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Reigning in the debt and ramping up the running

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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,475 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Go you girl :)
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • becky_rtw
    becky_rtw Posts: 8,393 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Havent written in here for AGES!

    Been pretty busy but doing well on the money front:
    overdraft down to £100 which is interest free - hoping to use as little as possible of it this month anyway
    3 months of loan payment left - including this months (to come out next week I think)
    And its 2.5 weeks till payday and I have over £200 left in my account = happy me!
    Had one big expense this month with my friends wedding present (£50 in cash towards her house fund!), but otherwise have been good with the spending.

    Next week I am working away half the week so no money spent then, and its 3.5 weeks till my holiday so I need to make sure there is enough money to enjoy myself (but i dont want to go crazy either), the week after my holiday I am in Frankfurt for work again so no spending any money then either :D

    Running wise - its going okay - had a stomach bug on Sunday/yesterday so missed my last long run before my half marathon this weekend but never mind I feel prepared for it anyway - wont be a pb but I dont think it will be too far off. Am also now only 1 minute of my 5k pb, having taken off nearly 4 minutes in 10 weeks :D
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,475 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    You are doing very nicely indeed hun x
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • becky_rtw
    becky_rtw Posts: 8,393 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Thanks - keep thhinking how much better off I will be when the loan is paid off (and you as well! :D)
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,475 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Im just going to pay most of mine to my CC to try to get it down.
    My mini target is under 2k by the end of the year.
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
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