The "Pay ALL your debt off by Xmas 2012" challenge - PART 2!!!

catmort

natlie wrote: »

Hi
I havent posted for ages:doh:

023 :j Natlie £3315/ £9,800

I think thats around a third and third of the yr gone however good news for me but bad news for the debt busting - me and OH have decided to get married:D after 10 yrs and 2 kids, we are giving notice today, I booked the wedding last thursday and we are getting married 9 weeks tomorrow :eek::eek::eek: I am in a huge panic!!!!!!!! but will be ok - ceremony is costing us £157 meal will cost about £450 OH suit was £125, bridesmaid dresses £100, need to get suit for baba, Im not having flowers, photos, cars or anything and dress I want is £55 so we are paying for all of this with our own money not credit. Im working shifts in the restaurant for vouchers to pay for the meal no honeymoon until debt is gone

Hope everyones debt busting is going well am going to have a catch up now
Nat
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Congrats! We're actually around 1/4 of the way through the year so being a third of the way through your debt repayment is fantastic! :T

fallenwiccan

natlie wrote: »

Hi
I havent posted for ages:doh:

023 :j Natlie £3315/ £9,800

I think thats around a third and third of the yr gone however good news for me but bad news for the debt busting - me and OH have decided to get married:D after 10 yrs and 2 kids, we are giving notice today, I booked the wedding last thursday and we are getting married 9 weeks tomorrow :eek::eek::eek: I am in a huge panic!!!!!!!! but will be ok - ceremony is costing us £157 meal will cost about £450 OH suit was £125, bridesmaid dresses £100, need to get suit for baba, Im not having flowers, photos, cars or anything and dress I want is £55 so we are paying for all of this with our own money not credit. Im working shifts in the restaurant for vouchers to pay for the meal no honeymoon until debt is gone

Hope everyones debt busting is going well am going to have a catch up now
Nat
x

Congrats :T:happylove:T

k30lly

#220. 1502.07 / 14382.21
I think that makes me 10.44% paid off. Need to step up the game! I'm going to work out what is 1% and pay little chunks when i can, started a little savings pot for when i can

MFWannabe

Congratulations Natlie.
As others have said; nothing wrong with a wedding on a budget and not saddling yourself with tens of thousands of pounds worth of debt. You'll have a fantastically special day

Ruthy1604

No debt news for me today - another £12 out for yet another trip. £5 spending money for todays trip, £5 spent on window cleaner. How DO you all manage NSD's - I just can't do it, but its not as if I ever buy mags, coffees, lunch etc. Its a bit depressing really


recurrent-ostrich – well done for cancelling the gym – that’s a big saving each month! I’m looking forward to July when I can downgrade my moble contract – I should be able to save £20 a month or so…..well unless I get seduced by an iphone4…..

Dolly rocker – well done on the weight loss. I am another that has hovered around the same weight for ages, but I only have around 6lb to lose so its quite difficult now. I’m off on a girls weekend in May so that should be my motivation, but I just LURVE food.:o:o

Webitha – I would have a little treat with the kids! You’re doing so well to get almost to half way! I’m slacking a bit as I was hoping to get to 25% by the end of March so I have a little catching up to do.

Antonia1 – I would move back in with the folks. £500 is a lot to be able to save every month & a few months of sharing will be worth it in the long term. As others have said, you can always move back out if it doesn’t work out.

Natalie - Congratulations!

Ruth

Ruthy1604

mf0u1098 wrote: »

Spa Day...*sigh* I went to one a couple of years ago and it will be my big treat once I'm debt free. There is one in Oswestry which has a snow cave!!! It's chuffin awesome!!!

Wow a snow cave - sounds interesting but I don't really do cold . I'm off to google that one!!

Barbeduk

Congrats Natlie, your wedding sounds fab! We had a really small do too, no stress. After all, it's the marriage that counts, not how much you spend on one day.

Trying to be frugal here, have spent £1 on children's entertainment for the holidays so far! Big meet up and picnic today so must go and start making sandwiches.:D

jakes-mum

Aww Congratulations Natalie :j :j nowt wrong with a MSE wedding at all, my actual wedding was very MSE (it was the honeymoon that took all the cash, we went to Aussie for 3 weeks :rotfl:)

Just ask a guest to take a couple of snaps of you on the day it is nice to have at least 1 pic

jakes-mum

Ive realised ive found a way to have a REALLY mse easter hols!! totally by accident! just ground one of the kids and BAM no superfluous spending trying to entertain them :rotfl:

DS is so desperate to have something to do hes taking DD out in the street on her scooter, playing with her (cos no friends are allowed round ) I should have cottoned on to this years ago :rotfl:

antonia1

Congratulations Natlie! That is excellent news, have you told your kids yet? Getting married quickly seems more stressful, but it could also be that you're so busy you don't have time to get stressed.

I got my car insurance refund today :j:j:j. Taken some out to pay my for my sister's dress and the rest has gone to my credit card. New debt total:

011 antonia1 £2,165 / £4,795 45.15%