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Goals for w/c 5th March 2006?
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Thank you! And I shall look forward to posting them and (hopefully!) seeing myself become more & more disciplined and positive...and seeing the ££ come *down* instead of rising for a change!
Thanks again.Bank Balance: In the black for the moment.
Sainsburys Loan: Cleared July 2010
Credit cards: AMEX Airmiles Card: direct debit set to clear balance monthly
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Add 2 x £2 to my new collection (started last week).
To undertand MSE logic (this is only my second posting)
To have 3 no spend days this week."I will be debtfree":p0 -
Hi this is my first week of setting a goal so here goes, hopefully this week should be a bit cheaper, I'm doing Jury service so dont need to travel the 64 mile round trip to work and my petrol spend will be reimbursed and i'll have lunch provided for me! woo
Have 3 no spend days (at least!)I had 2
Get my BF to work out all his money Did this, found out he has PPI on his loan so wrote a letter to cancel that!
transfer money between accounts to make most of my interest free overdraft paid off my loan so its made a little dent in my od, will be reassessing this week!
start a plan for savings account done, found an ISA that i've got with Nationwide aand it had £35 in it!!
investigate what i have i can sell!Not done this :mad:
:T Did manage to get around to signing up to Quidco & trading in two old mobiles at envirophone!
Also last week managed to get my BFs mum to admit she needs to sort out their finances! Coz they are a mess, I will be helping her to use the snowball calculator as she aint to hot with computers!
This weeks targets are:
Have 3 no spend days
tidy my flat; its a complete tip!
go to the gym at least 3 times! (well i do spend a shed load on it)
I cant think of anymore!:mad:0 -
Bloody marvious thread.
Heres my goals for the Week c/m 05 March 2006
1. Sell some odds and sods on Ebay
2. Cancel Fitness First Subscription - I haven't been for the last 3 months!
3. Empty my rather large piggy bank and bank into my current account
4. Take packed lunches all week rather than buying pre-packed sandwiches at the shop
I think thats about it.....0 -
Right this week to have
1/ To have 3 no spend days..should manage this as OH is back to work after a week off and totally screwing up my budget :mad:
2/ To list more stuff on ebay...hardly made a dent in my to sell pile yet!
3/ As usual sort the flippin house out!! Have OT coming Thursday and they won't even be able to see the stairs etc.. :rolleyes:
4/ Refuse ANY more sewing jobs..I really struggle to say NOOOO..then I get lumbered and then I get embarassed when they ask how much.. :mad: :mad: wasted a whole day yesterday and probably won't see any money for it either...0 -
This is a new one for me:
My goals for this week are :
To not spend any money on anything other than food for the family or bills that have to be paid.
To start my new job
To start my diet as I am getting porky and I dont want to undo all the good weight loss i did last year.
So here goes......0 -
D&DD wrote:4/ Refuse ANY more sewing jobs..I really struggle to say NOOOO..then I get lumbered and then I get embarassed when they ask how much.. :mad: :mad: wasted a whole day yesterday and probably won't see any money for it either...
This is classic. I too was offering my skills for next to nothing ot friends and family , that then expanded to friends of friends and finally people who "Got your number"
Now stopped it. Charge everyone except family and close friends , its a labour exchaneg deal. Today my mate put up some new light fittigns , So I will sort his Computer for him.
Tell em that you now need to charge.0 -
john_kent wrote:This is classic. I too was offering my skills for next to nothing ot friends and family , that then expanded to friends of friends and finally people who "Got your number"
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That is soo right I get complete strangers ringing me saying I hope you don't mind but so and so gave me your number... :mad:0 -
Hi my goals for last week were:
Do not use tumble dryer!! have not used t/d this is the 3rd wk now hope it's made a difference to leccy bill!!
List more on ebay!! Done
Cut smoking down by 50%!!didn't do to well!! but theres always this week!!
My goals for this week are the same!!!0
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