The long haul supporters thread...

ltm07

Sorry ISOM, it's that show that used to be on in the afternoons with the little bald fella Dominic Littlewood, where he haggles shop assistants into knocking the prices of goods down & then gets the genaeral public to do the same! You are also doing brilliantly in the £8000 challenge, hopefully we will have paid off over a grand by the end of the month! I know what you are saying about days out & we are off to Alton Towers tomorrow as a surprise for DD. Whilst this is a little expensive we have tried to make it as cheap as possible by getting a half price ticket through the Walkers brittrip offers & also booked the other 2 tickets online which saves us another £14. Before LBM we would have just turned up at the gate & paid full whack so happy with saving a little in that respect. Also DD hasn't missed out on anything in the past to be honest & is getting to that awkward age now(13!) where she's a little too old for picnics etc. However OH & DD have talke me into getting a dog after our hols so we can start to make alot more use of our time. We have 2 huge parks on our doorstep so this will give us the incentive to get out more & not moping around the house, especially at weekends. I'm quite looking forward to be honest! All the best to you & all the other long haulers. Back on tomorrow!!

Keeping_Positive

Hello all

Sorry to hear about the car Dubgirl I would try Autotrader before the garage option.

ISOM you can update the 26% paid to 27.88% now. Great news you are ahead on the 8000 challenge.

Im happy to be near the 10% mark hoping to be nearer 23% if the car ever gets sold.

ltm07

ltm07 wrote: »

Sorry ISOM, it's that show that used to be on in the afternoons with the little bald fella Dominic Littlewood, where he haggles shop assistants into knocking the prices of goods down & then gets the genaeral public to do the same! You are also doing brilliantly in the £8000 challenge, hopefully we will have paid off over a grand by the end of the month! I know what you are saying about days out & we are off to Alton Towers tomorrow as a surprise for DD. Whilst this is a little expensive we have tried to make it as cheap as possible by getting a half price ticket through the Walkers brittrip offers & also booked the other 2 tickets online which saves us another £14. Before LBM we would have just turned up at the gate & paid full whack so happy with saving a little in that respect. Also DD hasn't missed out on anything in the past to be honest & is getting to that awkward age now(13!) where she's a little too old for picnics etc. However OH & DD have talke me into getting a dog after our hols so we can start to make alot more use of our time. We have 2 huge parks on our doorstep so this will give us the incentive to get out more & not moping around the house, especially at weekends. I'm quite looking forward to be honest! All the best to you & all the other long haulers. Back on tomorrow!!

Hello all again! Well not long got back from Alton Towers & have had a great day, although from about 2pm onwards it was a bit of a washout(typical British Bank Holiday weather eh:rolleyes: ) but that didn't stop us geting even more wet on the log flume:D !! The look on DD's face when we arrived at Alton Towers though was lovely to see & did make today worth every penny. As you all know, I have been a bit down the last few days & the debts have been niggling me & I never did speak to OH about how I was feeling(is that a good thing or a bad thing I don't know , it is sometimes good to talk & get things out in the open I suppose,but at the same time if I'm feeling down it will get OH down too, so I've pulled through this latest downer on my own. We have all enjoyed ourselves no end today & we know that we can't have these sort of treats very often, but then again not many can, which in it's own sort of way makes treats like this more enjoyable. It took our minds off things & gave us a break from the old routine. In fact I think it was the sort of break we needed to knuckle down again & get stuck into this debt busting! Thanks again for all your support & if & when any of you are going through a bad patch, don't be afraid to let it all out on here & I will try to offer you the same level of support that you fantastic people have given me. All the best!

In_Search_Of_Me

aww ltm...do talk to your oh...have a snuggle on the sofa and chat about it. While we are happy to support you any way we can theres nowt like a lovely hug from an OH (must get me one of those lol!!)...I bet if you do she will say she noticed you were feeling a bit naff but didnt want to hassle you plus may well admit to feeling the same herself...please share it with her. Better and worse means just that...means that when you get the good bits its even more special to share! Hugs for you & great that you had a good day at alton towers! Went there when I was at school which is, worryingly, decades ago!!

Keeping_Positive

Glad you and family had a great day LTM

ltm07

Thanks again to you both. You're right ISOM, I should open up to OH more often & I guess sometimes we do bottle too many things up too often & that's when the arguments tend to happen! It is ages since I've been to Alton Towers too but not as long ago a you,but then again it is only half hour down the road for me so it is so convenient to get to. DD has never been & I remember as a kid having so many happy memories of going there & we just thought that it would be a great day out for her. She loved it & says she is going there again next year with school as it is one of the trips they do on their activity days. She is off to West Midlands Safari Park in July with school & she paid the £18 for the trip out of her pocket money! We would have paid for her but she does know things are tight so she said she didn't mind using her pocket money, bless her! It just shows how much she does appreciate us & we will more than make up for it when things get a little easier! Thanks for your kind words & back on tomorrow, take care!

dubgirl

Evening all! LTM glad you had a lovely day, sometimes a break like that is just what you need. We would go ga ga if all we did was obsess about debts. Remember its good to talk. hope everyone had a good Sunday, been chucking it down here, so stayed in warm and cosy doing very little, which was great.

In_Search_Of_Me

aww Ltm what a lovely DD you have! Do try & chat to OH...bet it will be an eaier load to shoulder with both of you bearing it....
Chucking it down here until I got home then it stopped!! Typical eh!

ltm07

In_Search_Of_Me wrote: »

aww Ltm what a lovely DD you have! Do try & chat to OH...bet it will be an eaier load to shoulder with both of you bearing it....
Chucking it down here until I got home then it stopped!! Typical eh!

First of all thanks Dubgirl for your comments. I had a week's holiday last week & we have spent around £200 altogether on a pub dinner & the Alton Towers trip. To be fair I am due another £400 pre tax bonus next week so in theory we haven't overspent;) ! It did give us a bit of a break from debt busting & we all feel better for having a bit of a blowout & we are sensible enough to get things back on track. As for DD ISOM she is a great kid & we're so proud of her. She had her school report on Friday & it was excellent & we always promise to treat her if she gets a good report &, so yesterday's treat came at the right time!! She can obviously be the typical teenager at times like most kids, but all in all she is well mannered, kind & considerate & we're really proud of her!

dubgirl

Hi everyone, thanks LTM thats very kind of you. Your DD sounds lovely. Had a good bank holiday, OH starts a new job tomorrow, so hopefully we should be marginally better off in the future.