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The October Awakening!

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  • Count me in too please. I need this sort of thing as I spend hours scouring ebay/ local sites for bargains for my new Grandson.. That has to stop. Thanks.
    NSK Zombie # SFD 7/15 Food Bank £0/£5
    Food
    £73.57/£122 (incl. pet food)
    Petrol £20/£40
    Exercise 2/15 Outings 1/2
    Debt :eek: £18,917
  • roxy7699
    roxy7699 Posts: 1,067 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I'm in this month. Wasn't very proactive last month. Will do better.
  • I'm in. :)
    Debt-Free day 30th September 2014
  • thriftylass
    thriftylass Posts: 4,058 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 29 September 2013 at 4:51PM
    xJOJOx, wow £20 for 5 on groceries. I know you said you have a full freezer but where do you buy fresh stuff like fruit, veg onions and milk etc to make it lat 5 for 5 weeks. Could prob learn some tricks here.
    finally tea total but in still in (more) debt (Oct 25 CC £1800, loan £6453, mortgage £59,924/158,000)
  • No new tricks until OCTOBER... come on now don't make me get my whip out...:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent".
  • Sorry, no more chat till Tuesday, promise. :o
    Was just astonished and had to ask.
    finally tea total but in still in (more) debt (Oct 25 CC £1800, loan £6453, mortgage £59,924/158,000)
  • Been off the boil the last couple of months so count me again please Kat I'm away up Scotland in October for a week and really need to rein it in, will work out spends and post later
    Nannyg
  • I TOTALLY bombed last month :(

    If you'll have me back I'd love to join!
    [STRIKE]DFD 22/7/14[/STRIKE]:o:cry:
    OD £1200 ~ CC1 £1875 ~ CC2 £1275 ~ Tesco £4757 ~ Creation £235 ~ FIL £25750
    DEBT @ 28/03/2018 = £35092
  • Me too please! I'm having real issues with motivating and prioritising my money at the moment, this sounds like just what I need!
    Proud to be debt free September 2014. :j

    Sisu.
  • Frugal_foxy_2
    Frugal_foxy_2 Posts: 37 Forumite
    edited 29 September 2013 at 6:17PM
    Yes please, been waiting for the launch.
    :eek:Total Debt £27,196 24/8/13
    Total debt now ££17,500
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