My rags to riches, weight loss, yummy mummy stuff and 'owt else i can think of diary!

pixieface_3

Hi Rags
WOW 101 st birthday!!! you must be looking after you residents very well...hope you all have a great day, bet its a great place to work. AS for ebaying .....dont know about anyone else but i have sold very little in past couple of months compared to the start of the year....so good luck with yours!! miemie you did well to earn £40 well done....wish I had, I have spent more than earned, thought I best make a start on buying xmas presents for my lot and have just bought six lovely Emma Bridgewater childrens meal sets it consists of a plate, cup knife, fork, spoon and dish for £11 each they are really nice and the guy on ebay has given me a very good discount.....so I am well happy and they make a lovely practical present, so at least I have made a start Happy ebaying you lot hope you have better luck than me!
Pixieface x

ragstoricheswannabe

Hey everyone, well i was right about the overtime at work, not much going and septembers pay will only have about £200ish extra but that will have to go on m.o.t'ing the big car (it will fail for sure and will prob cost that to pass, yet more money on the heap of metal) so will only be paying min amounts to debts in sept.

This is annoying my slightly as daft as it is as i was really enjoying getting the big amount of overtime money and getting the debts down quicker, but will have to learn to be patient. October should be able to put more to debts as my childcare bill will drop huge amounts with ds1 being in school full time.

10 days till pay day!!!!:j:j Will be getting ds2's birthday pressie and a little something for ds1 (my mum and dad did that for me and my brother on each of our birthdays so the other didnt feel left out and i want to do this too despite OH saying its silly and his family never did it) and get the boys some clothes as desperatly need some then will pay some off the egg1 card but am gonna leave some in to go towards the overdraft as feel that i need to try and get this sorted at some point (am terrified now that they will take it off me with no warning after reading some stories on here)

OH got £64 for doing a day the other weekend and had a night out on wed and is working extra today so might put all the to the egg1 card and that will be about £140ish extra paid off. The loan payment comes out early next week and then the rest of the payments, apart from the egg2 one, will come out not long after payday!!!! hoping i will have gone slightly over my target this month!!!!! not so sure about getting under £20k this month though.................................patience is a virtue, or so im told!!!!!!

Having less hours should hopefully mean more time to ebay and looking forward to spending more time with the boys.

right off to see what your all up to in your diaries..................
love rags
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ragstoricheswannabe

Where has everyone gone?????

My loan payment went out today so the payments for august have commenced!!!!!!

Going to have a big sort out of the boys clothes later (including my fella's) and start yet another bin bag of ebay stuff, hoping my ironing pile wont look so big once all the stuff they dont wear as too small has been removed!!!

Im a little torn today about whether to leave the overtime money for the overdraft or pay it off the egg1 card knowing that overtime is sparse now..............................thinking i am just gonna pay the majority of it to the egg1 card and leave about £100 in for the overdraft????

On a good note, I HAVE LOST 3LBS THIS WEEK!!!!!!:j:D:j That has taken me down to 10st 9lbs!! just have to keep it off now and start to lose some more!!! am well chuffed as took me ages to lose 1lb and then stuck at 10st 12lb for about 2 months. My dress seems to be my insiration as really dont want to feel fat and bloated in it!!!!!

not much else to report,
love rags
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miemie

Hi Rags
Big well done on losing 3lbs, i'm trying to lose weight and get comfortable in a size 12 as we go on holiday in a few weeks, but it is'nt budging.

Good luck with the ebaying i'm selling quite a bit at the moment, does'nt seem as slow as it has been.

pixieface_3

:jwell done rags!!!!!!! on your weight loss keep up the good work xx:j

mummy2mygirls

Well done rags on the 3lb!! I did lose 2lb last week and then over the weekend it went back up!! arrrr.... whats the lower tummy exercise??


you are doing sooo well on the debts!! always paying extra of etc well done :j


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ragstoricheswannabe

Hello peeps!!!!

Mummy, someone at work taught me this as they used to be a fitness instructer type person................ lie flat on the floor and bend your knees as though you were going to do crunches/sit ups. Place your hands in the small of your back (to help protect it) and tense your tummy muscles as though trying to push your belly button into the floor. Lift your legs up (making a sort of L shape) and slowly lower your legs (keeping them straight as possible) down to where you can feel your tummy muscles pull the slowly raise back up again. The lower your legs go the more it pulls your tummy muscles. I can only do about 10 reps but can so feel it the next day!!!!

Thanks for the well dones on the weight loss, have a pair of size 14 jeans that have always been on the small side but are now starting to get quite loose!!!!! will keep on at it!!!

Waiting for payday now to pay some debt off, wont be doing much overpaying next month but hoping will be able to start again in oct when my childcare bill will go down big style!!!!! Really need to sit down and do my soa for this month and next so i know what i will have left. Ooh and hopefully my mortgage will reduce in nov!!!!!

Thinking i may just be able to pay off £6k in total this year, which would have put me down to £14k in debt had we not added to it........................oh well, i still love my new doors so worth it!!!!!!

sorting through all the clothes today and will be adding to my ebay pile.............keep reading differing things bout ebay, some are making a fortune, others not so much???????? but suppose even if things sell for 99p, its more than they are making cluttering up my house.

what is everyone else up to????

ragstoricheswannabe

quick note of how i will be spending my £650 overtime:

1. £120 for the boys clothes (sounds a lot but only £60 each for all needs incl undies, socks and ds2's vests.

2. £40-£50 on ds2's birthday pressie with a little something for ds1

3. will pay £400 to egg1 card as overpayment

4. Will leave the £60-£80 in the bank for overdraft/other needs.

ragstoricheswannabe

whoo hoo!!!! just got a letter from my mortgage people saying that from nov 1st my payments will be dropping by £102.01 a month!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:beer: happy days!!!!!

ragstoricheswannabe

5 days till payday!!!!

I am poorly sick at the moment, full of a really bad cold, but finding it amusing watching people back away from me slowly when they realise in case i have the dreaded pig flu!!!!!! ha ha ha!!!! Just hope it goes by fri ready for my mates wedding.

Really struggled at work yesterday with it and am in 2 minds whether to go in for my paperwork day today, have taken what feels like a hundred pills so just waiting on them kicking in and think i should be ok!!!!! least if i make the effort to go in, i can com\e home when i want......................................and its extra pennies...............

oh i would be so rich if i wasnt in debt!!!!!!!!! (wouldnt we all)