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welcome to all newbies by the way! :beer:Total Debt: was £8,400 / now £0
Debt free date - 31st January 2013!!!
Swagbucks earnings £50/£600
2013 SAVINGS - :dance: £605 / £12,0000 -
Hello everyone, hope all is going well with the members of SAD

Well, I got news which will mean I will no longer be a member of SAD, one is I am debt free as of today :j:j
The other is I have met a few months back a nice man and we are giving it a go
So although not technically a SAD anymore, I still would like to post at times for support if that's ok?
LBM 11/2009 Total Debts 11/2009 £44624 with DFD 2015
Debt Free Date: 14/11/2012 :j:j:j0 -
Congratulations TakingControl:T. So pleased for you! And please hang around.....as a Debt Free we all still need your advice!Stopped smoking 20th October 2012

This year I will have something that resembles a garden and not a building site!0 -
TakingControl wrote: »Well, I got news which will mean I will no longer be a member of SAD, one is I am debt free as of today :j:j
The other is I have met a few months back a nice man and we are giving it a go
So although not technically a SAD anymore, I still would like to post at times for support if that's ok?
:j:jCongratulations!:j:j
Your post has made me think ..... technically I am DF (savings + budgeting pots would clear the OD if I chose to do so) but I don't think of it like that as it's money set aside for specific budgeting things.....
Can I stay too please:DGrocery Challenge £211/£455 (01/01-31/03)
2016 Sell: £125/£250
£1,000 Emergency Fund Challenge #78 £3.96 / £1,000Vet Fund: £410.93 / £1,000
Debt free & determined to stay that way!0 -
TakingControl wrote: »Hello everyone, hope all is going well with the members of SAD

Well, I got news which will mean I will no longer be a member of SAD, one is I am debt free as of today :j:j
The other is I have met a few months back a nice man and we are giving it a go
So although not technically a SAD anymore, I still would like to post at times for support if that's ok?
I THINK i might potentially have met someone too - really wasnt expecting that...for now, still technically a SAD tho, which at the moment, doesnt seem so bad! Wondering if i might be able to ditch the single status AND become debt free at the same time! :jTotal Debt: was £8,400 / now £0
Debt free date - 31st January 2013!!!
Swagbucks earnings £50/£600
2013 SAVINGS - :dance: £605 / £12,0000 -
I'm on this journey too! Good luck everyone!0
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Lol it must be the winter weather making people couple up, I am also technically not a SAD anymore! I started seeing someone a couple of weeks ago but I have still been checking in on you all & keeping an eye on you. Who knows in a couple of weeks I may be back! :rotfl:2019 will be my year!!0
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Oh my godness I turn my back for 5 minutes and you all couple up!! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Takingcontrol thats awesome news congratulations!! :T:T I can't wait til I type those words!!
Well i've paid another £15 of my debt by christmas AND i reckon I could manage another £100 when I get paid depending on xmas plans over dec
CC1...[STRIKE]£5,491.00[/STRIKE]£5,223.98....Loan 1..[STRIKE]£3,891.00[/STRIKE]£3670.84...CC2...£[STRIKE]415.00[/STRIKE] £395Mgment Co: [STRIKE]£1,398.00[/STRIKE]£1082.00[STRIKE]£11,195.00[/STRIKE] £10,371.79DEC NSD:2/15.....£2 Saver = £0....Swagbucks 796/1999S.A.D - and proud of it!!.... Paying a debt off by Xmas: CC2 :xmastree:0 -
Grrr....I have a friend (in a couple) who about 3 weeks ago decided they want to buy a house totally out of the blue, has today had an offer accepted. Is it awful that I really can't be happy for them?
Feels like a great big kick in the teeth cause it's what I want more than anything and I've been looking for ages, but because I'm single the only places I can afford are in my budget for a reason, subsidence, next to a crack den, been flooded 5 billion times, actually just a shed :mad:.
Boo, I'm going to go and drown my sorrows in a large glass of wine
being single really sucks sometimes. 0 -
Just been reading through this thread with interest and dipping my toe in the MSE water... Lovewealthhappiness - that does sound like a kicker, a night of wine and feeling blue is necessary sometimes - as long as you get up tomorrow and shake it off and get back to being positive about your own journey.
Hello everyone else,
Can i join - i am SAD (but actually quite happy about it
) I am finally divorced and trying to get out of debt and save up enough to go travelling round the world. Well now i ain't got anyone else to worry about (bar the dog) i realise it was what i wanted to do! My debts are not major anymore (been working on it for the last few years). But i still have £1k to go and then i need to save save save, so these boards are excellent inspiration.
B x0
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