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Polesalot's Climb to Debt Freedom

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  • vasseur
    vasseur Posts: 3,090 Forumite
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    edited 17 April 2012 at 12:48PM
    I started filing away all the paperwork that I'd sorted at the weekend. Before I knew it I was
    surrounded by about 15 different piles. They have all been sorted now and I have a bulging bag for shredding and I now know where everything is. I feel cleansed.
    Had an email today from Quidc0 and my £50 cashback from the P0st 0ffice will be paid by 15 May :j. It all helps :)

    £1.61 PAD to barclaycard. I'm going to start working out next month's money soon - see if I can juggle things a bit more.

    Next urgent item - two tyres for the car :(
    It's not how far you fall - it's how high you bounce back.... :j
    Happiness is not a destination - it's a journey :)
  • vasseur
    vasseur Posts: 3,090 Forumite
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    Excellent pole class last night. I have a friction burn on my collar bone that looks like a love bite ;) but I managed a lot of things that I've only half-managed before. And my handsprings into extended butterfly are really coming on now :)

    I got a text from the CSA this morning so I know that my maintenance will be going into my bank account in about 3 working days. Excellent.

    £2 PAD to barclaycard today. I might as well - it's not going to make much difference to my bank balance :D
    It's not how far you fall - it's how high you bounce back.... :j
    Happiness is not a destination - it's a journey :)
  • vasseur
    vasseur Posts: 3,090 Forumite
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    My unorthodox item has a bid on it ;)

    £2 PAD to barclaycard :)

    I am watching another pole ;)
    It's not how far you fall - it's how high you bounce back.... :j
    Happiness is not a destination - it's a journey :)
  • vasseur
    vasseur Posts: 3,090 Forumite
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    I didn't win the pole but it went up to £122 - you can get a brand new one for £150!! Plus I would have had to drive down to Southampton to pick it up increasing the cost even further. So, my next challenge is to find the extra £50 (or so taking delivery into account) I need to get a brand new one. I already have £100 in my Hedgehog bike savings and as I think i will get far more use out of a pole at home.

    This is the one I am after - no drilling involved :D

    http://www.x-pole.co.uk/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=24&vmcchk=1&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=89

    My maintenance went in today as per my CSA text message so that makes the overdraft look a little less scary.

    I've worked out next month's money already - there is hardly any leeway but I'm optimistic I will have a pole soon :D

    £2 PAD to barclaycard :)

    Food shop tonight - needs to be kept low......
    It's not how far you fall - it's how high you bounce back.... :j
    Happiness is not a destination - it's a journey :)
  • Lula-Hula
    Lula-Hula Posts: 7,868 Forumite
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    You're doing well, shame about the pole, but I'm sure the universe will produce something when the time is right :)
  • vasseur
    vasseur Posts: 3,090 Forumite
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    Lula-Hula wrote: »
    You're doing well, shame about the pole, but I'm sure the universe will produce something when the time is right :)

    I'm sure I will and as my unorthodox fleabay item is getting quite a lot of attention (judging by the...errrr...weird emails I've been getting) I may be closer to the £50 than I think ;)

    It's lashing it down with rain here :(
    It's not how far you fall - it's how high you bounce back.... :j
    Happiness is not a destination - it's a journey :)
  • RosaBernicia
    RosaBernicia Posts: 4,909 Forumite
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    Ooh the pole is the kind I was thinking of too, let me know if you get one as the set-up looks rather complicated and I'd love to hear if it really is.

    We still all want to know what your unorthodox item is btw

    Rosa xx
    Debt free May 2016... DFW#2 in progress
    Campervan paid off summer '21... MFW progress tbc
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    polesalot wrote: »
    This is the one I am after - no drilling involved :D

    http://www.x-pole.co.uk/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=24&vmcchk=1&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=89

    OK then, if that's a static pole - where does a mobile one go?
    polesalot wrote: »
    Food shop tonight - needs to be kept low......

    Mine wasn't... :eek:
    polesalot wrote: »
    It's lashing it down with rain here :(

    It was hailing so much at my parents', it looked like snow.
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."     OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • vasseur
    vasseur Posts: 3,090 Forumite
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    RosaBernicia wrote: »
    Ooh the pole is the kind I was thinking of too, let me know if you get one as the set-up looks rather complicated and I'd love to hear if it really is.

    We still all want to know what your unorthodox item is btw

    Rosa xx

    Apparently the first time you put the pole up it will take about 10 minutes because you have to do all the height adjustments but after that it's even quicker. I've been looking at demos on y0utube and it seems quite easy. They are bottom loading (not a word Z) so no need for ladders either.

    I'll let you know what the unorthodox item is once I've sold it - it's actually quite ordinary - I guarantee you all have them (quiet Z)......
    It's not how far you fall - it's how high you bounce back.... :j
    Happiness is not a destination - it's a journey :)
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    polesalot wrote: »
    Apparently the first time you put the pole up it will take about 10 minutes because you have to do all the height adjustments but after that it's even quicker. I've been looking at demos on y0utube and it seems quite easy. They are bottom loading (not a word Z)

    I know it's not a word. 'PleaseWaitLoading' isn't a word either...
    polesalot wrote: »
    so no need for ladders either.

    Ladder dancing... it's the next big thing...
    polesalot wrote: »
    I'll let you know what the unorthodox item is once I've sold it - it's actually quite ordinary - I guarantee you all have them (quiet Z)......

    Nobody has a quiet Z. :cool:
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."     OMD 'Julia's Song'
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