When things hit rock bottom the only answer is to fight the way back up...

Suffolk_lass

Hello HI - I'm back from holidays and just catching up. I am so pleased that you have the DLA award - I can stop nagging now!

Re your eating habits - You could try eating what you cook and just don't have the carb bits that are easy to leave off your plate; like potatoes, or bread - stick to the meat and veg parts (except things like lasagne, where it would be silly to leave out the pasta!) - then your body would have more vitamins and protein to work on, instead of feeding it foods it will try to store as fats. It's a really easy way to eat more healthily and I promise you will feel better. You could still have a bit of toast (for weekend lunch or breakfast, for instance) but just cut it down and replace it with better foods.

Toni'sfriend

Morning, Hidden
Hope you're feeling a bit brighter today.

redofromstart

Morning, reporting back to say cocoa is £1.69 for 250g in Lidl.

The butter on the other hand has now gone up to £1.30 a packet :eek: That's a 15% increase in a fortnight.I should have bought some baking spread but I was too busy chuntering to myself about the butter increase to think.

mummytogirls

Hope you're ok HI xx

Hiddenidenity

mummytogirls wrote: »

Hope you're ok HI xx

Still alive. Guess that's still more than some

Thank you x

Hiddenidenity

Debt 25/08/17

Council Tax [STRIKE]£2092.71[/STRIKE] £1560 (£40 paid)
Fine 1 [STRIKE]£1250[/STRIKE] £1050 (£25 paid)
Fine 2 [STRIKE]£200[/STRIKE] £15 (£5 paid)
Aunt £1000
Mum £340 + [STRIKE]£87[/STRIKE]
Step Dad £1000
Friend [STRIKE]£1379[/STRIKE] £1360

Total [STRIKE]£7348.71[/STRIKE] £6325 (£1023.71 paid)


Rent arrears [STRIKE]£3381.28[/STRIKE] £2960 (£421.28 paid)

Debt + Rent [STRIKE]£10722.99[/STRIKE] £9285 (£1437.99 paid)

Hiddenidenity

August goals

Money
£100 to council tax - £100/100
£100 Groceries - £71.35/£100
£100 to other debt £140/£100
Buy uniforms - £213 (Just shoes and wellies! left)

I want to hit £1000 paid of the debt before the end of the month :cool: not including the rent arrears.[STRIKE] Maybe aim high and say a goal of £1500 paid off including rent arrears probably won't make that though.[/STRIKE] Did the first part

[STRIKE]Make £5 a day £155 [/STRIKE] Smashed it

Have 10 free days out 11/10
Library 6 times for the school challenge 8/6

[STRIKE]10 Items on eBay[/STRIKE] 19 Items sold :T

Suffolk_lass

Well done Hidden, you have smashed your August targets. You also maintained a happy and contented little family unit, making sure your children and happy and contented, got a job, decorated a room and reviewed and updated your own health and wellbeing situation, updating meds and moving to the next stage. Fantastic progress.

Toni'sfriend

Well done Hidden, you have smashed your August targets. You also maintained a happy and contented little family unit, making sure your children and happy and contented, got a job, decorated a room and reviewed and updated your own health and wellbeing situation, updating meds and moving to the next stage. Fantastic progress.

Absolutely. That's a lot to have achieved in a month, Well done,

Suffolk_lass

...not to mention getting the income support and DLA resolved!