Not sure what I'm doing but here goes!

Lemon_Tree

hope youmade it through the cake and everyone enjoyed it, hard cake is good with custard or if you can soak it in a fruit juice or something before adding custart or ice cream.

yellow3

Hi shower
Just popping in to say hi!!
I must say I am very envious of your cooking and knitting!!
I buy all the ingredients and never quite get the hang if cOoking from scratch, you have inspired me to have another go!

You sound like you are doing really well kicking those debts to the kerb!!!

Yellow x

Knitting_Nora

Shower-of-roses wrote: »

Fear it won't be much less but the main thing last month is that I cleared the overdraft, paid my outstanding bills and didn't use the credit card

Are you kidding?? That's a seriously big achievement!!

:T:T:T:TWELL DONE SHOWER!!!!!!! :T:T:T:T

Lemon_Tree

think you'll find that on the OS boards, i keep trying but i'm not sure i'm ever destined to be a domestic godess

Knitting_Nora

Lemon_Tree wrote: »

think you'll find that on the OS boards, i keep trying but i'm not sure i'm ever destined to be a domestic godess

Me either - which is why I've only committed to fledgling status!!

Lemon_Tree

i'm not sure i'm even up to fledgling even in my pre flat viewing panic lol

Knitting_Nora

Shower-of-roses wrote: »

Is this the same shiny sink fly lady? I managed that for a little while. I hate cleaning, I really do. I think I was something really really important in my last life I can see it makes sense in theory, but the doing it is just horrible. Today for instance, I'm picking up DD2's same charger, same clothes from floor, putting away same mirror, putting clothes into the wash. How long before I say SO* IT!!!! I'm even trying blackmail but because stupidly I gave her two weeks' money in advance........

My sink is shiny! Personally I think you've got plenty of better things to be doing if you have pets or kids - but I live on my own, and this place can routinely look like unsupervised male students live here. Not really an issue, but people seem determined to pop in without at least a week's notice...plus *ahem* my mum is coming up on Monday...:o

Lemon_Tree

mum's always require a clean for don't they Nora!
i put my aversion to housework down to my mum who was obsessed. If you stood up she'd be patting the seat behind you and hiding all evidence that you'd been there. even on christmas day as you unwrapped pressies you had to put them in a nice pile which was to be taken to your room and put away as soon as everyone had finished. My house is currently spotless and tidied to within an inch and i hate it because i feel i can't do anything in there without upsetting the status quo. I do hasten to add that my kitchen and bathroom are cleaned very regularly i'm not totally minging.

Knitting_Nora

Shower-of-roses wrote: »

I just can't be that obsessive about the house and yet I really do like a clean home. I just like someone else to do it

Me too!!! Sadly I can't find anyone willing to do it for free!:(

The debt has gone down my such a tiny amount, this is because I estimated the initial crisis!! Couldn't totally face it. I misjudged the Sainsburys debt by about 200 so that was more like 2400 and the Egg was about right 4200 plus the 400 overdraft so it was around 7000, I was a wee bit out

I think most of us have been that scared of our finances - but you've turned a massive corner just by facing up to the reality of the situation. Well done you *presents gold star* :T

Craving Pizza Express!

Well, gee, thanks, me too now!! Just remember, if you give in to that temptation, make sure you do it using one of the many money saving vouchers available on the main site.

Nora.x

Lemon_Tree

Nora is very right, many of us have been scared to face our full debts, but it does make you feel better in the long run. So you didn't reduce the absolute total much this month, this wasn't because you didn't try it was because you'd got the wrong starting point, next month you won't have that issue and every penny will count.