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Memoirs of a Sista.......
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Morning Sista - Sorry to hear about your straighters, I know what you mean I could not leave the house without using mine :rotfl:
You are doing so well - I bet you will make it to £4k by Christams - you are doing so very very well :j:j.
How did your weekend go? Did you manage to finish your shopping?
Anyway am still reading and stalking from afar - Keep up the good work! You are doing fab XX2012 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 2 100/5980 -
:wave: Aamberle, no Christmas shopping done but did get the :xmastree:up

Managed to get a pair of straighteners for £16 (bargain) and refrained from buying the £35 pair i really wanted :money:
4K by Christmas would be so great but don't think it's going to happen
we'll see if Santa brings me any ££ :T DEBT FREE AND PROUD
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Hi Sista,
Well done for resisting the £35 straighteners :T £16 does sound like a bargin.
I'm with Amberle, I bet you won't be far of getting that 4K by Christmas.
FaeLBM 29/10/2013 £14,218.00 As of 13/04/2014 £6477.00
Paid 54%
3 months to go 13 weeks
DFD 28th August 20140 -
Well another £40 off the card this month. Not making any large payments until Christmas is over with just in case the extra funds are needed.
Debt now at £4955 so unlikely to get anywhere near the 4k mark by the end of December
We're still chipping away though and won't become dis-heartened
All our Christmas money we get is going towards it and every little helps
DEBT FREE AND PROUD
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:j
Well the rush of Christmas is now over for another year thank god.
We've managed to pay off an extra £500 as we're using our Christmas money for shopping. Still not close enough to the 4k mark though for me plus we've just realised the 0% ends on one of our cards in Jan (22nd).
Luckily it's the one with the lower balance so i don't think we'll bother with another BT as we should get it paid off in 2 months.
Didn't go into the overdraft at all and not added a penny to the debt which is :T
Hubby needs a new car, his passenger footwell was under water :eek: His mum has offered 5k for a new car which makes me a little :mad: seeing as that would clear our debt!
On the other hand he desperately needs a new car as his will not pass the MOT next yr.
Debt now at £4450 so still slogging away <sigh>
Hope everyone had a great (and :money: ) Christmas:)DEBT FREE AND PROUD
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sistafromanothermista wrote: »BTW i've cleared a Squidge shaped space in the shed for you and have bought a new padlock....
*cough* errr could you clear a Rising shaped space in that shed too
You are doing fantastically well! Well done!
:T Grocery Challenge £211/£455 (01/01-31/03)
2016 Sell: £125/£250
£1,000 Emergency Fund Challenge #78 £3.96 / £1,000Vet Fund: £410.93 / £1,000
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Well Done Sista - you are doing amazingly well. X2012 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 2 100/5980 -
You've done really well
hope you had a good Christmas!
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
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Hi Sista,
You are doing so well, not long to go now :j
FaeLBM 29/10/2013 £14,218.00 As of 13/04/2014 £6477.00
Paid 54%
3 months to go 13 weeks
DFD 28th August 20140 -
£500 paid today
getting there 
Only £700 odd still to go on the card where the 0% ends this month. Fingers crossed this should be cleared by the end of Feb. Then we can start making headway on the final CC!
Debt now at £3878.DEBT FREE AND PROUD
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