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Burlesque Babe's Re-building life but back in debt diary

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  • pepe2008
    pepe2008 Posts: 5,158 Forumite
    Snaggles wrote: »
    :D Revenge is sweet! :p

    There is real competition here for the title of Queen of Smut;):D

    Now I really must go to bed, 'night Smutty x
    :D:D stay wonky :D:D

    ....one-way ticket to Portugal booked !
  • Burlesque_Babe
    Burlesque_Babe Posts: 17,547 Forumite
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    I go away for 2 minutes and miss the smut.....bloody typical these days.......:rolleyes::rotfl:
    :D"Stay Wonky":D

    :j:jBecome Mrs Pepe 9 October 2012 :j:j
  • jinky67
    jinky67 Posts: 47,812 Forumite
    pepe2008 wrote: »
    There is real competition here for the title of Queen of Smut;):D

    Now I really must go to bed, 'night Smutty x
    i think I might win that:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    night Pepe
    :heartpulsOnce a Flylady, always a Flylady:heartpuls
  • Burlesque_Babe
    Burlesque_Babe Posts: 17,547 Forumite
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    jinky67 wrote: »
    i think I might win that:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    I'd have to put in a quiet bid for that..............I'm not the innocent little thing you all know and love me as you know............;)
    :D"Stay Wonky":D

    :j:jBecome Mrs Pepe 9 October 2012 :j:j
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    jinky67 wrote: »
    No I am not to blame this time:j:j:j:j:j

    Nor me.....
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."
    OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    I'd have to put in a quiet bid for that..............I'm not the innocent little thing you all know and love me as you know............;)

    Oh I am... :A
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."
    OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • jinky67
    jinky67 Posts: 47,812 Forumite
    I'd have to put in a quiet bid for that..............I'm not the innocent little thing you all know and love me as you know............;)
    And neither am i:D:D:D:D:D:D
    :heartpulsOnce a Flylady, always a Flylady:heartpuls
  • System
    System Posts: 178,390 Community Admin
    10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper


    Oooooooh, a gold card..............get you posh Mrs Drummer lady :rotfl:
    Parump a pump pump
    This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com
  • Burlesque_Babe
    Burlesque_Babe Posts: 17,547 Forumite
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    that was an excellent Drummer Boy impression there Lenneth!
    :D"Stay Wonky":D

    :j:jBecome Mrs Pepe 9 October 2012 :j:j
  • Burlesque_Babe
    Burlesque_Babe Posts: 17,547 Forumite
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    edited 8 May 2009 at 2:40PM
    well, used up my quidco money for petrol. It bought me 11 litres, I've set my mile counter to zero, I think it should do me for 60 miles or so. That hopefully will be a fortnight's driving and then see what I need for the rest of the month.

    Got one of my CC statements - deep joy :rolleyes: . Can't pay the minimum on that until I get my WTC.

    Got a birthday card with £2 in from my nanna and grandad :D

    Bank account still says £759 so I'm going to move over £50 until my mortgage goes out on the 12th and my WTC goes in and then move it back again.

    Going to finish off the job application I started yesterday for the data protection job.

    I have been thinking today though - if I get a full time job, the money will mean that I can start paying it all off a bit quicker, but it will be hard work adding in teaching as well - and the 30 weeks of my teaching course I have ahead of me. I think that will burn me out quicker than my current situation!

    I have planned the ideal situation, but there's the matter of finding a job to match it! What I would really like is

    Job 1

    25 hours per week (5 hrs per day Mon-Fri) salary of £25,000 pro rata which would be £16,750. This would be £1,040 per month.

    plus
    Job 2

    4 hours per week teaching. This would be an extra £200 a month after tax during term time

    plus
    Job 3

    AQA - use AQA at the weekends as my debt busting tool. If I did £80 each weekend, that would be £320 a month in term time I could clear off my debt because Jobs 1 and 2 would be covering the bills, petrol and food. Outside term time I would need to use AQA to earn £200 to make up for the teaching and then anything extra would be my debt busting money.

    That's the fantasy - I just need to find a job at 25k which is 25 hours!!! I just don't want the teaching to have to fall by the wayside after only 1 year but I don't really think I can work full time, do the teaching AND the teaching preparation AND AQA. I also have another 29 weeks on my teacher training to fit in.
    :D"Stay Wonky":D

    :j:jBecome Mrs Pepe 9 October 2012 :j:j
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