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  • Hi Kat - blast from the fairly recent MSE past here - catching up on the diaries now under my new alias - glad to see you are still hard at it.

    E xxx

    (PS: if you havent worked out who I am PM me - LOL!!!!)
    LBM Oct 2010 - £44,665.08:eek: (exc overdrafts)
    Egg:[STRIKE]£890 [/STRIKE]£0 Virgin:[STRIKE]£2,426.92[/STRIKE] £0 B'card: [STRIKE]£16,192.80 [/STRIKE]£13,497.68 Loan: [STRIKE]£25,155.36 [/STRIKE]£21680.35

    NEW TOTAL: [STRIKE]£44,665.08 [/STRIKE] £35,178.03 Debt reduced by £9,487.05 21.24% :T
    One off Egg balance: [STRIKE]£2,596[/STRIKE] £4,076.95
  • **Kat**_2
    **Kat**_2 Posts: 969 Forumite
    Hey all feeling loads better thank you and RTBR - I know and have subscribed to your diary, welcome back :) xx

    Picked up wages and tips last night. I also rang Kays, found out I CAN part pay my BNPL items. Therefore, a soggy trip to the bank at lunch to pay in £100, all of which is going to them.

    I will also find out if overpayments to the loan are unlimited as if so will crack on with sending all I can. DH needs to find out if he is getting a bonus as if so we may be able to clear his grad overdraft which, after I have cleared the Kays (can't see it taking too long), should leave us with only the loan :D
    Loan - [STRIKE]£6991.95[/STRIKE]£6180.01; Barclays Res - [STRIKE]£600[/STRIKE] £0 - £22 per week :eek:, NWB Grad O/D - [STRIKE]£1185[/STRIKE] £887.86 18.28% SWALEC - [STRIKE]£700[/STRIKE] £0 NPOWER [STRIKE]£220[/STRIKE] £0 Kays - [STRIKE]£591.28[/STRIKE] £0 TOTAL DEBT - [STRIKE]£10,288.23[/STRIKE] £7,000.01 31.96 % Paid off. BS Fund - £1 Savings Fund - £41.17 % Challenge Member 1
  • **Kat**_2
    **Kat**_2 Posts: 969 Forumite
    Grrrrrrr and the reserve - blast darn it!

    I think we need to clear more other things first now - that will give us more of a fighting chance of clearing it.
    Loan - [STRIKE]£6991.95[/STRIKE]£6180.01; Barclays Res - [STRIKE]£600[/STRIKE] £0 - £22 per week :eek:, NWB Grad O/D - [STRIKE]£1185[/STRIKE] £887.86 18.28% SWALEC - [STRIKE]£700[/STRIKE] £0 NPOWER [STRIKE]£220[/STRIKE] £0 Kays - [STRIKE]£591.28[/STRIKE] £0 TOTAL DEBT - [STRIKE]£10,288.23[/STRIKE] £7,000.01 31.96 % Paid off. BS Fund - £1 Savings Fund - £41.17 % Challenge Member 1
  • Woowoo
    Woowoo Posts: 4,603 Forumite
    Morning Kat

    Fingers DH gets a nice bonus :)

    You will crack that reserve eventually x
    LBM Aug 09: £18,650.47 - Current: £12,854.93 (£5946.79)

    Barclays: £2,928.34 Lloyds: £2,499.60
    MBNA: £3,788.99 Overdraft: £1,900.00 Mum: £1,738.00

    Surveys: £6.60/£40.00
  • **Kat**_2
    **Kat**_2 Posts: 969 Forumite
    One day Woo - I feel like camping outside Barclays with a sign - Say NO to reserves!
    Loan - [STRIKE]£6991.95[/STRIKE]£6180.01; Barclays Res - [STRIKE]£600[/STRIKE] £0 - £22 per week :eek:, NWB Grad O/D - [STRIKE]£1185[/STRIKE] £887.86 18.28% SWALEC - [STRIKE]£700[/STRIKE] £0 NPOWER [STRIKE]£220[/STRIKE] £0 Kays - [STRIKE]£591.28[/STRIKE] £0 TOTAL DEBT - [STRIKE]£10,288.23[/STRIKE] £7,000.01 31.96 % Paid off. BS Fund - £1 Savings Fund - £41.17 % Challenge Member 1
  • Kepp
    Kepp Posts: 4,390 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    **Kat** wrote: »
    One day Woo - I feel like camping outside Barclays with a sign - Say NO to reserves!

