Muchin's diary of recover; becoming debt free and being happy

Munchin

Morning everyone

I'm not the best this morning. My stomach started playing up yesterday after lunchtime and it rumbled on all evening. I've just had tea & toast and it's started again:(.

Anyway I messed up my budget spreadsheet yesterday. Don't ask me how but I deleted it. However I quite enjoyed creating a new one (sad I know:D). I also did that snowball thing and it said that if I continue with existing payments I should be debt free in 8 months which means the end of May. So my challenge to myself is to bring this forward a bit. I know that my plan is to make an extra payment at end of Jan to the car loan and that will clear it but I hadn't thought about the CU loan. Ideally i would like to clear it by the end of March (2 months early) but not setting a target just in case:).

So plans today -

• [STRIKE]Pilates[/STRIKE] - done (love it:))
• fill in missing plaster round door
  
• [STRIKE]confirm flight booking and print of boarding cards[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]buy travel insurance (totally forgot)[/STRIKE] - £8
• [STRIKE]book airport parking (£30).[/STRIKE] - £ 28

I'm also going to hit the shops and buy enough bits & bobs to do me until we go on holiday on Thurs.

Tomorrow I'm marshalling at a race so that will be Sunday taken care of.

Munchin

Hello again,

I forgot to say that my list of writing things down rather than buying them is working well. I'm such an impulse shopper and this gives me a chance for the spendy urge to pass.

Things I would like to buy if I wasn't as poor as a church mouse

- Skins (£40 -£50 ish) - can live without for a while
- New sports bra (this is now verging on a necessity) - £22
- [STRIKE]new Pink CD when it comes out[/STRIKE] - OH can buy for my birthday
- [STRIKE]new winter boots (wedge heels)[/STRIKE] - urge long gone
- skinny jeans - Next?
- winter jumpers (Primark) -
- [STRIKE]ab wheel (£7.99 jjb)[/STRIKE] - wouldn't use it
- new pilates trousers and mat (Decathlon?) - old ones are shameful:o
- a[STRIKE]namalz reindeer (blame the Xmas thread:o)[/STRIKE] - don't need it
- [STRIKE]gil holcombe cookbook (Blame winter thread)[/STRIKE] - £8 but don't really need. - it would just gather dust with other cook books
- [STRIKE]animal print shoes in M&S £19.50.[/STRIKE] - ok I bought them but got the £15 ones.
- John Lewis snowman pot thing - tempted:o

Holiday plans list:)

I've not really done much with my holiday plans list so I need to get it started -

Munchin wrote: »

Plans while I'm on my holidays;

• Gloss the kitchen, living room and bathroom doors; (will do this tues)
  
• Cut hedges for the last time until Spring - (if it's dry on Monday I will do this then;
• [STRIKE]Clean windows;[/STRIKE] - done
• and if we get a dry day to clean the carpet - next week;
• [STRIKE]deep clean kitchen & living room[/STRIKE] - done;
• buy door curtain & hang it - (next week);
  
• Finally - help OH chop some trees.

Munchin

Afternoon world

My stomach is still upset but I have a list of things i need to do today and I don't want to leave it until tomorrow. This morning I took my recycling clothes and got the grand total of £7.56 for them:). I gave my Mum £5 as they were mostly hers but even so I'm £2.56 up:D.

My plans today are as follows -

• [STRIKE]clean out car[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]fill in plaster with polyfil (1st layer done)[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]hoover out hall and living room[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]wash doors in preparation to paint tomorrow.[/STRIKE]

I also want to trim the hedge but that can wait until Wed or next week.

I wish this bug would go away as everything is an effort:(, as long as it goes before my hols I'll be ok:)

Munchin

Morning

Still poorly and now feel really sick:(. I also feel bad as I snapped at Mum earlier - she goes to tell me things but always starts in the middle of a sentence or starts to figure out the person's heritage before the story. Very frustrating especially if you are not well:(.

I got all my jobs done yesterday but there is no way I will be painting today as I think the smell and effort will kill me off totally:o

Plans today -

• [STRIKE]library
  [/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]buy smelly freshener for car[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]wash car[/STRIKE]

I still have some jobs to do before I go back to work. I've got tomorrow and part of next week to do these things.

• Gloss internal doors;
  
• Cut hedges (final time this year);
• wash carpet
• buy & hang door curtain.

Munchin

Morning

I finally feel so much better and it's time to get up and take on the world:).

My sister did my fake tan last night and I need to hit the shower however our heating isn't working (burner is only 2 years old) so I've got the emersion on for 2 seconds to warm the water. My cousin is a plumber so he will look at it this weekend but I so hope it's something minor and not expensive.

I need to pack today but although I'm really looking forward to my holiday I just can't get the motivation to pack.

My travel expenses finally hit my account today , OH still owes me for the holiday and I'm hoping he will pay up next week.

