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lysasparkles new diary!!!!

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  • thriftymoo
    thriftymoo Posts: 1,219 Forumite
    hey all back again...

    have managed to get through the day without buying any choc or sweets so im chuffed lol decided to stick 50p for each day i dont buy sweets into my piggy bank. worked out thats roughly what i spend each day on sweets!

    not much to report on money making front, just waiting for cash to start hitting my bank account for stuff. hopefully next month will be a little better.
    Aug £10 a day £0/£1000
  • mum2one
    mum2one Posts: 16,279 Forumite
    Xmas Saver!
    Ur soon have a full piggy bank, make sure you treat urself, even if its a nail polish from Poundland.

    Ur doing brilliantly x
    xx rip dad... we had our ups and downs but we’re always be family xx
  • thriftymoo
    thriftymoo Posts: 1,219 Forumite
    thank you! got thru another day without any so i'll stick the cash in there on payday to get me started!!:j
    Aug £10 a day £0/£1000
  • thriftymoo
    thriftymoo Posts: 1,219 Forumite
    been doing a lot of thinking this week about career stuff. i want reasonably paid career and i'm having problms finding one in the field my degree is in so have been looking at extra courses. i know i wanted to do dog stuff but really dont want to waste my degree so thinking aboutdoing a book keeping course as i did some accounting at uni. now have to set myself another chall to raise £1000 for the course costs!!
    Aug £10 a day £0/£1000
  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Lysa, why does your career HAVE to be in the same area as your degree? Just because you have a degree in a particular subject doesn't tie you to that subject!
    Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)
    Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)
  • Purpleroses
    Purpleroses Posts: 4,125 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    hey Lysa!
    at the end of the day you should have a career which you enjoy. maybe theres some way you can incorporate (is that the right word?) your degree with dog training... if thats possible im not sure lol
    your doin well with your choc challenge. i lurk on that thread, altho i should join as i'd loove to stop spending money on junk food!
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