    Please do! :rotfl:
    Debt at LBM Apr 2010 £28,767 Debt free as of Nov 2013 :j
  • **Kat**_2
    **Kat**_2 Posts: 969 Forumite
    I would make front page news!
    Loan - [STRIKE]£6991.95[/STRIKE]£6180.01; Barclays Res - [STRIKE]£600[/STRIKE] £0 - £22 per week :eek:, NWB Grad O/D - [STRIKE]£1185[/STRIKE] £887.86 18.28% SWALEC - [STRIKE]£700[/STRIKE] £0 NPOWER [STRIKE]£220[/STRIKE] £0 Kays - [STRIKE]£591.28[/STRIKE] £0 TOTAL DEBT - [STRIKE]£10,288.23[/STRIKE] £7,000.01 31.96 % Paid off. BS Fund - £1 Savings Fund - £41.17 % Challenge Member 1
  • Woowoo
    Woowoo Posts: 4,603 Forumite
    Yeah do it Kat and post photo's on here, that would be soooooo funny!
    LBM Aug 09: £18,650.47 - Current: £12,854.93 (£5946.79)

    Barclays: £2,928.34 Lloyds: £2,499.60
    MBNA: £3,788.99 Overdraft: £1,900.00 Mum: £1,738.00

    Surveys: £6.60/£40.00
  • **Kat**_2
    **Kat**_2 Posts: 969 Forumite
    Well I had an interesting time at the bank:

    Paid in £100 and rang Kays - paid against BNPL items woo hoo!

    Spoke to someone about the reserve - no they won't change it to a normal overdraft and I won't be eligible to do so until my account remains in credit for several months after paying off the reserve - said that defeats the point of changing it! They charge more BTW than an unauthorised OD as they will allow your DDs to be paid - would bloody hope so as its AUTHORISED borrowing!

    I CAN pay coins into the bank - have to bag them up, don't have to be "full" bags just separate so they can be weighed.

    I CAN overpay on the loan, didn't seem too pleased with my "so if I have a spare £10 I can pay that off" but also didn't say no. Said I have to go into the branch each time though - hope they get fed up of seeing me lol.

    Right, off to update sig and see if I have moved a percentage (prob not £100 not a lot)
    Loan - [STRIKE]£6991.95[/STRIKE]£6180.01; Barclays Res - [STRIKE]£600[/STRIKE] £0 - £22 per week :eek:, NWB Grad O/D - [STRIKE]£1185[/STRIKE] £887.86 18.28% SWALEC - [STRIKE]£700[/STRIKE] £0 NPOWER [STRIKE]£220[/STRIKE] £0 Kays - [STRIKE]£591.28[/STRIKE] £0 TOTAL DEBT - [STRIKE]£10,288.23[/STRIKE] £7,000.01 31.96 % Paid off. BS Fund - £1 Savings Fund - £41.17 % Challenge Member 1
  • **Kat**_2
    **Kat**_2 Posts: 969 Forumite
    Well I did go up a % barrier.

    Can someone please explain how I have been thanked in more posts than I have written? I'm all confused!
    Loan - [STRIKE]£6991.95[/STRIKE]£6180.01; Barclays Res - [STRIKE]£600[/STRIKE] £0 - £22 per week :eek:, NWB Grad O/D - [STRIKE]£1185[/STRIKE] £887.86 18.28% SWALEC - [STRIKE]£700[/STRIKE] £0 NPOWER [STRIKE]£220[/STRIKE] £0 Kays - [STRIKE]£591.28[/STRIKE] £0 TOTAL DEBT - [STRIKE]£10,288.23[/STRIKE] £7,000.01 31.96 % Paid off. BS Fund - £1 Savings Fund - £41.17 % Challenge Member 1
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