New but not new - Year 1 of 5!

michelle09

Will you start on the five year notebook now or wait until January 1st?

Betterthanever

I shall make do with my Mse notebook (a freebie from work) for the next few weeks and then hit 2018 using the new diary with a vengeance!!!

pinkypig

I love the idea if a 5 year diary (even though my goal is seven years my secret one is five shhhh:)).
The conundrum is do I spend £2.99 of my previous perrsonal spends on one?:rotfl:
I've decided to use my usual spend strategy so its in my Amazon basket where it will stay for two days and by then I'll know if I really want it or not:)

I love your approach - totally focussed, you'll sail through this I'm sure. Good luck!

PP x

debtfreeoneday

We opened accounts with passbooks this week as well! Certainly takes away the urge to spend!

Betterthanever

It's strange, in some ways that going retro seems to be the way forwards for me! DH thought I was a bit lala to start with but when I explained that it was to deter me from transferring cash back into the current account for buying unnecessary stuff he was all for embracing the passbook mentality!!

Quarter of the way through September and no shoes bought.... something's working!

£3.68 of this week's grocery budget left to see us through to the end of tomorrow so that's doable. Shepherd's pie and veg for dinner tonight so no spends needed for that.

And I'm tentatively starting back on the survey trail again. I've signed up to sw*gb*cks and am steadily racking points up. I'm not setting myself any sort of target but will see how I go before I lose the will to throw my phone out of the window! Anything will be better than nothing, though.

beanielou

Half way through September & no shoes bought== result

maia_evo

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I've decided to use my usual spend strategy so its in my Amazon basket where it will stay for two days and by then I'll know if I really want it or not:)

PP x[/QUOTE]

Nice one :T

Betterthanever

A couple of surveys done today and a NSD. Not overly exciting but that's ok.....I can't live in the fast lane of the MFW motorway every day!!

savingmore

omg indeed. saw yr post on bbandme thread and thought no, it can't be, but the :rotfl::rotfl: kinda gave it away!
you have been missed and you have made my evening. you are inspirational and i get inspired to cut back when you are on a roll!

ouch to hip (my mum just broke hers last week)...how did you do it?

subscribed.

Betterthanever

I was training for a marathon.....and got a stress fracture! One minute I was running happily, the next minute I couldn't put one foot in front of the other. It happened 4 months ago so has been ages already.

Needless to say I'm not a happy bunny when I am curtailed, exercise wise.....