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:beer::wave: hello all! Well i finally got ou to the shops on sat. I got two jumpers for work half price one at £4 and one at £3.50! I hate spending money on clothes for work!:mad:
I bought some fab personalised witty b day cards £1.50 just like th eones you would buy from moonpig,so i bought all the names of people i know and would buy for!:D
I have set myself a mini challenge, i am not going to a shop now until 10th Feb.:eek: I even gave money to a cllegue to get my contribution for a work b day buffett so i did not have to go!!
I enjoyed looking around sat as i had not been for ages so i am going to go once per month to seek out bargins!!
Been good on wii fit i am enjoying that!:D
Hope your all well
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good luck with not going to the shops
hope the wii fit - gets you fit - we really should use ours more!Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £169.8K Equity 37.1%
2) £2.4K Net savings after CCs March 26 (but owed £1.1K) so £3.5K
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £36.2K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.3K) = 42.1£127.5K target 33% 27/2/26 (If took bigger lump sum = 64K or 50.1%)
4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
5) SIPP £5.2K updated 16/1/260 -
Well done on your bargains. It is such a lovely feeling when you do know how good you are not going to the shops, as I find buying things may give me a short term high but the guilt trip follows shortly afterwards!1st debt - Next [STRIKE]£583.32[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]£408.71 [/STRIKE] £0 :j
2nd debt - MBNA - £6,618.52
First in many many to go - baby steps and all that!
First lump sum to go - fingers crossed!
08/06/09 - [STRIKE]£11,497.68[/STRIKE] NOW - £9,757.75
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Hi all been reading all your posts and giving me inspiration that I took can reduce my debts in 2010. Trying really hard not to spend any money and really cutting back on the food shop.
T.T.F.N. Jarus:jCross stitch cards completed 2010 -1
£2 savers club 2012 #174 £16 Jan (saving for Christmas 2012)
Don't Throw Food Away Challenge 2012 January £9.35/£5 February£8.59/£10 Annual £13.89/£75
Aim Stash down to 250 items (currently 450 items) UU5/IN1 Jan, UU0/IN1 Feb
Grocery Challenge £165.55/£290 Feb Annual budget /£36600 -
Thanks sholmes and IMD. Hi Jarus and welcome and thanks!

Another break through today i had to get toilet roll so i ran in home bargins did not even look around and got the toilet rolls pais and straight out!!!
Came home and did 40 mins wii fit!! My halo is blinding!!!:A:A
Been inited out for afternoon tea in a lovely hotel and guess what i shall say! NO THANKS!! (been there done that)x
bye for now
BTDXX0 -
I haven't been on the wii fit for a couple of weeks. Can you pass the halo when you finish with it to inspire me into action!!
Well done on your self control and discipline today2019 fashion on a ration 0/66 coupons0 -
Oooh get you Missus - one item purchased in Home Bargains and no to drinks out! Putting us all to shame


Here's your halo!1st debt - Next [STRIKE]£583.32[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]£408.71 [/STRIKE] £0 :j
2nd debt - MBNA - £6,618.52
First in many many to go - baby steps and all that!
First lump sum to go - fingers crossed!
08/06/09 - [STRIKE]£11,497.68[/STRIKE] NOW - £9,757.75
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Hi Again You're halo really is shining
Not a good day Went to garden centre to buy an ivy plant that had dies and ened up buying 2 ivy plants, 1 azalea & another plant They all seemed like good bargains as they were all 75% off total £9.96 but did I need them no!!!!
Also bought cat food but will save on this in the long term Pets at Home have the smallest 400g packets of Hills on offer at the moment £1.49 instead of £3.20 Well worth stocking up so I don't feel that money is wasted.
Spent £7 in Tescos on two new drinking cups for DD. She has severe global developmental delay and needs to use baby drinking cups. She has chewed through the one at school and Tommee Tippee seem to not make that one any more AAAAAAAAAAARRRgGHH!!! Spent ages trying to decide which one would be a suitable alternative and ended up buying 2. Hopefully one of them will be suitable. She seemed to like the one I tried at teatime.
Never mind I have done a lot of decluttering this week. so not everything is bad and also my food shop for January has been low:j
T.T.F.N (Ta Ta for Now) In case you are wondering I am Scottish and Ta Ta means Bye Bye!!! I'm sure you all already know that:rotfl:
Jarus:jCross stitch cards completed 2010 -1
£2 savers club 2012 #174 £16 Jan (saving for Christmas 2012)
Don't Throw Food Away Challenge 2012 January £9.35/£5 February£8.59/£10 Annual £13.89/£75
Aim Stash down to 250 items (currently 450 items) UU5/IN1 Jan, UU0/IN1 Feb
Grocery Challenge £165.55/£290 Feb Annual budget /£36600 -
Thanks all! Jellie come on get on that wii! IMD thats a much better halo thanks!;)
Janus i know what you mean about cups, my ds is in school he is 5 and always losing or leaving drinks bottles, or worse bringing someone elses home which is in a state! It drives me nuts! :mad:I wont buy him ben ten tec now i get him a sports one so its different from the masses!!
Been busy tonight buying party bag stuff from ebay and loot bags/invites etc.
I am pleased with what i have bought as its nice things and not rubbish that will be binned as soon as they leave as i see that as a waste!
I have booked him a swimming/bouncy castle party with food all in its so easy no mess no stress and its what he wants!:D
Took a lovely prawn and turkey salas today and went to the canteen to eat it and ran passed the chips and ate it! Nice and tasty! I am going to have homemade lunches mon-thure and dinner in the canteen on a fri which is £2 tops! Something to look forward to all week!
Oh and its fri tom yippie:j
Speak/type soon (ta ta we say this in wales also Janus;))
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Well done on passing the chips - always a toughie! I was naughty today and had a pastie and a cake for total cost of £1.37 as well as the lunch I had taken in :eek::eek: Fat greedy pig me!1st debt - Next [STRIKE]£583.32[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]£408.71 [/STRIKE] £0 :j
2nd debt - MBNA - £6,618.52
First in many many to go - baby steps and all that!
First lump sum to go - fingers crossed!
08/06/09 - [STRIKE]£11,497.68[/STRIKE] NOW - £9,757.75
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