The Ultimate Incentive to get debt free… again. Dinah & NIM go head to head!

Swinstie73

Been reading your lists ladies, I am so boring I can't even think of stuff I want to do. I have done quite a few of the things on your list Tete.

Does it have to be things you've never ever done before, or can you chose to do something else again i.e. go to New York again?

Dinah93

Mine is just anything I want to do, ie return to Dubai is on mine, but also things I want to improve like I have basic holiday Italian now, asking for tables, coffee, how much is this, where is the bread all that rubbish, but I want to be able to formulate questions and hold a conversation, so that made the list too.

Birdie85

It can be whatever you want it to be Swinstie. I thought I'd struggle but once I started listing things it came quite easily. Can't believe how much walking/running/climbing is on yours Tete, you're a brave lady!

Is your friend the one who made that amazing baby cushion on your blog Tete? I loved that!

Dinah93

I love 101 Tete. Although I do think it's a harder one to plan than anything else on there.

Ended up adding a few of the specific walks on to my list. Going over to the lakes this weekend as it would have been Grandma's birthday and like me, it's her favourite place. Don't think we'll get any walking in as grandad is waiting for new knees again, but we might go on the boat at windermere, cream tea in a cafe, maybe play the mini golf in town, basically all the things we did with her when we were young. I'm hoping NIM will see why I love the place and be more keen to go back to go walking some weekends.

Tete_en_l'Air

Swinstie I took it as anything you wanted to do in the timeframe - like I've seen loads of shows in London before but not for a couple of years and I'd like to see another one soon.

Birdie85 wrote: »

It can be whatever you want it to be Swinstie. I thought I'd struggle but once I started listing things it came quite easily. Can't believe how much walking/running/climbing is on yours Tete, you're a brave lady!

I know! Or stupid!

Is your friend the one who made that amazing baby cushion on your blog Tete? I loved that!

Yes - isn't it brilliant?! I made such a fuss over it that she's make me one with my name and DOB embroidered on Can you believe that's freehand embroidery too? She is a goddess!

Dinah93 wrote: »

I love 101 Tete. Although I do think it's a harder one to plan than anything else on there.

Yeah, but it's also a state of mind and something I want to work on.

Ended up adding a few of the specific walks on to my list. Going over to the lakes this weekend as it would have been Grandma's birthday and like me, it's her favourite place. Don't think we'll get any walking in as grandad is waiting for new knees again, but we might go on the boat at windermere, cream tea in a cafe, maybe play the mini golf in town, basically all the things we did with her when we were young. I'm hoping NIM will see why I love the place and be more keen to go back to go walking some weekends.

Is it his first time? I don't think you can fail to be impressed by the place - every time I go over, once the mist clears over the Pennines, it takes my breath away every time

Dinah93

He's sort of been over when we went to Center Parks to celebrate dads 49th and my 24th - however that part of Cumbria really doesn't have the wow factor of the lakes themselves. He seemed pretty impressed by the scenery over the A66 at Brough though so there's hope he'll like the big hills of the lakes.

Birdie85

Oh I'm sure NIM will love the Lakes, who doesn't?! It's just a wonderfully fantabulous place. In my old job the drivers used to argue about who got the Lakes run because they all wanted it as it was such a lovely drive!

Tete_en_l'Air

It is, and so quick and easy from our neck of the woods too Ah lovely Lakes!

Birdie85

Awww now I want to go there! We definitely can't this weekend though as we're both skint. We had to break into the £2 tin to get some food and petrol money, could only get £10 of petrol last night which won't get me far! Roll on Pay Day Tuesday! Stupid work are shifting us from 4-weekly to monthly pay, this is the first transitional pay period where we have to wait 4 extra days to get paid and next month it's the same, total nightmare trying to figure it all out, I'll be so glad when it's all sorted and I know exactly how much is coming in and how long it has to last!

Swinstie73

I'm only at 54 things, fast running out of ideas! Thought had lost them all when I clicked on something and they all disappeared.