freelance closed-captioning work. He's a language and grammar pedant, a decent typist and great with video editing and tech in general, so it seems like fit for him. Pay not fabulous, but it's designed to be a flexible thing to fit around free time. Hoping he gets accepted and it's not one of those 'too good to be true' things!

From next week I'm going to start putting progress in the diary in list form, so it'll be easier for me to look back and see what we've been up to.

strawberryfield2233 I have my fingers crossed he doesn't get hit with shingles! :eek:

I'm fighting a mighty dollop of anxiety today. My brain decided that 5am was the perfect time to wake me up with various financial fears, and by the time I got up for work I was exhausted.

It's very difficult to get out of the habit of overthinking myself into a corner; as soon as one fear is alleviated, another seems to take its place. I will be so glad when February is done and dusted. By March everything will be in place, one way or another, and I can start just getting on with things.