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SS's 2007 Debt Free Challenge

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  • PeachPickle
    PeachPickle Posts: 9,924 Forumite
    SuSu1871 wrote: »

    Also, fab that you've made around £3k on matched betting. I stalled at around £1,200 - ran out of bookies, apart from the 10% bonus bet ones and I couldn't be fagged depositing £100 for a £10 free bet, taking into account the cost of "earning" the free bet versus what you win from that £10 free bet... Just laziness on my part...

    Same here SuSu, got to £1600/£1700 and got a bit lost. A rather lovely yellow fellow took me up another £90ish ;) but I've only done a couple of glaringly obvious offers since then and not gone looking for more :o

    Congrats on the new milestone SS, it's almost one a month for you! :T :T :T
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  • southernscouser
    southernscouser Posts: 33,745 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Well £410 spent today! :rolleyes:

    My loan of £371.57, plus my BT DD, and I got my haircut :cool: and had a pint and something to eat down the public house. :)

    But I don't care. Sod it. :D
  • James240
    James240 Posts: 16,392 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    hey mate u have done fantastically well over £16k paid off :beer:

    You are da man :cool:


    :beer:


    and stop !!!!!!! swearing on me diary :rotfl:
    Savings Total so far for 2026: £0/£10,000
  • slowlyfading
    slowlyfading Posts: 13,429 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Well done on spending so much today ;)
    sf x x
    Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
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  • southernscouser
    southernscouser Posts: 33,745 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    James240 wrote: »
    hey mate u have done fantastically well over £16k paid off :beer:

    You are da man :cool:


    :beer:


    and stop !!!!!!! swearing on me diary :rotfl:

    **** off! :beer:
  • southernscouser
    southernscouser Posts: 33,745 Forumite
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    Well done on spending so much today ;)
    sf x x

    It's tough but someones got to do it. :)


    When you taking me out for dinner anyway? :D
  • SuSu1871
    SuSu1871 Posts: 535 Forumite
    Blimey SS! You really are doing ever so well! :T

    Any news on the job front?
    £27k (excluding interest) paid off in 29 months
    Finally debt free!
  • southernscouser
    southernscouser Posts: 33,745 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    SuSu1871 wrote: »
    Blimey SS! You really are doing ever so well! :T

    Any news on the job front?

    Nothing yet which I'm taking as a good thing. :)


    What does the 1871 stand for in your name? :confused:

    I've got to ask coz everytime I see you I think you are like 136 years old! :rotfl:
  • Crown
    Crown Posts: 1,377 Forumite
    Evening mate, I think you deserve a pint and a haircut after doing so well. :beer:
    I remember reading a post before on here and it made me laugh and has stuck with me. I cant remeber who posted it but it was along the lines of

    "Remember that this site is Money saving Expert.com not Miserly old barst ards.com" :rotfl:
    Official DFW Nerd Club - Member no. 297 - Proud To Be Dealing With My Debts :D
  • SuSu1871
    SuSu1871 Posts: 535 Forumite
    Nothing yet which I'm taking as a good thing. :)


    What does the 1871 stand for in your name? :confused:

    I've got to ask coz everytime I see you I think you are like 136 years old! :rotfl:

    Not nearly as old as that, you cheeky git! :D

    It's my date of birth. 1 August 1971. SuSu's what my nephew (now 19) used to call me when he was little, and it's stuck with the other nephews & nieces (all 9 of them!!!) and now it's what my family/friends know me as. Not SuSu at work, though - wouldn't sound too professional for a :eek: 35 year old (how the HELL did that happen??? I'm sure I'm still 23 :p )
    £27k (excluding interest) paid off in 29 months
    Finally debt free!
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