The long haul supporters thread...

Happytogetdebtfree

I would not like my oh planning the wedding he would well id end up with some crazy ideas that look good in his head currys for everyone lol i mean poor ma and pas would be not impressed lol !! we work on it as a team i say what i want within budget lol i get it hahah although im learning to negotiate on the prices hehe which is a relief to him he thinks he has to give me the world typical man :P now we just thrash ideas about see what suits the pockets :P xxx

poorbabe

Morning everyone. Thanks for your support for my recent post, I did feel good to get it off my chest

Still no idea of the repair costs for my computer and I didn't get the Freecycle tv but have decided to leave that for the time being as I'm getting used to my pink/green/blue tv!

Cycling to work continues with less stomach churning and a tad more confidence. Who knows, I might even be able to take one hand off the handlebars to signal right or left-hand turns before Christmas :rotfl:

Have a good'un today everyone :T

Happytogetdebtfree

hello poorbabe whats the problem with the computer ?? my oh is a computer engineer we live in yorkshire mind lol :P x

ltm07

Happytogetdebtfree wrote: »

ltm07 how wonderful !! yipee whens the big day mines 15th auug o9, i have cut down and cut down im getting married in a quaint village, im having bunting instead of loads of flowers im having asti martini i like that rather than champagne and i got my bridesmaids in the sale at coast last year when i was meant to get married this year eeek !! you are right we too considered waiting till dfd but to be honest id like to get married ive found my soul mate and i cant wait anylonger to get that ring on my finger id just really like to work hard and be df before children come along...... i can deal with a mortgage etc but i dont want to be just paying ooff debts and trying to live at the same time with kids lol so we are going to be doing some real saving boooo !!

Hi Happy, ours is 2 weeks later,29th August! We have been engaged for six years & did get info on a few places that we would like to have married but the prices were way out of our league & even if we had no debts still would have found the prices too high! We have found an excellent venue in the city centre at a fraction of the price that we would have had to pay at the other places & also think the place is easier to get to for all the guests. OH's BIL is kindly doing the photography for us as a wedding present & my Cousin als owns a florist, so hope to make some big savings there. We were going to go to Ireland for honeymoon, but are now in two minds about this now, as if we want to discover the country, then I will have to drive for much of the holiday & OH doesn't think it would be much of a holiday for me, so we have yet to decide where to go.

Happytogetdebtfree

ive made my brother dj, ohs friend photograph we will pay a cheap price.... friend making the cake for me and well thats it really we are going on a cruise if we can afford we may ask relatives to pay for the cruise or ask for vouchers for places like m and s next debenhams we can use it as food shopping house shopping etc what ever suits ........ been engaged 2 years and i was bedazzled by tiffanys oh got my engagement ring in tiffanys at new york half the price we wnet back in feb to get wedding rings it was lovely i like diamonds lol all girls love diamonds te he its exciting :d hope the weather is nice for us we have a small venue so 0only 90 guests struggling to cut down the numbers its awful i dont want to offend people etc you cant invite some family and not others etc its terrible :S grrrrrrrr xxx

ltm07

We're having 60 guests in the daytime & 120 at night(120 means we get free hire of the room so that's a bonus) & like you say it is so hard to cut down the numbers. In the daytime we have had to leave cousins out so that we can have a few friends there instead. I bet New York was great. Been to Oz twice but never America & would love to go one day. Nice chatting to you & don't think I'll get chance to get back on later so chat soon! All the best to you & all the other long haulers!

dubgirl

Hello everyone, sorry if this becomes a bit of a rant, but need to get it off my chest. Feeling a bit down at the moment and could quite easily give up. Think it is partly the change in the weather, but mainly due to our financial situation, which is pants really. Keeping positive, we did manage to sell a car, not the original one, but the old banger I use to get to work. thats great, but the money is already accounted for and not even on debt, just things that we need. The other car is MOT'd tomorrow and already has had 2 new front tyres costing £80, I know its not DFW, but we had to put this on the credit card, got about £6 in the bank at the mo. Its my birthday on thursday and DS birthday on Friday. We have put a little money aside to take DS out for the day, but other than that nothing, dont feel like celebrating mine. We just keep taking one step forward and 2 back. Been round the house to see what we could sell and there is very little, the car was the main thing, already sold loads of stuff. finding it hard to keep a PMA

Keeping_Positive

Glad you managed to raise some money Dubgirl, so sorry things are really carp right now. Are you on a DMP at all? Maybe that would help? You can only cut back and raise income so far.

((((hugs)))) I wish I could do more. Ref Birthdays how about just spending an evening together watching a film, having a nice meal and my Oh does a great foot or body massage thats so relaxing (I usually fall asleep!) and free.

dubgirl

Hi KP, thanks for that, we are already on a DMP with CCCS. re Birthdays, OH got a tip from work, he's a lorry driver and with that we are going to get a chinese takeaway tomorrow night on my birthday, so looking forward to that. OH wont touch my feet!!! with a new day, I think I am going to try to not worry about it for the next few days, as it will only put me in a miserable mood for the birthdays. I think I have resigned myself to our lifestyle at the moment and try and make the best of it. x

In_Search_Of_Me

huge hugs for you dubgirl...know what you mean - just gets too much doesent it? Do you have an hobbies etc that ou like? Am in the process of having a chuck out and am happy to donate sommat to the lets cheer up dubgirl cause...lets see now...calligraphy interest you? Cross stitch? Scrapbooking? Let me know and I will do you a wee package if that helps? Meanwhile big hug for you...dont forget things like pigsback, quidco etc...could you make dosh by making jam or babysitting? its not much but does help! Hugs for you end enjoy the birthday and take away - last time I had one I didnt enjoy it as now like home cooking!!