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Debt Dropping the Elfen way!

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  • elfen
    elfen Posts: 10,213 Forumite
    edited 18 August 2010 at 3:12PM
    Bank balance: -£133 - calculated wrong, Quidco came in and paid off my C/C
    Cash in purse: £10
    Grocery spend : 0

    Travel spend:0
    Cigarette spend : 0
    Extra spend: 55 - sorted out phone that'll last me

    NSD: 13/16

    Today I have:
    - Sorted out my phone, swapped the old one and put £55 towards a Blackberry - shouldn't need a new phone until my contract is up.
    - Put money I didn't spend back into the bank
    - Cleaned bathroom
    - Cleaned kitchen
    - Cleaned front room
    - Cleaned bedroom
    - Human hoover
    - Mopped bathroom and kitchen floors
    - Changed bedding
    - Washed dirty bedding (now out to dry)

    I need to:
    - Sort out DVDs into some form of order
    - Sort books out
    - Write meal plan for rest of the week
    - Check exchange rates
    - Check weather

    I also need to have a shower and do some little bits....want to get things sorted before the weekend.
    MEAL PLAN:
    Weds - L - rice cakes with chicken and coleslaw. D - chicken leg with salad
    Thurs - L - chicken salad. D - meatballs and beans
    Fri - L - rice cakes with ham and coleslaw. D - steak salad
    Sat - L - rice cakes with ham and coleslaw. D - meatballs and beans
    Sun - L - rice cakes with coleslaw and ham. D - ham salad, celery sticks and fruit - will be on a coach/at airport so will take plenty to get me through.
    Snacks: apples, oranges, popcorn
    ** Total debt: £6950.82 ± May NSDs 1/10 **
    ** Fat Bum Shrinking: -7/56lbs **
    **SPC 2012 #1498 -£152 and 1499 ***
    I do it all because I'm scared.
  • elfen
    elfen Posts: 10,213 Forumite
    Bank balance: -£168
    Cash in purse: £9
    Grocery spend : 7.50

    Travel spend:0
    Cigarette spend : 0
    Extra spend: 5 - 2 cd's and a plug adaptor for europe

    NSD: 13/16

    Still stuck on 13 NSDs, but there's 3 days before I go away so I might be able to squeeze another 2, maybe 3 in....probably 2 as it means then on Sunday I can buy coffee...mmmm coffee. Now trying to decide what to pack, I need to check the weather but I don't need a towel and I only need half a week's clothes as I can wash them there, which is pretty good of my friend to do....Have sort of got partway thinking about it and here's me list so far:
    - Wear jeans and take hoody onto plane - wear big trainers as then they don't get weighed
    - Pack a pair of pumps in my bag
    - Take something relatively smart...dress and jeggings probably - make sure shoes match
    - Pack 1-2 pairs of shorts - long pair and short pair
    - Take 3-4 tops
    - Take 3-4 knickers
    - Take 1 pair normal socks, 2 pairs sport socks
    - Toiletries
    - Book for on plane/at airport
    - Mac? - not too sure on this yet although taking it and my dongle gives me all-night access to the 'net with no charges.
    - Bag for carry on on the way home
    - Handbag, in case we go out
    - MP3 player and LOTS of batteries
    - Adaptor
    - Phone charger

    I think that should do it, well I hope it will anyway
    Little bit of make up
    Tablets - get a big box.....one of the quetiapine ones...and put enough in for the week
    Inhalers
    ** Total debt: £6950.82 ± May NSDs 1/10 **
    ** Fat Bum Shrinking: -7/56lbs **
    **SPC 2012 #1498 -£152 and 1499 ***
    I do it all because I'm scared.
  • redsquirrel80
    redsquirrel80 Posts: 12,457 Forumite
    Sounds like a good plan for packing! Don't want to encourage you to spend, but a battery charger might be good, save you taking/ buying loads of batteries for your MP3 player - we usually take one for camera batteries as they run out so fast.
    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."
  • elfen
    elfen Posts: 10,213 Forumite
    red, it only takes 1 AAA battery....so it might not be worth it....and they do last quite a long time...I'll probably take 3-4, just in case.
    ** Total debt: £6950.82 ± May NSDs 1/10 **
    ** Fat Bum Shrinking: -7/56lbs **
    **SPC 2012 #1498 -£152 and 1499 ***
    I do it all because I'm scared.
  • elfen
    elfen Posts: 10,213 Forumite
    Bank balance: -£247
    Cash in purse: £35
    Grocery spend : 4.50

    Travel spend: 0
    Cigarette spend : 0
    Extra spend: 30 - 26 for a haircut (needed) and plasters

    NSD: 13/16

    Still stuck on 13, had to have a haircut as I badly needed it, and plasters for the massive blisters on my heels!
    ** Total debt: £6950.82 ± May NSDs 1/10 **
    ** Fat Bum Shrinking: -7/56lbs **
    **SPC 2012 #1498 -£152 and 1499 ***
    I do it all because I'm scared.
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