A Change is Gonna Come.................

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Yeah I might give them a call actually. 

Just had a £4 survey completed!

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So I've just booked the lodge again for next year and decided to just go away for bonfire week - cannot deal with the noise again here it's just too much for the dogs. 

Usually go away for a week anyway so all good. 

Booked for £25.00 and balance to be paid by August 2025 so I'm gonna work out a payment plan and make sure I pay something every week to this. 

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Debt Totals - 01072024
£765.10 - Very
£1,191.59 - Tesco - PIF - 05072024
£2,389.51 - Virgin
£6,749.16 - Lloyds
£11,095.36 - Total

Debt Totals - 10112024
£270.09 - Very
£412.03 - Virgin
£4,947.37 - Lloyds
£5,629.49 - Total

Total amount repaid - £5,465.87

BudgetingBelinda

Hear you on the change mindset… and toxic ex. Good luck on your journey, looks like you’re off to a flying start! 

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Ah I'm still trying and trying and trying. 

It's so hard to rewire your brain and your thoughts. 

We'll get there though!

BudgetingBelinda

_Dolly_Rocker_ said:

Ah I'm still trying and trying and trying. 

It's so hard to rewire your brain and your thoughts. 

We'll get there though!

It is hard work! Such hard work. Definitely a lot of re-wiring. And giving oneself grace, and I’m all for dropping the people pleasing and focusing on some major self care, making house a home, 
budgeting included in the self care here now and not overspending being a big one for me to switch up. 

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I'm digging out a couple of new notebooks from my stash. 

One for finances and one to keep a food and exercise diary.

It's mid month and I'm not gonna be 100% until after Christmas and NY but I'm going to try and make some small changes now to get me started. 

House to a home is still ongoing. 

Honestly I'm still living in a bit of a depression pit -  my mental health really affects my ability to do anything. 

I'm going to start from tomorrow and focus on one room at a time. 

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_Dolly_Rocker_ said:

So annoyingly I paid my Very account by bank transfer and I've logged in and realised that it's allocated the payment to the Buy Now Pay Later that has the latest expiry date rather than the one that expires soonest. 

I'll log back in next week and just work out that my monthly payment is still going to clear the balances in time. 

Note to self - do not pay BNPL by BT ever again. 

So I had a check of the funds and decided to just pay the monthly payment again - £85.00 which I could afford at this point. Also if its not in my account I can't spend it on stuff I don't need!

Today I am cancelling a contract that I paid for my ex for the last 2 years - we split up about 18 months ago, I changed the SIM so he wasn't able to use it but annoying still had to pay £25 a month for it. Lesson learned I am going to stop paying for and taking things out in my name for losers who do not deserve it! Just on the chat now waiting to speak to someone. 

I've got my own number due up for renewal too so will see what they offer me for that.

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Phone contract cancelled - how many times do you have to tell them you don't want it before they just cancel! So infuriating. 

She was like oh you could just keep this as a back up SIM just in case - yeah no bother I'll just continue to pay £25 a month. 

I just told her you are not listening to me are you - cancel it and I don't want to discuss anything else with you. 

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Home and working away with a crime documentary on as my emotional support background noise - I know, how relaxing!

3 paid walks completed during the day and 1 more to do tonight. Got to be done to pay the bills. 

I'm tired today, its TOM and I just feel drained. Got blood tests tomorrow at the Dr's to check for thyroid, PCOS and perimenopause - the joy of aging! j

Cannot heat up at all today, I'm sitting with my coat on and my hood up right now. 

Ordered my pal a Christmas gift today so £20 spent, off to check the bank account now.