Deliciosa’s DFW diary

miggy

Hi Deliciosa and a belated Happy Birthday!
Sorry I haven't been around for eons: I got a job a few months back which was supposed by now to have decreased from nearly F/T to a couple of days a week, but they renewed my contract for five days a week - great for the budget but not so good for socialising on the Internet!
Anyway I have been reading a bit to find how you are and it's looking pretty good! You have done a great job over the past few months, don't let anyone tell you otherwise - what do they know?! You deserve a pat on the back for sticking to it :-)

deliciosa

Hello ) thanks to all for writing to me.

As for the coffee: I want to skip it for health reasons too, not oly for money saving reasons. So far so good - no coffee since Saturday (ok I had three on sat, I have to admit, but NONE of Sun and no coffee yesterday (and I even went to a gym...) and nothing today and I am not even planning to... even though I am extremely tired AND MOODY.

For money things, I had a treatment for 62 (I got discount, thank god...) and another one on the 20th but that wil be a full price £85. That's a lot. My mums coming too so I book her in for fri dinenr and sat lunch thats at least about £50 plus I will ahve to pay the orange bill which is an unspecified amoutn as of yet. I expect it to be around £45 ish, actually if its below 50 thats good enough for me (remember it used to be £95, sometimes even £110...

other than that, its going wquite ok, especially the eating bit, I am eating but speding little money on food so thats very convenient. I am eating well, really. today I hope we will have tomato and basil soup so I can have a big bowl.. I love it.

Ohh and thanks for the birthday wishes - somehow I did not imagien my 26th birthday to be like this, me swallowed in debt... but then again, I will pay it off now quite soon. I will update my siggy now. )

Thanks again so much for writing to me.

(ps. sorry for the spelling mistakes).

slowlyfading

Nice to hear from you again well done on the coffee side - i know how hard it is to skip it! Keep going, you'll be debt free in no time i'm sure!
sf x

deliciosa

Thanks Nic

it IS really hard, especially when everyone around me want sto go to starbucks....

I just really want to get rid of my debt ... so ahrd, I want it to go away.. why won't it reduce???

slowlyfading

it will reduce, especially if you're strict about what you're spending. When your mum comes up, couldn't you have a night in and you cook something? Like pasta with a sauce or something? Nice and cheap and i bet you'd have a good night. saves on going out, right?
sf x

deliciosa

Thanks - I am still sticking to the budget. Paid extra £30 on HSBC, its now £238!! amazing huh - six months ago it was £2000! whata huge debt I have gotten rid of...

my mums coming on Thursday!

Snaggles

Hello :hello:

I was just wondering this morning (while sitting in the bath!) how you were getting on - I'm glad things are going well and the debt is reducing. You're doing really well.

Well done on cutting back on the coffee too, you probably will feel a bit moody at first because you'll get withdrawal symptoms, but they will pass. Do you like any other hot drinks? Tea? Hot chocolate? They have less caffeine but still taste nice!

deliciosa

Hi Snaggles!

How are you and Natasha? I guess life is double fun!!!
I'm fine, coping.. Got a cheque from Inland revenue which I used up for essential clothing and stuff - wont need any more for a long time!

Tea is ok. chocolate - NO WAY! I am trying to be skinnier

slowlyfading

Hey,
I was just thinking this morning that you hadn't been on for a while. Glad things are okay Are you any closer to paying off your HSBC Credit Card? This one needs to go quick!
sf x

Skint_Catt

Skinnier??!! i bet you're stick thin as it is!

i must apologise - I didn't realise you were so young! (Well young to me now I've turned 30! :rotfl: )

My debt at the mo doesn't seem to be going down any and I have so much to pay for and to save for right now there just dones't seem to be enough money in the world for everything!

I've just started drinking coffee, lol! Prefer the fresh filtered sort and don't drink a lot of it!

Hope you're all well on here! Me VERY busy at work! :eek: but went last night to view some houses with darling boyf - how exciting!

C xx