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Twelve Weeks To Glow

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  • clippy_girl
    clippy_girl Posts: 2,283 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Snap I have not lost any either! :( roll on next week! :)
    :j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,645 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Only a half on for me.
    Where do you tend to buy your DS's clothes?
    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.
  • NewLeaf_2
    NewLeaf_2 Posts: 2,116 Forumite
    well done on staying the same at weigh in. deffo sell DS clothes on .. it sounds like they are in mint condition. xx
    Mortgage: £280,752/ £262,515.84
    hmrc:£16760/£5,480.20
    evil credit cards: £41,208/ £37,841
    Car: £18,800/£13,101.18
    Weight 13.9/ 12.6 -1 stone 3
    saving for refurb £2000/£700 1 July 2013
  • Rainbow_Bridge
    Rainbow_Bridge Posts: 363 Forumite
    edited 7 November 2012 at 10:32AM
    Day 56 of the 12 week challenge and 130/365 - 35%.

    Good Morning!

    I am just looking at your weight loss, NewLeaf, 7lb, is great, it will not be long before you see the 12's again.

    Clippy we were supposed to see the 10's by firework day! what happened? With me it was the old pull of wine and carbs :eek:.

    Hi beanie, I buy nearly all DS's clothes on ebay. I get some great, nearly new stuff for him, at a fraction of what I would pay on the high street, and sell a lot of it back on ebay, for not much less than what I paid for it, so it works out well.

    He has always been a pretty standard size, which helps. I think his generation is going to be a very tall one though!

    I saw an offer for £15.00 Shellac nails and pedicure on Living Social, reduced from £70.00, so I have bought one, and will be treating myself just before the holidays.

    Overall, I have been quite disorganised over the last few days, no meal planning, and yesterday was M&S ready meals, so I am going to haul myself back on to a more disciplined path, before my budget runs away with me.

    I also have loads of jobs to fit in today that will give me £100.00 towards my £10.00 a day challenge, but I will need to be really focused, and give myself a gentle kick up the a**e .... back to business.

    So I am off now to get myself organised again TTFN :) xx
    Weight 12 st 2lb - Now 11 stone 1 lb (-15 lb)
    Saving £0 Now £1,000.00-J Cricket fund £200.00
    £70.00/£350.00 grocery challenge in October
    Custardy's 9000 reps by the new year 3000/9000
    £10.00 a day extra earnings - £127.00/£310.00
    “What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.” Lao Tse
  • Rainbow_Bridge
    Rainbow_Bridge Posts: 363 Forumite
    edited 7 November 2012 at 11:15AM
    I had an EFT session, and I do feel that I have released more of the hurt and anger that was still troubling me on a subconscious level.

    I am not going to go back to giving emotionally and physically wherever there is a need, I have to make sure that my own physical and emotional needs are met too, but where I am able and my conscience moves me, I will use my Jimini cricket fund, which is budgeted for now, to help.

    The Jimini Cricket fund, which will be 20% of my savings, will be for any charity giving, diesel for running people about to appointments etc, flowers and cards for people who are sick, money to help mum out with bills, food for anyone I know who could go hungry etc.

    Actually I have spent the £200.00 already, £130.00 for a bill that was troubling mum, and £70.00 to fill up a friend's freezer, because all her benefits have been stopped again for no reason, and it will take two weeks for things to get re-instated.

    This feels right, to me, and balanced whatever anybody else may or may not think, but I have no more in my budget, so need to work hard to stick to plan to get the money up again.

    I am feeling very positive ............. thanks for all your input here xxxxxx.

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    "The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man." Euripides
    Weight 12 st 2lb - Now 11 stone 1 lb (-15 lb)
    Saving £0 Now £1,000.00-J Cricket fund £200.00
    £70.00/£350.00 grocery challenge in October
    Custardy's 9000 reps by the new year 3000/9000
    £10.00 a day extra earnings - £127.00/£310.00
    “What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.” Lao Tse
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,645 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    So like the Jimmy Cricket fund :grin:
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    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.
  • NewLeaf_2
    NewLeaf_2 Posts: 2,116 Forumite
    loving u miss cricket
    Mortgage: £280,752/ £262,515.84
    hmrc:£16760/£5,480.20
    evil credit cards: £41,208/ £37,841
    Car: £18,800/£13,101.18
    Weight 13.9/ 12.6 -1 stone 3
    saving for refurb £2000/£700 1 July 2013
  • clippy_girl
    clippy_girl Posts: 2,283 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    What a lovely friend/daughter you are :grouphug:

    That's a great deal on the nails! Is that for feet and hands? I have tweaked my budget to get mine done each month. Friend had suggested I have bio sculpture next time. I had shellac about 11 days ago and it's wearing off slightly at the tips but only a tiny amount and its even so it doesn't look chipped or anything. I have swam 5 times as well so it obv stays on in chlorine! :D:money:

    Think my lack of progress is down to a few sweetie and choc binges! :o def not going to make my 9st lb13 target by Xmas now! If I loose 1lb week then I will be at 10st 8lb at Xmas. Will probably put on few lbs at Xmas but will try to be good! So that's new target! What are you going to do to reach yours? I did spin today for the second time- very tiring!
    :j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j
  • Rainbow_Bridge
    Rainbow_Bridge Posts: 363 Forumite
    edited 7 November 2012 at 11:03PM
    Hi Clippy, that is for nails and toes! I have never had the Shellac before, but have tried an assortment of other techniques over the years.

    I seem to have too much work again, so I have missed the gym tonight. Today I have actually done my P/T day job +

    1 camera shop
    2 glasses shops
    1 restaurant for lunch
    1 supermarket audit
    2 supermarket competitor visits
    1 online order and pick-up
    1 web enquiry

    Which should net me £107.00, which is good, but unbalanced :rotfl:. How does anyone master this balance business???

    I have just got back now, and will be up at the crack of dawn writing them all up.

    I have got three more audits and 2 glasses shops, before the end of the week, to fit in somehow too. At this rate I will have my £10.00 a week target hit by mid-month. How is life on the MS front for you?

    Come the weekend I will try not to pick up any more assignments, but I am sure I said that last week :rotfl:, and go to a couple of classes in preparation for the Monday weigh-in.
    Weight 12 st 2lb - Now 11 stone 1 lb (-15 lb)
    Saving £0 Now £1,000.00-J Cricket fund £200.00
    £70.00/£350.00 grocery challenge in October
    Custardy's 9000 reps by the new year 3000/9000
    £10.00 a day extra earnings - £127.00/£310.00
    “What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.” Lao Tse
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,645 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    That certainly is a lot.
    You will soon be in the 10's though :j :j
    Are you SW?(sorry cant remember)
    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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