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  • rachmac3
    rachmac3 Posts: 370 Forumite
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    Yum. I love middle eastern food. Although, to be fair, I love most food!😂

    Debts                 04/01/25        02/08/25   

    Tesco CC          £6,509.97       £6,030 (now NatWest2)
    NatWest CC      £7,612.74      £7,080
    Lloyds CC          £6,112.60      £5,075
    1st Direct CC     £176.03         £19.92
    CC total             £20,411.34   £18,204.92
    TSB OD             £500             £0
    1st Direct OD     £600             £250 (0%)
    Car loan             £4,000          £4,000
    1st Direct Loan  £10,684.44   £9,246.15
    Total                  £36,195.78   £31,451.07
    EF £400.56
  • LzzyIsGod
    LzzyIsGod Posts: 405 Forumite
    100 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Haha me! Although I've only come to appreciate middle eastern food in recent years amd I feel I need to make up for lost time 😂
    Nov/Dec 24  £39 564

    July 25  £34 531
  • rachmac3
    rachmac3 Posts: 370 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    I've tried a new thing this month. I put £300 in a separate pot and gave myself £10 a day for 'wants'. It sounds like a lot, but this is to include takeaways, treats, clothes, make up, acupuncture, garden related stuff I don't 'need', dog walker etc. I think it's working pretty well, I don't feel like I can't have something, I just can't have the takeaway and the pretty plants today. I can have one now and one in a few days though. By which time I have usually found something else I want. I think it tricks me into feeling like I have plenty of money to treat myself and I don't feel miserable and hard done by, but it slows me down and makes me think. Oh, you want that £25 pair of jeans even though you have wearable jeans? Well then you can certainly have them in 3 days time. 
    I'll do it again next month, and see if it's something I want to stick at for a while. Next month it has to include a haircut that I've booked - 6 days worth of treat money!
    It's helped me to not waste money that I think doesn't really count because it's payday but the new month hasn't started and I haven't done budgets yet. Or hit the f*** it button because it all feels hard. 
    The things I have to do to trick my brain into being sensible!

    Debts                 04/01/25        02/08/25   

    Tesco CC          £6,509.97       £6,030 (now NatWest2)
    NatWest CC      £7,612.74      £7,080
    Lloyds CC          £6,112.60      £5,075
    1st Direct CC     £176.03         £19.92
    CC total             £20,411.34   £18,204.92
    TSB OD             £500             £0
    1st Direct OD     £600             £250 (0%)
    Car loan             £4,000          £4,000
    1st Direct Loan  £10,684.44   £9,246.15
    Total                  £36,195.78   £31,451.07
    EF £400.56
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 9,962 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    I like the daily allowance for 'wants...'
    You are rewiring your financial brain  :)
    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) 25/072025
  • rachmac3
    rachmac3 Posts: 370 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Thanks DIA, now the debts are coming down and I'm not in such constant panic I have some breathing space to try and figure out what works best for me. 

    Debts                 04/01/25        02/08/25   

    Tesco CC          £6,509.97       £6,030 (now NatWest2)
    NatWest CC      £7,612.74      £7,080
    Lloyds CC          £6,112.60      £5,075
    1st Direct CC     £176.03         £19.92
    CC total             £20,411.34   £18,204.92
    TSB OD             £500             £0
    1st Direct OD     £600             £250 (0%)
    Car loan             £4,000          £4,000
    1st Direct Loan  £10,684.44   £9,246.15
    Total                  £36,195.78   £31,451.07
    EF £400.56
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 21,975 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    That's a great idea, glad it worked well
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • biggerpickle
    biggerpickle Posts: 154 Forumite
    100 Posts First Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    Interesting idea about the treats a day pot. Mine would be about £1 as things stand I reckon  :D
    July 2024 £12,150  Aug 2025 B/Card £6,300, N/West £1,770, Halifax £1,182, Klarna £568, Sports Trip £335, Very £122 & HMRC GONE!!!!  Total £10,276
  • rachmac3
    rachmac3 Posts: 370 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    I may not be cash rich, but today I am egg rich, cucumber rich, and bean rich. Thank you very much garden!

    Debts                 04/01/25        02/08/25   

    Tesco CC          £6,509.97       £6,030 (now NatWest2)
    NatWest CC      £7,612.74      £7,080
    Lloyds CC          £6,112.60      £5,075
    1st Direct CC     £176.03         £19.92
    CC total             £20,411.34   £18,204.92
    TSB OD             £500             £0
    1st Direct OD     £600             £250 (0%)
    Car loan             £4,000          £4,000
    1st Direct Loan  £10,684.44   £9,246.15
    Total                  £36,195.78   £31,451.07
    EF £400.56
  • rachmac3
    rachmac3 Posts: 370 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    And I've just opened a new bank account to start switching. 

    Debts                 04/01/25        02/08/25   

    Tesco CC          £6,509.97       £6,030 (now NatWest2)
    NatWest CC      £7,612.74      £7,080
    Lloyds CC          £6,112.60      £5,075
    1st Direct CC     £176.03         £19.92
    CC total             £20,411.34   £18,204.92
    TSB OD             £500             £0
    1st Direct OD     £600             £250 (0%)
    Car loan             £4,000          £4,000
    1st Direct Loan  £10,684.44   £9,246.15
    Total                  £36,195.78   £31,451.07
    EF £400.56
  • LzzyIsGod
    LzzyIsGod Posts: 405 Forumite
    100 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Sounds a very productive day!  I'd love to have chickens but we aren't allowed and my gardening efforts are very very poor so I am in awe.
    Nov/Dec 24  £39 564

    July 25  £34 531
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