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Can't seem to cheer up today

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  • D&DD
    D&DD Posts: 4,405 Forumite
    Hi Triker sorry to hear you're on a downer at the moment.Ebay is a godsend and a curse..I love the buzz of selling on there but hate the mess it all creates!It's not just the clutter aspect its also the time involved..when you only have a little spare time or none at all it means something else has to give so you end up with more stress..hope things are looking a bit brighter for you now :D






    P.S I can always send you some loo roll from my stores :rotfl:
  • MissKJ
    MissKJ Posts: 780 Forumite
    D&DD so glad you said that? have been trying to get round to learning how to ebay, but I am so stressed an overworked,feels like another added pressure.

    Triker the new kitchen is not all it is cracked up to be, I have been without the use of cooker, hob and sink for weeks whilst the walls and floor are being done, and new stuff fitted, which I can't even afford. It has been a nightmare, Putting more weight on 'cos can't shop and cook properly, cleaning up c*|*p every day, wish I hadn'y bothered, especially so close to Christmas......
    unsecured Debts at [strike]August 2007 £79,984[/strike] September £79,579 [STRIKE]Snowballing date July 2013[/STRIKE].

    May 2009, £76,772 unsecured debts

    DMP started Dec 2008, End date at start 2133!
  • Triker
    Triker Posts: 7,247 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Hi all, :wave: I will try to properly update tomorrow because although my mood is slightly better, the grim realisation of not really managing is really starting to affect us all.

    However I've realised today that we can only do what we can do and that really at the mo we'll just have to sit tight until the house sells.

    But in the mean time we're pulling the belts right in.:eek:

    Packed lunches from now on and I think you would have been proud of the fact that despite the echo of 'use the credit card for shopping' or 'just think what you could buy with £1700 that you have available on your uuuuuummmmm... lovely credit card' I have resisted.;)

    Which to be honest is a milestone for me.


    So heads down, November, I await your presence, it's payday tomorrow so planning is afoot.

    Toodles for now, Triker.XX


    P.S. Can I just point out that it's been really hard not using the credit card, I mean very, very, very hard, I mean kind of mega tastic hard. Like moth to the flame, fish to the bait, chocolate to the mouth, hard :D bears to the woods...eggs to the chickens.....tequila to the orange juice......*Triker wanders off aimlessly muttering to herself'............
    DFW Nerd 267. DEBT FREE 11.06.08
    Stick to It by R.B. Stanfield
    It matters not if you try and fail,
    And fail, and try again; But it matters much if you try and fail, And fail to try again.
  • Snaggles
    Snaggles Posts: 19,503 Forumite
    Awwww Triker, I've only just seen this thread - not much I can add really as I don't really 'do', useful advice, just baby talk and random sillyness, but (((hugs))) and remember you can come and rant at us whenever it gets too much.

    Well done on not using the card - that's an amazing achievement considering the circumstances.
    "I wasn't wrong, I just wasn't right enough."
    :smileyhea
    9780007258925
  • Triker
    Triker Posts: 7,247 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Ta hun, did I mention how hard it was...not using the CC...I mean really hard.....:D
    DFW Nerd 267. DEBT FREE 11.06.08
    Stick to It by R.B. Stanfield
    It matters not if you try and fail,
    And fail, and try again; But it matters much if you try and fail, And fail to try again.
  • Snaggles
    Snaggles Posts: 19,503 Forumite
    You might have mentioned it in passing.... :rotfl:
    "I wasn't wrong, I just wasn't right enough."
    :smileyhea
    9780007258925
  • Snaggles
    Snaggles Posts: 19,503 Forumite
    Are your Pigsback vouchers on their way? Could you either use them towards shopping, or sell them on ebay and use the money for shopping?
    "I wasn't wrong, I just wasn't right enough."
    :smileyhea
    9780007258925
  • skintas_2
    skintas_2 Posts: 1,679 Forumite
    sounds like ur goin around in circels like me, think im getting outta debt, bang another arrives on the doormat, hold on tight it will get better
    i will be debt free, i will
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