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Dancing in the Rain

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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,574 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    I think we all feel like that to a degree.
    I know I do.
    The good thing is that you went :)
    Try not to worry too much about taking a few more hundred off the debt.
    You are doing so well :j :j
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    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
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  • it's weird, for me it's not so much where i'm from but how i've misspent various parts of my life and my weight. still it's clear that everyone has their own hang ups
    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 11st 12lb determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection.:T100%through my 1% mortgage challenge. 100% through my pb challenge. I’m not perfect but I’m good enough for now.
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,574 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    it's weird, for me it's not so much where i'm from but how i've misspent various parts of my life and my weight. still it's clear that everyone has their own hang ups

    WE do.
    I have a lot.
    We would not be human if we dident.
    My weight is way out of control.
    Just remember that you are just awesome & very inspirational.
    You just get on & do. xx
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • Michaelio
    Michaelio Posts: 9 Forumite
    I am very glad to hear that what doingitanyways said.
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,314 Forumite
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    Morning campers :)

    Thanks for all the postings, good to know we all have similar misgivings for different reasons in social situations.

    Beanielou, I agree, I will probably pay another £100 to debt at some stage this month but I will leave it there and not pressure myself :)

    Today
    It is so lovely not to have to go to work or have anywhere I have to be or anything I have to do. I have a few phone calls I need to catch up on, but other than that I am free :)
    I wonder if retired folk feel like that every day?

    Woken up with door banging. Note to self ‘don’t book a 6am shopping delivery again…’
    That said the early start means I have made soup with some home made, frozen stock and leeks reduced from £1.79 to 25p.

    I am going to make a frittata today with my 25p leeks, some cheese and tomato slices.

    I did not want to spend money today, but I have no fruit at all. I found lots of YS or Lid1 veggies but no fruit. Then again perhaps I will do without for a few days…

    Today I will garden for a few hours, do some cleaning, menu plan, read, and relax :)

    Happy Sunday everyone.
    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

    Emergency fund 3501000
    Buffer fund 0/100
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  • parsniphead
    parsniphead Posts: 2,897 Forumite
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    You've been a busy bee this morning. Boo to the 6am delivery though.

    It sounds like you have a nice relaxing day planned. I hope you enjoy it. Things are looking a bit dank here so I may have no garden time but I plan to spend the day plodding.
    1 debt v's 100 days chapter 34: T3sco bank CC £250/£525.24 47.59%

    [STRIKE]MBNA - [/STRIKE]GONE, [STRIKE]CAP ONE[/STRIKE] GONE, [STRIKE]YORKS BANK [/STRIKE]GONE, [STRIKE]VANQUIS[/STRIKE] GONE [STRIKE] TESCO - [/STRIKE], GONE
    TSB CARD, TSB LOAN, LLOYDS. FIVE DOWN, THREE TO GO.
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,314 Forumite
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    edited 25 June 2017 at 10:48PM
    My kitchen is really clean and organised except I didn’t steam clean the floor or wipe down the cupboard doors. Still,not too bad :)

    I slept this afternoon as I was tired so I went with it…

    A pottering and not a super productive day but it is Sunday and it should be about rest and I feel rested, not like I wasted the day, just rested :)

    As per usual I am obsessed with meals. I think it is because I am greedy, but also because when I eat right everything flows better. When I eat wrong I spend more, I feel unwell and out of control.

    I only need to buy fruit and eggs this week :)

    Breakfast
    --Frittata, beans and avocado
    --Fruit, yoghurt, seeds, nuts

    Lunch
    --Lentil and leek soup
    --Lentil, tomato and tarragon soup
    --Leftovers

    Main meal
    --Beef burgers, sweet potato wedges, tomato and red onion salad
    --Veggie curry and quinoa with cucumber raita and pickled red cabbage
    --Mackerel and egg salad with sweet potato chips
    --Veggie and halloumi kebabs with quinoa and tahini sauce.
    --Soup with chicken and avocado salad
    --Chickpea and minced beef falafels with jalapeño peppers, pickled red cabbage, tahini sauce and a coconut flour wrap
    --Spiced fish, coconut quinoa and pickled cabbage.

    Wishing you all a positive week :)
    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

    Emergency fund 3501000
    Buffer fund 0/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/072025
  • parsniphead
    parsniphead Posts: 2,897 Forumite
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    I swear i get healthier just reading you food lists.

    I hope you enjoyed your sunday afternoon snooze.:)
    1 debt v's 100 days chapter 34: T3sco bank CC £250/£525.24 47.59%

    [STRIKE]MBNA - [/STRIKE]GONE, [STRIKE]CAP ONE[/STRIKE] GONE, [STRIKE]YORKS BANK [/STRIKE]GONE, [STRIKE]VANQUIS[/STRIKE] GONE [STRIKE] TESCO - [/STRIKE], GONE
    TSB CARD, TSB LOAN, LLOYDS. FIVE DOWN, THREE TO GO.
  • Orange_Ena
    Orange_Ena Posts: 1,297 Forumite
    Ooh that food sounds amazing DIA ;)

    Have you booked that Portugal holiday yet? Go on........I dare you! If it only puts you back a month, go for it, plus you never know what may fall in your lap money wise before then. It would give you a little incentive to get through these last few months of being in debt. :D

    Have a brilliant week :)
    Debt Apr 15 - £6895.44 :( Apr 17 - £2500 :) Dec 17 - £560 :) July 18 - £199 :D
    CHEFS challenge (Cruise Holiday Entirely Funded by Surveys) - £685.79
    Every penny is a prisoner :D
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,314 Forumite
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    Orange_Ena wrote: »
    Ooh that food sounds amazing DIA ;)

    Have you booked that Portugal holiday yet? Go on........I dare you! If it only puts you back a month, go for it, plus you never know what may fall in your lap money wise before then. It would give you a little incentive to get through these last few months of being in debt. :D

    Have a brilliant week :)
    Oh Orange Ena, I was hoping no one would remember :o Confession time. I am not booking the holiday as it would push my DF date too far. It would be March 18 and I am unwilling to wait until Spring to be DF. January I can take, but not March. I will be going in 2018 instead as it is a brilliant adventure and I will enjoy it all the more for being debt free :)
    So brussel sprouts, stuffy rooms and polite conversations whilst watching repeats on TV for me ;)
    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

    Emergency fund 3501000
    Buffer fund 0/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/072025
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