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Abba1772's Debt Free Diary

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  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
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    monz wrote: »
    When I went for two weeks with my boy we spent just about £3k I dont know if that helps at all.... xxx

    See I thought about that amount but you know me monz it'll be cheap .......I've already said we are going to Wal-Mart for all our snacks.....big breakfasts......snacks during the day then a decent dinner .....plus looking at groupon and I'm going to be printing off coupons xx
    NEXT TARGET: Halifax credit card DEC 22 £0 / £4499.12
    POAMAYC 2011 £6378.35 POAMAYC 2012 £5000.78
    POAMAYC 2013 £3480.04 POAMAYC 2014 £4085.14
    POAMAYC 2015 £7565.24 POAMAYC 2016 £8000.90 POAMAYC 2017 £7278.80 POAMAYC 2018 £13208.18POAMAYC 2019 £13309.28 POAMAYC 2020 £15026.05
  • monz
    monz Posts: 4,129 Forumite
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    Lol that was with us going to Wallmart and stocking up Florida is very dear lol xxx
    Debt (1/9/14) £6,702.11 Debt free (30/11/2016) mortgage port- £70,077.82 and mortgage £126,517.39 o/s currently
    Debt - £17,190.83 (29/7/22) now (19/8/22) £16,688.80
  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
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    We don't tend to eat lunch when on holiday as it's too hot, I have my kids eat free card and I have another savers card coming for food so need to research which restaurants accept these

    I shall become a coupon queen over there lol xx
    NEXT TARGET: Halifax credit card DEC 22 £0 / £4499.12
    POAMAYC 2011 £6378.35 POAMAYC 2012 £5000.78
    POAMAYC 2013 £3480.04 POAMAYC 2014 £4085.14
    POAMAYC 2015 £7565.24 POAMAYC 2016 £8000.90 POAMAYC 2017 £7278.80 POAMAYC 2018 £13208.18POAMAYC 2019 £13309.28 POAMAYC 2020 £15026.05
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,082 Forumite
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    Well done abba :T :T No idea on how much you should take!
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • nonnie44
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    Hi abba, not sure if I mentioned 'The Dibb' to you before? I use it when we go to Disney for hints and tips. I found this thread running regarding spending money and thought it might help. It's been a few years since we were in Florida so I can't quite remember how much we took xx

    https://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=1081333
  • abba1772
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    nonnie44 wrote: »
    Hi abba, not sure if I mentioned 'The Dibb' to you before? I use it when we go to Disney for hints and tips. I found this thread running regarding spending money and thought it might help. It's been a few years since we were in Florida so I can't quite remember how much we took xx

    https://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=1081333

    Thanks nonnie will have a look when I finish work xx
    NEXT TARGET: Halifax credit card DEC 22 £0 / £4499.12
    POAMAYC 2011 £6378.35 POAMAYC 2012 £5000.78
    POAMAYC 2013 £3480.04 POAMAYC 2014 £4085.14
    POAMAYC 2015 £7565.24 POAMAYC 2016 £8000.90 POAMAYC 2017 £7278.80 POAMAYC 2018 £13208.18POAMAYC 2019 £13309.28 POAMAYC 2020 £15026.05
  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
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    morning :hello:

    finally got round to posting my avon order this morning and ive managed to accrue £904 in orders :eek::eek::eek::eek:

    this means we get around £217 in commission :j:j:j:j

    this is amazing total I'm very chuffed with this total

    in other news i have 5 weeks to lose 6.5lb to get me back to my wedding weight and i will do it ;) just need to be uber strict with my tracking on my ww app.

    hubby has a extra shift today so ill be taking the kids up to my grans to spend some time with her at 1pm hoping the rain stays off

    hope you all have a relaxing Sunday xx
    NEXT TARGET: Halifax credit card DEC 22 £0 / £4499.12
    POAMAYC 2011 £6378.35 POAMAYC 2012 £5000.78
    POAMAYC 2013 £3480.04 POAMAYC 2014 £4085.14
    POAMAYC 2015 £7565.24 POAMAYC 2016 £8000.90 POAMAYC 2017 £7278.80 POAMAYC 2018 £13208.18POAMAYC 2019 £13309.28 POAMAYC 2020 £15026.05
  • hugglemonster
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    Huge well done Abba on all the savings and debt payments, I am constantly in awe of your hard work - can you send over a smidge of your energy!

    H x
  • beanielou
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    Huge well done Abba on all the savings and debt payments, I am constantly in awe of your hard work - can you send over a smidge of your energy!

    H x

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  • Me too, I need about 20% of your energy and that will double mine :rotfl:.

    Well done on Avon and good luck with the weight loss.
    Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally
    Debt in July 2017 = £58,766 😱 DEBT FREE 31 OCTOBER 2017 :T 🎉
    EMERGENCY FUND 1 = £50/£5,000. EMERGENCY FUND 2 = £10/£5,000.
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