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Goodbye Bloater, Hello Boater.
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Ever since I told the big boss back in June that I didn't want to be sitting at the top table anymore I had a nagging (by nagging I mean gnawing, all-encompassing, devouring) doubt about how we would cope with the drop in my salary - but I kept my head in the sand (as there was nowhere else to put it at the time) and feared the worst - thinking a £500pcm drop was going to be pretty hard to swallow. Finally went through my paperwork and doing some calculations on my epic all-compassing spreadsheet it looks more like around £200 I'm going to have to get the begging bowl out for. Not perfect but a helluva lot less damaging than I've been bracing myself (by bracing myself I mean beating myself up) for. In other positive news my knees have been pretty damn cool this weekend and we have collected considerably more ebayable material which I will have to start photographing next weekend. It's going to be a good week methinks.2011: 301k in debt and morbidly obese (DFW)
2014: Goodbye Bloater, Hello Boater (DFW)
2015: Got here by luck, intending to stay by judgement (MFW)
2015: Back to DFW, but not back to Square One (DFW)0 -
Great stuff Mr B - just a shame you've been worrying all this time.
:T to your knees :T.A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
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Eb*y may well be a different animal since you were last there...........lots of unrest amongst sellers
Be the change you want to see -with apologies to Gandhi
In gardens, beauty is a by-product. The main business is sex and death. ~Sam Llewelyn
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Am finding it difficult to keep this diary up - not cos I've veered offcourse. In fact because of the complete opposite. Weight loss is still ongoing, I'm now fitting into things I have not been able to wear for over 5 years and my weight has also returned to its 2008 level. It's all very MSE as it means I have a completely 'new' work wardrobe without spending a dime. And the budgeting is going OK too, plus the weekend after next is time to get listing.
World of Bloater has become a very sedate place. And I hope I don't regret writing that.2011: 301k in debt and morbidly obese (DFW)
2014: Goodbye Bloater, Hello Boater (DFW)
2015: Got here by luck, intending to stay by judgement (MFW)
2015: Back to DFW, but not back to Square One (DFW)0 -
Great stuff Mr B :TA positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort Mortgage Balance = £0
"Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"0
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Brilliant news.Mortgage at 01.01.14 £119,481.83:eek: today £0 Emergency fund £5.5/5.5k & £200/200 cash.:jWeight 24/02/19 14st 7lb now 12st determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection.:T100%through my 1% mortgage challenge. 100% through my pb challenge.0
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Fantastic news!Must use my stash up!0
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Amen to the unrest in ebay land. May be thats why ebay are concentrating on advertising their Gumtree arm on TV.
Good to hear the wieght is coming down mrb.Never Knowingly Understood.
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sedate is good
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All sounding good...............what has changed in Mr B land re weight and budgeting? Sometimes its good to document the what sounds ordinary and mundane as that can be the key and people who read these diaries are often just looking for that tiny key to get them started..............its not always extreme yoghurt knitting that will get the results:)Be the change you want to see -with apologies to Gandhi
In gardens, beauty is a by-product. The main business is sex and death. ~Sam Llewelyn
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