Last few steps of my journey need somewhere to keep focused

LastFewSteps

What a busy day, glad to be home at last but its not for long as we have ds2 sports presentation tonight

Had to do a bit of school shopping today bags, pens, files etc before the children start back on Monday, can't believe half term is nearly over already :(also got my grandfather some lovely feet heater socks in the sale for £2 as he's always complaining his feet are cold so hopefully he will be a bit warmer now
Got to update my book later but I've made a couple of payments that were due to go out today and ive now dropped down another £505 yippeeeeee :j I should be under 10k end of next week I will not be beaten :rotfl:

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Been a really busy few days,
DS2 birthday celebrations over the weekend so been a bit spendy, can't believe how quickly they're growing up
Finally there are no more meals or celebrations and only one more sports evening out this month and then we are free of extra spends
Dh old car seems to have been fixed, fingers crossed it stays that way and I can sell it as soon as mine is fixed I'm praying these cars stay fixed and stop taking it in turns to have something go wrong !
Not much else been paid this week, got a couple of things to go out on Friday which will bring my total down need to update my book of doom later :eek:
Listed another load on eb@y, and booked into a craft market in 2 weeks fingers crossed I sell a few pieces or get some commissions
Have done lots of reading this week for my course and still got loads to do, my house looks a bit like a library at the moment !
Off to have lunch with my grandfather today and will spend the rest of the afternoon there, Reading !
Not long until the kiddies finish school for summer hols and then I will save a small fortune on petrol
The house I like is still for sale ! I think it's waiting for me

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Had five mins spare so updated my book of doom now urgh it looks terrible never mind, everything that needs paying is paid and everything due to be paid is sitting there waiting so all on track
Made a payment of £80.58 due to go out Friday but I couldn't wait
That mountain of money owed will soon be a hill

LastFewSteps

Lovely sunny day here at last :T maybe summers on its way :j

I'm half way to another £5 on SB
Need to buy washing powder today, shopping day is tomorrow at ald1 but I can't put it off I have baskets of washing that seem to grow bigger every day :mad:

Today is mostly being spent
Reading and sorting through some paperwork that needs filing, also need to check stock for the next craft fayre and start a couple of new paintings

I will beat you debt

LastFewSteps

Weekly shop has been done for the grand total of £45.90 thanks to ald1 and l1dl
Made two small payments today so my total has dropped down a teeny bit catalogue 1 will be cleared on Tuesday, can't wait ! :T
Should also reach my next £5 on SB this weekend
Feeling a little annoyed that CC2 won't be paid this month due to the tax credit reduction :mad: but it's only added another month to my timings so I shouldn't get fed up, but I was really looking forward to getting rid of the thing
Sun seems to have disappeared and I just bought a few bits to have a weekend bbq ! Typical weather, will bbq under umbrellas :rotfl:
More reading and course notes to do this afternoon and ds2 has sports tonight, so late home = easy meal of egg, beans and chips for tea

The end seems so far away some days and then within reach on others, we'll get there eventually

LastFewSteps

Windy but no rain here so we might just get a bbq after all
Going out for a drive later as I've been stuck at home reading most of the week so need a bit of scenery change
looking forward to getting under 10k next week
I can do it, I can do it

themarsbargirl

Oh it's not a bbq if it doesn't rain

Congrats on your upcoming milestone :T for some reason I'm madly excited about it as well for you!

You're doing great and have made great progress!

DebtFree2012

Doing fab - are "we" at 10k yet?

LastFewSteps

WooooooooHoooooo I've paid off catalogue 1 :T

I'm now under 10k :j :j :j

Since joining MSE I've paid off £2677.24 :T :j :T :j

I know I would never have done that if I hadn't joined this wonderful place, it's been so helpful having something to keep me focused :T

I have a few more pennies coming in during this month which will all go towards the next battle with CC2
Starting with my latest £5 from SB when it arrives in my account, a few eb@y bits ending, got a craft fayre at the weekend fingers crossed it will be a good one, I haven't had any time to get any more of my 'real' work in yet as I've had so much reading to do for my course, also did my first mystery shop hopefully it was ok and I can pay that towards CC2 too
I was a bag of nerves doing the mystery shop which is so silly because I'm a confident person and will have a go at anything, but, I do have a shocking memory at times and so I had worked myself up so much about forgetting everything that I was actually shaking going into the store :rotfl:
Managed to get through it and once I'd got back in my car to go home I realised I hadn't taken note of any of the staff members names :mad: I did think of going back into the store but I didn't want to turn into jelly again, so will have to wait and see if it matters.

Had a lovely sunny day in the garden yesterday, gave everything a good clean, weeded the pots and the teeny bit of garden and then we had our first meal of the year outside in the sun and apart from £15 on petrol it was a no spend day
Today is a spend day as I have to finally collect the battery for my car and new brake pads, all in one go as usual with these cars, the joys of motoring :mad:

Tea tonight is wedges and sausages for the kiddies and wedges, roast peppers, onions, garlic and chorizo for us, yum

Right off I go to do more reading, I may actually get lost among the books there are so many of them scattered across my desk :eek:

DebtFree2012

Ahhh I have a lovely vision of an old library filled with books now Congratulations big time on what you have paid off. I would be the same without MSE - scr£wed!