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Stephie's 100 Strokes of the Brush before Bed

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  • rdchick
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    Hi Stephie :wave:

    Yay your back :j good to see you've paid off some of your debts :) I'm such a fool! I never subscribed to your diary properly :o will do now though:rotfl: And good luck to getting fit for RAF, DH is in the army and has debt they've never said anything to him. When we joined they told us we couldn't have any but they never did checks?

    Right anyway, off to subscribe and will pop in to see how you are doing :)

    Hellooooo!

    How be you m'dear?! The RAF apparently do credit checks but it's like if you have lots of big debts that it could be a problem, however shouldn't be a problem as I shouldn't have any by then.. And I want to be a nurse so wouldn't be too much of a risk.

    Did a run this morning, hurt something cronic now! Xxx
    Life is too short not to love what you do.
  • rdchick
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    Did some serious budgeting, debt by debt, month by month, all being well, by December 2012 my debt should be down to £757.65 and I would have paid off almost £8000. Amazing inspiration. That's if this year is pretty much like last year, no payrise, second job and a £300 bonus in my pay packet at xmas. My job is pretty secure so I don't think I would have to worry about a drop in pay at all and I can always do overtime too on Thursdays and Fridays which would bring in some pennies... oooh it's exciting... just gotta stick to it!! xxx
    Life is too short not to love what you do.
  • rdchick
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    Happy Valentines day!

    I have been super spoilt today...

    The boy bought me: One Day on Blu Ray (can't wait to watch it but it's Biggest Loser tonight so y'know...) Toy Story 1, 2 and 3 on DVD (we saw Toy Story 3 in 3D as our first date so there's always a TS gift somewhere!) a Pandora Owl charm: IMG00479-20120214-0915.jpg

    All of the charms except the cat and now owl including the bracelet was bought by his parents as a christmas present in 2010, wear it everyday and it means the world to me :)

    and he went to the sandwich van (I bring my own noms in to work - he doesn't!) but bought me this:
    IMG00481-20120214-1059.jpg

    and showed it to me and some of our colleagues who I was nattering to in the kitchen... which as ever sparked the 'so when are you getting engaged' talk...

    They also reckon I will be pregnant before we are married :/ I don't think so some how!

    Anyways...

    I also got my TEFL certificate today... I can officially teach English anywhere in the world... woo!

    Hope everyone's having a nice day :) xxx
    Life is too short not to love what you do.
  • rdchick
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    OMG, just realised my ex is 40 today... 40... jeez louise.
    Life is too short not to love what you do.
  • :grinheart:grinheart:grinheart:grinheart:grinheart awwwwwwwwwwww that is so sweet, how lucky are you having a romantic one!!!!!!! have a lovely evening :A
    MORTGAGE BALANCE when we moved Aug 2024, £120,000. January 1st £118,267.06. May 1st, £116, 123, June 1st, £115,536, New mortgage added for extension- £165,000 July 1st!
    Mortgage Overpayments - September-December, £152.46. J- £103.27, F- £115, M- £91.50, A- £100, M- £200, J- £200. J- £200. A-£200, S- £200.
    Total- £1562.23
    Goal pay off 1% of current mortgage in 1 year. £1650

    EF- first goal £300
  • rdchick
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    :grinheart:grinheart:grinheart:grinheart:grinheart awwwwwwwwwwww that is so sweet, how lucky are you having a romantic one!!!!!!! have a lovely evening :A

    Yeah he's sweet.

    Why do people always ask about an engagement... you say oh we've been together for 18 months now... when are you getting engaged? :mad: I dunno... ask him?!

    Every Valentines day, Christmas, Birthday, New year... it's not gonna happen, he's made that clear... gonna be a long time before he will...

    xxx
    Life is too short not to love what you do.
  • rdchick
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    Just want to cry right about now.

    found a dress that is gorgeous for me to wear to the Dutch wedding in April.

    Stupidly posted it on my Facebook my longest known friend has now brought that dress and is wearing it this weekend.

    I normally don't care about such things but !!!!!! can I have nothing of my own?!

    Ok I sound like a spoilt brat but I don't care

    Not buying it now... stuff it :'(
    Life is too short not to love what you do.
  • rdchick wrote: »
    Just want to cry right about now.

    found a dress that is gorgeous for me to wear to the Dutch wedding in April.

    Stupidly posted it on my Facebook my longest known friend has now brought that dress and is wearing it this weekend.

    I normally don't care about such things but !!!!!! can I have nothing of my own?!

    Ok I sound like a spoilt brat but I don't care

    Not buying it now... stuff it :'(

    :(ohh that sucks! Can you not get it anyway or will friend that bought it be at the wedding too? If so i'd be so angry!!!!!!!! Did she not think to ask if you were going to buy it before buying it herself??? :(xxx
    MORTGAGE BALANCE when we moved Aug 2024, £120,000. January 1st £118,267.06. May 1st, £116, 123, June 1st, £115,536, New mortgage added for extension- £165,000 July 1st!
    Mortgage Overpayments - September-December, £152.46. J- £103.27, F- £115, M- £91.50, A- £100, M- £200, J- £200. J- £200. A-£200, S- £200.
    Total- £1562.23
    Goal pay off 1% of current mortgage in 1 year. £1650

    EF- first goal £300
  • rdchick
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    She won't be at the wedding but I will feel old hat by the time the wedding comes around. No she said nothing other than just now she said that dress is really nice, I've just bought it for this weekend...

    Not normally like me to care about getting the same one but it will look like I'm copying her now as she's already got it... and I wanted it to be my thinspiration as I wanted to slim down into it... *huff* xxx
    Life is too short not to love what you do.
  • rdchick
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    Feel like I am currently being pulled from pillar to post and everyone wants a bit of me.

    Doing my job and the job of someone else at the main job, plus second job want me to cover someone tonight so I will be there on my own... and will be late as I don't have my car so could be there til 10pm... Wouldn't be so bad but feel like I deserve to be paid so much more than I am...

    having a 'meh' day... actually more of a week's 'meh'

    xxx
    Life is too short not to love what you do.
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