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Squizz's Fizzy Diary
Hello! I feel like I'm entering a new chapter of life, so I thought it was about time for a new diary. The old one is here https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1892061 if you have a few days to waste.. I've just read the first few pages and cringed a bit :rotfl: For those who don't know me, I'm generally known…
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My Name is Wilf and i am a shopaholic.......
As the title says i am a total shopaholic i will buy anything, i have to spend money. I have started looking at what i spend my money on and its ridiculous, i buy clothes food more clothes house things. I have so many things with labels on its untrue. I haven't got too much debt only 2k but i have no savings nothing to…
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The amazing shrinking debt!
A little bit about me: I am 26, racked up nearly £16k of debt between the ages of 21 and 24 because of various things, but mostly my ex leaving me with a house I couldn't afford (and was tied into) and then losing my job and taking 10 months to find another in 2005 (was also suffering with severe depression so was beyond…
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NBTY finances the next adventure
Greetings, all! As some of you know, I am entering a new phase of my life. After 2 years of scrimping and saving and paying off, I am finally debt free. Never one to rest on my laurels, I am making big life changes that need to be financed. I work for an international charity, and I want to get my career on the fast track…
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Maybe I was born with it?
Somedays thats how I feel... I was born to be in debt! I have struggled my entire life my parents struggled maybe its genetic. Well if you asked me a year ago that was my thoughts and today I wake up knowing that NO its MY fault and its time to take action!! So far my and my partner owe: 3K - HBOS 5,200- MBNA 8700, lloyds…
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I can do this.................I AM doing it!
Time to start a new diary! My first diary was my "life begins at 40" LBM diary, and a brilliant way of keeping myself motivated to bust those debts. I still have my HSBC loan which has about 4 years to run on fixed payments, but all the little debts and CCs have gone........................along with my husband! Actually,…
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Looking forward to a new year and new resolutions!
Hello I have read so many of peoples threads I thought it was about time I started my own. I am 24 and have some debt but nothing drastic, I was spiralling down at the beginning of the year but in the last two months I have turned myself around and got out of trouble. I was forever going overdrawn (not an agreed overdraft)…
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Ecoelles journey to a debt free future
Hi all, I have been on here for a few years now and seem to be a worse situation now than ever befor in my life. Just don't seem to be able to get my head around where the money goes and when the day will come where we will be able to just say 'yeah, ok we'll see you at the pub later' or 'yeah we are taking a little city…
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Our Journey Back into the Black
I started a diary back in June but never really got going with my debt busting efforts. I think partly due to the fact that I was trying to cope on my own and hid my/our debts from OH. This weekend I had a chat with OH and now its all in the open things are on the move again. He is the one who is 'good' with money so will…
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Sorting out my life - Part 2!
Well part one of my diary crashed and burnt before it even started. Luckily I can't find the thread (it would be depressing) so I'm starting again. My life has taken some bad turns the last 8 weeks. My debts were spiralling (and have got even worse since my first diary attempt 3 weeks ago), I have the threat of redundancy…
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The future is still bright for 3Dogs - Take Two
And so we come to Take Two of my diary and thus, I feel I should copy and paste over my 'instalments' so everyone can keep up to date - and I will start, unsurprisingly, with Instalment One ;) So, the story so far - part one: Our problems all started when I got arthritis in my hands in 1988'ish and, by the latter part of…
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Just call me turtle. One day at a time...
Well once again Iam starting fresh. and this time starting from 1st of November. With aims and challenges... I think maybe I have a fighting chance. Although Im taking it day by day. So Happy New Year to all and wish me all the best with fighting my shoe and clothing addiction to see light and save for that beautiful house…
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13 Moons ... ( *** Off, I'm Fabulous )
:hello: Beautiful People & welcome to the [STRIKE]next [/STRIKE] ahem, final chapter in the mighty long & rather winding road I'm dragging myself along towards the wondrous realms of 'Debt Freedom'. I believe that 'Debt Freedom' is a magical, happy place where I & everyone else here truly belongs & that one day we will all…
