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New challenge for me :)
MrsTinks
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Well I'm doing pretty well with paying off my debts atm but although I managed my christmas spending pretty well then I still have a £1000 credit card bill... DOH! No this wasn't christmas spending, which I'm pretty proud of actually 
It's primarily my car insurance (well actually car insurance for mine AND OHs car so I've reduced my house contributions by £150 per month till his share is paid off) and one of his christmas presents (£200 satnav with traffic updates thingy - he does a lot of miles and spends hours stuck in traffic every week, one way of looking at it is that it'll end up paying for it self in fuel saved from being sat hours on end in jams on the M25...)
Anyway haven't managed to get into main bank account (details on other machine) so not sure what the damage is there *sigh* but it shouldn't be too bad... although having 6 people to feed/entertain/supply with drink instead of 2 was not cheap :S
Most of my christmas spending come to think of it was food :S and at least I had SOME of that paid for by vouchers and gift card and stamps I'd been saving up...
I just hope when I get in to that account it's not TOO bad
Anyway my Jan challenge is to clear as much of my £1000 CC as I can... thankfully I will shortly have a 0% anniversary offer coming up for 6months on my Egg card... that will be handy
It's primarily my car insurance (well actually car insurance for mine AND OHs car so I've reduced my house contributions by £150 per month till his share is paid off) and one of his christmas presents (£200 satnav with traffic updates thingy - he does a lot of miles and spends hours stuck in traffic every week, one way of looking at it is that it'll end up paying for it self in fuel saved from being sat hours on end in jams on the M25...)Anyway haven't managed to get into main bank account (details on other machine) so not sure what the damage is there *sigh* but it shouldn't be too bad... although having 6 people to feed/entertain/supply with drink instead of 2 was not cheap :S
Most of my christmas spending come to think of it was food :S and at least I had SOME of that paid for by vouchers and gift card and stamps I'd been saving up...
I just hope when I get in to that account it's not TOO bad
Anyway my Jan challenge is to clear as much of my £1000 CC as I can... thankfully I will shortly have a 0% anniversary offer coming up for 6months on my Egg card... that will be handy
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DFW no more! Officially debt free 2017 - now joining the MFW's!
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Hope you don't get a shock then when you go in - and good luck with the challenge!Bank Balance: In the black for the moment.
Sainsburys Loan: Cleared July 2010
Credit cards: AMEX Airmiles Card: direct debit set to clear balance monthly
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good luck with that..0
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tine, you changed your avatar and you had me all confused :rolleyes:
Good luck with the challenge - we're watching! :rotfl:Leason learnt :beer:0
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