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  • LauraJo
    LauraJo Posts: 1,041 Forumite
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    Glad to hear you are doing well.
    There must be a way to stop us online shopping when we are drunk - come on people - we need suggestions!!!!
    Mortgage starting balance 2011 ... £170k today £1.5k
    Savings: £3k
    Aim: 100k by Dec 2021
  • lulabelle1
    lulabelle1 Posts: 2,704 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    LauraJo wrote: »
    Glad to hear you are doing well.
    There must be a way to stop us online shopping when we are drunk - come on people - we need suggestions!!!!

    Get so drunk that our fingers can't type in the card details anymore?
  • Well £2.88 spent today on a m n s meal - it is xmas after all!!!
    just a quick catch up pre-work, putting in my milage and my membership fees today so extra pennies in new year fingers crossed.
    ttfn x
    Dec 2011 £141,000 / dec 2013 £135,000/ Jan 2014 £131,000 / July 2014 £129 000
  • Evening, we'll busy weekend night out with the girlies, needed a necklace to go with the asos dress. Got so many compliments , then in to the second job on two hours sleep. Then been yo theatre with my sister. Total cost of the weekend 25 quid. Tomorrow, is cleaning day and getting straight for Christmas in case I get any surprise visitors. Should be a no spend day. Off Monday so last few jobs to do that font get done. Next night out is Xmas eve then that is me until nye . Done a Tilly tidy today and rounded all accounts up to whole figures ready for a penny pinching month ahead. Right re run of strictly us finished sp so off to bed . Ttfn
    Dec 2011 £141,000 / dec 2013 £135,000/ Jan 2014 £131,000 / July 2014 £129 000
  • Well all jobs done, bought a Christmas cd off I tunes and some new music today whilst cleaning. House is officially sparkling. It was using some extra pennies I found whilst gleaning . Going to bank it tomorrow so all good. Got few bits to put on eBay to. So all happy. Christmas cards delivered , no spend day for sure tomorrow lol. Xx
    Dec 2011 £141,000 / dec 2013 £135,000/ Jan 2014 £131,000 / July 2014 £129 000
  • As woken up super early, list of things to do

      pay in money I found
      Get new tyres for car
      Hoover car
      Wash car
      Get a poinsettia for lounge
      Apply for new jobs
      Drop old clothes off a cousins
      Walk the hound
      Visit friends and relatives
      And start my new book


      Best get a shuffle on then , think I will start with hoovering car out .
      Ttfn
      Dec 2011 £141,000 / dec 2013 £135,000/ Jan 2014 £131,000 / July 2014 £129 000
    • Hmmm just car to Hoover , it was raining yo hard and for fear of electrocution I have left it!op made of £200 eek so that feels good. All other jobs done. Afternoon with the book I think.

      Can I say I love digital banking. ...... With the mortgage it's a real kick up the bum that I needed .

      Was supposed to be going to my friends tonight but think I would much rather stop in .......

      Must be getting old x
      Dec 2011 £141,000 / dec 2013 £135,000/ Jan 2014 £131,000 / July 2014 £129 000
    • hello, where has the time gone, wondered where I was having worked all xmas and new year , and picking up extra shifts at the other job I can honestly say I don't know if I am coming or going.
      Serious OP time is starting , I paid my professional membership subs and work have re reimbursed me, and also got a good lump of mileage so that going into the op pot. also been given some pennies by my granddad bless him, and rather than spending it on me its going into the mortgage pot. I was going to use it to pay the ex off but why should I??!! I can drip feed that , and Iam now following laura jos inspiration .


      On the lovelife front. met a wonderful man over xmas , who ironically I have known since I was 10ish, we did 21sts and all that. hes split from his ex and it is wonderful. don't want to get swept away but not been this happy for a very long time.


      spending has been good this month, only splurge was on the coast sale - but needed a new dress for a wedding in may and it was reduced to £60 from £150 , so bargin, and getting my hair dies as the grey has started to poke through - no wonder with the stress of the last year!!!!


      going to be asking the new oh's sister in law to dye it from now on though , would rather give her the cash.


      on the job front , applied for my perfect position, so fingers crossed I get it.
      any ways best crack on, ttfn xx
      Dec 2011 £141,000 / dec 2013 £135,000/ Jan 2014 £131,000 / July 2014 £129 000
    • gallygirl
      gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
      Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
      Glad things are looking up - Happy New Year :T
      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"
    • Peonie
      Peonie Posts: 1,471 Forumite
      It sounds like you are having a great new year MC. Stay positive. P
      Pots: House £6966/£7100, Rainy day Complete, [STRIKE]Sunny day £0/£700[/STRIKE], IVF £2523/£2523, Car up-keep £135/£135, New car £5000/£5000, Holiday £1000/£1000, MFW #16 £2077/£3120
      MFiT3 #86: Reduce mortgage from £146,800 to £125,000
      Mortgage Sept 2014: £135,500, MF Oct 2035 Peak July 2011: £154,000, MF July 2036
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