Pay off £20,000 (ish) by Xmas 2008

lamarsi

is it to late to join in? although i doubt i could make £20,000 by xmas, well ok not doubt, i know i couldn't, i would like to clear my credit card and crap quest loan by then which would knock a hefty £10k of my debt and pay my mum the £4,400 i've just borrowed for a new car of her ( i'm a taxi driver and i needed the car for work as my old one has bits off cardboard from a cornflake box holding it together.... i'm not joking!)

taxi73

Hi everyone and any newbies..welcome to you...
Kizzy it must be catching I bought myself a top and a pair of trosers in tescos..only £18.40 in the sale and £69 on shopping yesterday but I needed everything I bought so don't feel guilty...
well done to everyone on their updates..my next one is tommorrow

kizzykizzywizzy

Welcome Lamarsi, my goal wasn't £20,000, it's whatever you feel you can do, so of course, join us the more the merrier:D
What is it with all these Taxi drivers on here? are you taking over the world????
Seriously join in & keep us posted on how well you are doing

becca87

im new to this but with a lot of debt, how are you managing to pay t off? is it just saving here and there and putting it towards the debt? how do i do the same but have twice as much debt as what i earn amonth?

lamarsi

hiya becca, i'm new to this also but since i found this site i've found it's full of ppl willing to help with good advice on how to cut back and make little changes ... thanks for the welcome i'm now looking forward to getting debt freer (is this a real word?!?) Taxi's taking over lol now there's an awful thought, we don't do anything without the meter running !!!!

Honeybee_2

I can't wait until payday to bump my total up!

Had a good couple of weeks ebaying but I've currently got 8 unpaid item disputes which are setting me back a bit. I'm pleased though as I've been chipping away at these debts, I'll have several paid off within the next couple of months, yay!

Motoko_2

Hi,

Oh Madmitch what have you started - only you!!!

I have an evening job - or rather had an evening job - I walked out on Friday and I feel so much better. Now I need a replacement and have signed up to Ann Summers, went to a training party last night and am so tired now! So hoping all goes well on that front.:o

On the plus side I have had money left over for the since January and have not brought anything unessarary for the last 2 months, well except for 3 new ducks and some hair dye :rolleyes:
Am going to update spreadsheets grudgingly - really am not doing well at present - I think evening job was causing stress that wasnt needed.

Love to all, cause your all an inspiration :A

Motoko

shannys_taxi_driver

Hi Shannys Taxi Driver ( I was going to abreviate your name, but STD doesn't sound very nice:rotfl: )

very good - didn't consider my name very well did I? :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Thanks for all the advice, I've registered on quidco, pigsback, and greasy palm, my car insurance is due in June so I'll be working hard in May to find a good (almost free!) deal. I made an excellent start this weekend, made £70 selling old games on Amazon, been a bit naughty by sending them from work though! :A

I plan to car boot whatever I can't sell on Amazon in the summer. I've started being a lot more careful with my shopping, unfortunately though I'm not too good at cooking things from scratch, when I was at school I made a risotto like concrete!

Thanks for the good wishes, I'll do my best!

madmich666

Hi all

After me saying that I thought I'd messed up and put the wrong amounts for my loan etc Ive been going throught the spreadsheets and think I might have actually paid of more than I originally thought. Im going to have to save a new snowball to work it all out. I really cant count!!!!

kizzykizzywizzy

Hello to everyone:hello:
Sounds like you are all up for the challenge!!
Glad it was a mistake on the spreadsheet Madmich, I was in a bit of a mess, I've just sorted it this morning & although the next 2 weeks will be tight, it'll work out OK, thankfully.
Lamarsi - I hope you don't do EVERYTHING with the meter running:eek:
Shannys TD glad you've started the ball rolling, I have never used Amazon, so don't know much about it, I have been using Ebay, but to be honest I haven't really got much left to sell! Only carboot standard stuff left.
If you're not so good at cooking, you could always plan you meals by whatever's on offer or in the reduced section, that you can manage to cook, without to much hassle;)
Motoko - hope your new Ann Summers thing works out, I know what you mean about being tired, I started a job a couple of weeks ago & for the first week I was exhausted, I think it was because it is ver physical & a lot to take in, getting less tired now, thankfully.
Good Luck to everyone else I haven't mentioned & to any newbies!!
:A