you know when all you lovely people give advice...

postingalwaysposting · 2 September 2007 at 9:52PM

if my calculations are correct not including the £247.00 i transfered today...

holiday savings one (needed for may) should end at ~ £1169.52 :eek:
£112.00 * 8 months (till april) + £273.52 in there now

holiday savings two (needed for sept) should end at ~ £1617.46 :eek:
£112.00 * 12 months (till august) + £273.46 in there now

both have to pay for my holiday and spends... however i hope i will have enough to attend the ou course in september next year :think:

postingalwaysposting · 2 September 2007 at 9:58PM

Emmzi wrote: »

pap,

just wanted to thak you for the updates. i am so impressed with you, especially for
- keeping going with the driving and
- being strong with your mum!

plus the weight loss is FAB!

Well done!

wow emmzi i didnt know you looked in on my diary

thanks... driving will not beat me i shall not give up till i have that little pink licence, if i never drive again at least i can say i never gave up :rotfl:If i didnt have this diary to post on i dont know what i would do... its brought me through so much, i cant give it up now even when debt free :rolleyes:

sophiesmum_2 · 2 September 2007 at 10:35PM

hi pap

No need to feel guilty about spending your own hard earned money, you have still saved some too.
Your holiday accounts are looking well on track too in such a short time:j

I've been busy doing stuff on quidco to help with my holiday challenge, it is adding up nicely just hope it all validates in the end. i have set up another moneypot to pay all the cashback earnings into as we clear them. SS money is now in the account so that's astart and OH expecting a greasypalm cheque this week:D

well done on 5/5 on the nvd's and hope you have enjoyed your weekend off.

sm

postingalwaysposting · 4 September 2007 at 10:42AM

thanks sm... i just think spending will take away from my bigger picture :rolleyes: anyways after my little blow out and sending some across to my savings i still have over £70 to last me until the 15th :rolleyes: ahh well it will be added to next months money i think

wow with your holiday money, you are doing so well... are you only using quidco or the many others too? i so hope you get all you need and more

vendors :wall: they have only brought in nice new sparkly machines which do everything and more... anything to tempt me, i lasted yesterday only through till next tuesday to go :rotfl:

postingalwaysposting · 4 September 2007 at 10:46AM

day one ~ getting retrained for a new, better payed, exciting job :j

first day at college today, leaving home at around 4.30pm/5pm ready for 6pm ~ i know its early but its rush hour traffic and i have no idea where i am heading (i know how to get to the college but thats it) :rotfl: i am not really nervous just worried that i will be made the class fool :rolleyes: anyways today is the start of my new life :j i am not backing out and i am not giving up... i need that C

i shall report back later tonight to tell you all how it went :rotfl:

The_Dragon · 4 September 2007 at 10:54AM

postingalwaysposting wrote: »

day one ~ getting retrained for a new, better payed, exciting job :j

i shall report back later tonight to tell you all how it went :rotfl:

Oooh what job are you getting PAP? Tell us more please!

Gemmzie · 4 September 2007 at 11:11AM

Go get that C PAP :j :j

And :eek: WOW on the savings! That should be plenty for the two holidays!

postingalwaysposting · 4 September 2007 at 11:15AM

The_Dragon wrote: »

Oooh what job are you getting PAP? Tell us more please!

well i havent 'got a job' but i am retraining which will i am 99% sure will give me a job forever (ie the training i would have had and the things it is working with will/can be used forever). After this year i am hoping to do an ou course which will cost me in the region of £2000 which then lasts another year. At the end of that year providing i have enough cash saved i then want to allow myself 2/3 months in which time i can offer myself out to the working environment as free work experiance. Once i have all this 'under my belt' i am sure i can get a full time job earning £25,000 - £30,000 per year which is 3* plus what i am on at present...

i have never been so excited for this and so willing... when i had the chance to go to college free when i was younger i never knew what i wanted to do and due to that i trained in a field where there are no jobs and to be honest i have wasted 3 years of my life... however i love what i want to train in, i know its what i want to do for the remainder of my living life and i would quite happily do it the wage i am on now...

so aside from my holiday funds i need to save approx £2000 by july/aug next year and then between sep 2008 and july/aug 2008 i would have needed to (providing my living expenses dont rise) save in the region of £1000 to last 3 months work experiance

fingers crossed my plan comes together :j