Laura's K.I.S.S DFW diary

laura2481

laura2481 wrote: »

Originally posted 21/7/09



5 month plan (until end of 2009)

• Continue being better with my money- aiming for £3k paid off by end of year didn't quite get there.. will do my best over next 18 months not to add any to debt
• Loose some weight- down to 10st (1st 4Ib to loose) Really need to do this...pronto!!
• Go to Bruges- going early 2011 now.
• [STRIKE]Get engaged [/STRIKE] Done :D

18 month Plan (end of 2010)

• Pay off debt by end of 2010 probably not going to happen...
• Plan wedding hurrah!!!
• Have a spa day (perhaps as part of a 'hen type do?' 2 birds one stone etc ) still a possibility

5-Year Plan

• Get married (early 2011) looking good...
• Have a child/children (no later than age 35) we'll see

End of year update as to where I am with my 'life plan'. I guess I strayed a little on the DFW front.

Tomorrow I will be back to make some simple DFW goals- keep myself on the right track!

laura2481

DFW aims Jan 2011

• Pay off Barclaycard, ensure completely cancelled/shut down (as they didn't do it last year :rolleyes:)
• Contact Halifax CC. Ensure completely cancelled/shut down.
• Set up DD for Halifax CC payment so I don't forget- nearly late this month :eek:
• Look around for another card with 0% offer- to transfer Halifax card over
• Be no more than £100 overdrawn at end of the month. (with the view to reducing overdraft gradually so will stop using it)
• Take lunch to work, and buy multipack cans of drink to take to work £1.60 per day is ridiculous - thats £400 a year!! :eek::eek:
• Update spreadsheet so info is correct
• Pay back OH money borrowed over christmas £545- but only due to stupid late payment of wage this month (not until 4/1/10!)

Also need to pay my abdo fees and claim them back from work asap so I will have the money back to pay my GOC fees.

laura2481

putting off looking at bank online.... ok here i go. I can do it...

Primula

laura2481 wrote: »

putting off looking at bank online.... ok here i go. I can do it...

LOL - how was it then?

laura2481

Primula wrote: »

LOL - how was it then?

Not so bad :rotfl: If I behave I can be back to normal by the end of Febuary. I'm sure I can behave myself for 8 weeks or so... surely?

Primula

Oh I am absolutely sure you can, especially with a wedding to think about. You can do lots of free surfing looking at wedding ideas!

laura2481

Primula wrote: »

Oh I am absolutely sure you can, especially with a wedding to think about. You can do lots of free surfing looking at wedding ideas!

I think your right... it should help to focus my mind :rotfl:

laura2481

(shamelessly cut and pasted from another thread 'cos I'm waaay lazy :rotfl:)

Well, my diet starts today Still, I should be able to stick to it a bit better with a definite aim in mind ie- fit into a dress! :rotfl:



Week 1 plan:

• eat breakfast everyday (I'm a bu**er for skipping breakfast, snacking on choc or biscuits then over eating at lunch)
• have homemade soup for lunch at work (also nice and cheap )
• No alcohol (a slight bet was nade I could not give up drink for the rest of January.... bet I can )
• Try and walk a bit more this week (building up to going back to gym in February- when everyone else has given up their new years resolutions so it's not so busy :rotfl:)

So starting small..


So now I need to go have breakfast (porridge today) and make soup later (veg/pulses/pasta soup)

Also going to do some serious concentrated research on venues (ie not flitting from one thing to another :rotfl:)

Going to set up a spreadsheet of Venue, location (how many mile from home) how many it seats for ceremony and capacity for receptions. So when we workout guestlist we can see straight away which venues are out as too small and concentrate on emailing and visiting places which are right size.

So not much to do do today...

Better go have breakfast, I'm hungry

Primula

Good luck with your new plans. You sound like me - I never eat breakfast and then raid the biscuit tin for morning coffee at work. Today I am back at work, had no breakfast, decided to work through my lunch hour so I can finish early, nipped out for a sandwich and nowhere close by open so I had two bags of crips and some chocolate for lunch today!!

laura2481

Right- that's one area compiled on a spreadsheet..now to look at the other possible area. Need to take a break for a bit...my eyes are boggling