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Goals for week commencing 8 October

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  • WelshWoofer
    WelshWoofer Posts: 5,076 Forumite
    Last week
    Not draw more than £30 out of bank - managed this OK
    Get OH to pay for food shopping - he parted with cash quite happily!
    Talk to boss about when bonus will be paid - he was on holiday so will try this week
    Try to stick to diet (not strictly DFW but will stop me spending 50p here and there and rubbish) - not too bad but could be better
    Send letter to car insurance with no claims proof to get £100 refund - hopeless! Will try again this week


    This week...
    Send letter to car insurance with no claims proof to get £100 refund (again)
    Make 17 quid last until Friday which is payday
    Take lunch to work everyday
    Find out about when bounus will be paid
    Sell 2 things on ebay

    That should be enough to be going on with
    R
  • The_Boss
    The_Boss Posts: 5,871 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    My aims this week

    £25 tube travel.
    £4 per day lunch allowance
    Probably will socialise one night - so an extra tenner.

    Apart from that, I intend to keep my wallet in pocket except for paying credit card bills. I will go to the gym if I am bored the rest of the time.

    This means I can have a guilt free weekend if I choose to go out on saturday. Ideally I would just go visit friends for the evening though. I've got a big birthday night on the 28th and its my intention to use that to let my hair down.
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