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Dancing in the Rain

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  • parsniphead
    parsniphead Posts: 2,897 Forumite
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    Well done for not buying the bag. I have an eye on a bag but will not buy it.........

    Bags are the work of the devil.;)
    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: 10,200 Forumite
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    Feeling bleurgh today.

    I WFH.

    After work, I forced myself to get out of the house and dropped my return item at a parcel collection point. They won’t pick it up until Monday so I expect my account will be credited next Friday. I will then look at the bag again as I should have enough credit to buy it (although I will still wait for a reuction or a voucher)

    I got some yellow sticker bargains. MnS: Fishcakes, reduced from £3 for 2 to 75p for 2 and gluten free too. (4 packs) I had 2 for supper and they are lovely. They will make good lunch box items for work too with some raw veggies on the side.

    My luxury item was a small quantity of truffle oil. On poached eggs, this oil elevates a humble ingredient. A little luxury is essential to me to prevent me entering a poverty-poor-me mindset and blowing my DF plan out of the water.

    Happy Saturday fellow debt busters

    DIA x
    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 800/1000
    Buffer fund 0/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/072025
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,200 Forumite
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    Woke up and drew back the curtains to a big dead fox IN THE MIDDLE OF MY LAWN. :eek: Called RSPCA and vets for a quote to remove. No can do. Called my council. It seems they can remove the body if I call environmental health tomorrow.

    Unable to relax with a dead body so nearby. I used the adrenaline to clean my dining/work room. Floor steam mopped. Lots decluttered. Surfaces wiped. AMAZING what a difference a thorough clean can do. :)

    Still feeling low. I can see a few other people here do too. Maybe the weather isn't helping. Anyway, the clean, clear, decluttered room is somehow calming. :)

    I hate having to wait until the end of January before I can make a dent in my debt again :(

    Burning sage and rosemary and sprinkling orange oil on the floor before steaming

    Off to find more items to get out of the house

    I hope your Sunday has been more relaxing than mine has

    DIA x
    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 800/1000
    Buffer fund 0/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/072025
  • parsniphead
    parsniphead Posts: 2,897 Forumite
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    It is a funny old day today. The weather is making me want to eat rubbish and sleep.

    Well done on sorting a room. I started....then stopped. I just want to snooze.

    Bad news about the fox. Not nice to have it hanging around. I hope the council sort it for you.
    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.
  • RosaBernicia
    RosaBernicia Posts: 4,909 Forumite
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    Hope the council sort it quick DIA. Cleaning is amazing isn't it... shifting stagnant energy :)


    Rosa xx
    Debt free May 2016... DFW#2 in progress
    Campervan paid off summer '21... MFW progress tbc
  • in_need_of_direction
    in_need_of_direction Posts: 7,785 Forumite
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    How is it that stress points you in the direction of cleaning while directing me towards spending and chocolate
    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.
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,200 Forumite
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    in_need_of_direction wrote: »
    How is it that stress points you in the direction of cleaning while directing me towards spending and chocolate
    Ha, ha, good point. Most stress and I want to eat chocolate and spend money too, but there’s a sort of stress that I can’t eat with or sit still, or sleep very well and I have that one. Off to hoover the stairs….
    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 800/1000
    Buffer fund 0/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/072025
  • MuffinTops
    MuffinTops Posts: 2,477 Forumite
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    Hello DIA,

    Good luck with your second income stream. Do you use cashback sites etc? I started looking into this sort of thing a few years ago and came up with a few solutions. The only thing is that some of these second streams pay so little for the time you need to put in.

    MTxx
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,200 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    You know when you force a good day out of the universe? Well I did that…

    I decluttered stuff to the charity shop, including a first edition of a book more than 100 years old to Oxfam. I hope they get good money for it. I don’t need to own it anymore. :)

    I gave a stranger my paper as she asked, although I hadn’t really finished with it. :)

    I washed my hair :)

    I bought healthy veggies and fruits. :)

    I walked and avoided paying fares. :)

    I wore eyeliner, tinted moisturiser, blusher and lip tint. I wore earrings too. Go me. :)

    Despite paying promptly (me) and endless promises (them) I chased environmental health 5 times and faked a sunny nature to ensure they get rid of the dead fox in my garden today…

    GUESS WHAT?

    THERE IS STILL A DEAD FOX IN MY GARDEN :mad::mad::mad:

    I am composing a complaint letter in my head…

    Forcing myself to find something to be grateful for....

    This could have happened in Summer. I am grateful it is winter.

    Welcome to the week everyone

    DIA x
    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 800/1000
    Buffer fund 0/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/072025
  • brizzledfw
    brizzledfw Posts: 7,302 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Blimey. I didn't expect that!!

    Hope all OK with you this week xx
    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
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