£25,000 to clear. Ready...steady...GO

banwa

Good Things since I last posted:j

• Ate apple and carrots
• Drank the three pints of water
• Packed lunch for work
• Lift shared
• Have cooked soup for the girls at work for tomorrow (pea and ham) including preparation (yes, preparation, moi!) of soaking peas overnight last night
• It is payday
• Ran 5.7 miles in 55 mins with the running club (although I puffed like a steam train all the way round)

Bad Things since I last posted:exclamati

• Realised I completely lied last night when I said yesterday was a NSD. I went shopping. Spends below

Spends

• Meat and fish £11. Veg £15. Other essential groceries £14. Diesel £10

Weight 9st 11 - oh well

PinotGrigio41

Wow !! You use proper peas for pea and ham soup, I thought you would just pop in a pack of Frozen Garden Peas and that would do the trick ! Bet it tasted yummy though !

You are so good drinking three pints of water, I have been trying to drink more of it, but I seem to spend half my life in the loo when I do , so I gave up !

System

loving reading your posts - i haven't been on the forum much, but aim to come on more in the new year, and liking the layout of your posts alot - think i might try to do something similar

GreenSaints

Well done

What an amazing job you've done so far! Keep it up

hillside777

Happy Christmas! :xmassign:

banwa

Hello and a belated Merry Christmas everyone

moaning_myrtle wrote: »

loving reading your posts - i haven't been on the forum much, but aim to come on more in the new year, and liking the layout of your posts alot - think i might try to do something similar

I plan to post a bit more in the new year, December has been a bit of a car crash. I'll have a nosy over to yours to cheer you on

GreenSaints wrote: »

Well done

What an amazing job you've done so far! Keep it up

Hello GreenSaints I think you and I should both be on the naughty step for not posting enough

bonnington wrote: »

Happy Christmas! :xmassign:

Ah thanks

banwa

December summary

Good Things in December:j

• Job going well
• Mr B finally got his contract through. Starts permanent role on 7th
• Did a bit of work for friend at beginning Decmeber, earning about £150 extra
• Got through Christmas unscathed
• Managed not to put any weight on despite my below injury and not eating all that well

Bad Things in December:exclamati

• Extended overdraft to get through Christmas, plus we will have a few weeks when Mr B goes from weekly to monthly pay to get through.
• Discovered we have been massivle undercharged for electricity and we have huge arrears and our ongoing bills are going to be gigantic. I think this is going to warrant its own post because it is quite complex. In summary we are using 16000kwh per year on our 2 bedroom terrace, costing £1600!
• The extra work has stretched my friendship possibly beyond its limit. It may be quite beyond repair.
• Have really injured my foot (possibly peroneal tendonitis)
• No running at all since end Nov

No doubt I will think of more things later but this will do for now. Will be back to post in the next day or so with some plans

Banwa

banwa

Goals for 2013

1. Go to a podiatrist.
2. Get some orthotics
3. Create a budget and stick to it
4. Get a higher paid job.
5. Get a job paid £40k
6. Monitor electricity usage.
7. Reduce electricity usage
8. Do a triathlon
9. Do a half marathon
10. Do the 3 peaks (Yorkshire)
11. Do an obstacle course (Yorkshire warrier)
12. Get to 9st 7
13. Get to 9st 3
14. Get to 8st 13
15. Get Mr B on a permanent contract (he is fixed term at the mo)
16. Get rid of overdrafts
17. Pay off car loan
18. Pay off painting loan
19. Pay off credit cards
20. Be debt free by Christmas
21. Paint bedroom 1 in readiness for selling
22. Paint bedroom 2 in readiness for selling
23. Paint bathroom in readiness for selling
24. Put curtains up in bedroom 1 in readiness for selling
25. House on the market by September
26. Mr B to get promotion or payrise

hillside777

It's lovely to see you posting again. :j :j

They are some great goals you have for 2013.
I can echo some of them, especially losing weight.

rising_from_the_ashes

Hey Banwa great to see you ... wishing you & Mr B a prosperous & successful 2013

Sorry to hear about your foot .... and not good that extra work may result in the end of a friendship hope you manage to sort things out

Love your 2013 goals list have been thinking of doing one for a few days but haven't got around to it yet must get my butt into gear!:)