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Flying gleefully into 2009 - One Fresians adventures in debt-busting

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  • pointypenguin
    pointypenguin Posts: 1,768 Forumite
    A big woohoo for F_F, keep up the good work.:j:j:j

    I sympathise about work, a week ago I felt the same but somehow things have got better even though not much has changed. Hang in there, you have some good karma building, things will go well for you very soon I am sure.:beer:

    I agree about the NSDs, I can't quite seem to manage them then I get annoyed at myself. It is so much better to have a weekly budget and stick to it than have the famine/feast cycle that a NSD seems to bring. I like the idea but don't think they work for me.

    Anyway hump day tomorrow so nearly on the down-slope.

    Keep on trucking:D
    Weekly Spend Challenge: £0/£30


  • mooomin
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    It's a lovely day today - when I woke up the sun was streaming in the windows, and the kind of day where I would bounce out of bed (Heading directly for the kettle it must be said) and start pottering about with washing and the mountain of dishes that seems to have mutated in the kitchen when I wasn't looking.

    A friend of our turned up last night without warning and has stayed over, currently snoring his little head off on our couch, so I can't really blast in and put the washing machine on or start banging pots. Curse his oily hide!! I really want to put clothes out on the line this morning!

    Even if I close the kitchen door while the washing machine is on, the cats will assume that this is a sinister plot to deny them the Go Cat that is rightfully theirs and will deploy a full-on paintwork-clawing attack to gain themselves entry to the kitchen. Fluffy little barstewards.

    *urgh* Speaking of which, while I typed that I heard the unmistakable sound of Ernie spewing in the living room, which has woken up our guest :rotfl: Greedy little begger eats his cat biscuits too quickly sometimes which leads to these little issues. Never when t'other half is awake, only me, the girl with the world's most sensitive vomit reflex.

    Right, cat puke to clean, yay!
  • Flylady_Flower
    Flylady_Flower Posts: 2,855 Forumite
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    I'm with you with the vomit reflex - couldn't even clean up the kids when they were little without joining in... Yeuchhhh!

    Well, at least he's awake and you can put the machine on... silver lining and all that... ha ha

    Off to do something myself now...
    LBM April 2013 - £29,000.00
    Vanquis CC's PAID - Debenhams SC PAID - A+L OD PAID - Asda CC £783.75
    Barclaycard CC £1400.78 - BoS CC PAID - Freemans Cat PAID
    F/D Loan & CC £1458.96 - Santander Loan PAID - Mum Loan PAID
    RBS OD PAID - F/D OD £1026.52
    Weekly Grocery Challenge - £95.00 budget / spend £-
  • Hopeful1
    Hopeful1 Posts: 2,076 Forumite
    Just caught up with your progress update - woo hoo you!! houra.gif
    This is why we keep saying you're a good motivator.

    Keep up the good work hun ;)
    One step at a time ;)
  • Primula
    Primula Posts: 953 Forumite



    Since having my LBM on 28th November 2008, I have paid off £2,231.65!!!


    I love this forum, and the people on it for their kindness, their inspiration and most of all their smiling in the face of all the poo that comes our way. Woo to MSE :T





    :T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T
    Wey hey girl - you done great! I have given you a clap for each £100 you have paid off and an extra one for being so inspiring! Keep up the good work. :A
    P
    x
    PS And I so agree, I love this forum too! The other night I went on Ebay instead of here and that was a silly silly move :mad: - now have to confess to Lula Hula and the crazy clothes challenge!
  • mooomin
    mooomin Posts: 13,703 Forumite
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    Thanks for all the applause Primula, you'll make me blush :rotfl:

    I had a pretty good day today, cat puke is already forgotten about :D

    So, good things which happened to me today:

    1. On the strength of my industrial strength moaning, I have been removed from the sh*tty things that aren't my bl**dy job to do anyway tasks at work and given a whole heap of stuff to do which is interesting and will raise my profile within the business area I work in. If I do it right I shall be heaped with praise and [strike]dancing girls[/strike] the gratitude of my boss :D

    2. It's payrise day :j :D :j The money doesn't go through until next months pay (poohsticks to that by the way) but I have had a payrise of £1104 per year, which will do me nicely. I pay pensions and all sorts of carp out of my monthly wage so I don't think it will feel like a huge amount of money [strike]expecially once the money grabbing f*ckwits at the student loans take their cut. I didn't even bl**dy graduate[/strike] but it's more to fling at the debts, and that's all good

    3. Homemadedinnertastic Batman! My flatmate made home-made soup last night with bacon and tatties and all sorts of other goodness in it, which was our starter and we had shepherds pie for our main course which I made ages ago and froze for a day when I wouldn't be able to be bothered chopping veg and making "proper" food. No money-burning takeaway for me, no sirree!

    4. I got shower gel in Boots for £1.47 which had a muckle big body lotion too - the new Nivea Happy Time one. Hurrah for bargains!

    5. It's Hump Day :D

    6. I had a scone this morning and it was goooo-oooooooooood

    And so endeth the Happy Things List from Fresian Towers.

    Have a good evening y'all :D
  • Hey hey hey!

    That's amazing. Well done you. Cause for celebration?

    Re: cat puke, one of the advantages of having a dog, they tend to eat their own puke, so saves you the hassle of having to get the mop out. Cats are definitely classier, they'd have us slaves do their own dirty work, whereas the dogs are....... well a snack's a snack!
    ** Proud to be dealing with my debts **
    LBM - Jan 2009 _pale_ : £24,802.21 :eek:
    February 2010 :silenced: : £18,078.47 (not including OD)
    July 2010 :( = £16,819.34 (not including OD)
    January 2012 :mad: = £14,338.75 (not including OD)
  • Hey hey hey!

    That's amazing. Well done you. Cause for celebration?

    Re: cat puke, one of the advantages of having a dog, they tend to eat their own puke, so saves you the hassle of having to get the mop out. Cats are definitely classier, they'd have us slaves do their own dirty work, whereas the dogs are....... well a snack's a snack!
    Wish my dog would! Dog puke is the one thing I can't handle.... give me human puke, any poo, blood or pus and I'm fine, but theres something about Charlie's puke that I canot stomach!


    Hiya F_F btw :o
    'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars' - Oscar Wilde
  • mooomin
    mooomin Posts: 13,703 Forumite
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    Hiya F_F btw :o
    Hey Sarah! hellowave.gif
  • hey everyone
    am i being thick but what is hump day lol
    well done by the way xx
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