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2026 - consolidation and calm
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Hurrah to the OP and the sod-it-seaside 🥂
Vinted's sizing update was so annoying. Though clothing sizing is so annoying in general that if you see something you like and it looks about right, there's no harm contacting seller for more info. I always measure if messaged but then I often put in my listings 'x on label but imo a baggy x-x or fitted x-x based on my body size' as it gives people a better idea of the piece as clothing sizes tell you nothing!
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase/p1
'self-blame can be as egotistical as self-praise... any work worth doing is greater than we are... we must not overrate our importance to it, either for good or ill' Margaret Kennedy Lucy Carmichael3 -
Got into bed last night and thought 'I didn't congratulate jwil on the comp win!' 😂
Congratulations, that's a great prize 🥂
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase/p1
'self-blame can be as egotistical as self-praise... any work worth doing is greater than we are... we must not overrate our importance to it, either for good or ill' Margaret Kennedy Lucy Carmichael2 -
PAD (Payment a Day)
Today's PAD - £2
Jan - £172
Feb - £203
Mar - £122
Car balance Sept 25 - £11,031 - now £8,097
"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 McGee2 -
Haha love it. I am just as keen to see the mortgage go though, and it's nice that DH is getting involved with it and starting to do something productive with extra money he gets rather than just letting it get sucked up into general spending.
It's just hard work finding stuff on Vinted now.
"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 McGee5 -
Thank you 😊 Sod it seaside days are good!
I don't tend to message people, as I only ever go on there on a whim so would probably forget to go back and check. I do find it useful when people put information in there about the fit, especially when it's something labeled as XL or XXL which definitely means different things in different brands!
"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 McGee3 -
Haha it's funny that you were thinking about me at bedtime. I'm sorry for disturbing a restful time 🤣 Thank you, it's a very nice prize!
"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 McGee2 -
too true. i just donated an xl cardigan to my size 12 dd. while it's a bit loose, it's not massive
Mortgage at 01.01.14 £119,481.83:eek: today £0 Emergency fund £5.5/5.5k & £200/200 cash.:jWeight 24/02/19 14st 7lb now 12st 1lb determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection.:T100%through my 1% mortgage challenge. 100% through my pb challenge. I’m not perfect but I’m good enough.2 -
We collected the water butt today, it's a lovely decent big one. They took one look at our car and asked if we'd manage to fit it in. It was fine! We have lots of practice at cramming things into cars from car booting.
We'll need to sort out where that is going now, as it will be too big for where I thought it might go.
We've had a lovely day with family who are down from Orkney, so we don't see them often.
I gained 1/2lb this week at SW and I'm quite annoyed about that as I don't feel like it was deserved. Today has not been on plan, but I want to get straight back on it tomorrow as I'm now at 2st 7.5lb off and I don't want to lose my 2.5 stone!
In good news though I bought a couple of tops in a supermarket yesterday and they fit lovely. It's the first time I've worn clothes from 'normal' shops for years.
"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 McGee5 -
That explains it perfectly. In what world is size 12 XL?
"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 McGee2 -
Non scale victory being able to buy clothes from normal shops 🥳
I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)2
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