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Getting out of my comfort zone

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  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Oh Gill! I'd think of that more as a "shopping on automatic" rather than stupidity - comes to something, tho, when your DS recognises your shoes before you do! Since its good shops, and the day after, you can take them back, yes?
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • gilligansyle
    gilligansyle Posts: 4,124 Forumite
    Oh yes, KC, I'll take them straight back and change them for something else, as they haven't been worn and still have all the tags on. Shopping on automatic is a good description of it actually. I just was so pleased that I'd found a pair of shoes that were comfortable and looked good too! And the reason DS recognised them - he remembered me raving about the shoes the last time I bought them! He wouldn't normally recognise my things.
    Debts at LBM - Mortgages £128497 - non mortgage £27497 Debt now £[STRIKE]114150[/STRIKE][STRIKE]109032[/STRIKE] 64300 (mortgage) Credit cards left 0



    "The days pass so fast, let's try to make each one better than the last"
  • Karmacat
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    All good then .... I hope you enjoy the 2nd trip ... and don't worry if you still need to stay *inside* your comfort zone, its a tough time ...
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Double_Trouble
    Double_Trouble Posts: 4,375 Forumite
    Oh dear re the shoes and bag but at least you found out before removing tags etc :)

    Really enjoyed the coffee and the chat :D

    Shattered when I got home did the kids reading times three with each of them :eek: prepared tea got them to bed and fell into bed myself at 8.05pm :o and asleep by 9.30 think it is still the after effects of this bug.

    Would love to meet up for marathon the date is good as it is not extra foster child weekend but realise it is a Sunday which is not so good as I can only make Sunday afternoon or otherwise Saturday.

    Just done long post until I realised this is Gill's diary not mine :o

    DTxx
  • savingholmes
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    Hi Gill - sometimes I buy the same pairs of shoes deliberately as it can be so hard to get comfortable ones... Is it such a bad thing? Hope you manage to swap the bag tho... You sound like you are coping really well shoes and bag aside - You have a lot on your plate and its bound to affect you somewhere...
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
    2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
    (If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
    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 £5K updated 10/10/25
  • Karmacat
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    Just posted on facebook to you, but wanted to do it here too .... thinking of you, the candle I mentioned is lit, and I sent a .... message, really, not a prayer, telling about your mum ..... remember that you're one of the main mourners today, and that *you* have rights ....

    Thinking of you.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • redsquirrel80
    redsquirrel80 Posts: 12,457 Forumite
    Thinking of you today Gill xxxx
    Debt@16.12.09 £10,362.38, now debt free as of 29.02.2012.
    "I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better."
  • Double_Trouble
    Double_Trouble Posts: 4,375 Forumite
    Our prayers and thoughts are with you and your family today Gill

    DTxx
  • sashybo
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    Hope everything goes as well as it can gilli. *hugs*
    Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Car loan 1 £10,546, Car loan CC 0% BT £5200. Debt Free Diary to try & keep spending in check.
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,070 Forumite
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    Hi Gill - my sympathies are with you - thinking of you today
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
    2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
    (If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
    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 £5K updated 10/10/25
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