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10 months in and 90 left to go ... the reality is starting to kick in :)

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  • elantan
    elantan Posts: 21,022 Forumite
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    You will beanie, it just takes time and patience :( ( something I appear to be lacking) ... Maybe that's why I can't seem to loose weight either lol ... Good analogy
  • skint_spice
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    elantan wrote: »
    That's actually a very good idea skinty ... Thank you very much :)

    I might get one of those magnetic jigsaws with a picture on made and every time I reach a milestone put one on the fridge :) a visual reminder kinda thing :)

    Or I could just colour in a chart and save the money:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    I used to feel very excited every time it was another £500 but almost ecstatic at each £1000:D!

    Yes, colour something in! spend money...pah:rotfl::rotfl:
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  • elantan
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    Maybe one of those wall thingy's that show the totals going up like a church roof fund type thing
  • skint_spice
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    elantan wrote: »
    Maybe one of those wall thingy's that show the totals going up like a church roof fund type thing

    :rotfl::rotfl:are you channelling Blue Peter now? El's debt fund appeal, give generously pleeeeeaaasseee:p!
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  • elantan
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    He he he he I should maybe try that skinty :) ... Start a new diary looking for donations or something:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
  • skint_spice
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    Like this?bluepeter_zps18d82fd9.jpg
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  • boredofbeingathome
    boredofbeingathome Posts: 15,657 Forumite
    Sounds like a plan to me :D
    Blackadder: Am I jumping the gun, Baldrick, or are the words 'I have a cunning plan' marching with ill-deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation?
    Still lurking around with a hope of some salvation:cool:
  • elantan
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    Just like that skinty ... :)

    It is a plan ... Might even go as far as to say a cunning plan bob :)
  • skint_spice
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    I had a dress not unlike Val's... loved it I did :o
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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    elantan wrote: »
    That's actually a very good idea skinty ... Thank you very much :)

    I might get one of those magnetic jigsaws with a picture on made and every time I reach a milestone put one on the fridge :) a visual reminder kinda thing :)

    Or I could just colour in a chart and save the money:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    But if you got the magnetic jigsaw, you'd never run out of things to fix meaningless crap to your fridge with.

    Score!
    skint_spice wrote: »
    Like this?bluepeter_zps18d82fd9.jpg

    I notice that the women had to wear the silly dresses, and the men had to wear the silly hair...
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."     OMD 'Julia's Song'
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