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Double Trouble - Nothing by halves

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  • Seaxwyn
    Seaxwyn Posts: 4,896 Forumite
    I am very curious about your new craft. Can you give some more clues?
    Total debt: 1 January 2007 £[strike]49,387.79[/strike] 1 January 2012 £[STRIKE]19,312.85[/STRIKE] 1 August 2012 £11,517.62



  • Double_Trouble
    Double_Trouble Posts: 4,375 Forumite
    Seaxwyn wrote: »
    I am very curious about your new craft. Can you give some more clues?

    Its not very special and lots of other people do it but thankfully not as many as jewellery I am waiting to see whether they turn out OK before launching in case it turns out not to be my thing but its something I enjoy doing won't make me a fortune but could be a decent sideline - thats all I am prepare to say :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    DTxx
  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    Oops I was hoping you had forgotten about that :o the problem is with debt going up instead of down I have lost where I am can I start again as
    at 1st August when I work out my debt total again :(

    DTxx

    don't re-work the debt - use the figure on there as a first clearing point
    Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for thou art crunchy and good with catsup :D
    NSD 15/20, OS WL 21-6 (4) :(C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z #44 Twisted Firestarter, VSP #57 - £39.43
    :p Every Penny's a Prisoner :p
  • Double_Trouble
    Double_Trouble Posts: 4,375 Forumite
    The_Dragon wrote: »
    don't re-work the debt - use the figure on there as a first clearing point

    OK I will go and take a look but am expecting it to be very :eek:

    DTxx
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Wow, DT! Fantastic aims, to pay £1000 a month off the debt, and have a new craft, and retrain in the legal arena. And all that in one day! Gill is right, btw, once you have a target, you don't mess around - thinking of the weight and the clothes here :)
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Double_Trouble
    Double_Trouble Posts: 4,375 Forumite
    Karmacat wrote: »
    Wow, DT! Fantastic aims, to pay £1000 a month off the debt, and have a new craft, and retrain in the legal arena. And all that in one day! Gill is right, btw, once you have a target, you don't mess around - thinking of the weight and the clothes here :)

    It is OK having aims but you have to achieve them :o I have set aims before and failed miserably been reading some old posts and it is not good reading I haven't achieved any of my debt repayment aims for so long now the weight loss is the one success I am clinging on to but fortune has to change eventually and it is not through a lack of trying or going off the MSE wagon it is just circumstances that I have not been able to control.

    Just been looking at the olympic challenge aim set was to pay off £32K before the olympics :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: no chance - I know the debt has gone up since then not down I need to add it all up so I can figure out where I am going but at least I am still trying :)

    DTxx
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    There's often a bit of a gap between the aim and the doing, isn't there :o my current lifestyle was never an aim of mine, thats for sure.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Double_Trouble
    Double_Trouble Posts: 4,375 Forumite
    What a bad day just heard half of the Formula 1 live races next season are only to be on sky sports no longer have sky and never had sky sports as I only ever watch F1 so am never going to pay for sky sports just for that - so going to have to avoid all news etc. and watch the highlights but just not the same as seeing it live - that will be even less TV I watch I wouldn't care if we did without it altogether

    DTxx
  • Surfbabe
    Surfbabe Posts: 2,284 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    we didn't have tv for a long time and in fact 've n sen any for a week as I'm laid up in bed ad we don't have a tv in the bedroom - decided its not necessary !!!
  • Firewalker
    Firewalker Posts: 2,682 Forumite
    Just been looking at the olympic challenge aim set was to pay off £32K before the olympics :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: no chance - I know the debt has gone up since then not down I need to add it all up so I can figure out where I am going but at least I am still trying :)

    DTxx

    There is still time till the Olimpics - do not loose heart. Still possible and you never know what is behind the corner. It may be a job that pays enough to do that.

    FW
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