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Time to get it sorted

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  • I've reworked my budget. Hopefully I'll get more in my wages than I've budgeted. I always budget the lowest figure I get and then any more than that is just a bonus so I can increase debt payments etc.

    However if I don't get the extra money this month then I'm gonna have a problem and have to try and cut back on things :/

    I have an app on my phone now so I can constantly check my balance no matter where I am. I checked this morning and my refund has gone in. Thats petrol for tomorrow and Thursday and then some spare money in my account for payday Friday. I have Friday as holiday so I can spend the morning working on my repayments.

    I now have 112 likes on my small jewellery biz site so I'm hoping to get some orders from there too. Just gotta get working on it a bit more and get it worked on.
    DEBT TOTAL: £7609.44
  • My OnePoll account has gone up by 10p!!
    DEBT TOTAL: £7609.44
  • So I'm feeling good. I have 53p left in my bank which isn't normal for the last week before pay day. Pay day is Friday so my debt will be reduced. I don't know how much by but that figure in my signature will still be reduced.

    I can't wait to see that figure go down. It will be reduced by £300 minimun :)
    DEBT TOTAL: £7609.44
  • Only two days for you Squidge!

    Just to spur you on a bit, if you paid £300 off your sig each month it'd only take you 19 months to clear all your debt!

    £300 is 5.3% of your total debt!

    Wish I could knock that amount off my ~£18k :)
    I was a DFW, now I'm a MFW :T
  • Thats cool. After Xmas I'm hoping to pay off more than that to get debt free quicker :)
    DEBT TOTAL: £7609.44
  • I'm thinking it's somebody's payday soon?!?

    :)
    I was a DFW, now I'm a MFW :T
  • Evening all!

    You can see by my sig I've paid £30 towards my debts today :). Still got some other bits to pay off but need to wait for some expenses before I do that otherwise I will leave myself short.

    I've also added 10p to my OnePoll account. I'm staying in the store I'm in until January and then I transfer back to my store. I want to use this opportunity to pay off as much as I can debt wise so that I have some money free when I lose out on the expenses.

    I started today with change in my purse and a small amount of money in the bank!
    DEBT TOTAL: £7609.44
  • So I have some change in my purse. Worked out that my wages are wrong AGAIN so in the process of getting that fixed so I can clear more of my debts.

    Had an order for my jewellery today which can go into my business account :)
    DEBT TOTAL: £7609.44
  • Hi squidge, sorry that you are getting messed around with yout wages! I hope they sort it out once and for all for you :)

    Keep up the good work though :) dfw x
    Mortgage Overpayments 2024/25 - September-December, £152.46. J- £103.27, F- £115, M- £91.50, A- £100, M- £200, J- £200. J- £200. A-£200, S- £221.34. O-£200
    Total- £1783.67
    Goal pay off 1% of current mortgage in 1 year. £1650
    EF- £642.41/500
  • I'm gettin a bit fed up of it tbh. I can't make all the payments I need to because my wages are always wrong and now I'm behind on my CC payment!
    DEBT TOTAL: £7609.44
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