Fat, forty and financially f**ked

mothsinmywallet_2

Desk fits brilliantly, lunch out with friend was lovely now come the !!!!!! on Boris and spit it out. 

sonyarita

It's amazing what you can get on gumtree!! I always check gumtree etc first to see if I can get a bargain...easy on the purse and better for the environment so win win ☺️

mothsinmywallet_2

It was like it was meant to be!

Parkyp

Morning, just started reading you diary last night, I keep hearing so much about YNAB, can you do it on mobile phone or do you need a laptop. We’ve all made mistakes with debt that’s why we’ve came across this forum. Giving your daughter an allowance is a great idea, if she can’t afford it she will save and wait for next months allowance etc. You are surviving on your salary so I’d rather be in a job I love and get school holidays with children. You might feel differently when your kids get older. Keep up the good work 

mothsinmywallet_2

Thank you, that is actually a really good point. And when the debt is paid off we will have a further £350pcm to spare.

I (obviously) love YNAB. I started off with a free trial and never wanted to give it up. It has completely changed my attitude to money. 

EssexOstrich

Hi, just read your diary and feeling inspired to try making banana bread!! The thread title could’ve been my own and although I’m trying to financially un**ck myself the fatness is still beating me.

You’ve done brilliantly so far, well done

mothsinmywallet_2

I have lost a couple of pounds this week so feeling pretty chuffed! I am still the same weight as when I started this diary though. My new weight loss goal is to lose 1/4 pound a week. I will then be at target before my 50th birthday. I thought I'd try a very slow and steady approach 🤣

alt80

@mothsinmywallet_2 you need my wife on the food case she’s 48kg but if you eat out it’ll be 3 days of no breakfast and plain chicken salad no dressing etc for lunch and dinner haha. Yeah makes me want to go and eat about three Maccies in a row but does keep me on the straight and narrow with the weight so I don’t lol. Same today because we had wine and toffee apples yesterday haha. 

Reading your diary kind of shocks me sometimes. I really want a new desk for my home office see a Timothy Oulton Aviator one that looks like the wing of a plane. It’s about £2750 and 100 worth it but won’t do me any favours spending on the desk right now. Have a nice solid wood partners desk now could probably get £500 towards the other one but still £2250 I’d be spending that right now I don’t have. Anyway was feeling a bit annoyed about it, read about your desk hunt and did think I’m probably being a bit of a brat lol.

Career wise I’d say make all the cash you can but I really don’t understand why you’d enjoy the job that you do tbh. For me business is about profit. Enjoying the work yes but make as much as you can - only get one life.

mothsinmywallet_2

@alt80 One day I'll tell you how small our bathroom is. That will really shock you! And that is one bathroom for the 5 of us. 
Your wife weighs exactly half my weight btw 🤣

Your last sentence really tickled me. 'You only get one life' means exactly the opposite to me.

teapot2

Well done on the desk bargain