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the cat that got the cream

I feel like the cat that got the cream today.

My mobile phone bills used to be well over £100 a month - if they came in at less I considered it a success. I got sick of it, so ditched Orange (great move) and changed to O2. I got a new phone. Masses of free texts(never had them before) and loads more free minutes (think it's triple what I used to get) and the bill is half the price!!! Just checked by first 02 bill and haven't gone beyond my minutes - Hurray!!!!! Bill: £40

Also had some good news in my current account. closed my old one and opened a new one - Had a letter to say old one will close and it still has £140 in credit - hurray!!!!! Will use it to pay off some money I owe to my dad for some DIY he did for me.

A colleague has just paid me £14 I had forgotten she owed me - that's going straight into my treat pot! Got three pound left until end of week and managed to put 80p in 20 savers pot too!

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  • skintchick
    skintchick Posts: 15,114 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Well done! That's fab!
    :cool: DFW Nerd Club member 023...DFD 9.2.2007 :cool:
    :heartpuls married 21 6 08 :A Angel babies' birth dates 3.10.08 * 4.3.11 * 11.11.11 * 17.3.12 * 2.7.12 :heart2: My live baby's birth date 22 7 09 :heart2: I'm due another baby at the end of July 2014! :j
  • louise30_2
    louise30_2 Posts: 177 Forumite
    sorry to sound like I'm rambling on - I just find that if I force myself to think positive about scrimping then I feel better about the whole thing!
  • miseter
    miseter Posts: 196 Forumite
    well done louise i know u can do it. think positive...
    HOW MY CURRENT SAVINGS ARE GOING.

    credit union savings = £1,300 :T
    bank savings = £300.30
    £2 savers club= £2 :j
    20p savers club=£7.60 :j
    if u like what i say please thank me. :dance:
  • Ali-OK
    Ali-OK Posts: 4,073 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Debt-free and Proud!
    That's brilliant Louise and you're entitled to be grinning like a cheshire cat! :D
    Back on the DFW Wagon:

    CC - £3,300 on 0% til 04/2020
    CC - £4,500 on 0% til 02/2019
    Loan - £12,063.84 as at 4/1/18
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