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Butti's Journey: A matter of loaf and death

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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Butti wrote: »
    ....and that appears to be sarcasm. You are a cheeky b*gger Mr Z.

    And you'd be wrong Ms B. :p

    So now you know part of where I'm coming from... :tongue::p:tongue::p:tongue::p:tongue:
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."     OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • Butti
    Butti Posts: 5,014 Forumite
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    .......and I need to continue with the "How to accept compliments" lessons :o
    Debt LBM (08/09) £11,641. DEBT FREE APRIL 2021.
    Diary 'Butti's journey : A matter of loaf or death'.
    Diary 2 'The whimsical tale of the Waterbed of Debt'         48% off mortgage
    'one day I will be rich and famous…for now I'll just have to settle for being poor and incredibly sexy'. Vimrod Member of MIKE'S :cool: MOB
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Butti wrote: »
    .......and I need to continue with the "How to accept compliments" lessons :o

    I need lessons on:
    • How to give compliments - without them sounding sarcastic.
    • How to describe events - without it sounding rude.
    • How to ask questions - without sounding like the KGB.

    Among other things...
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."     OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • elantan
    elantan Posts: 21,022 Forumite
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    Just catching up with the thread ( late to the party as usual)

    Tears rolling down my face at the comments .. I need to visit more often lol

    And while were here

    Where is the next meet ? And when ?
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,058 Ambassador
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    Soon I hope :grin:
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  • elantan
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    http://www.silvergladesaviemore.co.uk/accommodation/4-stars/3/the-eagle-lodge/


    was thinking something like this between a group of people ... its been done up since i was last here mind you so not sure if its still totally suitable ... but i think it will be :)
  • Butti
    Butti Posts: 5,014 Forumite
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    My bank account 'a mysterious place where things happen with no input from me'.

    May be having an epiphany on what's wrong with my mental attitude!!!

    In good news....after just 6 weeks of trying I have produced the right ID to open a savings account!
    Debt LBM (08/09) £11,641. DEBT FREE APRIL 2021.
    Diary 'Butti's journey : A matter of loaf or death'.
    Diary 2 'The whimsical tale of the Waterbed of Debt'         48% off mortgage
    'one day I will be rich and famous…for now I'll just have to settle for being poor and incredibly sexy'. Vimrod Member of MIKE'S :cool: MOB
  • Butti
    Butti Posts: 5,014 Forumite
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    Yes I think my issues with budgeting may evolve from a fundamental disconnect in my brain between doing things which cost money (today having two duvets and covers dry cleaned £28) and the subsequent removal of this money from my bank account. How does that happen? What is this phrase Cause and Effect?

    Apart from said double duvet (which I am still sleeping under because my room is bloody cold and the combined weight gives me the illusion that I am flatter in the morning :D(apart from my head which could REALLY REALLY do with being smaller!) I think my entire purchases for the day will be a parsnip for a veg and chicken curry (chicken supplied by my cousin) and a wool tunic bought with my M&S voucher. Tomorrow will be an NSD and I will be a social pariah, but as I have DVDs chocolates and a bottle of wine I should survive it....speaking of wine....

    Can't see any reason why I shouldn't go for an alcohol free January. Well none apart from fear :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: and disbelief :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: that I can do it and an over-riding belief that THE LIVER IS EVIL AND MUST BE PUNISHED.

    Right off to look at the bank balance and the freezer and plan for an austere start to 2014.
    Debt LBM (08/09) £11,641. DEBT FREE APRIL 2021.
    Diary 'Butti's journey : A matter of loaf or death'.
    Diary 2 'The whimsical tale of the Waterbed of Debt'         48% off mortgage
    'one day I will be rich and famous…for now I'll just have to settle for being poor and incredibly sexy'. Vimrod Member of MIKE'S :cool: MOB
  • Butti
    Butti Posts: 5,014 Forumite
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    ...and in a kharmic moment my relocation expenses cheque for £704 has arrived :D
    Debt LBM (08/09) £11,641. DEBT FREE APRIL 2021.
    Diary 'Butti's journey : A matter of loaf or death'.
    Diary 2 'The whimsical tale of the Waterbed of Debt'         48% off mortgage
    'one day I will be rich and famous…for now I'll just have to settle for being poor and incredibly sexy'. Vimrod Member of MIKE'S :cool: MOB
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,058 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Oooh happy £704 :grin:
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
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