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Memoirs of a Sista.......

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  • Fae
    Fae Posts: 664 Forumite
    So agree on the supermarket thing, I'd just throw stuff in and then get out the card to pay, and half the time I didn't have anything that would make a meal.

    Also agree you really appreciate it more when you don't do that, somehow the treat things become special again, maybe because I'm not haveing them every day :)

    Fae
    LBM 29/10/2013 £14,218.00 As of 13/04/2014 £6477.00
    Paid 54%
    3 months to go 13 weeks
    DFD 28th August 2014
  • Aamberle
    Aamberle Posts: 559 Forumite
    Hi Sista,

    How has it gone today for you ? XX
    2012 The year I started dealing with my debts.
    2017. Lets start this again shall we?

    Debt 1 Cleared 2/1/17 £480 Gone forever :j
    Debt 2 100/598
  • Aamberle wrote: »
    Hi Sista,

    How has it gone today for you ? XX

    Morning :D
    very morning-coffee-smiley.gif this morning.
    Payday on Friday love-shower-smiley.gif so trying to hang in there until then. Had a DD come out today which i hadn't budgeted for and DH forgot to get a few things at Aldi other day so again more spends this week :(
    May not be able to put that extra ££ towards debts this month...we'll see come friday..........
    DEBT FREE AND PROUD:D
    'Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt'
  • badger_
    badger_ Posts: 475 Forumite
    Morning Sista smiley-greet024.gif

    Ah no that's a b*gger smiley-sad006.gif hope you're not having to stretch too much. Roll on Friday!!
    LBM 24/05/2012 :T
    August NSD 10/12 * £2 savers
  • Hiddenidenity
    Hiddenidenity Posts: 5,423 Forumite
    Ive just caught up and your doing amazingly well :D

    I love your smilies it cheers me up :)
  • :wave:Hi Sista

    Loving the energy on your diary, :D

    I love aldi too, i refused to shop there before my LBM (being a snob!) After LBM it became my best friend, as did Approved foods & the reduced aisle in the SM's! :rotfl: I've managed to cut my budget from £500+ a month :eek: like lots of others on here I used to just pick up whatever i fancy and throw it in the trolley then take a pick of a CC to pay for it :o Now i have a meal planner and BIG shopping list :rotfl: I get everything apart from fresh stuff on payday ...and when hubby is around we visit the cash & carry to stock up on stuff that is cheaper in bulk. I sometimes go over my budget but that is usually when i have a month off from meal planning :o

    Our pay day is also Friday and you are doing better than us! I have 10p in the current account :eek::rotfl: (still better than minus 10 eh lol)
  • :wave: syellow1-smiley.gif Thanks for all the lovely comments :grinheart:
    +10p is much better than -10p party1-smiley.gif well done for staying in the black!!
    Countdown to payday starts now.....:T
    DEBT FREE AND PROUD:D
    'Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt'
  • badger_
    badger_ Posts: 475 Forumite
    Morning Sista wiggle.gif
    LBM 24/05/2012 :T
    August NSD 10/12 * £2 savers
  • :wave: hi peeps, today i am smiley-bounce007.gif for a few reasons......
    Firstly i just earned £10 from doing surveys :D, payday tomorrow and getting paid a bit more than i thought :cool:, paying off a little more of the debt tomorrow :T and now have a few days off work to chill out happy-smiley.gif

    Giffgaff sim came today too mobile-smiley.gif
    DEBT FREE AND PROUD:D
    'Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt'
  • Just paid an extra £200 off one of the cards smiley-happy110.gif whoohoo :)
    So that's £296 extra paid off so far this month :beer: paying another £300 tomorrow :T
    DEBT FREE AND PROUD:D
    'Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt'
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