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  • Hi Snozberry,
    Well done on surviving that first week, its always a tough one :)
    I have to confess to feeling the same about sandwiches. Current lunches are tending to be pasta with some sauce and leftover chicken/bacon/etc that I can heat up in the microwave. For some reason hot food is always more appealing :)
    MFW 2024 £27500/7500 Mortgage £129,500 Jan 22 Final payment June 38 Now £68489.08 FP May 36 Emergency Fund £20,000 100% Added to ISA 24 £8,060 Save 12k in 24 #31 £20,034.76/20,000 Debt Free 31.07.14
  • I too am on the same countdown. After Christmas for some reason I find it really hard to get back into the swing of things. too much lovely time spent with family me thinks.
    I have to keep reminding myself that the wages help to pay for things!!!
    £1000 Emergency fund challenge #225 - £1000.00.00/£1000- End of Baby Step 3 (A work in progress)
  • snozberry
    snozberry Posts: 1,200 Forumite
    Hi Snozberry,
    Well done on surviving that first week, its always a tough one :)
    I have to confess to feeling the same about sandwiches. Current lunches are tending to be pasta with some sauce and leftover chicken/bacon/etc that I can heat up in the microwave. For some reason hot food is always more appealing :)

    I find hot food more appealing as well but I'm not that organised!
    foxyloxy11 wrote: »
    I have to keep reminding myself that the wages help to pay for things!!!

    I keep telling myself that I work to live and not live to work
  • snozberry
    snozberry Posts: 1,200 Forumite
    edited 22 January 2017 at 12:06PM
    bad bad week for emotional spending. I think that it is a combination of it being as miserable as sin outside, the week my mother died, being due on and being up to my eyeballs in work that has resulted in a few wobbles. I have no idea how much I have spent as I haven't logged onto my bank account this week. I have eaten rubbish food and had too many late nights as well. Grrrr!!!!!

    The cake was quite nice though. We all need cake.

    And the choccy left over from Chrimbo is disappearing.
  • snozberry
    snozberry Posts: 1,200 Forumite
    I get paid tomorrow - yay!!! When I was paid last month I moved a tad over 50% to my savings account and I am very proud to say that it is still there. This means that for the first time in my entire life I have managed to save £1000 in one pay day month. I have had a few wobbles this month but I did it. I really hope that I can do it again.

    Next months focus to is build on my buffer accounts. Now that things are more settled I will be back to fleabag and fb selling groups.

    On the up!!!
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