I had to laugh when I read the diaries this morning as I was disappointed that I wouldn't know what was going on in MSE until I come back from hols. I think I need a break from MSE:D

Munchin

Afternoon everyone:D

I'm back and had a lovely holiday. The only blot on the landscape is that OH was a bit of a pratt but enough about that. Venice was amazing, the food & wine were lovely and I treated myself to some glasswork. I still have £20 euros left over from my budget:)

We got home very late last night and there was no heating on and it was so cold. Hopefully it's not a taste of the winter to come.

Money front - 13 days to payday and I've £100 spending money for everything. I have £50 for diesel so things will be a bit tight until pay day. I forgot that I also have my nieces birthday present to buy as well.

The boiler packed in just before I went on my hols and it cost £100 to fix (just parts) so I gave Mum £50 towards it - there is always money to be spent:(

My plan tonight is to head back round to OHs for Chinese. I've been home today doing my washing after the hols. OH is back to work tomorrow and I'm going to head to gym in the morning and try and get back into my routine.

This weekend I've got my nephews birthday and my brother has asked me to look after his kids for the day - I'd rather not but what can you do.:)

Munchin

Morning everyone,

I've been on a bit of a downer this last wee while with good days and bad days. OH was nasty when we were away about my eating (he doesn't know about my ED). The thing was I ate 3 meals a day and managed to eat till I felt satisfied, so it wasn't like I was stuffing myself everyday. OH was nervous being away with a group of people he didn't know and boy did I get it in spades. I admit that I'm not happy that I've put on weight but in the last wee while my bingeing has decreased to almost non existent and I know that my weight will settle down but its just been really tough with OH making fun of me. I appreciate he doesn't know about my ED but even if that wasn't an issue he still shouldn't be comparing me to other slimmer people. I also had a few spots because of a change of my pill and he actually said to me "if it wasn't for my personality he wouldn't be with me". It was a joke with a very nasty jibe. I'm now at the point where I need to make some decisions about my relationship. I'm always one for making others happy and hoping for the best but i'm now starting to feel quite miserable. The cons in this relationship outweigh the pros and I'm avoiding him rather than facing the issue:o

I also thought about going back to a slimming club:eek: but we all know how that cycle would end up and it isn't pretty.:o

I need to embrace my recovery fully. I have a 'Recovery record app' which is fantastic but I stopped using it since I came home. I'm making a commitment here that I'm going to use it every day and I'm going to eat more fruit & veg to feel better and healthier overall.

Money front- still could do better:o:D I bought my niece her birthday present yesterday and now just need to buy some cards. I think I only have 2 birthdays left to buy for this year.

Work front - plan leave:D. Ok I can't make them all like me but I'm no longer the new girl and I need to make more of an effort to familiarise myself with the role at every level.

Don't I sound very confident this morning:D

Evcakes

Hi Munchin, glad you had a good holiday and I hope you don't mind me popping in.

Well done on your debt busting and hope the boiler isn't too bad to repair

I've always been up and down with my weight and whilst I don't have an ED (I just love my food and eat more than enough) I've struggled to loose the last stone. Even more annoying when I work in the exercise and outdoor ed industry so should be setting an example. I deal with it on good days and bad days but I know I'm fit as I run and swim but I think unhelpful comments from others are mean. I don't know you or your other half so I know it's a sweeping judgement

Anyway if a slimming class isn't your thing then I always tell my people to find something you like that's active, you don't have to pound away for hours on a treadmill at the gym.

Ev x

Munchin

Hi Ev

Thank you for your comments and I know you are right. I love running but have a bad knee so that isn't great at the minute. I also love power pilates so I will look at those types of classes.

I'm just having a bad day and things will pick up:D. Good luck on losing that pesky last stone.

M

Munchin

Morning all

Oh payday (Mon) can't come soon enough:o. I've decided to join a slimming club tonight. I know I've been in recovery for 13 months:D but if I keep putting on weight it wont be good. I know that I hate dieting but I have to try a sensible eating plan and everything in moderation. I'm hoping that group support in Slimming world will do the job as there is less counting of calories which I can be obsessive about. I've also joined a kettlebell class and we'll see how I get on with that.

I'm working closer to home today which is why I'm typing away and reading diaries. I'm going to have to jump in the shower in 5 mins.

My budget is down to the wire this week as I'm paying for the 6 week course of kettle bells in advance and I think SW membership is about £10 to join.

However I get my Xmas savings money back in Nov and I should also get a small bonus at the end of Nov:) so money front next month looks pretty good:D.

I have so many plans this Sat it's scary - I'm marshalling at an event, going to a kids birthday party, going to a halloween party and driving my brother to another party 20 miles away. I've kind of double booked myself but it certainly keeps me on my toes.

OH is working Sunday this week so I will be here again on Sunday to update my spending budget for Nov which I might stick to this month:D