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Just got news that i have got a job!!!

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  • dora37
    dora37 Posts: 1,291 Forumite
    Well done for getting the job and especially well done on using your initiative and ringing around everywhere. :T
  • debrag
    debrag Posts: 3,426 Forumite
    Congrats :T :beer: :j
  • Wildchild_2
    Wildchild_2 Posts: 147 Forumite
    Good for you :T And don't worry I am sure you will do great. Retail jobs are competitive so you did really well to get in.
    [STRIKE]CC 1: £102[/STRIKE] / C[STRIKE]C 2: £349[/STRIKE] / [STRIKE]CC 3: £1000[/STRIKE]
    CC 4: £1000 / CC 5: [STRIKE]£150 [/STRIKE] / CC 6: [STRIKE]£500[/STRIKE]
    CC 7: [STRIKE]£500 [/STRIKE]/ [STRIKE]CC 8: £1183[/STRIKE]/ [STRIKE]CC 9: £1639[/STRIKE]

    Total debt: [STRIKE]£6,423[/STRIKE] :mad: £[STRIKE]6,128[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]£5,978 [/STRIKE][STRIKE]£4,099[/STRIKE][STRIKE]£3,639[/STRIKE]
  • gilly41
    gilly41 Posts: 909 Forumite
    Awww thanks everyone!!I hope i can inspire people as I havent worked for several years!!Brought my kids up and was a SAHM after i split with their dad years and years ago!!When i got married again OH worked such long unsociable hours that i just never went back to work. Now both the kids have finished Uni and are both living away from home
    I realised that if i didnt do something for ME at 43 I would be sat here in 20 years time regretting it.I dont start til 4th Feb so a few weeks yet!!!x
    Sealed pot challenge 7...my number is 2144.....started Nov 29th ....
  • TwinMummy
    TwinMummy Posts: 114 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper
    Congratulations! Im sure the new job will do wonders for your confidence, well done :)
  • chocaholic110
    chocaholic110 Posts: 2,509 Forumite
    Excellent news! And very pro-active phoning around - I bet they were impressed by your initiative. Hope it goes well and you get the extra hours you want.
  • Lemon_Tree
    Lemon_Tree Posts: 10,202 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    congratulations on the job. Just remember to smile and if the customers are horrible just keep thinking, i'm hear to earn money to get out of debt, i bet you're here to spend money and get yourselves further into it.

    You'll be fine and i bet all the other staff will be great
  • MissEyre
    MissEyre Posts: 650 Forumite
    Yay! That's great news, congratulations! :j
  • moneydesperate_x
    moneydesperate_x Posts: 150 Forumite
    Congratulations :T
    Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day, teach him how to fish and you will feed him for a lifetime

    Finally dealing with my whopping debt!
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