Debt free by 40 -- 19 Months and counting

wantabetterlife

I bought this book too steph..it is a good read but not really any different than the you tube videos etc but definitely a good buy for £6..i think I paid double that!. Its the kind of book you could read over and over and still keep learning from it iykwim. You have me hooked on him since you posted that link...it is a running joke in our house when I talk about the cost of something my OH will say "what would Dave say"...lol.

debtfreewannabe321

How did the van go on the MOT? X

StressedSteph

Buffythedebtslayer wrote: »

I also love him.

have watched many videos! and a lot of what he says makes sense.
XX

Hi Buffy,

Glad im not the only UK person loving Dave Ramsey. There is so much of him online, he is an easy "go to" for inspiration.

wantabetterlife wrote: »

I bought this book too steph..it is a good read but not really any different than the you tube videos etc but definitely a good buy for £6..i think I paid double that!. Its the kind of book you could read over and over and still keep learning from it iykwim. You have me hooked on him since you posted that link...it is a running joke in our house when I talk about the cost of something my OH will say "what would Dave say"...lol.

Hi wantabetterlife,

I must admit my hubby can't stand him, think its the accent and the slogans. I have always loved americans and their over enthusiastic ways.
I love watching peoples "Debt Free Screams" and Dave's phone in's.

Good to hear you are hooked too

debtfreewannabe321 wrote: »

How did the van go on the MOT? X

Hi DFW,

Well it FAILED, but we knew it would. Not badly though. It needs two new tyres and something called 2 x Drop links.

I am going to ring around tomorrow for two cheap tyres and hubby thinks he can replace these Drop link thingys and has found the parts on Ebay for half what the garage quoted.

I think tyres are around £60-£70 each, so I think worst case scenario, the van will cost around £200 including MOT £40 to get sorted.

This is pretty good news and leaves me with about £500 for the car.

Hurdle 1 just about dealt with :T.

Will get the van safely through and then in a couple of weeks i will brave the car.

Pretty pleased though. xxx

Chrysalis1976

Ah good news despite the failure, hope you get some good deals on all the bits that need replacing.

Phew one almost down, one to go!

maddiemay

that's good news, I can uncross my fingers now:rotfl:

misstara

Hi Steph, just been having a wee catch up with your diary - you're getting on great! Good news about the van MOT fingers crossed for the car.

Buffythedebtslayer

Woo hoo on the MOT XX

mummytogirls

Morning Steph, im really pleased the van will pass the MOT for you, such a relief. Lets hope you dont need the £500 for the car. Do you do small checks like tyres, oil etc before you take them in? xx

dawnybabes

That's brilliant x

StressedSteph

Thanks for the cheers for the MOT. Will get the tyres sorted next week and parts ordered.


Waiting impatiently for hubbys wages to go in this weekend.
Need to pay our last two debt payments this month. Super late but better than never.


I am paying £200 to Virgin cc, and I have been paying £100 pm to the Co-op cc but just realised that the minimum payment is only £30. So have decided to pay £30 to co-op and then £80 extra onto NEXT.Not snowballing properly otherwise.


That should make a total of 1k debt payments in May !!


Finally looks like we are getting the £80 owed to us from some folks down the road that hubby did a little job for. They are meant to be bringing up a cheque today.


Won't make it for my May Debt payments but will throw that against NEXT as soon as it arrives.


Not a lot else to report really. Kids go back to school on Tuesday next week. Then I can get back into my old routine. xx


Have a great weekend all x