Time to grow up.

DreamerHelen

Oh hun....I can relate - I'm fat and in debt too....

Just try and take it as easy as you can this Afternoon....And try writing a realistic Plan for what you are going to do about your Weight and your Debt....

You CAN do it...I have faith in you hun xXx

ElphabaThropp

Thank you, I spent £60 :eek: in Tesco and only the chickpea flour [STRIKE]no, I've got no idea what I was thinking either[/STRIKE] and the frozen sweetcorn will last any length of time. I would say the loo roll too but given the amount of fruit I have to get through probably not .

I will take a positive that I saw the stupidity of the situation when driving home especially as the pizza was horrid .

So Operation Shed it is, shed the debt, shed the fat and save myself from moving into my parents shed.

I've started well by cleaning out my car (using copious amounts of febreeze to eliminate eau de fag). I've slow roasted some tomatoes which were looking a bit dodge and also made some kale crisps which turned out lovely. I thought they'd be minging like so many healthy recipes which are supposed to be a substitute for proper tasty stuff packed with fat, salt and sugar but they're really nice.

I dug out the 30 day shred and actually did it [STRIKE]well half of it, its been a long day[/STRIKE] instead of just watching it with a glass of wine and saying that I'll definitely start tomorrow .

I'm drawing up a menu plan as we speak, fruit is featuring heavily for the next few days, I've also done a rota of the basic tasks I need to do every day. My routine is non-existent at the moment and I need to drag myself out of it.

I was hoping to hammer the eBay pile but its getting late and I think a hot bath, face mask and attacking my hairy legs with a razor is in need to make me feel less of a mess.

I will make it as a proper grown up one day!

ElphabaThropp

Plan for tomorrow:

Tidy out and reorganise the fridge/freezer.
No spend day .
Start a new car boot box.
List 15 things on eBay.
Drink a full bottle of water.
Set up the bare bones of my second shop, basic banner, policies, account linked to phone and get ready to start stocking.
Make 10 pieces for my current shop.
30 day shred :cool:.

That's quite a lot as I have a meeting to go to in the morning, but I need a good start to chivvy me on .

please-let-me-be-lucky

Sounds like a plan! Will cheer you on from the sidelines.


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Mara_uk7

:j:j:j. Go Elphaba you go girl ! :j:j:j

ElphabaThropp

I hope you both have your sparkly knickers on!

But it is a boring serious post tonight :cool:. Got to brain dump the things that need to be done here as it makes it all the more real then .

Wee bit of a change of plan today as I was offered some proper paid for work so I took it. Its guaranteed cash but very variable and it has stopped me achieving most of my list. Most importantly setting up my second shop. I need to prioritise getting my extra shops up and stock as, believe it or not, Christmas shopping will start soon and I need to be in the game or else my future income will be heavily compromised. I have to get the shops up and running and a decent amount of stock in each so I can begin actively promoting them and looking for sales next week. They don't need to be amazing, just neat and clean looking.

Luckily I'm rubbish at design things like this so go for simple clean banners and logos with just a little detail. I've thought up new ones so should only take me most of the day in Inkscape (Illustrator free trial has expired ).

So revised plan for tomorrow:

My 2 extra planned shops must be in place.
10 items for each photographed and listed. No need to 'make' anything yet so phew.
A good old NSD.
Make 10 items for current shop.
Another 10 bits on ebay.
Drink full bottle of water.

I would aim to do the shred [STRIKE]that I failed to do today[/STRIKE] but I want to break the back of this and get the shops running, once the initial push is done it is much easier to keep adding.

But today I did:

Drink all my water (and ran to the loo a lot )
NSD done!
Listed 23 things on ebay and have 2 sold already :T.
Started a new car boot box, unfortunately is now supposed to rain forevermore .

Onwards and bloody upwards.

amber03

Read you blog from the start and even though you did admit to watching Geordie Shore... I will still subscribe.

Good luck you have made a great start.xx

ElphabaThropp

I've been a naught DFW this week and not been updating my diary regularly, but I've been good at debt busting and clearing out lots of rubbish. I've now cleared £1708.37 :T. [STRIKE]Just got to stick to my monthly budget now.[/STRIKE] I wish I could do this every week but sadly won't, its mainly come from the refund on my PC, selling a couple of big bits and a big payment from a project I worked on.

On a more frustrating note eBay limited my account as they've linked me to a restricted account :mad:. Trying to sort it out drove me round the bend, they've linked me to another account and think it is me, I asked how they were linked and they couldn't tell me because of 'Data Protection.' If you believe its my account then whose data are you trying to protect :wall:. I'm now waiting for them to send me a physical letter and when I enter the code it should sort this out. I do hate eBay.

I've also cleared out huge amounts of rubbish, I thought I was a bit cluttered but felt like I was on one of those hoarders programs as I pulled yet more crap out of the cupboard .

Starting to get more organised with my own businesses. I am going to make a success of this and never have to experience the indignity of an office Christmas party ever again! :rotfl:

Hope you have a lovely sunny debt free Friday.

Mara_uk7

Its bad when you get prissed and make a fool of yourself at a self employed christmas party ......... and youre the only employee !

sammr85

Enjoyed reading your diary. New subscriber x