Loved life a wee bit too much!

BEAT_THE_DEBT

Hi. right first on the agenda money (as this is a money saving forum) been buying a lot of ebay recently and amazon b day presents. Was stupid old btd yest and bought goodies for the whole of the office £5.00 silly girl!!:eek:
Havent bothered for valentines!:cool: Still not drinking diet coke and i feel so much better honestly!!:T
Tesco vouchers came i have £31 pound great timing in feb me thinks!!
Next up diet and fitness! Been walking for 30mins in my lunch time and have signed up for a step challenge with work and got a free pedometer!:)
Been good on diet! :T The walk lunch time has been lovely it really blows the cobwebs away its free and stops me just vegging in front of the computer!!
Hope your all well
BTD

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Why is my post count ot going up it has been 478 for ages?????????????

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Help guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have become lax again re mse!:eek:
Did some stupid things yest and today! Yest felt bad cause i am working half term and took ds to domino's! (on the plus side he ate it all!):o
Was really good this am took money from 20p jar for swich as its only £1.30 for a fresh swich in work!
Gave friend a bottle of cava and a card from my b day card box to save money! Then i drew £20 out of cashpoint in work (wish the stupid thing wasnt there:mad:) and had mash and veg and gravy for dinner as i was going to take ham salad swich home for tea but left it in work so stopped at chip shop:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:. Will i ever change???????????????? Going shopping tom with mil as she was due to have ds and i am off so have to go with them! Will only be buying birthday cards for hubby and friend! (none in bday card box suitable).
I am such a flake my LBM I THOUGHT SHOOK ME TO CORE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!:money:

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I hae been seriously thinking of cutting myself off from all forms of ways to get money even no bank card and just ask dh to get stuff i need!????????

BEAT_THE_DEBT

Right i am going back to basics back to mse school:money:.
No purse to work!
Spending Diary
NSD'S
If its not essential it aint happenin!!:T
Come on kick myself up the rear and get a grip!!:money:

skintbuthappy81

Hi BTD, don't be so harsh on yourself, you are still doing fab and you are going to have days when you cave in now and again. You have cut out Diet Coke so that will save you a lot of money and think how much money you would have spent if you had half term off?? On another note, personally I would just leave my bank card at home, maybe take an amount out a week and make it last you for the week.. when it's gone, it's gone xx

BEAT_THE_DEBT

Thanks Skint just been over to yours you had popped out ha ha!:rotfl:
Oh and i must confess i had a diet coke today! Only one though since i gave up. I really have broke all rules today diet money and diet coke addiction!:(
Yes i am leaving bank card in house from now on i will just make sure i have enough petrol and my mobile is topped up!
Yes i will be free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! in abou 2025:(
BTD

skintbuthappy81

..... and tomorrow is a new day, as my mum tells me "take each day as it comes", you haven't spent a 'ridiculous' amount in the past few days and believe it or not not EVERY penny you earn needs to go towards your debt. You are working towards it and that's all that matters.

Did the Diet Coke taste goooooooooood?

mrs_robinson_3

Hi BTD. Poor you. But it sounds like a minor setback compared to how things might have been before your LBM - and more to the point, at least you've recognised it's happening.

So don't give yourself a hard time, just resolve to get back on the bus and do it all again. As you say, NSDs, taking a set amount out per week etc, are all good strategies to get you back on the path to MSE-ness. You could now decide that whatever's left in your purse has to last you a certain amount of days, and leave all cards etc at home. That way you can recover the lost ground from yesterday and today. And def stick to your plan re tomorrow's outing. Something I'm doing now, re BD cards, is to give people postcards instead! Sounds a bit mad but there's a great choice out there, and most people seem to think it's another of my quirky ways and don't mind. As I think the cost of a nice one is way too much.

Am sure you can do it, you always sound so positive in your posts

Mrs R

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Thank god mse is free and all my friends advice here!!:grouphug:xx