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Hypno's "just for today" diary of rediscovery.

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  • honeybear_2
    honeybear_2 Posts: 3,914 Forumite
    Have a good Easter weekend, Hypno, put on some loud rock music (or whatever music takes your fancy), dance around while you are stripping (wallpaper, that is! :eek:) and you will have that room done in no time at all, and get a bit of exercise as well. And enjoy Cafe Rouge, I like those places as well for food and ambience.

    :eek:

    I haven't been by in awhile so that was a shocker! :p

    Hi Hypno et al :wave:
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  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
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    honeybear wrote: »
    :eek:

    I haven't been by in awhile so that was a shocker! :p

    Hi Hypno et al :wave:

    It would certainly be a shocker to anyone who happened to walk past the front of the house :eek: The elderly people in the nearby bungalows might not live to eat their Easter Eggs!!

    I've blitzed the kitchen - just the floor to clean when the children have gone. Then I will hoover the downstairs, and will then start on the spare room. One load is in the machine and I should get up to date with the washing etc by the end of tomorrow.
    Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)
    Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)
  • Hypno re the new clothes you will be buying/needing when you have got to your target weight, could you pay yourself say £10 for every pound you lose so that you start a little fund to go on a spree when you reach target? I know the budget is tight but you are doing really well with the matched betting etc so maybe you deserve some of that money for you after your hard work.
  • macgirl
    macgirl Posts: 5,091 Forumite
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    hypno06 wrote: »
    No loss this week - it was 1/2 lb on, but I'm ok with that. I did have a bad food day yesterday but should be able to recover from that if I am sensible, although am off to Cafe Rouge on Sunday, so trying to incorporate that into my points for the week as well.

    However, on the basis that I am being more healthy for the majority of the time, if I don't lose weight for a week or so, in the bigger scheme of things I'm not going to beat myself up over it (which is a very different attitude from years gone by when I would just have given up and gone back to bad habits!).

    Yes, my weight loss is slow and steady, much like my debt repayments. BUT, it's better that way I think. Change for life - not just a sudden and dramatic loss that can't be sustained, then it piles back on plus tax.

    Hope you get loads done today - remember it's all calories burnt ready for Cafe Rouge :D
  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
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    Right - children have been despatched, so I think it is time to make a coffee and take it up to the spare room and get started :D
    Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)
    Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)
  • sallyx
    sallyx Posts: 15,815 Forumite
    PHOTOS's remember ;)
    I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change And breakaway. I'll take a risk, take a chance, make a change and breakaway ....
    Finally Debt Free...
  • se999
    se999 Posts: 2,409 Forumite
    On the clothes shopping when I needed the fitted shirt tops for with Jeans, I got one Tommy Hilfinger & one Ralph Lauren from TKMaxx, so I knew what size I was for those specific brands, and also knew that they washed and wore well, the others I got really cheap BNWT off Ebay over a period of time. Most had US tags on, so I assume people had impulse bought them when on holiday in the US.
  • macgirl
    macgirl Posts: 5,091 Forumite
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    Hope you don't mind me posting this on here Hypno, but you get more traffic than me and thought it might be of use to someone. Thanks :)

    Just seen on NUTRACHECK, there's 25% off a 3 month membership for £14.99 (usually £19.99) You can still do the 5 day free trial too, so for anyone who wants to lose weight and save cash - I highly recommend it!
  • Seaxwyn
    Seaxwyn Posts: 4,896 Forumite
    Hypno, do you happen to know the best way to get single trip travel insurance for skiing for a minor? My DD (aged 12) is going skiing with friends, the comparison websites won't quote for an unaccompanied child!
    Total debt: 1 January 2007 £[strike]49,387.79[/strike] 1 January 2012 £[STRIKE]19,312.85[/STRIKE] 1 August 2012 £11,517.62



  • se999
    se999 Posts: 2,409 Forumite
    Cafe Rouge 2 for 1 voucher on main courses in todays Telegraph according to the Newspaper Summary for today in the discount codes and vouchers on mse. Might be worth a look, post doesn't have any details.
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