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Enjoying the journey to becoming debt free - paying back the credit cards

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  • fedupandskint
    fedupandskint Posts: 10,358 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    2 interviews completed for 1st stage of analysis and will do one more today once the tennis is over

    C'mon Andy! You can do it!
    final unsecured debt to repay currently £8333
    Proud to be Dealing With my Debt
    DFW Nerd 1154 Long Haul 155
  • fedupandskint
    fedupandskint Posts: 10,358 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    So pleased Andy won - what a match! All hard work pays off, well done!

    Did drag myself to do 2 interview analyses today - one more to do today and that's quite enough for one day although I'm struggling to concentrate now after that match and result!

    Tennis is one of my favourite sports btw ( I used to love to play when I was at school) I love to watch it all year or listen to that brilliant radio commentary that brings it alive
    final unsecured debt to repay currently £8333
    Proud to be Dealing With my Debt
    DFW Nerd 1154 Long Haul 155
  • fedupandskint
    fedupandskint Posts: 10,358 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Back to financial updates.

    Inbetween analyses today worked out some more budgeting plans to bring my account back into credit over the next 2 months. Increased overdraf to stay in credit then stick like glue to my budgeting plans. Good job I'll be too super human busy finishing this dissertation over the next 5 weeks!
    final unsecured debt to repay currently £8333
    Proud to be Dealing With my Debt
    DFW Nerd 1154 Long Haul 155
  • fedupandskint
    fedupandskint Posts: 10,358 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Interview stage 1 analysis completed for number 3

    4 to do tomorrow then back to work tues!
    final unsecured debt to repay currently £8333
    Proud to be Dealing With my Debt
    DFW Nerd 1154 Long Haul 155
  • fedupandskint
    fedupandskint Posts: 10,358 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    1 interview done this morning, will do 2 this afternoon and last one this evening to get that 1st stage completed.

    1 week into a no clothes spend month - good work girl!
    NSD going well
    Food budget updated - going ok
    Petrol spends on track
    All budgets up to date

    Feeling the determination to stay on track and the work that's required to get my account back in credit at the end of the month out of that overdraft.

    Next set of financial goals
    Stay within overdraft limit this month
    Get the overdraft right down some more next month
    Stay in credit by end Sept
    Pay more off credit cards once new minimum payments are revealed this week and I work out extra payments
    final unsecured debt to repay currently £8333
    Proud to be Dealing With my Debt
    DFW Nerd 1154 Long Haul 155
  • fedupandskint
    fedupandskint Posts: 10,358 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    6/7 interviews completed 1st stage of analysis. No idea really what I'm doing but at least it's a start.

    5 weeks to go till deadline day.
    final unsecured debt to repay currently £8333
    Proud to be Dealing With my Debt
    DFW Nerd 1154 Long Haul 155
  • fedupandskint
    fedupandskint Posts: 10,358 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    After a busy old week at work its time for a NSD weekend, lots of study, usual long dog walks and ebay listings

    Upto NSD 10 yesterday - not many pennies left at this point in the month as usual and shouls just scrape in unser overdraft limit if I've worked it out right
    final unsecured debt to repay currently £8333
    Proud to be Dealing With my Debt
    DFW Nerd 1154 Long Haul 155
  • fedupandskint
    fedupandskint Posts: 10,358 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Oh dear took a right tumble this morning. Just before I finished too, went flying and now have a massive graze on my leg, a smaller one on my knee and a really nasty massive deep gash on the other leg - good job I was almost home.

    Have attempted to clean them up and get all the gravel out - looking good fir summer! Good job I'm not going anywhere this weekend and I hope they heal up soon
    final unsecured debt to repay currently £8333
    Proud to be Dealing With my Debt
    DFW Nerd 1154 Long Haul 155
  • fedupandskint
    fedupandskint Posts: 10,358 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Bank accounts checked, snowballs updated after CC statements checked. New CC repayments to sort out next
    Min payment mbna £41.35
    Min payment virgin £80.84
    Total £122.19

    Previous payments were £120, £75, £32 = £227

    Leaves £104.81 to split between both cards £52.40 extra to min payments plus any ebay profits

    Onwards and upwards I go towards a credit card free life
    final unsecured debt to repay currently £8333
    Proud to be Dealing With my Debt
    DFW Nerd 1154 Long Haul 155
  • fedupandskint
    fedupandskint Posts: 10,358 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    12 items listed on ebay along with relistings

    2 small sales this week and one item collected today

    Plenty more to list tomorrow too

    Time for a long dog walk then a couple of hours study - legs stinging merrily after this morning!
    final unsecured debt to repay currently £8333
    Proud to be Dealing With my Debt
    DFW Nerd 1154 Long Haul 155
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