Pay ALL your debt off by Xmas 2013

youknowwho

oooh my first ever item on ebay will sell in 1hr 15 mins! I'm awfully excited...how sad! :rotfl: I'm allocating it straight to my CC!

SpagBol

amr547 wrote: »

I really want a new fridge and I'm just resisting the temptation to order it via catalogue. Slap me, slap me. We can afford to buy a new one when I've paid my car insurance at the end of february !!

DON'T DO IT!! MOVE AWAY FROM THE CATALOGUE!!! :eek::eek:

psychopathbabble wrote: »

Gutted... just checked my N0ddle account and I've gone from 3/5 to 2/5 but no idea why

What's a N0ddle account?

psychopathbabble

SpagBol wrote: »

What's a N0ddle account?

A free credit checking website... bit slower at updating than equif@x etc but free.

LunaLady

amr547 wrote: »

I really want a new fridge and I'm just resisting the temptation to order it via catalogue. Slap me, slap me. We can afford to buy a new one when I've paid my car insurance at the end of february !!

Dont do it - thats how I started, putting things on I needed and within a few months later I had £3500. Its been a long road back .

psychopathbabble

I've just ordered some insulating tape stuff for our windows in the flat. Can anyone give me any further ideas for other ways of helping to reduce draughts/increase heat in the flat?

I've been keeping the curtains closed, and might get some cheapy fleece blankets to hang up behind the curtains. We only have single pane wooden frame windows, and storage heaters. We also have to be careful as it's a rented flat, so I don't want to do the plastic shrinking thing incase it damages the panes further. Thanks

loubie_lou

psychopathbabble wrote: »

I've just ordered some insulating tape stuff for our windows in the flat. Can anyone give me any further ideas for other ways of helping to reduce draughts/increase heat in the flat?

I've been keeping the curtains closed, and might get some cheapy fleece blankets to hang up behind the curtains. We only have single pane wooden frame windows, and storage heaters. We also have to be careful as it's a rented flat, so I don't want to do the plastic shrinking thing incase it damages the panes further. Thanks

I heard some people put cling film on gaps?

PS Spag Bol can you up date my total owed to £7126

Thanks

minicooper272

loubie_lou wrote: »

I heard some people put cling film on gaps?

PS Spag Bol can you up date my total owed to £7126

Thanks

Look for 'window insulation film' on fleabay - it works pretty well. You stick it down with double sided tape, blast it with a hairdryer, which makes it go taut, and it cuts the draft way down. Only problem is, you need to remove it for summer, or you can't open the windows! Alternatively, put cling film on the glass, which is cheaper but not as effective. I also stuff bits of old newspaper around the edges of the window, or bits of old fabric.

psychopathbabble

I'm just worried about doing the film thing as it can apparently damage the panes when you pull it off and as we rent I need to keep the damage to a minimum

amr547

You will be pleased to know - I stepped AWAY from the catalogue !!!

I've just bought some new pans from Argos :T only £40 for 6 pans and 3 utensils!! We need new pans because the nonstick stuff keeps coming off in my food :eek: you should've seen the custard yesterday :rotfl:

kerri_dfw

psychopathbabble wrote: »

I'm just worried about doing the film thing as it can apparently damage the panes when you pull it off and as we rent I need to keep the damage to a minimum

It'll be fine, I did it last year and it made a MASSIVE difference. The double sided tape they give you isn't massively sticky so you can just pull it off in spring without damaging the walls. Plus they normally give you too much tape so you can use it for parceling handmade goodies for people that buy them if you do that, looks nicer than tape

No debt busting for me today, but I might have just bought a cat She's not exactly what I wanted, but she needs rehoming as she's being attacked by the other cat and at only £60 instead of the £350 breeders ask for I'm going to say "yes please" to that ....although then I'm going to go to a breeder and get a little boy as well, as I do want one of each and he'll be younger so she should cope just fine with him Have to wait for the snow to b*gger off first though so I can drive to get her

I've spent the entire day watching Cats on youtub and singing of course. Veggie roast in the oven at the moment and a carrot, parnsip & swede soup in the slow cooker...I have no idea if it's going to taste nice or not, but it's got some cayenne pepper and smoked paprika in to give it a bit of a kick