Fat, forty and financially f**ked

Theamazingshrinkingwoman

Paid another £3.72 off CC1 to make the total debt paid off this month up to 3%. Read on another thread about thinking of the debt as 100 smaller parts and this felt like a good way to end month one.

Theamazingshrinkingwoman

Future pots now look like this:
Emergency £30/£1000
Car maintenance £100/£500
Car insurance £50/£700
Christmas 2019 £40/£400
France 2019 £20.90/£500

please-let-me-be-lucky

You are doing great :T.

Never underestimate the power of paying off tiny little bits, they all add up. I used to round down my bank account on a Friday and send the odd pennies (or the odd pounds if I was feel flush!) to the credit card. Made a massive difference in the end Xx

Theamazingshrinkingwoman

I'm becoming obsessed. This is a good thing, right?

Theamazingshrinkingwoman

Signed up for OnePoll. £5 sign up bonus plus £2.60 worth of surveys. Have spent less than 30 minutes on it so seems like good thing!

Theamazingshrinkingwoman

And Prolific Academic. Have also signed back into my YouGov account.

pidge04

The surveys sound good!

Theamazingshrinkingwoman

Any money from surveys/receipt hog etc is going to be put aside for Christmas.

Theamazingshrinkingwoman

I got over enthusiastic on the overpayments and pots for the future this month. Wasn't realistic so have had to take some back out of Christmas & France pots. It's not tight this month as such, it's just that I need to make sure I have allowed for everything. It all looks great until I remember something else!

And our dishwasher has died. I'm currently quite enjoying washing up but I'm sure the novelty will wear off very soon :rotfl:

Theamazingshrinkingwoman

Meals this week -

S - Honey garlic chicken, rice and broccoli
M - eggs/beans toast/lentil and buckwheat slice for DD's best mate who is vegan
T - Chicken thighs with pesto/roast veg/couscous
W - Sausages, mash, peas, carrots, onion gravy
T - Mac cheese, tuna, sweetcorn etc
F - Fish fingers, waffles, mixed veg
S - lasagne, garlic bread, salad