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  • wik
    wik Posts: 575 Forumite
    What a super thread xxx

    1. have managed to save a £10 note a week in my note saving tin
    2. to be a wee bit fitter to ski for first time in 20 years
    3. to brave dating again after 10 years single!!!

    i think i will manage no 1!!
    "Aunty C McB-Wik"
    "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO, What a Ride!"
  • January20
    January20 Posts: 3,769 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    I think I'd like to take part in this!

    My goals for 2014:

    - Save £5000 minimum.
    - Tighten up my budget and keep a hold of it for the whole year.
    - Sell my present home and move to a more suitable property.

    I have a few other aspirations, you know the usual: lose weight, become fitter, have a nice holiday, eat more greens etc. but if I achieve these 3, I will be happy.
    LBM: August 2006 £12,568.49 - DFD 22nd March 2012
    "The road to DF is long and bumpy" GreenSaints
  • Lara44
    Lara44 Posts: 2,961 Forumite
    :rotfl: at Bazey!

    These are a mix of hopes and goals:

    1. That my pregnancy will be a healthy one, and that the baby will arrive safely in June.

    2. Get a work-life balance back!

    3. To find some part-time temp work before May.

    4. That a great job will manifest for me ready for January 2015!
    :A :heartpuls June 2014 / £2014 in 2014 / £735.97 / 36.5%
  • lvm
    lvm Posts: 1,544 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Ok, here goes:

    1. Be more sociable...probably join a dating site in the hope of finding a nice man :-)
    2. Lose lots of weight.
    3. Still have a gym membership at the end of the year, having been consistently throughout 2014.
    4. Chalk up at least 500km on the treadmill...and be able to run 5 (maybe 10km) quite comfortably.
    5. Buy first investment property.
    6. Save and plan for investment number 2 in 2015.
    7. Learn more - in the field of finance, tax, property or similar.
    8. Re-learn Spanish.
    9. Have a much needed holiday.
    10. De-clutter home so I can leave at the drop of a hat.

    Think 10 is enough for now - don't want to overdo it!
  • Mrs_Ryan
    Mrs_Ryan Posts: 11,834 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Here's mine :)
    1) keep the 4 stone off I lost last year and add to it- another stone would be nice :)
    2) I really, really want to be in a size 14 by the end of the year!!
    3) sort out this dam pain in my back :mad;
    4) get back to work of some description;
    5) pass the first year of my degree;
    6) make it happen ;) (I know what I mean!)
    *The RK and FF fan club* #Family*Don’t Be Bitter- Glitter!* #LotsOfLove ‘Darling you’re my blood, you have my heartbeat’ Dad 20.02.20
  • esmf73
    esmf73 Posts: 1,793 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic
    My resolution is to look after myself this year. This includes

    Losing weight - have joined slimming world and am determined to stick to it.
    Exercising - have signed up to do the Yorkshire 3 peaks for Altzheimers research on 19 July
    To get a job - so that I can pay for a sunny holiday - no where flash, but fancy some sun!!
    Me, OH, grown DS, (other DS left home) and Mum (coming up 80!). Considering foster parenting. Hints and tips on saving £ always well received. Xx

    March 1st week £80 includes a new dog bed though £63 was food etc for the week.
  • hazyjo
    hazyjo Posts: 15,475 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    1. Win a holiday somewhere warm, preferably all inclusive
    2. Enter all comps ending that day (or at least most days)
    3. Finish decorating house
    4. Buy (throughout the year) and distribute Christmas presents before Christmas (already bought a lot of them - and birthday presents :D). I'm always running round like a headless chook trying to find gifts.
    5. Eat healthier
    6. Lose weight, or at least be fitter (don't get bus to/from station unless it's peeing down! Already broken that one, but determined to do better now I've listed it!).

    Thanks :)

    Jx
    2024 wins: *must start comping again!*
  • Amanda65
    Amanda65 Posts: 2,076 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    What a fab thread. Here's my two penneth worth

    1) Have achieved savings goals for the year so we don't end the year
    robbing Peter to pay Paul - yet again
    2) Keep up diet so I do not look like a blob in photos
    3) Give more time to OH and less to FB in the evenings :(
    4) Volunteer

    Lots of other stuff as well but those are the main ones/
  • 1. Catch up with Council Tax payments-£249 (old) & £299 (current)
    2. Get a better job (not NMW or agency)
    3. Pass (at least 70%) Level 2 French module
    4. Ring Mum once a week
    5. Visit Mum in Spain at least twice
    6. Go to yoga or swimming at least once a week
    7. Repaint kitchen and gloss where needed
    8. Walk dog more
    9. Cook proper meals more often
    10. Find love again?
    "The best things in life are free"
    FREEBIES 2011: 3x eye cream (product testing), £100 M&S vouchers (Sky upgrade), Greenzone DVD (online DVD rental), 3x Finish Quantamatic (vouchers)
    WINS 2011: Dorset ceareals minis x18, £10 Lottery, £10 Velvet Tree, Maybelline One-by-one mascara, Rimmel Match Perfection

  • robin_banks
    robin_banks Posts: 15,778 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Win Miss World
    Travel the world
    Save the dolphins
    Take on the corporatist scum
    "An arrogant and self-righteous Guardian reading tvv@t".

    !!!!!! is all that about?
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