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Keeping track in 2008

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  • Mupeteer
    Mupeteer Posts: 955 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    :j Oh look! I'm a Stalwart now!:j
    Reality check - hit rock bottom on 15 Dec 2008 with unsecured debts of £29,136 and not enough money to live on

    :j NOW DEBT FREE!!!! :j
    :oI try to take life one day at a time but sometimes several days attack me at once :o
  • Snaggles
    Snaggles Posts: 19,503 Forumite
    OMG, that IS expensive. Hope you had a good day and it was worth it!
    "I wasn't wrong, I just wasn't right enough."
    :smileyhea
    9780007258925
  • Snaggles
    Snaggles Posts: 19,503 Forumite
    Mupeteer wrote: »
    :j Oh look! I'm a Stalwart now!:j
    Congratulations! :T :T :T
    "I wasn't wrong, I just wasn't right enough."
    :smileyhea
    9780007258925
  • Mupeteer
    Mupeteer Posts: 955 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    We had a great day, thanks. Everyone really enjoyed themselves and we got to see them feeding the sharks and fish and also got to touch a live rat snake. I really like all the snakes and lizards and things.

    I'm about to head into hospital to see mum and Paris. Her son was supposed to be coming with me but he says he's feeling sick. Only came on as we asked him to eat his dinner so I can't say I'm convinced but I'm not taking the chance. He will stay here with my BF and I'll head in alone.

    I'll update you all later as to how they are.
    Reality check - hit rock bottom on 15 Dec 2008 with unsecured debts of £29,136 and not enough money to live on

    :j NOW DEBT FREE!!!! :j
    :oI try to take life one day at a time but sometimes several days attack me at once :o
  • spud30
    spud30 Posts: 16,872 Forumite
    Congratulations on your new Stalwart status :T

    I'm glad you had a nice day, even though it was expensive. It would've been much worse spending all that money if you hadnt enjoyed it ehh ;)

    I hope mum and baby are still doing well :beer:
    Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:
    Loves being a Wonderbra friend :kisses3:
  • Mupeteer
    Mupeteer Posts: 955 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Went in to see mum and baby last night. In the end her son came as well as we decided he was only saying he was sick as he didn't want to eat his dinner.:rolleyes:

    Mum was looking fantastic - make up on, hair done, waddling about (she's got seriously swollen legs so can't walk properly). Baby only had feeding tube and a couple of monitors on her. She's opening her eyes and being held by her mum now.

    I've just heard that on Tuesday baby will be taken out of the incubator and moved to a cot in her mum's room. It's incredible the difference in both of them in just under a week.

    Off to do some homework for uni now. I've had three weeks to get it done and have to go back tomorrow. Talk about last minute. Sound familiar to anyone?
    Reality check - hit rock bottom on 15 Dec 2008 with unsecured debts of £29,136 and not enough money to live on

    :j NOW DEBT FREE!!!! :j
    :oI try to take life one day at a time but sometimes several days attack me at once :o
  • Mupeteer
    Mupeteer Posts: 955 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    My uni homework isn't going well. I know exactly what I need to do but really can't be bothered. Trying to write up a maths lesson for an imaginary class :rolleyes: .

    I've joined the Pap/Moozies challenge this week and set myself a budget of £50 to include getting to and from uni and anything else. Got off to a bad start when I went for petrol (I need the car for the next 4 weeks and wont buy my new bus pass until after that) so I filled the tank. It cost over £45.:eek: So I've got less than a fiver to get me through until the weekend. I'll give it my best shot but I'm not overly optimistic.:o
    Reality check - hit rock bottom on 15 Dec 2008 with unsecured debts of £29,136 and not enough money to live on

    :j NOW DEBT FREE!!!! :j
    :oI try to take life one day at a time but sometimes several days attack me at once :o
  • Snaggles
    Snaggles Posts: 19,503 Forumite
    Hi Mupeteer, glad to hear Mum and baby are continuing to improve, you must be so relieved. Why don't you challenge yourself to do half an hour of uni work, then 15 minutes break (come on here and post an update :p), and then keep doing the same until it's done? It might seem less of a chore if you break it down into manageable chunks?
    "I wasn't wrong, I just wasn't right enough."
    :smileyhea
    9780007258925
  • Mupeteer
    Mupeteer Posts: 955 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I've finally finished the work I need to do for tomorrow. I just ploughed on through, flicking across to this site every 10 minutes or so to enter a competition. I NEED A HOLIDAY!!!!
    Reality check - hit rock bottom on 15 Dec 2008 with unsecured debts of £29,136 and not enough money to live on

    :j NOW DEBT FREE!!!! :j
    :oI try to take life one day at a time but sometimes several days attack me at once :o
  • Snaggles
    Snaggles Posts: 19,503 Forumite
    Well done! :T :T
    "I wasn't wrong, I just wasn't right enough."
    :smileyhea
    9780007258925
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