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Back to DFW but not back to Square One.

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  • Dorastar
    Dorastar Posts: 2,174 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    Glad to see you back on here Mr B and glad that I am not the only one whose debt and waist size seem to have expanded greatly. I have more debt, but less weight to shift. Good luck with the phone!
    Mortgage £119,533 going down slowly
    Emergency fund £1000/£1000
    Savings for big things £9017
  • jetplane
    jetplane Posts: 1,615 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    :eek: 7k overspend in 2 months, pray tell what you needed to buy to stop christmas sucking? On a positive note, congrats on the new job, is it possible to walk to your new workplace, save money and lose pounds, double whammy? :p
    The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. Steve Biko
  • EssexHebridean
    EssexHebridean Posts: 24,424 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    How's things going Mr B?
    🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
    Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
    Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
    £100k barrier broken 1/4/25
    SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculator
    she/her
  • Igamogam
    Igamogam Posts: 6,028 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud! Combo Breaker
    Mr B??

    How is new job and the debt busting??
    Be the change you want to see -with apologies to Gandhi :o
    In gardens, beauty is a by-product. The main business is sex and death. ~Sam Llewelyn
    'On the internet no one knows you are a cat' :) ;)
  • brizzledfw
    brizzledfw Posts: 7,302 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Hi Mr B...have seen you around previously (I have been around these diaries for a looooong time)..I do like the DFW boards....the peeps on here are so supportive and i know that other threads can be a bit..well...less so :eek:

    Do keep posting. You'll crack this I know you will.

    I meant to go for a run this morning..haven't yet as have been working (psychologically important to get it done and out of the way before tomorrow)...but plan to go for a family walk and then will go for a pootle later.

    Will subscribe to cheer you on your way

    Brizzle
    MFiT-T4 Member No. 96 - 2022 is my MF goal :D
    Winter 17/18 Savings Rate Goal: 25% [October 30%] :T
    Declutter 60 items before 31.03.18 9/60 ** LSDs Target 10 for March 03/10 **AFDs 10/15 ** Sales/TCB Target 2018 £25/£500 NSDs Target 10 for March 02/10 Trying to be a Frugalista:rotfl::T
  • MrBloater
    MrBloater Posts: 750 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    New job is good. Real culture shock and it is taking longer to get used to than I thought it would. Debt-busting / Weight loss are both going nowhere at the moment - hence the lack of action on this diary. Am trying to keep motivated by reading other peoples but have precious little of interest to add to my own. Other than that, life's a gas.
    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)
  • SuperAllyB
    SuperAllyB Posts: 880 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper
    Did the iPhone survive?
  • MrBloater
    MrBloater Posts: 750 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    iPhone did indeed survive and works perfectly now. Had completely forgotten about my fix for it - DD is none the wiser as it had thawed out before she woke up that day.
    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)
  • Kitten868
    Kitten868 Posts: 1,785 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 1,000 Posts
    Yay for resurrection of the iPhone! Can't fix it all in a day. Get to grips with your new job and see how to go forward on pay day :) you know how this works by now. It's not an overnight fix but you have started making the changes im sure x
    Loan 1 £5200/£8000
    Loan 2 £300/£5800
    Total £5500/£13800
  • EssexHebridean
    EssexHebridean Posts: 24,424 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Happy to hear of the survival of the iPhone...and the survival of you as a result! :D

    As for the weightloss & debtbusting - maybe while you're still finding your feet with the new job etc just look at making sure that stuff doesn't get any worse if it doesn't get any better either?
    🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
    Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
    Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
    £100k barrier broken 1/4/25
    SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculator
    she/her
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