All change for 2025

jwil

PennysIntoPounds said:

Hello, thanks for all your posts on my diary, hope there's room for a little one (okay, medium sized) here on yours!

I've had a wee read-back, and you have had a lot to deal with lately, well done for keeping going with the stress of the car, your work, DH's work, little jwil's trousers and arm, and little miss's appointments and diagnosis

And you've still been smashing it with the weight loss, sales, car payments and PADs! 👏

Thank you   It's always lovely to have visitors.  Thanks for reading!

jwil

The pile of stuff has not disappeared, but has reduced a fair amount, it's a start!

We're off to a firework display tonight.

I've got a nice little pile of stuff to sell, I just need to try and motivate myself to do it!

in_need_of_direction

Could you buy some better fitting clothes with sales proceeds? Well done on all the progress 

beanielou

Absolutely fantastic result for you with SW. Be very proud of yourself. 

beanielou

PS. Well done to DH. 

jwil

in_need_of_direction said:

Could you buy some better fitting clothes with sales proceeds? Well done on all the progress 

Thank you   It's only low value stuff, so I doubt there would be enough to buy much - probably why the motivation to list it is low!

beanielou said:

Absolutely fantastic result for you with SW. Be very proud of yourself. 

beanielou said:

PS. Well done to DH. 

Thank you   It's good on both parts.

jwil

PAD (Payment a Day)

Today's PAD - £2

Jan - £129
Feb - £63
Mar - £103
Apr - £149
May - £79
June - £145
July - £157
Aug - £81
Sept - £268
Oct - £83
Nov - £22

Car balance Sept 25 - £11,031 - now £9,531

jwil

Speaking of clothes, I've been browsing a bit on vinted as I will at some point need to get something, and I don't really know where to start!

I've been buying most of my clothes from a plus size retailer for most of my adult life, because I know how they fit and what size to buy! I think I'm going to be paralysed by indecision and fear that I'll spend money on things that won't fit.  The shops around here (both charity and normal) don't seem to have a big stock of larger sizes, so I'll be stuck with online for a little while yet. I'll have to dip my toe in at some point!  I have a relative telling me my tops are too baggy, though I still reckon I'll see the winter out with most of what I've got.

I've updated my financial spreadsheets today and done a bit of a money shuffle.  I've also updated my spending spreadsheets.  It looks like we've made some savings on annual bills this year, but spent more generally.  I need to slow that down and bump up the debtbusting/savings really!

Newstartforme

jwil , huge well done , that's a big loss at this stage of your journey . You could experiment with vinted with size and fit from different brands and sell on anything unsuitable . Hope fireworks went well x

MFWannabe

jwil said:

Speaking of clothes, I've been browsing a bit on vinted as I will at some point need to get something, and I don't really know where to start!

I've been buying most of my clothes from a plus size retailer for most of my adult life, because I know how they fit and what size to buy! I think I'm going to be paralysed by indecision and fear that I'll spend money on things that won't fit.  The shops around here (both charity and normal) don't seem to have a big stock of larger sizes, so I'll be stuck with online for a little while yet. I'll have to dip my toe in at some point!  I have a relative telling me my tops are too baggy, though I still reckon I'll see the winter out with most of what I've got.

I've updated my financial spreadsheets today and done a bit of a money shuffle.  I've also updated my spending spreadsheets.  It looks like we've made some savings on annual bills this year, but spent more generally.  I need to slow that down and bump up the debtbusting/savings really!

Search for the brands you know fit x