over spend and over eat

bluejeans

Lynne you on a roll too woooo hoooo but I must ask what are "whoopsie bargins" ? and I think i may have a look at that 4k thread. and some other money saving tips threads.

Jo x

bluejeans

Almar way to go girl, what determination. I wish i could find some. Tonight is the first of my 4 nights. I am walking to work and back 1 mile each way. Its disgusting that I take the care.

4.5K i think is about 2 n hlf mile:j well done.

Jo x

bluejeans

WTBAS declined apple n rhubarb tart, girl I am impressed. i will not dare put a step wrong tonight, you all doing so well. I must keep up. Super dooper on the walking too. I have far to much time on my hands even more now that I have lost my par time job. But I am looking for alternatives.

Jo x

Kmac_Edin

I do 2 jobs, a PA by day and a tour guide at night. I have no idea where I get the energy from but sometimes I do just get shattered and cant wait for a day off.

Although come November I'll only be doing tour guiding at the weekends as the late night tours don't run so I'll have a bit of time to myself between Nov - March. Although the money will drop never mind. I'm planning to have Xmas paid for by End of Nov and then I dont need to worry (much..!)

When I worked nightshift I used to try as much as possible to treat it like a day, so I'd have cereal when I started and about 1am I'd have a sandwich or soup and then at about 4am I'd have my dinner ( usually Chilli or pasta). I'd finish at 6am, go home and potter around until 8am then go to bed. That way my body is getting the same just in the darkness xx

Skint_Lynne

crazychatter wrote: »

Morning, oh dear, i had a few too many cocktails last night! it was very difficult getting out of bed this morning! I tried to say no to take out last night but the OH wouldn't let me as he knew i wouldn't cook (it was 1am) so i gave in and had a hot dog, i decided that was better than a burger and chips. Although it was a naughty evening it could have been worse so I'm not going to worry about it.

I miss BargainFinder, I'v pm'd her but no reply, hope she's ok.

Lynne, that 4k idea is amazing, i wish you lots of luck with it!!!
xx

CC, bargainfinder has a facebook, if she is not one of your friends PM me and then you can go on mine to find her (if you know what I mean)!!!

Kmac and Jo,The 4K thing is a great idea, I really want to manage it, but even if I don't I will not be too far away. If you want to look at the thread, just go into my details, (click on my name) and look at my previous posts, that's the easiest way to find the thread. Nyk, the lady who organises the thread is amazing, as are all the others, I really don't know how they do it, but I want to learn.

Jo, the whoopsies are reduced stuff in the supermarket which is just about to go out of date. The girls usually freeze the items if they are not going to use it there and then. Some of them grow their own veg, buy in bulk and generally watch every penny. Quite a lot of them have come out of debt and have some savings now. Nyk is saving to buy a house in cash. They all have goals where their money is concerned.

It is really inspiring and recommend a look, even as an observer. I am just practicing at the moment, in preperation for starting on 1st January.

Will speak to you all later, have a great day,

SL x

lauzjp

I was wondering about the whoopsies too - I've never heard of bargins/reductions being called that before being on here?!

wanttobeasaver

Just opping in 2 say hi........waiting on Mr t:mad: :mad: they take forever when your in a hurry to go out ive a few deliveries & then coffee with a friend ive been meeting her for th e past 3 weeks & can never get round to it now im waiting waiting waiting............

Well done every1 on being good:T :T :T

Never got for walk this am as friend was waiting on mr t 2 & he hasnt appered we could have beenthere & back.......& the fella that delivers wont leave if your not in:mad: we live in the country.The other drivers used to leave it but he wont o well suppose it keeps himself right;)

breekie i had 2 dutch crispbreads & coffee havent had anything since .....waiting to go for coffee with friend.......

Skint_Lynne

lauzjp wrote: »

I was wondering about the whoopsies too - I've never heard of bargins/reductions being called that before being on here?!

I know lauzjp, there's lots I'd never heard of before coming on here, but they are actually called whoopsies in Asda, believe it or not!!:D You should have a look over on that thread, it is really interesting. I have started from the beginning so I won't need to buy any magazines for about 6 months, very MSE!!

almar_2

Just thought I would show you my weight loss tracker from tickerfactory.com - ive a long way to go but must do it as i'm now diabetic too.

Hopefully the butterfly will move along quickly to show my weight and BMI loss.

Kmac_Edin

I think I'll attempt that next year. I just worked it out and it works out at £333 per month.

I think I could manage that, I might even set up a standing order to my "spare" account for that amount each month from the 15th Jan and see how well I do.

I'd budget £150 for myself and £150 for food etc ( I'm single and live in a shared flat so food is really not a huge thing.. I think I could get by on £100 a month, maybe even £90..) then I'd have £33 left at the end of the month.

SL If you do in Jan I will too

Anyone else up for it?! xx