Mandz1 is finally sorting it out!

mandz1

Hi savingholmes, thankyou for that. I just have to keep reminding myself that i am going to change my life, not just for me but for my boys aswell. My ex brought me down, but i am rising back up.

So have done my hair and its turned orange. OMG. dont know what to do with it now, whether to leave it to get better or go black. I really dont want to go back to black.

mandz1

Ok so i have 21 items on ebay. 14 of these end tuesday i think. 3 things have bids and about 4 other things have watchers.
Going to leave my hair for a week, then put a 6-8 wash dye on it as recommended by alot of reviews i have read on the internet tonight. Its not as orange as it was but it is still the colour i didnt want.
Very short on cash, think i have £30 to last me till friday. Should last, if not then will have to cope wont i?
For some reason i have broke out with spots on my chin, will try some germalene on them tonight.
Ironing still hasnt been done. I hate it and will leave it as long as possible before i really have to do it.
Hopefully will be lots of surveys to do tomorrow as there hasnt been much on recently, silly people.

Liz_M

Hi Mandz, just wondering about the ironing - do you iron everything? I always used to iron everything except pyjamas and underwear because that's what my mum did, but then I worked out that if you spend a little bit longer putting things on the airer making sure they're really straight and neat on it, then they dry pretty good apart from a crease where they were hanging. If you take them off and fold them neatly then the crease usually goes too and they don't really need ironing. Obviously still need to iron uniforms and going out clothes etc but it seems to cut it down a lot.

mandz1

I dont do underwear or pyjamas. Pyjamas only get slept in so they will get creased throughout the night anyway, plus noone see you in your pjs. Uniforms always get ironed. Clothes only get done when our wardrobes start to get empty.

mandz1

Ok so ebay ended yesterday, sold 6 out of 14 items. Have a few more that end at the weekend. all have paid but paypal has put a hold on my account, dont know if they are doing this to everyone or if its just a certain few. That will lift after 21 days, so the plan is to wrap up all ebay items and post them on friday, as i dont get paid til then and i havent got enough money to send them until then.

Got a new phone yesterday on contract. its in my mums name but its cheaper than what i would spend on payg. I will pay it every month on time, cos i hate letting my mum down and owing her money, so this will get paid every month.

Dont think i will make anymore debt payments till tuesday, as friday will be money for shopping, bus fare etc and dont think i will be able to make any debt payments from that until i get my cb on tuesday. I have £14 in the bank which was going to go towards the debt, but think i may need it to last me to the end of the week. If i dont spend it, then i will make a payment thursday night.
Still cleaning the house, everytime it gets clean, the kids mess it up again.

DS1 went back to school yesterday, he enjoyed it, got his jumper back from his teacher this morning, which i thought i lost but he had left it at school over the holidays. Needs cleaning tho before he can wear it. Saves me money though as i thought i would have to buy another one. He got a letter about afterschool sports clubs, so i will let him do football again this term as he does enjoy it, and maybe one day he can turn it into a career (fingers crossed).

mandz1

Hi all,
Today i went to bingo, didnt win, but i checked the internet before i went, thinking i would be paying £15 and when i got there it was only £7.50, so saved me a bit of money. Went to the shop earlier to buy some cigarettes(the next thing i have to give up) and was really craving chocolate, but didnt give in, so was really proud of myself.

Only exercise i have done today is walking, and tomorrow i am at a christening, which may mean having a little bit of cake. but i may not be able to exercise tomorrow either, unless i do it tomorrow night when the kids are in bed. I am at my mothers tonight as she is also going to the christning. Hoping tomorrow will be a NSD

Bidded on a house on thursday and i am number 1 for it, but it doesnt end til wednesday night so i am not getting my hopes up about it.

Hoping to be really good this week so i can have a reasonable loss on wednesday when i weigh in.

Have asked my sisters in they want to split it three ways to buy my mum a kindle for xmas, as this is what she wants and i dont want to buy her rubbish that she doesnt want or wont use.

Payday tuesday, will be paying rossendales and my mum as i owe her for my trainers still. may make an overpayment to capquest. Want to get my hair sorted, not sure how to do it tho, it needs to be lighter which is going to be a difficult task. HMMM will ponder some more.

mandz1

Hi all, well today is the start of a new week and i am determined not to be funnelling rubbih into my body. Last night was bad, i didnt eat much during the day so i ate quite a bit last night. Have weighed myself this morning and will be going on the wii soon to work off some of the badness of last night.

Payday tomorrow, so need to make payments to a few people and then make overpayments if i have enough. Got some money in paypal but that is on hold for 21 days or until i get feedback from the ebay items i have sold. when that comes through, it will go off one of the debts. Need to check exactly how much is in my paypal account.

mandz1

Ok so today i have been out most of the day so not much housework done. Have washed the pots tho and taken the dry clothes off the airer.

Payments have been £20 to rossendales, £10 to my mum that i owed her as she brought my youngest some nappies the other day and i have gave her the money for my phone contract. it isnt due for 2 weeks but at least ive paid it when i know i can afford to give it her. £26 to capquest which has now taken it under £200, getting there. hopefully can pay that off before the end of the year.

Have also started my christmas shopping, got a present for one of my nieces today. Have also treated my youngest to a new cheap toy, as my oldest is going to do football after school on a wednesday every week.

Weigh in day tomorrow. lets see if the scales want to be nice or nasty.

mandz1

Just a quick note as i am very proud of myself. I have gone 2 days without pop. This is a big acheivement for me, havent got the shakes yet lol. Hoping it will save me money but will also help me to lose weight better as i wont bloat up so much. Really not looking forward to weighing in the morning hoping i can lose a pound at least, but am just hoping that it doesnt say i have put on weight. feeling hungry now tho as i have done some exercise tonight and now it is hitting in for food. Should i eat or ignore it. hmmm decisions decisions

mandz1

Ok so have lost a pound this week. Not bad, glad its coming off rather than going on.

Have dyed my hair, it went bright yellow with the prelightener but now its not too bad since i put the normal colour on. Going to leave it like this for a while as all this colouring must be really damaging my hair.

Bit of a dilemma with what to do tomorrow as i get paid. I need to pay £10 to rent arrears and i want to save £5 to go to the gym on saturday. But other than that i have money left over. Do i pay extra off the debt or try and do more xmas shopping or treat myself. Have been doing well with getting debt down recently and losing weight, but i feel like i have already treated myself by dying my hair. Dont like to spend to much on myself while the debt is still high and know that i should be paying as much as i can of it. But i dont want to get nearer to christmas and not be ready. Need to start looking for cheap present ideas i think.