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honeypooh1980
honeypooh1980 Posts: 98 Forumite
edited 15 May 2015 at 12:39PM in Debt free diaries
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Lloyds CC: [STRIKE]£8651[/STRIKE] £8307 - Barclaycard CC: [STRIKE]£813[/STRIKE] £1208
MBNA CC: [STRIKE]£2712[/STRIKE] £2005 - Mint CC: [STRIKE]£782[/STRIKE] £976
TOTAL Start debt at 10th June 2015 : £12,972 :eek:
Current debt (8th October 2015): £12,496 = 3.67%

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  • Cloudy456
    Cloudy456 Posts: 205 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Hi and welcome! You've made an important first step and you will find loads of support and inspiration on here. I can imagine how worrying it is, dealing with the stress of your husband finding out on top of the debt itself. People will no doubt have their own opinions about whether you should tell him or not, but personally I think that's for you to decide. Some of the best tips I have got from this site are to do with keeping a spending diary - it really helps you work out where those small amounts are going and they really do add up! Best of luck!
  • Well i've got a little note book (got some for Christmas) and am using it as a spending diary - scary already! Hoping the spending diary will help with the diet as it will help me cut down on buying lunches and snacks etc.

    I counted up my penny pot last night and have £25 in there plus sold two items to a friend who gave me £25 for them today.

    I have £30 in my purse and will take out my weekly £30 on Friday - i'm going out for the day on Friday so need to not spend too much.

    I'm going to try and add £1 to my penny pot every day and at the end of the year it should pay for most of the Christmas presents. Christmas 2013 was exceptionally expensive as we hosted 11 people and catered for everyone including booze. We bought way too much so at least all i have to do this year is presents.

    Had another bid on one of my items on ebay and am going to have another look this weekend for more items i could sell.

    I've given up shopping on QVC for lent which will be hard but i've deleted the app from my phone to make it harder to shop!
    Lloyds CC: [STRIKE]£8651[/STRIKE] £8307 - Barclaycard CC: [STRIKE]£813[/STRIKE] £1208
    MBNA CC: [STRIKE]£2712[/STRIKE] £2005 - Mint CC: [STRIKE]£782[/STRIKE] £976
    TOTAL Start debt at 10th June 2015 : £12,972 :eek:
    Current debt (8th October 2015): £12,496 = 3.67%
  • National_Debtline
    National_Debtline Posts: 7,998 Organisation Representative
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hello there,

    Best of luck with your journey. Hope the ebay campaign goes well, I've a load of stuff that I should really sell - let me know how you get on!

    Best wishes,

    David.
    We work as money advisers for National Debtline and have specific permission from MSE to post to try to help those in debt. Read more information on National Debtline in MSE's Debt Problems: What to do and where to get help guide. If you find you're struggling with debt and need further help try our online advice tool My Money Steps
  • :) Hi, I can relate to what you are going through as my situation is similar (although I have a bigger debt and no savings !!)

    I will subscribe and support your journey
    05/03/14 £15,980 0n 2 CCs
    07/04/14 £15,690 On 2 CCs

    :eek: :(
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