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Debt Dropping the Elfen way!

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  • redsquirrel80
    redsquirrel80 Posts: 12,457 Forumite
    Glad you are feeling a bit better today x
    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
    ta red....think it helps coming here too, I'm not so alone then

    Food diary:
    B - cornflakes
    S - apricots and raisins

    Waiting in for a paecel and bored as hell. Have done another topic (one to go!) so might start sorting out what does and doesn't fit me....coats first....then sort the shoes out....then maybe the parcel will turn up!
    ** 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
    Good news about your credit report (on the daily chat) - nice one :)
    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
    It helps knowing they're being serious...and they're actually changing it!

    Cancelled two magazine subscriptions today....so the money from those is going to my Cap 1 and my Halifax debt....I should clear them both by the end of next summer (maybe earlier...we'll see how student loans go :) )
    ** 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
    Food diary time again...
    B - cornflakes
    S - apricots and raisins
    L - -
    S - -
    D - chicken korma and sweetcorn
    ** 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
    edited 12 May 2010 at 10:42AM
    Food diary time! again, yesterday was a washout on the food front....silly !!!!! I am

    B - rice krispies
    S - apple
    L - celery, carrot, grapes
    S -
    D -

    Feeling a bit better, going to see a mate of mine today so that'll help :) Might even spend a little money. And I found a jacket I got for about a fiver actually fits....so do my RI skinny jeans!
    ** 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
    I split up with Pint last night.

    It was because I didn't love him anymore, not that he'd done anything wrong, just I couldn't do this anymore and lie to him and not tell him the truth. He deserves that.

    Today, I've sorted out getting a new place, have put the deposit and first months rent down, and its mine. It's small, might be a little cramped if it were more than me there, but it's not, so that's a good thing. Have spent most of today packing up and trying to sort things out...I have a lot more stuff that I thought!

    I think the first thing I do when I move to my new place (after putting together the bookcase and the chest of drawers and the DVD thing) is to sort out all the crap I have, and either bin or get rid of clothes/papers I don't need and then start afresh.
    I am a little sad at leaving, but that's because I've been here for some time....and I will feel that. When I am sorted and know my monthly bills/incomings I'll write up a new SOA.
    ** 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
    OK, what I have done this afternoon:
    Nearly finished French New Wave revision - just got to write up the last of the quotes.
    Changed my address with: benefits, Velma, Vodafone.
    Sorted home insurance : £6 a month (totals £78 as there's a finance charge...grrr) but got £20 cashback :)
    Packed nearly all of my stuff - just need to sort the shoes and bin some, and do the same with the coats - I can probably bin a couple more

    Stuff to do tomorrow:
    Change address at bank - see if they'll let me up o/d til September/October
    Finish packing
    Finish New Wave revision
    Take library book back, change address, find out where the library is in new city
    Take shoes to the shoe bank
    Clean the side off where my stuff was
    Check everything is packed
    Look at TV licence costs...gonna be an ouch
    Make shopping list (going to be bigger - first shop)
    Check IKEA list and see if I'm missing anything
    Get through last evening
    ** 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
    Wow you are getting organised really fast!

    Reading your posts makes me want to do more film studies (I did one module at Uni).. loved the French New Wave bit...
    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, I LOVE New Wave, it's absolutely brilliant. And I know I've moved fast, but it's better than having to deal with a bad atmosphere and be stressed.

    Will put new flat pics up tomorrow when I've had a tidy.
    ** 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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