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MoneySaving Analogy Champagne Contest
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Credit is like water...use too much and you'll drown, use it wisely and you'll swim far, have some for emergencies, you don't want to get caught in a drought. So watch that money meter!
(Topical anyway!)
Debt is like a car...it's only when it runs badly do you take enough notice to try and fix it. Service it regularly and it'll be a reliable option.
Shopping can be like having your hair cut...you go with a set idea and come back with something completely different, twice as expensive and you don't always like it when you get home!Back on the DFW Wagon:
CC - £3,300 on 0% til 04/2020
CC - £4,500 on 0% til 02/2019
Loan - £12,063.84 as at 4/1/180 -
Credit is like water; Control it well and your crops will flourish! Get it wrong and your table will be bare!stay lucky!
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Credit cards tend to be like their owners, Overworked and Underpaid.0
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Being in debt is like having piles, it's a pain in the ......Just off the border of your waking mind, there lies another time ....0
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:eek: :eek: :eek: Debt is like a financial hangmans noose forever pulling tighter on your pocketsSave On Call Costs New Patented Technology http://Freedom2Choose.2Freedom.com0
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Debt is like any addiction - feed it and it controls your life. Starve it and you get your life back.0
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Tarting... get it right and your are in the money... get it wrong and you will just get f****d....0
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How to enjoy a champagne lifestyle on lemonade money: Listen to the MSE!0
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The solution to debt if often harder than the the problem itself.0
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Living beyond your means is like building a sandcastle too close to the shore -
it may look fabulous but chances are it's gonna get pulled from under you!0
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