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What are your aims for March 2011

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  • kochi1
    kochi1 Posts: 268 Forumite
    Great idea this thread - something to give you motivation to get going... just what I need at the moment so I'm aiming for

    Get to the gym 3 times a week (know the feeling LilythePink) - even if it is just once to watch Saturday kitcken for 90 min! (time go quicker!)
    Leave debit card at home and take out weekly cash (preventing expensive impromtue nights out)
    Save £50 for next month as bessie mate coming from US for a holiday so will need some treats
    Take lunches into work at least 3 times a week
    Trade old magazines with mum - today she's trying to exchange a carton of tomato juice for one!!
    Buy no books - dont need them got a library which is under threat 5 min walk way so support it!
    Download more music onto ipodthingy

    Good luck all!
    At least the fish fingers are still frozen, that's what I keep telling myself (Truly Madly Deeply)


  • Save over £200 from quitting smoking yesterday

    Putting that £200 towards my debts

    Not spending any money because I don't smoke anymore! :D

    Put a lot of my beautiful clothes (that are just hanging in the wardrobe) on ebay
    Debt Bust LBM 01/01/2013 - [STRIKE]£11,115.28[/STRIKE] £10,593.81


    Debt free date: Sept 2014 :beer:
  • Hi,

    My plans for March (never thought about it until seeing this thread so hope to commit now):
    • complete coursework on time for mid March
    • Pay off one of my small store cards
    • Take in packed lunches to work
    • do online tax filing
    • get refund for one nights cancelled hotel booking (have been putting this off)
    • put 3 items on ebay
    Hopefully this will be realistic for me to be able to achieve.

    BB
    Original debt at LBM July 2008, £47, 654.34. Debt at January 2016, £21,443. Barclaycard [STRIKE]£9,000[/STRIKE]£8,756, Tesco cc [STRIKE]£3000[/STRIKE]£1,136. Debenhams storecard [STRIKE]£350[/STRIKE]£263, OD [STRIKE]£3,500[/STRIKE] £3,000, Corp Tax £3,036, Study loan £1,750, Smaller debts £2,000.

    Since my LBM I have not been fully committed so now I have had a 2nd LBM.
    Aiming to be debt free by December 2016:D
  • My plans for March:

    • Do 30 day Shred DVD
    • Therefore lose 2 kgs (if not more)
    • Pay all of my DDs this month.
    • Pay back my riiculous wonga pay day loan
    • Not go out, at all.
    • Just get by :o
    Total Debt: £0 [STRIKE]£33,043[/STRIKE]
    Official DFW Nerd No. 763
    :jDMP start date Aug 2011~DFD Aug 2013 :j
  • This might help keep me focused... I am aiming to:
    • Sort out my paperwork - again need a folder!
    • Not overspend on my bf's bday next week. :beer:
    • Keep to my grocery budget.
    • Try to out do my NSD target.
    • Finally start sorting through toys my daughter doesnt play with anymore along with the mountain of beautiful clothes that no longer fit her with a view to listing them on ebay - aim for 5 for now as HATE listing on ebay :p
    • Remain on target for my VSP's :j
    • Get back into my gorgeous super skinny size 8 jeans :mad:
    Daughters Sealed Saving Pot - start them young :money: £90 :T
  • My plans for March are
    • Record on a daily basis my spending
    • Spend no more that £20 on the internet
    • Dont buy any books this month
    • Arrange a weekend for my sister to visit
    • Take clothes to charity shop
    Think thats it for now, although im sure there are lots more but im too tired to think and need to go to bed. Good luck everyone
    It’s not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts
  • Hey southernbelle - it's not just me that the shoes speak to confessions of a shopaholic style then?? Phew, thought I was going mad :p:D
    Daughters Sealed Saving Pot - start them young :money: £90 :T
  • hello can I join please? Going to try for a few targets and hopefully achieve (and fee good) rather than loads!

    • stick to diet & loose 4lbs (hopefully more)
    • excercise at least 2 x weekly
    • do 1 hr a week study learning portuguese
    • do CV and apply for 2 jobs ;)
    • not waste my time watching mindless TV & spending hrs on the internet - life 9s too short!
    that's it if by the end of March I have achieve all of the above I would e very happy :D
    DF as at 30/12/16
    Wombling 2025: £87.12
    NSD March: YTD: 35
    Grocery spend challenge March £253.38/£285 £20/£70 Eating out
    GC annual £449.80/£4500
    Eating out budget: £55/£420
    Extra cash earned 2025: £195
  • Hello,

    My aims for March as follows.

    Stick to £150 grocery budget.
    Stop visiting Tesco on my days off.
    Meal plan weekly.
    Start cooking some meals from scratch.

    Lose 7lbs.
    Continue running 3 times a week and aim to get my 5k done in 25mins.
    Increase my exersise by combining my running with 3x toning classes a week.
    Spend 1 night a week making myself look nice - nails, hair teatment, tanning ect- may need 2 nights!!!

    Pay another £100 off overdraft
    Stick to personal spending allowence each week.
    Don't use debit card for anything - cash only - easy to keep track
    Start selling on E-BAY. Aim to make £100 by 1st of April.


    Good luck me.

    cc & o/d debts 4/2/11 - 12209.
    total joint debts 4/2/11 - 25877.
  • Aims for March:
    • Try to spend less than £100 inc fuel on the trip down to Kent this weekend coming
    • Do NOT go into chargable overdraft!
    • Continue to keep spending diary
    • Continue to badger OH about spending diary...
    • Spend less than £150 on groceries
    • Beat my NSD target (15)
    • Beat my HM lunches target (18/22)
    • Do more baking, so that I have at least one home baked item in my HM Lunch every day
    • Buy a skipping rope, and actually use it at least twice a week
    • Finish the two paper mache pots I've started
    • Get my sewing machine set up
    ::: Total Paid Since LBM (27/05/10): £4639.85 Official Debt Gone!! :T :::
    :A
    That money talks, I don't deny, I heard it once, it said "Goodbye"
    ~ VSP2011: #104 ~
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