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  • nattypants
    nattypants Posts: 2,577 Forumite
    Ed - I am also on a cutting out crap diet:T

    Hurray!!! I am going to follow your diary for double-helping of inspiration, followed by some tough love for pudding (mmmmmm pudding).
    February13 - £74990 (or thereabouts)
    MND - Let's go for 2020 'cos it's got a nice ring to it:D
    C'mon nattypants:cool:
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,273 Forumite
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    Driving lesson nuts as usual - why do I attract suicidal maniacs who shouldn't be behind the wheel of a tricycle, never mind a car?! :eek:

    Tonights fun featured some idiot soaring through a T junction in 2nd? gear without any idea of the fact that he was going into oncoming traffic on a busy and narrow road... If I had been 20m further on, I'd have been hit.

    I *think* I'm getting better at the driving lark, but only because I know what I'm doing wrong after I've done it. I guess the next step is not doing it :o

    Tasty dinner for the next couple of days is roasting in the oven, just planning some more Christmas shopping and waiting for my adreneline slump. Night all!
  • lilyp
    lilyp Posts: 270 Forumite
    I also need to start a diet. Just give me a few more days of eating massive packets of crisps and choccys everynight to curb the smoking cravings and then I will jump onto the bandwagon with you all. ;)
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Well done on the driving front. It's never easy learning but it sounds like you are getting some good experience.

    Tilly x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,273 Forumite
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    I also need to start a diet. Just give me a few more days of eating massive packets of crisps and choccys everynight to curb the smoking cravings and then I will jump onto the bandwagon with you all

    Are you taking a nicotine replacement, or trying to go cold turkey?
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    lilyp wrote: »
    I also need to start a diet. Just give me a few more days of eating massive packets of crisps and choccys everynight to curb the smoking cravings and then I will jump onto the bandwagon with you all. ;)
    It's not technically possible to start a diet while there are crisps and choccy in the house. Well done on your good preparatory work :D.

    Ed - it will all click one day, I promise. Then you'll find yourself driving 65 miles home and won't remember any of it - or is that just me :eek:.
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • lilyp
    lilyp Posts: 270 Forumite
    edinburgher wrote: »
    Are you taking a nicotine replacement, or trying to go cold turkey?

    Yuck no thanks. They just make me feel sick. BF lives on them. I can quit cold turkey but my will power has been a bit pathetic of late. New Year soon - always do well at quitting at New Year :0
  • lilyp
    lilyp Posts: 270 Forumite
    gallygirl wrote: »
    It's not technically possible to start a diet while there are crisps and choccy in the house. Well done on your good preparatory work :D.
    :eek:.

    So so true! *goes hunting for ice cream at the back of the freezer*
  • HelenDaveKids
    HelenDaveKids Posts: 3,177 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    I often get places and have no recollection of weather conditions or road works when asked on arrival....
    Morgage till Nov 30 GOAL MFW Sept 2016
    Aug 11 - £100k Aug 2016.... It's GONE!!!!!
    2014 GOAL HIT 5 Stone! 2016 GOAL to be a MF marathon runner.
    "A goal without a plan is just a wish"
  • nattypants
    nattypants Posts: 2,577 Forumite
    HelenDaveKids wrote: »
    I often get places and have no recollection of weather conditions or road works when asked on arrival....

    .......by the people stuck to her bumper:D
    February13 - £74990 (or thereabouts)
    MND - Let's go for 2020 'cos it's got a nice ring to it:D
    C'mon nattypants:cool:
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