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  • taka
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    Wow PAP thats an impressive haul of clothes!! Well done! :T :T
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    Very impressive! :j
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  • babes21
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    Wow, fab haul there hun! x
  • booklover
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    That's just brilliant PAP, you sure do know how to shop mse style... :j

    Btw I feel you have made the right decision re: your job and I would like to wish you all the best for the future... :A

    Take good care of yourself pap and remember that your health is the most important issue here.

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    That's fantastic MSE shopping PAP! :T :money:
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    Amazing hun.
    I want to go shopping with you.!
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  • Thankyou all, seem to do well dont I :rotfl: I think me not being picky and having cheap tastes help :rotfl:

    So just playing with my budgets ~

    In account ~ £79.70

    £3.95 ~ I tunes
    £5.56 ~ paypal
    £20.00 ~ 31/7/14 + postage (budgeted money untill pyday £5 each week + postage on monday)
    £10.00 ~ credit (for my phone)

    Toatal = £39.51
    Left ~ £40.19

    So I am going to pay £30.19 off argos today that then will leave me £10 for dire emergencys :rotfl: I then have £128.20 left outstanding on my 0% debt... not too bad seeing as its been on my card less than a month :rotfl:

    I do have £30 being transfered from the payment a day account too tahts for argos so that should hit my account on Wednesday to be payed Thursday. That will then take argos down to £98.20 :j

    So Septembers budget ~

    Income ~ £650

    £175.00 ~ rent
    £5.00 ~ internet
    £11.00 ~ house ins
    £50.00 ~ argos
    £100.00 ~ holiday
    £20.00 ~ weekly £5

    Total out = £361.00
    Left ~ £289.00 ~ will be trying to pay off whatever is left for argos with that then throwing everything into savings.

    So holiday in september, I have £200 saved in my savings account and the £100 listed above. However I am planing £50 petrol and food, £50 days out, £50 spends and £50 extra. So I could have £100 more to put into savings.

    My savings mature on the 10th and will be thrown into my websaver. I was going to throw them back into the locked saver but obviously I may need to live on some of that. So instead I will put it all into my isa and if needed get the £200 transfered each month to cover my essential bills. I am however planning for a xmas temp job.

    Another thing I havent thought about is xmas :eek: but I will ahve a job by then so no problems :j

    So thats me for a few more weeks :rotfl:
  • rog2
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    Another thing I havent thought about is xmas :eek:

    Me niether, PaP - and you are right - it really isn't that far away. :eek: :eek:

    Hope we've both got jobs by then, PaP. :rolleyes:
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  • rog2 wrote: »
    Me niether, PaP - and you are right - it really isn't that far away. :eek: :eek:

    Hope we've both got jobs by then, PaP. :rolleyes:

    Its ironic rog I am usually finished and wrapped by now :rotfl:but for once I am not really stressing about it. If I cant get presents for everyone tough, luckly it will just be family and they will just have to accept it.

    Oh we will rog, well at least I hope so :rolleyes:
  • rog2
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    If I cant get presents for everyone tough, luckly it will just be family and they will just have to accept it.

    They will. PaP - I have only bought 'family' presents for tha last two years now - I was worried about it the first year, but it all worked out okay - no problems at all, last year, and it will be the same this year.
    Unlike you, though PaP - I am never organised, and it will be a last minute thing again this year. :rolleyes:
    If I am still at ASDA - I will be able to take advantage of their 'double discount' day - last year I hadn't been there long enough to qualify. So it looks as if everyone will be getting 'ASDA Smellies' from me this year - problem solved. :rotfl: :rotfl:
    I am NOT, nor do I profess to be, a Qualified Debt Adviser. I have made MANY mistakes and have OFTEN been the unwitting victim of the the shamefull tactics of the Financial Industry.
    If any of my experiences, or the knowledge that I have gained from those experiences, can help anyone who finds themselves in similar circumstances, then my experiences have not been in vain.

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