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You know you're a debt free wannabe when...
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I used to use RISI a lot, but found it was cheaper to buy from charity shops than pay the postage.Unless I say otherwise 'you' means the general you not you specifically.0
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when the majority of your post are free sachets of mosturiser/tea bags/sim cards/fabric softener etc
when a 'date night' has to be at ask/pizza express/2 for 1 restaurant
when you deny yourself a chocoate bar/paper etc cos otherwise it wont be a NSD)
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it takes you 2 hours to by insurance cos youre reasearching every comparison site going
when youve bought the majority of xmas pressies by march - better yet, youve made them all
if the h bomb dropped tomorrow you could eat well on the eggs from your chickens, the veg from your garden and the stockpiled YS, whoopsied etc stuff in your freezer/larder)
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You look at your colleagues as if they've gone mad when they bring a microwave ready meal in for lunch......
You never buy a joint of meat without working out how many meals and pints of stock you can get out of it.....
When you log on to the Internet your first port of call is to the cash back site to see if you can claim any more money from things you purchased through it....
and your second port of call is MSE!!!One life - your life - live it!0 -
When you get the MSE email and quote all the deals from it to your work colleagues AND THEY ARE GONNA LISTEN WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT!!!TOTAL: (1.9.2008) £[strike]20,971.00[/strike] (02.12.10)£11,006.07£9,262.93 Paid off (Since LBM)Debt Free Date [strike]2021[/strike] 2015Savings £100 Dec NSD 11/20, Sealed pot challenger 1043:xmassign:0
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You check ALL your bank accounts several times a day online to see if there is a spare penny or two you might have missed that should be paid to a credit card.
You know how many weeks there are in between each payday for the rest of the year- and hence how much groceries budget you need for each monthScary number... 30/5/09 £18,905.08
08/01/11 £3905.02
Virgin [STRIKE]£4770.48[/STRIKE] £0 Mint [STRIKE]£5281.21[/STRIKE] £0 Barclaycard [STRIKE]£3301.68[/STRIKE]£3905.02
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These are soooo funny ...... and true!Find out who you are and do that on purpose (thanks to Owain Wyn Jones quoting Dolly Parton)0
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I can relate to pretty much everything said here.Debt free May 20110
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Ha ha, I do all of these..Debt Then 06.07 - £11,000 - Debt Now £0.00
DFD Aug 20110
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