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The Ultimate Incentive muddles along

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  • Dinah93
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    Does anyone have an epic dinosaur toy recommendation? We saw a dummy tree the other week and now he's actually decided the dummy fairy (never in a month of sundays did I think I'd use that phrase) can have his beloved. He only has it at night but loves it. But the dummy fairy is apparently going to swap his dummy for a dinosaur. He has a box of little plastic models already but need it to be something inexpensive but wow enough to make it worth giving up the dummy for.
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  • Cinny91
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    Have you seen those dinosaur planters in Morrisons? They're £5 and pretty awesome. If you google image Morrisons dinosaur planter they come up.

    Small TT of £1.17 this morning. My wages hit the bank in the morning so will be able to do a chunk at the credit card!
  • Dinah93
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    Morning all. My first day without children for more than 1 hour in 8 weeks! I love love love the summer holidays, but real life (aka all the boring stuff) does fall by the wayside with two small people home all the time. I have a solid 5 1/2 hours today to crack on. So, priority list:
    • Confirm rainbows place
    • Do forms for Carol
    • Email to check I have B&B place next weekend
    • Make cake for playdate tonight
    • Write Ahimsa lesson plan
    • Speak to Polygon/C&L/Prodrive/DB
    • Speak to Tax Credits
    • Set up TF payment system
    • Send Invoices
    • Send my details to Marie/Rebecca for payment
    • Order new bank cards
    Debt January 1st 2018 £96,999.81
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  • wendz86
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    It's lovely that you enjoy summer holidays, I can only cope with a few days at a time :rotfl:. Must say though i'm finding it easier now the girls play with each other (when they aren't bickering).

    The joy of an office job is i can get all the little admin jobs done but the housework is falling behind.

    Good luck with the list Dinah!
  • Dinah93
    Dinah93 Posts: 11,466 Forumite
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    Hows everyone doing with the lbs challenge? I've not really been thinking about it, more being hopeful, but weighed in this morning and I've lost 6.6lbs in 3 weeks so I'm quite happy with that.
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  • wendz86
    wendz86 Posts: 7,171 Forumite
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    I have been awful with the losing weight, been sat here eating biscuits at work :o
  • Dinah93
    Dinah93 Posts: 11,466 Forumite
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    Eaten a lot of biscuits, I think it's just the not eating dairy anymore that's tipped the scales for me.

    Chirpily avoiding the things on the list I don't like the look of but plodding on at least :D
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  • kavics17
    kavics17 Posts: 2,235 Forumite
    I haven't stood on the scales tbh but wrote down measurements. Will check at the end of the month.

    I love the summer holiday. I had 4 weeks off and had a blast with mini Kavics. It was so great not rushing around and do whatever we wanted to do. I also love the routine so was nice to be back at work after 4 weeks :).

    I sold another pair of shoes and a pyjama, signiture updated.
  • Dinah93
    Dinah93 Posts: 11,466 Forumite
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    edited 17 September 2017 at 10:58PM
      [STRIKE]
    • Confirm rainbows place [/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]Do forms for Carol Will do tonight[/STRIKE]
      [STRIKE]
    • Email to check I have B&B place next weekend [/STRIKE]
      [STRIKE]
    • Make cake for playdate tonight [/STRIKE]
    • Write Ahimsa lesson plan Started
      [STRIKE]
    • Speak to Polygon/C&L/Prodrive/DB Spoke to all but have a LONG email to write as a result[/STRIKE]
      [STRIKE]
    • Speak to Tax Credits [/STRIKE]
      [STRIKE]
    • Set up TF payment system[/STRIKE]
      [STRIKE]
    • Send Invoices [/STRIKE]
      [STRIKE]
    • Send my details to Marie[/STRIKE]/Rebecca for payment Realised I'm doing another class for Rebecca this weekend so no point doing an invoice until after that
      [STRIKE]
    • Order new bank cards[/STRIKE]
    Debt January 1st 2018 £96,999.81
    Debt September 20th 2022 £2991.68- 96.92% paid off
    Met NIM 23/06/2008
  • I will get back to you tomorrow when I've checked size. So finger crossed.
    Total debt Feb 2012 = £54354.11 😳
    😁Debt Free and you can do it too
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