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Buffy's 18 week credit card free challenge

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  • spud30
    spud30 Posts: 16,872 Forumite
    :j :j :j :j :j :j :j :beer: :j :j :j :j :j

    Brilliant!!!

    I am going to do it Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays? although I may swop my Fri to Sat if I go out Friday night?

    we shall bully each other into it!!! (((((((((((hugs)))))))))))):T :T :T :T :T

    Right, we will do this :T

    I'm sick of putting things off 'because I cant' or I'm scared, or too blimmin self conscious :mad:

    I just told DH, and he offered to accompany me out in public doing the walk/runs :D

    I'm trying to find some suitable running shoes. Very :confused:
    Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:
    Loves being a Wonderbra friend :kisses3:
  • spud30
    spud30 Posts: 16,872 Forumite
    Running shoes ordered. Only took me 3 hours :eek:

    Would've been longer if Sammy hadnt told me off and sorted me out :rotfl:

    No going back now ehh :T
    Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:
    Loves being a Wonderbra friend :kisses3:
  • Shoe_Gal
    Shoe_Gal Posts: 7,235 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    spud30 wrote: »
    Erm....I've just printed out the 12 week plan and stuck it to the wall right in front of me.....so I guess you've got yourself a run buddy :p

    OMG :eek: :eek:
    Good luck Buffy! :j I have signed up for Race for Life on 21st June, no more putting it off :eek:
    Sometimes it's hard to walk in a single woman's shoes - that's why we need really special ones!
    Total debt @ Oct 2008: £29,226.42 Credit Card- £[STRIKE]7493.56[/STRIKE] - £7243.56
    Weightloss : 0/34lbs
  • Shoe_Gal
    Shoe_Gal Posts: 7,235 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    spud30 wrote: »
    Right, we will do this :T

    I'm sick of putting things off 'because I cant' or I'm scared, or too blimmin self conscious :mad:

    Good luck Spud! :j
    Sometimes it's hard to walk in a single woman's shoes - that's why we need really special ones!
    Total debt @ Oct 2008: £29,226.42 Credit Card- £[STRIKE]7493.56[/STRIKE] - £7243.56
    Weightloss : 0/34lbs
  • spud30
    spud30 Posts: 16,872 Forumite
    Shoe_Gal wrote: »
    Good luck Spud! :j

    Thanks Shoe Gal. I think I'll need it :o :rolleyes:
    Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:
    Loves being a Wonderbra friend :kisses3:
  • £16,827.37

    thats my current debt total.

    sold a book on Green Met, sold four things on E bay (and bought a few but I think I may end up using some as gifts.

    Work hit rock bottom today, Head came to observe me and I sucked. I got so nervous. I lost my thread siad the wrong thing hopefully the !!!! wont hit the fan till monday. but it was awful

    Words really cannot explain how much I hate my job and how much i wish I could walk out.

    I am always so unhappy and so so tense.

    but ironically if I can hang on a bit alonger I be free of this debt and getting another(lower paid) teaching job wouldn't be such an issue.

    This is so hard. I need a hug. I need something in my life to go right.

    and I know how self pitying that sounds but I am officially at rock bottom.

    if only I had the guts to leave.
    Nevertheless she persisted.
  • System
    System Posts: 178,349 Community Admin
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    Go buffy, good luck girl, sell that snail offspring :D
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  • spud30
    spud30 Posts: 16,872 Forumite
    Hugs Buffy. I personally think life's too bleedin short to spend that many hours a day somewhere that makes you so unhappy. Cant you start looking for a new job now, and maybe take a little longer to become DF, but be happier doing it?
    Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:
    Loves being a Wonderbra friend :kisses3:
  • urg123
    urg123 Posts: 1,997 Forumite
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    Hi Buffy

    (((((((HUGS)))))))

    I'm really sorry to hear that you are going to through this. It has been such a hard slog for you - you are so close to that end goal.

    Not sure if you can - but can you put down the teaching observation to 'performance anxiety'. It is really hard to be observed by others.

    Buffy - go back and read your posts on this thread and the others you have been on. You are on the last part of your rollercoaster ride to be debt free. The question you need to ask yourself is this: can I hang on til December when you will be debt free? Or do you need to get off and get on a slightly less bumpy ride that will take a bit longer but will make you feel better along the journey?

    I'll be on here for a bit - keep talking.

    urg x x x
  • System
    System Posts: 178,349 Community Admin
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    Oh and I read the rest of the post Buffy sorry, didnt mean to sound insensitive. If staying in the job will pay your debt off quicker then you have to devise a stategy that allows you to concentrate your energies into paying the debt off and not hating the job IYSWIM. Have the debt repayment as your goal every week you go to work and in the mean time make your escape plans to get out. x
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