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  • LEJC
    LEJC Posts: 9,618 Forumite
    morning all...


    Up early this morning...no reason just one of those nights where the brain kept ticking and sleep just didnt want to happen...so ive got up and started the day


    Shall I do the toast and tea/coffee run for all?
    frugal October...£41.82 of £40 food shopping spend for the 2 of us!

    2017 toiletries challenge 179 out 145 in ...£18.64 spend
  • dipdap
    dipdap Posts: 6,181 Forumite
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    Tweets wrote: »
    Yeah, I took my tobacco out as I didn't want comments about my ability to smoke whilst trying to save money :rotfl:

    Aaaaah I see :rotfl:
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  • dipdap
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    LEJC wrote: »
    morning all...


    Up early this morning...no reason just one of those nights where the brain kept ticking and sleep just didnt want to happen...so ive got up and started the day


    Shall I do the toast and tea/coffee run for all?

    Can I have a tea and some toast please :)

    My kids have found a new cheap snack :j whoopsied bread toasted and garlic butter (those Ts ingredients one we all keep picking up)
    Makes it into garlic bread :j
    Historic Debt August 2009 = £63,600 10th March 2017 = £0 100% paid all gone!
    Mortgage started June 2015 = £170,000 January 2022 = £134,000
    Saving for Xmas 2022= . . Amazon £55
    If you focus on what you have left behind, you won't see what lies ahead - Gusteau
  • LEJC
    LEJC Posts: 9,618 Forumite
    dipdap wrote: »
    Can I have a tea and some toast please :)

    My kids have found a new cheap snack :j whoopsied bread toasted and garlic butter (those Ts ingredients one we all keep picking up)
    Makes it into garlic bread :j


    That sounds a good and easy thing to try...one of the things that kept me awake last night was the thought of whether I needed tiger sausage rolls....I think I was mentally going through shopping lists in my head and at one point I almost got up to check who the sausage rolls compared too...sad or what?


    hot buttered toast...tea coffee and a selection of spreads...help yourself...just off to get the others up for the day.
    frugal October...£41.82 of £40 food shopping spend for the 2 of us!

    2017 toiletries challenge 179 out 145 in ...£18.64 spend
  • bubbs
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    Morning dip your about early again
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • bubbs
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    Right im off too t's for a look before work :wave:
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • dipdap
    dipdap Posts: 6,181 Forumite
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    bubbs wrote: »
    Morning dip your about early again

    DD has docs early doors.
    Trying to get everyone out the door on time is a nightmare if I don't get up at the crack of dawn :D
    Historic Debt August 2009 = £63,600 10th March 2017 = £0 100% paid all gone!
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  • Dizzy_Ditzy
    Dizzy_Ditzy Posts: 17,474 Ambassador
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    LEJC wrote: »
    morning all...


    Up early this morning...no reason just one of those nights where the brain kept ticking and sleep just didnt want to happen...so ive got up and started the day


    Shall I do the toast and tea/coffee run for all?

    Can I have a cup of tea please?

    My bus didn't turn up again this morning and I am frozen :(
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  • Evangeline1971
    Evangeline1971 Posts: 1,987 Forumite
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    Good morning everyone :)

    I'm feeling rather positive today about my life. Recently I haven't been living my life in line with the teachings of The Secret http://www.thesecret.tv/living.html

    The Secret teaches about how good thoughts attract good things to happen to us and bad thought attract bad things. Recently I've been a bit down and dwelling on how much I hate my job :( well no more! Yesterday I tidied my office and it made me feel so much better about being in work :) I feel ok about going to work today :)

    Also I've decided to try and be a bit more generous towards others after reading a message from the Secret Scrolls. A couple months ago an elderly disabled man was in front of me at the checkout. He didn't have enough money to pay for all his shopping so started to put some back. I gave him some money and an APG, not a lot and I wish it could have been more but my financial situation is very tight also. Within days of this I found a £20 note on the floor in Sada. The day after I found £20 in a handbag I hadn't used for ages and then the next day someone gave me some money I'd forgotten they owed me!! Being generous really does bring more back to you :j

    A Secret Scrolls message from Rhonda Byrne
    Creator of The Secret

    If somebody had told me eight years ago that the way out of my financial struggle and difficulties was in giving, I would have thought they were crazy; after all, my thinking at that time was that I had nothing to give. I was barely surviving myself! But after I discovered The Secret, I realized how wrong that thinking was.

    In fact, the effects of giving can be so great that its practice has become known as 'the law of prosperity.' Dating back to Ancient Egypt and Babylonia, human beings have known and practiced tithing - that is, giving a certain percentage of one's income. The practice of tithing has been a part of many cultures and religions across the world, and continues to the present day. The word 'tithe' actually means 'one tenth,' and here at The Secret we follow this tradition. From the moment we received our first dollar of revenue, long before we made a profit, The Secret has tithed 10% of all revenue received.

    Everyone wants to give, but the problem for most people is that by the time they've finished taking care of themselves and their family, and get around to the giving part, they've got nothing left. Wealthy people will tell you that to see the revolutionary financial benefits of tithing, it has to be a priority, and the first thing you do when you receive your income.

    Having plenty of money or having a lack of money is based on what we constantly hold in our mind, and the law of attraction will obey and faithfully fulfill either one equally. Tithing is a powerful way to revolutionize your mind about money; the very act of tithing says that there is plenty of money, because you're giving some away. As a consequence, it will increase the flow of money and all good things into your life. And, you will discover that the joy and happiness you receive in return is far beyond the monetary value of what you gave.

    So, who do you tithe to? Choose something that inspires YOU and that elicits strong positive feelings of joy and happiness in you. If those emotions subside after a while, feel free to change where you tithe. You can begin at 5% or lower, and work your way up to 10%.

    The basis of my new book, HERO, is that you can be or do anything and make your greatest dream come true. In the spirit of giving and making dreams come true, The Secret donates 12% of revenue from sales of HERO to the various charities and foundations of HERO's contributors. Here are all the ways people's lives and our world are changed when someone purchases a copy of HERO:
  • Westvleteren
    Westvleteren Posts: 4,489 Forumite
    Morning :)

    Looks like another day of crap weather here - a bit of a comedown for me. Feels like I have come back to the frozen north.

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    Something unexpected happened which made me smile and still continues to make me smile.

    ...............................................

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