Mortgage freedom..Shala_moo's attempt at a diary..

shala_moo

Thanks GG - that's an actual picture of what I was doing.. OH thought i'd won thousands :rotfl:

Pushkin

Hi Shala-moo - impressive win but how many competitions have you entered?:cool:

Glad you are feeling better too...

beanielou

Your goals for 2015 are looking good :j

Goldiegirl

What a lovely surprise to win a competition. When I used to do comps on a regular basis I got excited about a mug or DVD, heaven knows what I'd be like with £100

shala_moo

Morning :wave:

Pushkin - i don't enter that many, not as many as some people i read about - maybe 10 a day.. it still takes a good hour though to trawl through them all and find the ones you want to enter.

I definitely don't do as many as i used to, i was getting a bit disheartened at not winning..

Hi Beanie :wave: good to see you!

Goldie, i think i'd have been just as excited at the book or DVD too.. i think it's the fact you're getting something for nothing :rotfl:

On with my work day then, i'm trying to find an app that will play me nice, relaxing music through the day (we're allowed headphones at work)

I sit next to a mood hoover and i find it difficult to concentrate and not get dragged down, so i thought this might be a good option to keep my stress levels even

Have a good day xx

in_need_of_direction

A mood Hoover! Never heard that before but know exactly what you mean. I once won a pair of tights. I don't even wear the things but was so excited to receive nice post.

shala_moo

I downloaded a nice app for work with ambient music on it:T.. it's lovely, I feel really relaxed now, it doesn't completely block everyone out but it makes them less important in the noise IYKWIM.

Only downside? it makes me want to book a day at the spa because it's the same music :rotfl: not so MSE is it! OH and I are going to go for his birthday in May :j hopefully i'll have lost a bit more weight by then!

12lbs down so far but struggling to get more off.. need more of this :j:j and less of this :EasterBun

beanielou

I am with you on the less chocolate.

pink_poppy

When I say I'm going to eat less chocolate, I usually end up eating more

shala_moo

beanielou wrote: »

I am with you on the less chocolate.

pink_poppy wrote: »

When I say I'm going to eat less chocolate, I usually end up eating more

Unfortunately it isn't just chocolate that's been the problem, I've been eating anything and everything :eek: onwards and downwards though (in weight terms) even if it takes a year to get to target then i'll still be there by next Christmas.. then I can spend 2 weeks putting it all back on :j;)

Had a not so good week at work, it's made me even more determined to try and get this mortgage down to a manageable level so that if I leave/get made redundant/go off sick/get sacked/have to care for an elderly parent* then I don't have the worry of finding £1k a month to keep a roof over our heads.

So money saving things this week...

• OH has taken to making his own soups instead of paying £2 odd for the shop bought ones - last week Broccoli and Stilton, this week BNS and Chorizo
• £10 Amaz0n voucher claimed from Ips0s
• £5.05 TT OP'd to mortgage - wanted to just do 5p but I have to trf more than £1 so I rounded it up
• £81 trip to the butchers - should last a good couple of months - probably saved £50 on the same amount of meat at the supermarkets
• showed OH how shutting the doors to the living room makes the room a lot cosier without having to turn the heating UP! Bless him, he's learning he did say after "why did you never tell me that would make me warmer"

I've been reading a few blogs lately about weight loss, and one in particular caught my attention about trying to turn your negative thought process to a positive one, this is something I really struggle with (especially sitting next to the mood hoover). So I think 2015 will be the year I try and see the positives in stuff rather than the negatives..

I bought a food diary, to keep track of my food for Slimming World and it also has an exercise bit to fill out, well that won't be used :rotfl: so instead I will fill it out with positives for the day. Already today I woke up to glorious sunshine and the squirrel family, blue tits and other birds playing in my garden so it's already a day..

Hope everyone is ok with the weather we've been having, i'm hoping not to wake up to snow tomorrow - off to check the weather report now!

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