First one to clear 15k gets a paper hat

savingholmes

well done dizzy bee and TMD on your progress... I especially like the free money bit... no more debt busting for me until nearer the end of the month! Unless I win big somewhere!!!!

dizzybee

Just the normal direct debits for me today,waiting for a few items to be paid for on e bay then i can withdraw £50 to pay towards a debt.

CAFCGirl

if I'd had the chance... i would have spent so much money today..... but held it together so far online and refrained...

I hate having pooey days....
im off for cake...

savingholmes

well done cafcgirl on restraining yourself - that is the hardest thing to do - and in my opinion makes the most difference - what you avoid spending...

savingholmes

where has everyone gone?

Well I have an interview tomorrow!!! I also queried my bonus as not being right - and they are going to give me the difference over £400!!!! I've also been put forward for a few more jobs....

Hope everyone one else is having a good week....

CAFCGirl

wooooooooooohooooooooooooo!

Great stuff Saving on the bonus and the interviews.
Fingers crossed for you....

I'm having a better day today, and still have cake left LOL xx

tirlittan

Good luck saving.

We're just looking holidays, going to book flights this week,then plan where abouts and what we want to do and book accommodation next week. We're off to Sicily in May! Can't wait!!! Haven't had a proper holiday for years.

savingholmes

HI all - I got a really good bonus today:j . I have moved £3K :j to my stoozing account but if in a few months time I still haven't got a job - then I will have to move it back to the main account and live on it...

I have decided to include it in the paper hat challenge for now - to try and incentivise me to

a) get my next job so we can use the money towards debts and

b) to cut our costs back and live on OH's wage if we can in the hope we can leave it untouched or at least relatively untouched...

Now we have nearly cleared the overdraft that is much more doable than it was. At the end of last month the overdraft was -£200 :j which is much better than normal. When I joined last July our overdraft was over £2K! I haven't included the overdraft in my current debt calc as it is so variable though.....:rolleyes:

Watch this space!

* Also got £96 back in interview expenses

* Have a different interview for Monday

* Got flowers and choccies from work today!

* Haven't heard back from yesterday's interview yet!

CAFCGirl

Sounds very super positive Saving...

A nw job will turn up for you real soon. Have you had feedback from those you didn't get offered?
It just means it wasnt your purpose to do that job! It'll come to you....

Just off to check through my accounts and see if any cheeky payments have come out xx

Editted: £80 cleared for me so far today...

Whats everyone got planned today?

poorandindenial

*positive job vibes to savingholmes* (and check out your total!!!)

howdy all

not been on much this week as have had a social life!!! (wonders will never cease)

nowt doing on the debt repayment front until 1st April - then my routine payments go out and then I have to NOT SPEND (<<< that is a note to self btw) so that I can do proper sized overpayments on my debts later in the month. Am hoping for £1k overpayments but have been so crap recently that I wouldn't be surprised if it was a lot less - I guess £800+ would see me happy

Not got much planned today but I might make OH take me to join Costco (one of the perks of being an NHS employee) and have a nosey round there.

Anything exciting happened while I have been off on my jaunts?