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

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  • Dinah93
    Dinah93 Posts: 11,466 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Bake Off Boss!
    Where does your friend work Lara, that call centre sounds really interesting. If they have one near here would be worth him cold calling them to see if they have anything.

    Been trying to order a few bits in theBoots 75% sale, but as soon as I try to add anything to the bag it goes out of stock. And now I've managed to close the window: giving up soon!

    Have woke up this morning with a bad head to join the wheezing so my to do list today is as follows :
    15 Ebay listings
    Take photos off all ebay items in the huge box at the end of the bed ready for listing
    Get to 350th track in scoutroom on STP (roughly 65 tracks)
    Free scratchies
    Surveys
    Call A & L
    Call Ryanair
    Onepoll
    Mi-info

    Will no doubt think of other things as the day goes on!
    Debt January 1st 2018 £96,999.81
    Debt September 20th 2022 £2991.68- 96.92% paid off
    Met NIM 23/06/2008
  • Birdie85
    Birdie85 Posts: 9,330 Forumite
    Dinah, your to-do list when you're ill is more than I ever get through when I'm well! I wish I could borrow your energy!
    Overcome the notion that you must be ordinary. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary!
    Goal Weight 140lb Starting Weight: 160lb Current Weight 145lb
  • Morning all, another new page I see. Just popping in to say hello really, work is completely manic, I'm sick as a pig! But it's got me out of a two hour whole-school meeting with the Dean so it's not all bad!

    Dinah, you seem to be deteriorating!! Have a rest!!!
    Weightloss: 14.5/65lb
  • Dinah93
    Dinah93 Posts: 11,466 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Bake Off Boss!
    Lol it's sheer bloody mindedness, not determination! Want my OH here and to plan a future, and while I know that is possible with debt, he has savings, and I want to be singing from the same song sheet, and to show him I can be responsible. In some ways I do know he was financially lucky, didn't have a student loan and got given substantial monthly money from his parents to see him through uni, and I didn't have anything like that, but I also know he's quite careful, and never really got carried away with money.

    Boots website has gone down now, gutted, had over £95 of presents in my basket for £22, would have covered a few birthdays I have coming up, as well as my shampoo etc for a few months!
    Debt January 1st 2018 £96,999.81
    Debt September 20th 2022 £2991.68- 96.92% paid off
    Met NIM 23/06/2008
  • Dinah93
    Dinah93 Posts: 11,466 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Bake Off Boss!
    Morning all, another new page I see. Just popping in to say hello really, work is completely manic, I'm sick as a pig! But it's got me out of a two hour whole-school meeting with the Dean so it's not all bad!

    Dinah, you seem to be deteriorating!! Have a rest!!!

    Aww you poorly Tete or just maddingly stressed?

    I blame the steroids, they make me feel zonked.
    Debt January 1st 2018 £96,999.81
    Debt September 20th 2022 £2991.68- 96.92% paid off
    Met NIM 23/06/2008
  • Hi,

    Hope your on the mend Dinah. Have been on the Boots website and it went down as well. It's very frustrating as I also had some stuff in my basket. Hopefully it will be back on again soon!
    Total (Aug 19):€58,567 Now:€26,947
    DFD:Nov 22/June 22
    Mortgage: €199,712
    MFD: March 2042/July 2034
  • Dinah93 wrote: »
    Aww you poorly Tete or just maddingly stressed?

    I blame the steroids, they make me feel zonked.

    No just stressed for the minute, will probably end up poorly though once it's all over, you know how you seem to keep going when you need to but when your body can relax a bit it just gives up?! Might have a look at Boots for some retail therapy over lunch, though that sounds infuriating as well!! Is it just leftover Christmas stuff? I was in the shop yesterday and it was all half price, and some of it still very expensive at that I thought!
    Weightloss: 14.5/65lb
  • Cinny91
    Cinny91 Posts: 6,022 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud!
    Shame about the presents, Dinah. Have you managed to get them all back on the offer yet? And hope you managed to cheer yourself up in boots Tete!

    Got to work and I've got a deal or no deal post it not despenser on my desk. Check me out, call me the banker! Might set up alittle game with peoples payslips this week.. the lack of work is already getting to me.

    How's everyone?
  • Dinah93
    Dinah93 Posts: 11,466 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Bake Off Boss!
    Right, third time's a charm. I am determined I am going to get my dad's bithday, grandma's birthday, lad who lives with us's birthday, and mothers day all covered in one boots sale order! Have also thrown in some sneeky Baileys and Green & Blacks goodies too. No idea who those are for, guess I'll have to polish them off!

    Gargh and halfway through paying something goes out of stock, this is a maddening system!

    ARGGGHHHH! The site is down again! Every time I get to the point of paying, it goes down!
    Debt January 1st 2018 £96,999.81
    Debt September 20th 2022 £2991.68- 96.92% paid off
    Met NIM 23/06/2008
  • clearmydebts
    clearmydebts Posts: 6,485 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    Dinah93 wrote: »
    Right, third time's a charm. I am determined I am going to get my dad's bithday, grandma's birthday, lad who lives with us's birthday, and mothers day all covered in one boots sale order! Have also thrown in some sneeky Baileys and Green & Blacks goodies too. No idea who those are for, guess I'll have to polish them off!

    Gargh and halfway through paying something goes out of stock, this is a maddening system!

    ARGGGHHHH! The site is down again! Every time I get to the point of paying, it goes down!


    I can't even get on to the Boots site at all!!!!!!
    Total (Aug 19):€58,567 Now:€26,947
    DFD:Nov 22/June 22
    Mortgage: €199,712
    MFD: March 2042/July 2034
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