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It's not rocket science, so why don't I get it?

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  • Piquant_2
    Piquant_2 Posts: 5,769 Forumite
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    fayjmck wrote: »
    Hey well done to the extra payment saving you so much money.

    I paid my car tax today saved the cc charge by paying by debit card and saved another bit by paying for a year instead of my normal six months :)

    Too many stingy whips on here though x

    It's hamster, bringing out the whipping side of lucielle and I :o actually I think Dragon started it...

    I'm going to pay my car tax today, not looking forward to losing 185.00, keep thinking how much better it would look against my debts:D

    The extra payments make a huge difference, they seem to bring down the interest, which in turn bring down the date. I appear to have become addicted to my spreadsheet as well as the snowball :rolleyes:
    Total debt at October 2008: £67,213.30
    Total debt today: £0
    - debt and mortgage free 29th November 2013 :T
    Sealed Pot Challenge member 14
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  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    Piquant wrote: »
    It's hamster, bringing out the whipping side of lucielle and I :o actually I think Dragon started it...

    Tchah get blamed for everything I do!
    Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for thou art crunchy and good with catsup :D
    NSD 15/20, OS WL 21-6 (4) :(C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z #44 Twisted Firestarter, VSP #57 - £39.43
    :p Every Penny's a Prisoner :p
  • Piquant_2
    Piquant_2 Posts: 5,769 Forumite
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    Helllloooooo..... (in a leslie phillips voice) :rotfl:

    ...but dearest Dragon, this is the reaction you got from suggesting you needed taking in hand :rotfl:

    He's an easily excited hamster :rolleyes:
    Total debt at October 2008: £67,213.30
    Total debt today: £0
    - debt and mortgage free 29th November 2013 :T
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  • Piquant_2
    Piquant_2 Posts: 5,769 Forumite
    PPI Party Pooper Mortgage-free Glee! Debt-free and Proud!
    update

    Just like Fay I paid the car tax today, much easier online than taking all the documentation palaver to the Post Office. Had saved the 185.00 but it still hurt to sign it over, it would look so much better against my debt :rolleyes:

    Also made my 20/20 nsd's for the month. Now somewhere there ought to be all that non spent cash, I wonder where it is?

    Going to do another personal store cupboard challenge and just spend £10 for next week and use up freezer, fridge and cupboard contents. Should only need cheese, yogurt, salad and fruit. Will work it out tomorrow!


    Have meeting with idiot boss in an hour, fairly sure it will be painful in one way or another.
    Total debt at October 2008: £67,213.30
    Total debt today: £0
    - debt and mortgage free 29th November 2013 :T
    Sealed Pot Challenge member 14
    Save £12K in 2014 - £6,521.90/£6K member 138



  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    Good luck with the boss! I managed to make and eat lunch and now I'm shattered again *sigh* oh well stitching will happen sometime!
    Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for thou art crunchy and good with catsup :D
    NSD 15/20, OS WL 21-6 (4) :(C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z #44 Twisted Firestarter, VSP #57 - £39.43
    :p Every Penny's a Prisoner :p
  • lucielle
    lucielle Posts: 11,589 Forumite
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    Hi Piq, hope the meeting goes well and boss has taken his anti-idiot tablets!
    L
    Total Debt Dec 07 £59875.83 Overdrafts £2900,New Debt Figure ZERO !!!!!!:j 08/06/2013
    Lucielle's Daring Debt Free Journey
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  • hampsterpoo
    hampsterpoo Posts: 833 Forumite
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    Hi Piq hope the meetings over and went well ,
    dont forget to bake a cake tonight for cake friday
    ;) Member of change Pip's name back to PIP club ;)

    :jI've only blooming got my name on it :j
  • Hey there

    we are car tax twins - :)

    I am also joining you on the store cupboard challenge this week - I only have about £10 quid left of my march budget when I pay the milk - we have lots in so will think of winding cupboards down as will also be off for about 7-10 days in early April as well at courses etc and decorating OH/our? house on the mainland.

    I draw the line at the blackbird and the wren - not enough to warrant a stew at the moment.

    Plums on the stove (did them this am) so might make some crumble tonight.

    Also just got - 'How to feed your whole family...............' from the library and a book about labelled food and what to make with it - ie Nutella brownies etc - so as long as the girls have laid some eggs - we might even sneak in a batch of brownies. :)

    Hope idiotchops doesnt give you too much grief.
    Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
    Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
    minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
    :money:Sleeves up folks.:money:
  • Piquant_2
    Piquant_2 Posts: 5,769 Forumite
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    Meeting with idiot boss was interesting in that he never mentioned closing down my team, kept asking for my advice and saying what a good job I was doing :confused: Has he finally read the report I wrote that proves how much money we save the company? Don't know what to think at the moment.

    I spend all the time before a meeting wondering if this is it - job over....It's exhausting and demoralising.

    Maybe I'll get another pay packet out of them after all...
    Total debt at October 2008: £67,213.30
    Total debt today: £0
    - debt and mortgage free 29th November 2013 :T
    Sealed Pot Challenge member 14
    Save £12K in 2014 - £6,521.90/£6K member 138



  • Piquant_2
    Piquant_2 Posts: 5,769 Forumite
    PPI Party Pooper Mortgage-free Glee! Debt-free and Proud!
    fayjmck wrote: »
    Hey there

    we are car tax twins - :)

    I am also joining you on the store cupboard challenge this week - I only have about £10 quid left of my march budget when I pay the milk - we have lots in so will think of winding cupboards down as will also be off for about 7-10 days in early April as well at courses etc and decorating OH/our? house on the mainland.

    I draw the line at the blackbird and the wren - not enough to warrant a stew at the moment.

    Plums on the stove (did them this am) so might make some crumble tonight.

    Also just got - 'How to feed your whole family...............' from the library and a book about labelled food and what to make with it - ie Nutella brownies etc - so as long as the girls have laid some eggs - we might even sneak in a batch of brownies. :)

    Hope idiotchops doesnt give you too much grief.

    We're doing brilliantly at this twins lark, completely in tune....

    ...drat....have just remembered the Danny de Vito and Arnold Swarzathingummy film......not a good look for twins.....
    Total debt at October 2008: £67,213.30
    Total debt today: £0
    - debt and mortgage free 29th November 2013 :T
    Sealed Pot Challenge member 14
    Save £12K in 2014 - £6,521.90/£6K member 138



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