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The ultimate incentive to get debt free, can I do it by New Years?

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  • clearmydebts
    clearmydebts Posts: 6,485 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    How exciting! I love books!
    Total (Aug 19):€58,567 Now:€26,947
    DFD:Nov 22/June 22
    Mortgage: €199,712
    MFD: March 2042/July 2034
  • Cinny91
    Cinny91 Posts: 6,022 Forumite
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    I would just look at them I think, bit like my recipe books, and never actually get around to making anything :o

    I'm the same with mine, but by gum if I ever want to make an Arabian spiced lamb with couscous i'm ready!
  • Dinah93
    Dinah93 Posts: 11,466 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Bake Off Boss!
    As I say, book !!!!!!, can happily spend an evening just looking through the projects or recipies in books! Logic would say the first thing to try is with my kiln, but in all honesty I want it to be warmer before I try as I don't have the space in the house so would have to do it outside! So I'm thinking the wedding invites (if I get the new laptop.... think I'll name it Bertie) and some wedding favours/beading jewellery and tiaras. Go for the full wedding theme. Try to banish my fear of the damn things and make money all at once!
    Debt January 1st 2018 £96,999.81
    Debt September 20th 2022 £2991.68- 96.92% paid off
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  • Dinah93
    Dinah93 Posts: 11,466 Forumite
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    Cinny91 wrote: »
    I'm the same with mine, but by gum if I ever want to make an Arabian spiced lamb with couscous i'm ready!

    Drooling now. Well over the lamb, couscous is icky
    Debt January 1st 2018 £96,999.81
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  • Cinny91
    Cinny91 Posts: 6,022 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud!
    I agree with the couscous, but then if I change my mind on the couscous I have plenty of recipes.

    My iPod is called Clarence! I used to call my old moped Bertie! Bertie is a good name for inatimate objects.
  • Dinah93
    Dinah93 Posts: 11,466 Forumite
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    I think Bertie needs a home. Going to use the snazzy red CC to get a snazzy red laptop. Or ask my brother to put the order through as I'm clealy feeling high on painkillers and lemsip max and can't be trusted not to accidentally order 3 of the things

    Did that with a book on bookpeople before christmas. It's a heafty hardback too so dont want to RiSi it. But a £4 book isn't the same as a £700 laptop!
    Debt January 1st 2018 £96,999.81
    Debt September 20th 2022 £2991.68- 96.92% paid off
    Met NIM 23/06/2008
  • Tete_en_l'Air
    Tete_en_l'Air Posts: 7,134 Forumite
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    Dinah93 wrote: »
    (if I get the new laptop.... think I'll name it Bertie)

    You're emotionally attached now, you'll have to get it :D
    Weightloss: 14.5/65lb
  • Cinny91
    Cinny91 Posts: 6,022 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud!
    Be like all your christmasses have come at once!

    I was just looking at dell laptops for OH and got stuck on the colour. Would it be wrong to get him a pink one because I'm curious to what it looks like? Would he be less impressed if I got him a bright yellow one so he doesn't loose it instead of one in blue? The red one is snazzy looking but would it clash with his blue room? Would he care? Would he be upset if I got him a green one which my green obsessed mother would steal? Too many options there for me.

    I agree though, the red one is love-er-ly and needs a home to be lovingly used to make invites and such lark. It needs to be called bertie and become a He too.
  • clearmydebts
    clearmydebts Posts: 6,485 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    Go for red. Go for red! It is my favourite colour and I will be getting the red Sony Vaio when I ever get out of debt. I love it!
    Total (Aug 19):€58,567 Now:€26,947
    DFD:Nov 22/June 22
    Mortgage: €199,712
    MFD: March 2042/July 2034
  • Dinah93
    Dinah93 Posts: 11,466 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Bake Off Boss!
    Yup deep red is about my favourite colour too, I like the artist pattern ones but I think £70 for them is too much.
    Debt January 1st 2018 £96,999.81
    Debt September 20th 2022 £2991.68- 96.92% paid off
    Met NIM 23/06/2008
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