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  • Uniscots97
    Uniscots97 Posts: 6,687 Forumite
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    what was your purchase that was fake, Pippi?
    CC2 = £8687.86 ([STRIKE]£10000[/STRIKE] )CC1 = £0 ([STRIKE]£9983[/STRIKE] ); Reusing shopping bags savings =£5.80 vs spent £1.05.Wine is like opera. You can enjoy it even if you don't understand it and too much can give you a headache the next day J
  • starnac
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    If you don't live in the city it's so much easier not to spend. When we lived in Manchester (before we had our debt) DH and I would pop to the trafford centre for an evening for something to do. Cue about 4-5 shopping bags plus tea out in one of the restaurants cos "it'll save us cooking when we get home". Now we live in a small village with only small local shops for fruit/veg/local co-op etc. To go shopping properly is a bit of a trek so we don't go unless we need something. Debt down and no unneccessary clutter...i mean treasures ;)
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  • gilligansyle
    gilligansyle Posts: 4,124 Forumite
    Pippilongstocking wrote: »
    Although I've been in that dangerous fruit shop, the one that only sells apples. Left quickly.

    It took me a while to work this one out......but then I remembered that after Christmas I accompanied DS to its partner fruit shop, the one that sells oranges. He came back with one of those apple thingummies.

    Hope you had a safe journey home.
    Debts at LBM - Mortgages £128497 - non mortgage £27497 Debt now £[STRIKE]114150[/STRIKE][STRIKE]109032[/STRIKE] 64300 (mortgage) Credit cards left 0



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  • urg123
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    As much as I loved my phone with an eye, when I upgraded I moved to the outer Galaxy for a lot lessper month and I am very happy. Do you have long til you can upgrade?

    Re cIty living - I have to walk through a town centre every day -the shops get boring and I try to get to the station without losing my blinkers!
  • Igamogam
    Igamogam Posts: 6,028 Forumite
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    gilligansyle wrote: »
    It took me a while to work this one out......but then I remembered that after Christmas I accompanied DS to its partner fruit shop, the one that sells oranges. He came back with one of those apple thingummies.

    .
    urg123 wrote: »
    As much as I loved my phone with an eye, when I upgraded I moved to the outer Galaxy for a lot lessper month and I am very happy.

    I 'foraged' for my upgrade - still cant use the bloomin thing ;)
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  • Pippilongstocking
    Pippilongstocking Posts: 16,336 Forumite
    gilligansyle wrote: »
    It took me a while to work this one out......but then I remembered that after Christmas I accompanied DS to its partner fruit shop, the one that sells oranges. He came back with one of those apple thingummies.

    Hope you had a safe journey home.

    I did and thank you for a lovely catch up :D - great to tie things in! I love that orange shops sell apples very diverse!

    Trip home was a bit bumpy and thankfully we flew as otherwise all the ferries were cancelled. Home to a satelitte dish hanging off the wall and 50mph winds -:eek:
    starnac wrote: »
    If you don't live in the city it's so much easier not to spend. When we lived in Manchester (before we had our debt) DH and I would pop to the trafford centre for an evening for something to do. Cue about 4-5 shopping bags plus tea out in one of the restaurants cos "it'll save us cooking when we get home". Now we live in a small village with only small local shops for fruit/veg/local co-op etc. To go shopping properly is a bit of a trek so we don't go unless we need something. Debt down and no unneccessary clutter...i mean treasures ;)

    Treasures - hmm I know about 'treasures' - lol - I'm bad at that too -thankfully this time I returned home relatively unscathed. :T
    unixgirluk wrote: »
    what was your purchase that was fake, Pippi?
    North face duck down jacket - had to take it back to Northface to prove it was a fake (3 wks ago) - minute I got it out the bag it didn't feel/look right - thankfully my instincts were'nt wrong.

    I got my last one on ebay - which was stolen and a real one.
    Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
    Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
    minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
    :money:Sleeves up folks.:money:
  • Pippilongstocking
    Pippilongstocking Posts: 16,336 Forumite
    urg123 wrote: »
    As much as I loved my phone with an eye, when I upgraded I moved to the outer Galaxy for a lot lessper month and I am very happy. Do you have long til you can upgrade?

    Re cIty living - I have to walk through a town centre every day -the shops get boring and I try to get to the station without losing my blinkers!

    Oh keep the blinkers on - it must be hard but I guess you do see the same things lots? My Mr F has one of those galaxies - he loves it - I'm afraid i'll drop it! The other one I quite liked was one of those but an 'ace' - great camera - but I need to double check when I'm due an upgrade online - I know tis soon.
    Igamogam wrote: »
    I 'foraged' for my upgrade - still cant use the bloomin thing ;)

    :TI'm glad you foraged - what a great way to do it - I'm kinda the same foraging and probably go for a second hand one or an upgrade. I really need a decent camera with internet access iyswim for working, so I'm checking out phones with good cameras.
    Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
    Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
    minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
    :money:Sleeves up folks.:money:
  • Pippilongstocking
    Pippilongstocking Posts: 16,336 Forumite
    OK home

    Freezing - snow on the hills here and silly winds.

    Paper day need grab it and I've banks etc to do. I'm having a pottery day - where I've given myself the day off but I've a few non-paid-non-work things to tick off and then I'll feel happier about the next week and how it will pan out.

    Ds out at 11am for a driving lesson - by saving him bus fare he's going to hoover downstairs. Win, win - I have to go in to town anyway.

    Picked up car and man said he'd put the bill in the post. No more oil leak - hurray.

    OK banks and warm clothes are the order of the day.
    Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
    Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
    minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
    :money:Sleeves up folks.:money:
  • Uniscots97
    Uniscots97 Posts: 6,687 Forumite
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    Pippilongstocking wrote: »




    North face duck down jacket - had to take it back to Northface to prove it was a fake (3 wks ago) - minute I got it out the bag it didn't feel/look right - thankfully my instincts were'nt wrong.

    I got my last one on ebay - which was stolen and a real one.

    Stolen? :eek:


    OH bought me a Swarovski necklace off Ebay from a seller in the US. It turned out that was fake too, reported it to Ebay and next thing we get a call saying the US police would like to speak to us (ended up we did it by email and had to send pictures of the necklace and fax the declaration from Swarovski UK to say it was fake and pictures of it being destroyed). Due to the amount this guy was selling and the state he lived in it was an extreme offence. The guys had millions of pounds worth of fakes he was trying to sell, he ended up in jail.
    CC2 = £8687.86 ([STRIKE]£10000[/STRIKE] )CC1 = £0 ([STRIKE]£9983[/STRIKE] ); Reusing shopping bags savings =£5.80 vs spent £1.05.Wine is like opera. You can enjoy it even if you don't understand it and too much can give you a headache the next day J
  • Pippilongstocking
    Pippilongstocking Posts: 16,336 Forumite
    Bennetton purchase off (£38) jacket
    All other spendy ggw stuff off (didn't spend much) can claim back hotel (booked through quidco) so I'll make a bit on that and £7.00 for the bus to claim back.

    CC' not brilliant but not looking too bad. I've got to put a bit to the captain who's quite near that limit (28 left) - wtfc in bank and that will go to rent/cards (I keep forgetting I'll get paid this month before the rents due)

    Overall spent about £50 on my own stuff in ggw. (hat, jacket, toblerone for mr F) Not too bad. One meal out but that covered through treat purse. :)
    Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
    Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
    minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
    :money:Sleeves up folks.:money:
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