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The Cutting Down Alcohol challenge for August & 2025 :)
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9/20 please CathybirdMade it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!5 -
July AFD challenge 20257 days =14 days =21 days =28 days =Target reached =Target beaten =Entire month =July targetsBlueJ94 25cathybird 13/21Dark Sunday 4/14doingitanyway 11/25Dryjan 18dustydigger 24Jellybaby 13/TFmaggiem 3/10maman 4/10ManPants 31marahouti 25oceandreamer 9/24PriceySOS 6/24redofromstart 10/20RobM99 14/29satchmo1 13/25Season of Mist 14/31sukeyboo 5/10tiddles 13/28Watty1 10/20WBF 3/14🌞 🌞 Newcomers welcome! 🌞 🌞4
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13/25 for me today please - I was too exhausted to post yesterday's AFDWhat would you get if all you got was what you were thankful for?4
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13/28 please Cathybird- thank you 🙂4
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10/20 and only one of the 3 days I had a drink involved wine. I've found something I like to pop in a wine glass and drink at the end of each day whilst chatting to DP. It seems just enough to feel special and a treat but it is AF. (Its a grass and co drink called relax that I've been mixing with tart cherry juice, serving with ice and a sprig of mint and yesterday I thought I might look for some swizzle sticks to add, whilst expensive this is so much cheaper than the wine I was drinking and it looks and feels like a celebration of the day).Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!5 -
14 for me today please cathybird. It has been relentlessly, oppressively hot here since the middle of last week and it peaked over Friday and Saturday; something about the really fierce, dry heat always makes me crave a cold beer a lot more than it should do but ultimately I didn’t succumb.5
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Jellybaby said:@RobM99 scary to think only three or four months ago I may have been classed a dodgy dancer 😂😂 (of course that was me drunk dancing and in my head I’m now I’m a graceful swan but who knows! 😎🤣).
13 for me please.
Anyway 14 please. I think I made an "oops" in my calculations - it's now 483 days since any alc', not 500+ I previously believed!Now a gainfully employed bassist again - WooHoo!6 -
11 for me today please cathybird
Changes I will be making...- Buying half bottles of wine. I've noticed if I open a bottle, I drink it over a few days because I don't want to waste it...so drinking when I don't really want to...I can keep full bottles for when guests are here
- Making my own ginger beer and lime that I can top up with fizzy water as a treat drink as I can't seem to find any AF drinks I like that are not high in sugar
- Adding bottles of Pelly water to my wine rack
If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them
Emergency fund 100/1000
Buffer fund 0/100
Debt Free (again) 25/0720256 -
3/10 please for Saturday.
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5/10 for today please cathybird5
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