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MIT's penultimate diary

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  • :j:j Bye bye BOS CC :beer:
    Well done MIT, you are full steam ahead

    xxx
  • Oh I am Princess I am :D.

    Another days OT under my belt. Owed £35 in expenses as well as 4 days OT now so approx £7-£750 clear if I have worked it out correctly :D.

    It's my brother's birthday during the week so I am going to have a look and see what I can get for him. He just bought himself a new camera so I will see if I can get him an online voucher for a photography site or something. We're all going out next Saturday for a meal and some drinks to celebrate so I might have Sunday off, I'll see. I did try and get a few days mid week but they were already booked so no can do. I have a day in Feb to take DS to the hospital (ears again) and then a week at the beginning of March. Looking forward to it :D.

    So mince and tatties for dinner tonight with sweetcorn and peas. It was bloody delicious and I am ready to burst I am that full. I went up to cemetery on way home and popped into Aldi's. Spent £10.40 on flowers, a bulb basket, a box of dishwasher tabs and a pack of cold meat as I was ravenously hungry. Must have looked a right sight munching into a pack of meat :rotfl:. Who cares I am going to look fab by summer (hopefully :o) so needs must.

    Placed a bid on e-bay for a fabulous wallis dress. I've only put £10 so I doubt I will get it but it is a lovely dress and would be perfect for work.

    Spending tonight doing some ironing and then early bed. Hope you are all fabulous xx
    5 Year plan. April 2020 to June 2025- CC and mortgage free by time I'm 60
    Currently CC £23,674.36 /£14,895.41/£14315.42
    Mortgage £28,214.65/ £26,254.71/ £25,746.43
    By end 2020 I want CC at £ 19,000.00.
    By end 2021 I want CC at £10,000.00
  • My wee pal from work who has cancer just sent me a pic of her with her new wig. Am in tears. Brings things into perspective a bit :o
    5 Year plan. April 2020 to June 2025- CC and mortgage free by time I'm 60
    Currently CC £23,674.36 /£14,895.41/£14315.42
    Mortgage £28,214.65/ £26,254.71/ £25,746.43
    By end 2020 I want CC at £ 19,000.00.
    By end 2021 I want CC at £10,000.00
  • My wee pal from work who has cancer just sent me a pic of her with her new wig. Am in tears. Brings things into perspective a bit :o

    It's things like that that make me feel ridiculous for moaning. Bless her Xx
    Debts @ LBM £23,729.31. Debts @ 08/04/2016 £0 :j
    Best win so far - holiday to Florida
  • Aww mit you are doing amazingly, well done lovely. x
    Trying to shift that debt!
  • PLMBL you dont have it easy either so moan away. Getting things off your chest on here is like therapy :)

    SBO you'll soon be jogging alongside me when you get your sh*t sorted out. You just need to hang in there. I still have a fair way to go but at least I can nearly see the finish line ( I need a telescope ) but I can at least get a small glimpse of it.

    Heading off to bed as I am tired tonight so may as well just give in to it xx
    5 Year plan. April 2020 to June 2025- CC and mortgage free by time I'm 60
    Currently CC £23,674.36 /£14,895.41/£14315.42
    Mortgage £28,214.65/ £26,254.71/ £25,746.43
    By end 2020 I want CC at £ 19,000.00.
    By end 2021 I want CC at £10,000.00
  • Evening all. How my life is changing folks. Just been out all evening and it has been great. Went for a walk with my friend and then met up with 3 other friends for a cuppa and a good old catch up. Thoroughly enjoyed it :D. As you all know I really miss my Mum but I really am enjoying having my life back again. Just such a shame that I had to lose my Mum to get it as I would love to share all the nice times I am having with her. Ho hum :(

    Anyways. NSD yesterday :D but a bit of a spender today. My brothers birthday tomorrow so I got him a cracking fleece from Trespass for half price, my wee aunties birthday today so flowers for her and cards all round as well. I bought a cooked chicken for dinner but it was absolutely tiny and a bit of a waste of money tbh. Oh well I won't do it again.

    I put the change into the bank today. DD borrowed the £30 for the cross trainer :rotfl:but I am still going to pay the £100 off right now from my CC. I still hav:rotfl: some money from my Mum so I will use that for our night out on Saturday and have a last wee treat paid by her. I'll probs spend about £100 as 3 of us for dinner, train fares into town and drinks :eek:. Am really looking forward to it though :D

    Working Saturday but not sure about Sunday as may be delicate :o
    5 Year plan. April 2020 to June 2025- CC and mortgage free by time I'm 60
    Currently CC £23,674.36 /£14,895.41/£14315.42
    Mortgage £28,214.65/ £26,254.71/ £25,746.43
    By end 2020 I want CC at £ 19,000.00.
    By end 2021 I want CC at £10,000.00
  • So close £95.43 to go :eek: and BOS cc will be no more :D
    5 Year plan. April 2020 to June 2025- CC and mortgage free by time I'm 60
    Currently CC £23,674.36 /£14,895.41/£14315.42
    Mortgage £28,214.65/ £26,254.71/ £25,746.43
    By end 2020 I want CC at £ 19,000.00.
    By end 2021 I want CC at £10,000.00
  • So close £95.43 to go :eek: and BOS cc will be no more :D

    Yay :T:j:T

    Good luck with your weigh in today! I hope you get what you should have got last week and more Xx
    Debts @ LBM £23,729.31. Debts @ 08/04/2016 £0 :j
    Best win so far - holiday to Florida
  • Gerrin, you are on the home stretch now xx
    Trying to shift that debt!
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