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lilmissmup's debt free diary!

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  • mariagti
    mariagti Posts: 3,207 Forumite
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    Owww! I wish there was a primark near me :( the nearest one is lakeside. I have to be in the right kind of move to go Lakeside though as theres sooo many people there i go dizzy!:rotfl:

    You've done really well paying off £613.29 in a month! And only 5 loan payments thats great!:T You'll be debt free in no time if you can pay that amount of each month!
    Make £5 a day JAN £121/175 FEB £283/175:j
    Weekly Grocery budget of £35! Jan £95.05/175 Feb £37.53/175
  • lilmissmup
    lilmissmup Posts: 6,884 Forumite
    The thing is i doubt i will be able to do that well again, i managed to pay that off last month due to ebay sales etc but would be great to get the loan paid off earlier!

    I am so excited about saving i cant wait to save loads! My sealed pot is filled with every £2 coin me and Nick get so thats helping towards our house deposit savings already!
    Now a SAHM trying to earn some spare pennies each month
  • mariagti
    mariagti Posts: 3,207 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Well done! I havent had a £2 coinfor a long time. Do you get tempted to open up your sealed pot and count it? My sealed pot doesnt have much in as i took it all out when i moved my loan to my credit card to pay as much off as i could.
    Make £5 a day JAN £121/175 FEB £283/175:j
    Weekly Grocery budget of £35! Jan £95.05/175 Feb £37.53/175
  • thepinklady
    thepinklady Posts: 1,459 Forumite
    Brilliant Lilmiss, well done!! You have paid off so much of your debt this month. Keep up the good work, you will be debt free in no time.

    Can't be long till you go on holiday now, I bet you cannot wait!
  • lilmissmup
    lilmissmup Posts: 6,884 Forumite
    My sealed pot is a terramundi so only way of opening it is smashing it! 6 months left then i can do that but its so pretty its gonna be a shame :p

    Yep off on holiday Tuesday, my last day at work today for 16 days!!! :j Getting more and more excited every day plus now starting to get a bit nervous of flying as only done it once before and that was 8 years ago when i was 15 and can't really remember what its like lol.
    Now a SAHM trying to earn some spare pennies each month
  • lilmissmup
    lilmissmup Posts: 6,884 Forumite
    2 more sleeps until my holiday! I have resisted the urge to start packing yet but it might start tonight!

    Went into town with OH yesterday and he spent £200 on clothes for holiday but he never ever buys clothes (just xbox games :rolleyes:) so hes let off plus its his money anyway and for £200 he got a lot from Primark, Matalan and TKMaxx but as he spent money i did too!

    Got our sun lotion *Buy 1 Get 1 Free* on boots own brand also aftersun, shower gel, shampoo and conditioner and only had to spend £6.05 as had £10 boots voucher but i spent £20 on primark on 2 more bikinis and 2 pairs of shoes (1 too big so will get £4 back).

    Then i spent £7.99 on batteries in toys are us but got 32 AA so not bad and also £4.40 on 2 burgers for me and OH.

    :o

    Got my new bill from Scottish Power last night and they have increased our direct debit by £16.50 a month!!! :eek: I know fuel costs are rising but still sheesh!

    Got to take Spencer to vet tomorrow for his jab so that will be about £40 too, i am thinking the credit card isn't going to get much of a bashing this month :o
    Now a SAHM trying to earn some spare pennies each month
  • lilmissmup
    lilmissmup Posts: 6,884 Forumite
    Right last entry from me for a while, am shattered today so will hopefully sleep well tonight and not get too excited!

    Spent more money again today :eek:

    £46.61 at Vets for Spencer *he got a clean bill of health*

    £2.99 KFC.....:o

    £5 on a bag in new look

    £5.83 in Savers on holiday tissues, upset tummy tabs *just incase!*, aspirin, rennies, plasters and a net bodywash spongey thingy lol.

    £5.01 on petrol for OH car.

    At least from tomorrow i have 9 days of not spending any English money :rotfl:

    Looking like i am only going to be able to pay off £100 on credit card this month at most but at least i will have had fun!

    :T
    Now a SAHM trying to earn some spare pennies each month
  • mariagti
    mariagti Posts: 3,207 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Have a lovely holiday!:j Your so lucky to be escaping this awful rainy weather!;)
    Make £5 a day JAN £121/175 FEB £283/175:j
    Weekly Grocery budget of £35! Jan £95.05/175 Feb £37.53/175
  • thepinklady
    thepinklady Posts: 1,459 Forumite
    Have a great holiday Lilmiss. I hope you come back with a lovely tan!!!

    Have fun!!!!
  • lilmissmup
    lilmissmup Posts: 6,884 Forumite
    Hiya :hello:

    Well i am back from holiday, it was nice, but also nice to come home as the food was a bit grim out there, i have actually lost weight as didn't eat much :o

    Mind you i can't eat here either as i had my first 2 teeth taken out today for when my brace is fitted and my mouth only stopped bleeding 2 hours ago and got them done at 10.15am! :(

    On the money side of things i spent £44.60 on that today and i also came back to a bank charge from Alliance and Leicester for them covering a direct debit payment even though i paid £400 in the same day so that was £25 just nabbed off me :mad:

    I now have £97.07 to last until 25th when get paid, just need to decide how much to pay off credit card, paid £25 minimum payment only so far this month due to holiday.
    Now a SAHM trying to earn some spare pennies each month
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