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  • January20
    January20 Posts: 3,769 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    edited 28 December 2010 at 6:22PM
    Scott, you need a wallet to put your money in! ;) £130 found a few weeks/ months ago, and then this £30 and you haven't missed it? You have a rather casual attitude to cash that could be costing lots :eek: ( I promise I'm not trying to be patronising :D)

    But I still think you're doing fantastically well :T
    LBM: August 2006 £12,568.49 - DFD 22nd March 2012
    "The road to DF is long and bumpy" GreenSaints
  • vasseur
    vasseur Posts: 3,093 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker PPI Party Pooper Debt-free and Proud!
    scottswald wrote: »
    nobody follows my thread! :-(


    I'm following! Keep up the good work ;)
    It's not how far you fall - it's how high you bounce back.... :j
    Happiness is not a destination - it's a journey :)
  • polesalot wrote: »
    I'm following! Keep up the good work ;)

    thankyou! :D
    fizzypops wrote: »
    hi hope you had a great christmas, your still doing well i see. :D

    thanks, you too!!!! :money:
    January20 wrote: »
    Scott, you need a wallet to put your money in! ;) £130 found a few weeks/ months ago, and then this £30 and you haven't missed it? You have a rather casual attitude to cash that could be costing lots :eek: ( I promise I'm not trying to be patronising :D)

    But I still think you're doing fantastically well :T

    yeah well, i certainly did have a casual attitude to cash but dont believe i do now, i cant get too exited about £30 when i owe over £7000 can i lol :D
    july 2010 - £12,146
    august 2010 - £11,446
    november 2010 - £8793
    april 2011 - £6175
  • January20
    January20 Posts: 3,769 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    I get excited when I get a £2 coin in my change lol!
    LBM: August 2006 £12,568.49 - DFD 22nd March 2012
    "The road to DF is long and bumpy" GreenSaints
  • January20 wrote: »
    I get excited when I get a £2 coin in my change lol!

    lol, had a problem with my car and its set me back £310, i cant complain, it could have been a lot worse...!
    july 2010 - £12,146
    august 2010 - £11,446
    november 2010 - £8793
    april 2011 - £6175
  • scottswald wrote: »
    lol, had a problem with my car and its set me back £310, i cant complain, it could have been a lot worse...!

    i had to have my car fixed a few weeks ago! :mad:

    seems like as soon as you try to clear your debt something always breaks!! :cool:
    Total debt- 2982.00 Now- £2890.00
  • scottswald
    scottswald Posts: 128 Forumite
    fizzypops wrote: »
    i had to have my car fixed a few weeks ago! :mad:

    seems like as soon as you try to clear your debt something always breaks!! :cool:

    i know the feeling, EXACTLY the same with me!!! :mad:

    good news and bad news for me....

    good news - put on another bucket at the door new years eve and made £75 each :cool:

    bad news - yesterday (new years day) a couple of smackheads put a brick through my car window to pinch my barbour jacket on the backseat.... :mad: scum!

    little bit of good news again...... they got caught! (i still pay for damage tho) :(
    july 2010 - £12,146
    august 2010 - £11,446
    november 2010 - £8793
    april 2011 - £6175
  • fizzypops
    fizzypops Posts: 248 Forumite
    scottswald wrote: »

    bad news - yesterday (new years day) a couple of smackheads put a brick through my car window to pinch my barbour jacket on the backseat.... :mad: scum!

    little bit of good news again...... they got caught! (i still pay for damage tho) :(


    oh no :eek:

    glad they got caught though.
    Total debt- 2982.00 Now- £2890.00
  • confused76
    confused76 Posts: 12,680 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    scottswald wrote: »
    i know the feeling, EXACTLY the same with me!!! :mad:

    good news and bad news for me....

    good news - put on another bucket at the door new years eve and made £75 each :cool:

    bad news - yesterday (new years day) a couple of smackheads put a brick through my car window to pinch my barbour jacket on the backseat.... :mad: scum!

    little bit of good news again...... they got caught! (i still pay for damage tho) :(

    great news on the NYE bucket! it all helps....

    so sorry to hear about your car and jacket :mad: they don't care about the consequences for other people...glad they've got caught at least...

    i don't think i have ever heard of anyone leaving so much money lying around :rotfl::D i hope you had a fab Christmas and New Year....x
  • January20
    January20 Posts: 3,769 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    scottswald wrote: »
    lol, had a problem with my car and its set me back £310, i cant complain, it could have been a lot worse...!

    Ouch! My car is going to the garage in a couple of days and I can already feel my blood pressure rising at the thought of what it will cost me :( Can't be avoided though as I need it for work!
    fizzypops wrote: »
    i had to have my car fixed a few weeks ago! :mad:

    seems like as soon as you try to clear your debt something always breaks!! :cool:

    I feel like that too. As soon as think I will have a little money left over at the end of the month, something breaks or a large bill arrives. If I look at last year, I feel like I was treading water and going nowhere fast financially And if I look at the year ahead, well I don't even want to go there..... :mad:
    LBM: August 2006 £12,568.49 - DFD 22nd March 2012
    "The road to DF is long and bumpy" GreenSaints
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