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100 day challenge take 3

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  • Intergalactic_Floozie
    Intergalactic_Floozie Posts: 1,600 Forumite
    Right - I'm in!

    1. No make-up or beauty products unless they have ran out ( I will need some foundation soon - and I submitted an Avon order which I will have to honour).

    2. No magazines EXCEPT the two that I will "allow" myself to buy on a Tuesday, now and closer (value £2.50)
    Start Date: 27/11/2010
    Padding: Day 42
    Target £8000
    Amount: £562.23
  • Shoe_Gal
    Shoe_Gal Posts: 7,235 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    hello everybody :hello:

    I am declaring day 2 a success :j It's a long time since I had a Tuesday without Closer :o
    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
  • fedupandskint
    fedupandskint Posts: 10,358 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Day 2 over for me too! And a NSD too!!
    final unsecured debt to repay currently £8333
    Proud to be Dealing With my Debt
    DFW Nerd 1154 Long Haul 155
  • SarahNeedle1872
    SarahNeedle1872 Posts: 6,166 Forumite
    fedupandskint wrote: »
    Day 2 over for me too! And a NSD too!!
    Ditto FedUp, andother good, spend free day :D
    'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars' - Oscar Wilde
  • magni
    magni Posts: 651 Forumite
    List of challengers has been updated and I'm pleased to say that day 2 has been a success:beer:
    100 Day Pot £13
    £2 coin saver #205 £40 banked and £22
    Weekly Spend
    June NSD 9/10 DFW Nerd 54
  • wigwam
    wigwam Posts: 234 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    edited 14 April 2009 at 11:27PM
    Can I please join?
    I'm a bit late but this is too good to miss!


    My pledges:

    No magazines or newspapers

    No food or drink at work

    No toiletries or make up (with the exception of 2 bottles of hair conditioner, - ordered 2 shampoo instead from Sainsburys - doh!)

    Oh... and almost forgot no cleaning products!
  • wannabethrifty
    wannabethrifty Posts: 2 Newbie
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Another late entrant!

    I'm pledging to give up spending any money at work for lunch/snacks/coffee's for 100 days! :)
  • magni
    magni Posts: 651 Forumite
    Welcome to all the newbies:hello: List updated:D
    100 Day Pot £13
    £2 coin saver #205 £40 banked and £22
    Weekly Spend
    June NSD 9/10 DFW Nerd 54
  • flowerofscotland
    flowerofscotland Posts: 2,447 Forumite
    I'd like to join in please as I have a very bad month looming in June.

    So my personal challenges will be:
    No clothes (and intend to sell some on Ebay)
    No books
    No magazines
    No cosmetics or perfume

    I know this challenge started on Monday but as Monday and Tuesday were NSDs I hope I can count them as 2 of the 100 days
  • Ninno820
    Ninno820 Posts: 765 Forumite
    Morning all

    Yesterday was a success - 2 days down and 98 to go.

    As an exercise I went through cupboards and made a list of all the toiletries that I have - and I would encourage everyone to do the same. Amongst other things I found 7 - yep 7 bottles of buble bath (why - I tend to have showers rather than baths I can only apportion blame to the fact that they have been tidied away in cupboards and those pesky 2 for £2 deals ...........).

    I also had a number of lovely molton brown bath / shower gels - all in travel size bottles which I find very frustrating to use. So I spent time yesterday decanting them into empty pump bottles.

    Still appalled with myself - think that I need to do some self help therapy to get over my addiction for shopping.

    Sorry to rant - someone had to shout at me!

    Ninno
    44 day challenge


    1. Pay £650 off overdraft (£ 288/ £650)
    2. Lose 12 lbs (4.5/ 12)
    3. Use YNAB everyday (6/44)
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