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PeachPickle's DFW Diary

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  • CAFCGirl
    CAFCGirl Posts: 9,123 Forumite
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    Hey Peaches,

    Just wanted to ask how you've been getting on with the whole DFW thing? Well done on the mags thru quidco, I'd never have thought of buying things thrrough that kind of system before this website!
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  • PeachPickle
    PeachPickle Posts: 9,924 Forumite
    Hi C-girl, I'm ok thanks :)

    Payday today, and I've just paid off my lowest debt and I'm now sub £20k wooooh :) Next target is £300 ish which I'm hoping will be gone by sept.

    I'm really ill tho! Came down with pretty bad tonsillitis on monday and I've been in bed since then. Can't get excited about paying off my debt, just feel soooo rough. Today's about the first time I've been out of bed. So hungry! On the upside, I've spent no money since saturday apart from £13ish on two prescriptions for antibiotics. Maybe I should get ill more often :rotfl: probably won't be back at work til friday

    Oh, and £3 on cold sore cream!
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  • gallygirl
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    Hi C-girl, I'm ok thanks :)

    Payday today, and I've just paid off my lowest debt and I'm now sub £20k wooooh :) Next target is £300 ish which I'm hoping will be gone by sept.

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  • Floss
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    Oops, sorry, forgot you were poorly!
    But well done for being sub £20k! :T
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  • PeachPickle
    PeachPickle Posts: 9,924 Forumite
    Thanks guys :)

    My boss just called to ask how I was feeling, how cool is that! M akes you feel appreciated :rotfl:
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  • PeachPickle
    PeachPickle Posts: 9,924 Forumite
    Gah

    Still ill, mouth full of nasty things so not eating and not going out spending. Blessing in disguise if it weren't so painful!

    On the dfw front, finally got a cheque for just over £100 which is for some expenses going back months that they lost my first claim for then obviously didn't have receipts, then lost my photocopies! That's going straight into my savings account towards my debts next month when I can eventually stagger out the house... :j
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  • ms_london
    ms_london Posts: 2,852 Forumite
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    Sorry to hear you're ill!! I hope you feel better soon!!

    On the magazine front you can quite often get them 3 issues for a £1 - which I have been doing for AGES now!!

    Money saving is fun for me now (although have been doing a rubbish job lately!!) - I love getting bargains & freebies!!

    This will be the best thing you have ever done & the time will fly by, trust me!!

    Best of luck.

    xx
  • CAFCGirl
    CAFCGirl Posts: 9,123 Forumite
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    Good job on finally getting the £100 you were owed. I often find I forget about so many of those things, like the odd £3 or £5 for work etc and then never claim and then lose receipts, but at least you've got yours and it's going towards paying back your debts!

    Hope you feel better soon, is it a flu thing you've got? It's horrid being ill during summer but hopefully it'll work its way out your system soon, take it easy hun xx
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  • PeachPickle
    PeachPickle Posts: 9,924 Forumite
    Thanks ms_l, I'll look into the 3 for £1 dealo. And you're dead right, time is going quickly!

    It's tonsillitis C, but it's almost all gone now, although it is leaving behind some interesting cold sores and mouth ulcers (mmm, attractive!). I'm getting way addicted to Bonjela now though :rotfl:
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  • CAFCGirl
    CAFCGirl Posts: 9,123 Forumite
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    I used to get the dreaded T all the time when I was younger, I used to use bonjela, as well as gargle with salt water to get rid of the horrible little white spots that grow on your tonsils. Plenty of fluids and all that!

    Glad to hear its going, slowly but surely!
    Have a good day!

    P.S Have you noticed that you and I always seem to reply to each other's diaries as well as our own at the same time? When I find yours, I find mine lol
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