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Sat & Sunday 1st - 2nd What DFW rhings will you be Doing ??
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hi every one
well day one went well
today i managed a nsd
all jobs and enjoyed work xxx
have a great nite xxxxlppxxxxxxdebt total £71k AGE 47 TRY TO BE DEBT FREE BY 500 -
fairly pleased with myself for today's efforts (without much effort at all :T) and I have also made a banana bread to use up some almost liquified bananas (and some of the 2ltrs of yogurt made the other day) and some roasted med veg for lunchesdetermined_new_ms wrote: »:wave: Morning guys, happy weekend... Thanks for starting us off LPP hope the shift at work is a speedy one!
La E I saw your post on FB last night. I'm so sorry, really sending lots of get well thoughts to bok and hoping you're not too worried. remember a pound of worry never bought an ounze of anything x
Pixie hope the car is just a small thing. How long have you had it? Is it under warrantee?
L2B hope you nab that NSD!
My things today - majorly focusing around finding some equilibrium!
* [STRIKE]checked banking - we've managed to save another £1000 this month to the house
fund :j[/STRIKE]
* [STRIKE]checked cc statements[/STRIKE]
* [STRIKE]shift some funds from savings account to pay for sewing lessons[/STRIKE] hurrah received £3.10 interest on savings account :j that's £10 received in August :money: sadly in 2 month's we won't be doing so well as the deposit will clear us out.
* photo and list on evilbay slearly I don't want to do this!
* debating whether to go to a friends birthday bbq later today - I could be really checky and go empty handed except for a birthday card. Would need to drive so won't drink and can eat veggie stuff. Would that be too checky???? decided not to go afterall.
* [STRIKE]getting picked up by friend and going out for a walk with her little dogs[/STRIKE] :THad a nice time with my friend all afternoon and I think right now I just need to be around close friends...
* housework? Can I be bothered????! nope tee hee!
* [STRIKE]possibly a NSD then...[/STRIKE] will update sig
* [STRIKE]get chicken out of freezer[/STRIKE]
that's it I think! Have a good day y'all x
friend treated me to a sausage sandwich
She also gave me 4 corgettes and 5 peppers from her garden, a bag of 4 aubergines she wasn't going to use and a bag of tea bags :T
Her chickens are hatching some eggs as well and she has said she'll give me a couple when they hatch and we move into our new home and a chicken run :j
She is lovely :A so nice to be around her for the day
also saved seeds out of the peppers to plant next spring :money:
just about to jump in the bath and do a deep conditioner and facial
DF as at 30/12/16
Wombling 2026: £25.70
Grocery spend challenge Feb £285.11/£250
GC annual £389.25/£2700
Eating out budget: £ 48.87/£300
Extra cash earned 2026: £1850 -
Hi everyone

Getting back on the mse band wagon and sorting myself out (again!! ... I WILL get there!!)
Little things I've done today ...
- hung washing on airer instead of using tumble drier
- changed gas/electric supplier
- checked bank accounts
Not so good ... bought fish and chips (£8.50) for lunch and paid out for DD1's football training shirt (£5) and DD2 to go to an activity morning (£6).
Drawing a line under today and moving on!!JUST DO IT ONE BRICK AT A TIMEPROUD TO BE DEALING WITH MY DEBTSWeekly Budget: groceries£50/petrol£50/Unnecesary£15DEBT PAID = 58% (£4,212/£8216):T0 -
Evening all. Late post for me, but, just stopped for the first time today

My list for the weekend :
Meals from stores
Make some soup - roasted some old carrots and new BNS with some chilli whilst oven was on for tea - will make into soup tomorrow now.
Washing on dry outside on airer, so I can bring in easily, very lazy I know
Listed 11 things on fleabay today another 4 pre listed for tomorrow. Will try and list another 6 tomorrow.
