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Fresian's Free Of Debt (Woo!) Now, to stay that way...!

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  • JayJay14
    JayJay14 Posts: 1,918 Forumite
    Watch out for bananas as I remember them being high in points? (Again, this might have changed!) I also remember Baby sweetcorn being pont free, but "normal" sweetcorn has to be counted? My drink of choice when I was doing WW was Vodka & diet coke by the way which worked out pretty well. :)

    Bananas are point free now but you still have to be carefull, I have one at work for my mid morning snack.

    What is keeping me going at the moment are smart price caramel wafers 2 points (though on WW online resource they have them higher but they use 33g and they are actually 17g) and pom bear crisps - 2 points for the 15g packs and 3 points for the 19g ones. Drained tinned fruit set in sugar free jelly has been good in my pack up as well.

    I've lost 11 in the last 3 weeks and am determined to lose the other 90 (:eek:) to get to a decent weight.:D
  • mooomin
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    Morning folks :D

    I had a work night out last night which was really good fun. We went ten pin bowling, and instead of getting the bus I walked up there which only took me 15 minutes but gained me WW Points for activity :A I did have a glass of wine while I was there, and ate things from the buffet, but have used some of my weekly points allowance for that and have probably over-estimated how many points I was eating.

    The night only cost me £2.80 as we'd already paid for the bowling and the glass of wine was included in that - the rest was for diet cokes. It was too hot last night here to drink a lot of booze, but we're back to grey Scottish weather now.

    I've relisted all the items that didn't sell on Ebay last week as it's free listing again. I may have a look for some other things to try and sell too. Every penny counts and all that.

    For now though it's time to get off my bottom and go for a shower then start tidying up the house a bit. Have a good day all :D
  • mooomin
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    JayJay14 wrote: »
    Bananas are point free now but you still have to be carefull, I have one at work for my mid morning snack.

    What is keeping me going at the moment are smart price caramel wafers 2 points (though on WW online resource they have them higher but they use 33g and they are actually 17g) and pom bear crisps - 2 points for the 15g packs and 3 points for the 19g ones. Drained tinned fruit set in sugar free jelly has been good in my pack up as well.

    I've lost 11 in the last 3 weeks and am determined to lose the other 90 (:eek:) to get to a decent weight.:D

    Wow JayJay, well done :T:T

    I bought WW tortilla crisps and they are awful. I bought three for £1 though so will eat the other two packs when I'm really starving :rotfl::rotfl:

    I normally eat a lot of fruit, so that part isn't too bad for me. I'm just going to have to get used to checking the points value of things I like before I eat them. I have found out that 1/2 a can of Heinz have a point less in them than 1/2 a can of Branston beans, so guess which ones I had for dinner?! :D
  • Souk08
    Souk08 Posts: 3,240 Forumite
    Morning FF, sent one of the lovely cards you made for me to a friend yesterday and she was chuffed to bits! VERY slow start here as I was a bit naughty last night and drank my own bodyweight in pink wine but I will need to clean at some point!
    'The road to a friends house is never long'
  • Double_Trouble
    Double_Trouble Posts: 4,375 Forumite
    Souk08 wrote: »
    Morning FF, sent one of the lovely cards you made for me to a friend yesterday and she was chuffed to bits! VERY slow start here as I was a bit naughty last night and drank my own bodyweight in pink wine but I will need to clean at some point!

    Thank God you are only tiny :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    Sounds like you had a good time :D

    Well done on joining WW FF I am sure you will do well and think of all the lovely clothes you will have to buy as everything will be too big

    DTxx
  • mooomin
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    Morning!

    I was a Spendy Fresian yesterday...

    £17.55 in Aldi
    £30 renewing my Costco membership (Well, £15 really as my friend is joint member with me)
    £44.13 in Costco
    £9.02 in Morrisons

    Currently the money situation stands like this:

    PAD/Spends - £50
    Entertainment - £45.45
    Groceries - £123.65

    All my shopping adventures did yield some good bargains though, especially in Costco as cat litter was very cheap. Normally I pay £8.95 for 20L of Catsan in Tesco (Bah!) but it was £5.95 per bag including VAT :j Mr Fresian was pretty dumbfounded when I came home with 5 bags of it though :o

    I am now fully stocked up with tasty healthy food and a few treats, so I shouldn't have to buy that much in the shops for the rest of the week. I also took back the clothes I bought in Glasgow, doing a partial swap for a new pair of work shoes, so that's £67.50 going back on my credit card, which I paid off today. That leaves me with £197 to take to York next weekend. I don't think I'm going to need the whole amount though unless I decide to treat us to something really fancy, so anything leftover will go in my ISA.

    I'm going to go and cook breakfast for myself now, then do the dishes and have a shower. Myself and Mr Fresian are going for a drive in the Borders today to make a nice change from sitting around doing nothing at the weekend. I'm looking forward to it :D I'm going to pack a wee picnic so we don't have to buy lunch and so I know exactly what I'm eating. Hopefully the weather down there is a little less overcast :D
  • lucielle
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    Not too sure about the weather as its raining with me and I'm Northumberland. Still a change is as good as a rest.
    L
    Total Debt Dec 07 £59875.83 Overdrafts £2900,New Debt Figure ZERO !!!!!!:j 08/06/2013
    Lucielle's Daring Debt Free Journey
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  • mooomin
    mooomin Posts: 13,703 Forumite
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    lucielle wrote: »
    Not too sure about the weather as its raining with me and I'm Northumberland. Still a change is as good as a rest.
    L
    *packs waterproofs*
  • lucielle
    lucielle Posts: 11,577 Forumite
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    Good idea, still raining
    L
    Total Debt Dec 07 £59875.83 Overdrafts £2900,New Debt Figure ZERO !!!!!!:j 08/06/2013
    Lucielle's Daring Debt Free Journey
    DFD Before we Die!!!! Long Haul Supporter #124
  • mooomin
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    A very relaxing day in Fresian Towers.

    We went for a wee drive towards the Borders, but the weather was mince, so it was a lot of scenery and not a lot of outside :D Still, it's always nice to get out of the city and see some hills, and there are lots of cute lambs, calves and piglets in the fields at the moment, so a couple of hours of awww-ing was had ;)

    We've had a nice dinner of slow-cooked chickens legs (thank you Aldi - 99p for two!) with brocolli for me, tatties and carrots for himself. I've finished off two cards for an order for a friend, and watched last night's Doctor Who again :o

    I'm now fully relaxed and ready for my bed!
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