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littlepink's everything diary!

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  • Monday is my official date for starting fresh with everything
    Need to get back on track with my diet, going to stop smoking and try to earn as much extra income as possible!

    So from Monday my new plans are:
    • Stop Smoking
    • Get diet back on track
    • Gym 3 times a week
    • Keep fit/netball class once a week (this is free)
    • Write 5 Dooyoo reviews every day
    • Check onepoll and valued opinions daily for new surveys
  • ruby_eskimo
    ruby_eskimo Posts: 4,848 Forumite
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    Monday is my official date for starting fresh with everything

    Same here! I'm joining the gym tomorrow because I need to lose weight too!
    Emergency Fund - £8572.39 / £10,000 :: Mortgage OP 2025 - £
    LISA 24/25 - £3200 / £4000 :: NSD 2025 - 2 / 150 :: Books Read: 1 / 52 :: Decluttering - 4 / 1000
    Engaged 9th December 2010 :: Married 29th October 2015 :: Bought a House 13th January 2017
  • First day of the new littlepink!

    Going quite well so far, i have £11.90 in my one poll account, and £4.75 in valued opinions. Still need to write my 5 reviews for Dooyoo today.

    Had decided to sell my limited edition mac items on ebay, as i've never even touched any of them, managed to list 5 and ebay decided NO, apparently there is only a certain amount of make up items you can list in a month. I'd only managed to list the kinda normal rubbish-y stuff as well, still have all my boxed limited edition stuff to list!
    Also listed a lot of Lush products on the Lush forums for sale, so I will check that later to see if anyone is interested in anything.

    Diet wise, i had toast and a coffee this morning, planning on a cup a soup and a youghurt for lunch, then whatever my mum makes for dinner tonight.
    Ciggies wise: I was planning on quitting today, but I still have about 10 left, so I have cut right down today, only had 2 do far...when normally i'd be on #6 by this time. Planning on doing the same tomorrow, then going cold turkey from Wednesday!!
  • confession time:

    Spent a ridiculous amount of money at a gig on Tuesday night.
    And my friend bought me a purple blackberry, oh dear. Phoned Virgin, can't cancel my contract on my old phone at all, or even downgrade it to the lowest tarrif, and it's not up till March.

    On the other hand, have loads of things ending on ebay tonight!
  • nat21luv
    nat21luv Posts: 3,435 Forumite
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    your friends got more money than sense!
    2025 Mortgage start £378K 2025 Overpayment £103 Savings Challenge 2025 **MONEY MAKES ME HAPPY**
  • nat21luv wrote: »
    your friends got more money than sense!
    She got a tax rebate on tuesday, and bought both of us one! Although it is pay as you go, so i think i won't be topping this one up for a while until my other contract is up!
  • :idea:

    Has just worked out where all my money goes!! Not all the wee spends here and there (although that does add up, and can easily be cut out altogether to save even more)

    It's all bloody night outs, gig tickets, tattoos, piercings, the need to own every single piece of harry potter merchandise ever made, buying anime figurines, buying anime box sets in general when i can access the episodes for free online!!!!!

    All of the above is being cut out once and for all!
  • podperson
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    Hi there,
    Just been reading through and sounds like you are doing really well. Nice of your friend to buy you a phone. If that's the one you're going to be keeping could you transfer the sim from your old phone into it and then sell the old phone?
  • ruby_eskimo
    ruby_eskimo Posts: 4,848 Forumite
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    :idea:

    Has just worked out where all my money goes!! Not all the wee spends here and there (although that does add up, and can easily be cut out altogether to save even more)

    It's all bloody night outs, gig tickets, tattoos, piercings, the need to own every single piece of harry potter merchandise ever made, buying anime figurines, buying anime box sets in general when i can access the episodes for free online!!!!!

    All of the above is being cut out once and for all!


    I'm the other way round, it's all the little spends that did it for me!
    Emergency Fund - £8572.39 / £10,000 :: Mortgage OP 2025 - £
    LISA 24/25 - £3200 / £4000 :: NSD 2025 - 2 / 150 :: Books Read: 1 / 52 :: Decluttering - 4 / 1000
    Engaged 9th December 2010 :: Married 29th October 2015 :: Bought a House 13th January 2017
  • podperson wrote: »
    Hi there,
    Just been reading through and sounds like you are doing really well. Nice of your friend to buy you a phone. If that's the one you're going to be keeping could you transfer the sim from your old phone into it and then sell the old phone?

    I wish i could, cause it's the purple one it's locked to 02. And my contract is with Virgin. I could take it somewhere and get it unlocked, but then i've been warned that if anything goes wrong with it blackberry will take nothing to do with the phone, as it voids the warrenty on it.

    To be honest it works out cheaper, on 02 i am getting unlimited texts and internet for £15 a month. Plus all the blackberry apps and a 02 suprise thing every month, i got a free facial with it last week!!:eek: which i need to book! So my £15 only goes towards calls.

    On my virgin contract its £18.50 a month, unlimited texts and internet, and 200 mins.

    although i am paying for my calls on 02, i won't ever go over the £15, only had a week and my balance is still £14.50!!
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