Listed some things on zapper - need to find some more
Help DH put desk back together so I can list tomorrow
Took DD to park for free exercise
Take dress back to shop tomorrow for refund :T
Think that's all for now. I'm off to bed. Have a good weekend everyone :j0 -
Evening all. Late night posting from me. Today I :-
Checked banking
Made PAD
Shopping from groceries account
Home made Chinese chicken curry
Dinner ideas for tomorrow
Altho not so Dfw - got my waxing done today and I was £40!!! Might need to shop about for new beautician lolOfficial DFW nerd no 551 - proud to be dealing with my debts
Debts as of March 2014
Nationwide - £5745, Overdraft - £350,
Debts as of January 2015
Nationwide - £4997, Overdraft - £0:j0 -
headoutthesand wrote: »
Altho not so Dfw - got my waxing done today and I was £40!!! Might need to shop about for new beautician lol
can you find a mobile one? My mil uses a mobile beautician for her nails. She visits her at home and its a fraction of what it cost her in a salon :money:
:money:Today's tasks:
* cheer up!
* make courgette soup to use up courgette's given to me yesterday and freeze
* make ratatouille (to use up aubergines and courgettes) to go with roast
* do the fricking ebay listing. Clearly I hate this but the extra/cash and less to move is desperately needed!
* all meals from stores
* walk to the SM and buy gravy and hummous and nothing else
* whilst on this 5 mile walk might pop into the sports direct and look for supports for my knee and ankle so I can run again
* iron clothes for work tomorrow
* do some filing (have a pile about 5inches high sitting on the side
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ok think that's it xDF as at 30/12/16
Wombling 2026: £25.70
Grocery spend challenge Feb £285.11/£250
GC annual £389.25/£2700
Eating out budget: £ 48.87/£300
Extra cash earned 2026: £1850 -
Why so glum DNMS? Have I missed something?
:idea:Debt at July 2012: £12,862.57 :eek:
:dance:Current Debt: £0 :j
100% paid off!
:think: Savings Goal for November 2016: £5000 :cool:
Current Savings: £1176.24 _party_
23.52% Saved!0 -
Morning all,
My list is pretty much the same as yesterday as I didn't do half of it! I just had zero motivation, I think it's the lack of sleep caused by next door, I don't see why they can't close a door normally, it ALWAYS slams!
So, todays' plan:-- Food from stores
- Log calories using free app
- Charge phone via pc
- Check online banking
- Trying to declutter a bit & do some flylady
- Must try & do a survey or 2
- Go to Mr T's for a few bits, use voucher!
- DH not drinking all month
- Free exercise on pole at home
- Do some studying
- Maybe get round to doing some fleabaying?? Time is ticking away...
:idea:Debt at July 2012: £12,862.57 :eek:
:dance:Current Debt: £0 :j
100% paid off!
:think: Savings Goal for November 2016: £5000 :cool:
Current Savings: £1176.24 _party_
23.52% Saved!0 -
Hello All,
La E - Hope the puppy gets better soon, it's so worrying when they're poorly
Ziggy and DNMS - Sorry to hear you are both down atm
Pixie - Hope the car gets fixed soon!
I had a bit of a home colouring hair disaster a couple of nights ago - I never learn! I went from having lovely blonde hair to something that resembles dirty dishwater! I had a cut yesterday (which I was going to have anyway this month but I moved forward) but I can't live with the colour so I'm having highlights on Tuesday :mad:. I'm annoyed at myself by the extra expense but I'll just have to try extra hard in other areas this month!
So this weekend I have...
Done a car boot yesterday - only made £10 - nobody wanted to buy anything!
Had my hair cut which was budgeted for
Met up with a friend to look at a house she wants to buy through shared ownership. It looks nice but the responsibility is scary. It makes more economic sense doing this though as where we live the rental prices are extortionate. She should end up paying less this way. Perhaps something me and the other half should look into
Went for a cheeky pint and bowl of chips with said friend with car boot profits - was nice to have a gossip and moan about my hair!
NSD today and all meals from stores
Had driving lesson this morning
Have been out for a long walk
Checked bank
Need to check surveys
Hoover whole house - half way through!
Get prepared for going back full-time at work tomorrow :eek:
Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend02 0% £719.20 £434.48
Creation 1 0% £1,829.88 £1,035.81
Creation 2 0% £604.80 £436.80
Car Finance 10.9% £17,163.84 £357.58
Credit Card 24.9% £815.94 £0
Total £21,133.66 £2,264.67
Mortgage £128,560 £113,978
Emergency Fund £1
Debt-Free Wannabe Diary0 -
Hi all,
The most costly spendy weekend I've had for ages, but I AM MARRIED!!!! Yay...
And back on the bandwagon with a vengeance tomorrow.
See you then
xNinja Saving Turtle0
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