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DFW Monday confessional - 25th June

Forgive me Martin for I have sinned...

Confess your wicked non DFW/MSE sins here..
Repent and ye shall be forgiven!!




My sins this week
Forgot to do the sunday confessional yesterday :rotfl:
Bribed DH into going to the shop to get milk by saying we could have beer = £10 down the drain!
Spent £24 OUT OF SAVINGS to buy a new xbox 360 game that DH wanted
Have done NO TRAINING for my race for life which is TOMORROW! :eek:
Have been neglectful in keeping up with our spending diary

Forgive me Martin!
Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
Que sera, sera. <3
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  • Kaz2904
    Kaz2904 Posts: 5,797 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Have done NO TRAINING for my race for life which is TOMORROW! :eek:
    Ooh, you bad girl. Go and run up and down the stairs- or looking at the weather here go and sit in a cold bath with all your running stuff on!
    Debt: 16/04/2007:TOTAL DEBT [strike]£92727.75[/strike] £49395.47:eek: :eek: :eek: £43332.28 repaid 100.77% of £43000 target.
    MFiT T2: Debt [STRIKE]£52856.59[/STRIKE] £6316.14 £46540.45 repaid 101.17% of £46000 target.
    2013 Target: completely clear my [STRIKE]£6316.14[/STRIKE] £0 mortgage debt. £6316.14 100% repaid.
  • Lucy1982_2
    Lucy1982_2 Posts: 4,611 Forumite
    I have sinned by:

    Spending far to much!!!

    Need to cut it back.... Please forgive me!!

    IM - I wouldn't worry about sitting the bath, just stand outside. It's weeing it down here!
    Current debt - £16,300 :(
    Debt at worst 17/03/2011 - £18,067.62:eek::eek:
    :ANot going anywhere else, ever again :A
  • immoral_angeluk
    immoral_angeluk Posts: 24,506 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Yep it's pouring down here too... which is annoying as hell as I put a load of washing out last night in the hope that it'd be dry by morning now it's soaked and I cannot be bothered to get drenched myself by going outside to get it in!
    Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
    Que sera, sera. <3
  • Kaz2904
    Kaz2904 Posts: 5,797 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Thats what I meant, I thought it might be good training for tomorrow!
    Debt: 16/04/2007:TOTAL DEBT [strike]£92727.75[/strike] £49395.47:eek: :eek: :eek: £43332.28 repaid 100.77% of £43000 target.
    MFiT T2: Debt [STRIKE]£52856.59[/STRIKE] £6316.14 £46540.45 repaid 101.17% of £46000 target.
    2013 Target: completely clear my [STRIKE]£6316.14[/STRIKE] £0 mortgage debt. £6316.14 100% repaid.
  • Lucy1982_2
    Lucy1982_2 Posts: 4,611 Forumite
    I was doing that all day on Saturday. The weather cleared really nicely, did loads of washing and kept having to run outside to get it in!! I've had it drying all over the house this weekend.

    Very annoying
    Current debt - £16,300 :(
    Debt at worst 17/03/2011 - £18,067.62:eek::eek:
    :ANot going anywhere else, ever again :A
  • immoral_angeluk
    immoral_angeluk Posts: 24,506 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I hope it's not raining for my race tomorrow! I will not be impressed!
    Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
    Que sera, sera. <3
  • Snaggles
    Snaggles Posts: 19,503 Forumite
    Will they cancel it if it's like this IA or will it still go ahead? I suppose you'll at least keep warm if you're running! Good luck!

    This week I have:

    - Put hubby in charge of the shopping budget for a month :eek:
    - Bought gorgeous but completely unnecessary pink and white trainers for Natasha from Next (they are sooo tiny and so cute though!!)
    - Bought Ryan a totally unnecessary pair of 'England' flipflops, even though he has a pair of plain ones that still fit him :rolleyes: (well I couldn't leave him out lol!)
    - Abandoned the meal plan, diet and no take-aways challenge (again) and shared a portion of fish and chips with Ryan on Thursday

    Think that's about it!
    "I wasn't wrong, I just wasn't right enough."
    :smileyhea
    9780007258925
  • immoral_angeluk
    immoral_angeluk Posts: 24,506 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    It'll still go ahead! the weather forecast doesn't look promising either! Luckily the girls are being looked after by their auntie so they won't get drenched..
    Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
    Que sera, sera. <3
  • Oh and I have been spending too much and our debt has gone up! There are many reasons for this which would take too long to explain and would bore the pants off everyone if I did, but needless to say we are very fed up about this.

    I am determined that by the end of the summer we will have got the debt back down again to its previous level and by christmas will have reduced it.

    This is my personal challenge to myself!
    Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally
    Debt in July 2017 = £58,766 😱 DEBT FREE 31 OCTOBER 2017 :T 🎉
    EMERGENCY FUND 1 = £50/£5,000. EMERGENCY FUND 2 = £10/£5,000.
    CHRISTMAS SAVINGS = £0/£500. SEF = £1,400/£12,000 PREMIUM BONDS ME = £350. PREMIUM BONDS DH = £300.
    HOLIDAY MONEY = £0 TIME LEFT TO PAY OFF MORTGAGE = 5 YEARS 1 MONTHS
  • Good luck with the race for life by the way!
    Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally
    Debt in July 2017 = £58,766 😱 DEBT FREE 31 OCTOBER 2017 :T 🎉
    EMERGENCY FUND 1 = £50/£5,000. EMERGENCY FUND 2 = £10/£5,000.
    CHRISTMAS SAVINGS = £0/£500. SEF = £1,400/£12,000 PREMIUM BONDS ME = £350. PREMIUM BONDS DH = £300.
    HOLIDAY MONEY = £0 TIME LEFT TO PAY OFF MORTGAGE = 5 YEARS 1 MONTHS
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