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Feeling pleased!! need to celebrate without spending money!!

Hi all, i posted at beginning of month feeling quite desperate. It was clear my spending was very silly inc over £800 in supermarkets. I had lots of positive responses and some offers for help - we have been away for 2 weeks so will be replying to ask for help over this week!

I am pleased to say that reduced shopping from over £800 to £319!!! :T

Also on holiday we set ourselves a budget of £10 a day - this is the 1st time ever done this and we worked hard to keep to it - if we went over 1 day just sorted the next or saved day before to enable us to go over the next!! It felt very good.

I did have to get myself on here to remain motivated though and luckily shopping helped too!

sorry just had to have a little celebration and also to thank people for ideas and support! But also making me realise that this has to stop!!

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  • Hi all, i posted at beginning of month feeling quite desperate. It was clear my spending was very silly inc over £800 in supermarkets. I had lots of positive responses and some offers for help - we have been away for 2 weeks so will be replying to ask for help over this week!

    I am pleased to say that reduced shopping from over £800 to £319!!! :T

    Wow S.C. that is BRILLIANT!! What a reduction in your first month. You should be rightly proud of this acheivement! Well done you. :T
    Bank Balance: In the black for the moment.
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  • Oh and well done on the holiday budget too!

    And no need to say "sorry" - we love success stories around here you know!
    Bank Balance: In the black for the moment.
    Sainsburys Loan: Cleared July 2010
    Credit cards: AMEX Airmiles Card: direct debit set to clear balance monthly
  • Verbatim
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    Absolutely!

    Well done for getting off to a flying start.
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  • Smashing
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    Oh and well done on the holiday budget too!

    And no need to say "sorry" - we love success stories around here you know!

    Precisely! Amazing how encouraging it can be for others to see that it can be done. Now to keep it up ;)
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