just a thank you

brokenwings

i am in BIG financial doodoo and have been for a long time but have only just admitted it to myself
on friday i was seriously considering jumping off the 35th floor balcony i was on at work
then i posted here
saturday i was going to go bankrupt
sunday night i had changed my mind to an iva
by monday a dmp sounded better

since then i have applied for casual work at several places and have been guaranteed work at the sorting office inthe run up to christmas and probably at tescos at nights too if i want.
i have sold over £100 of books in one day on amazon
i have listed £200 of stuff on ebay
i have changed my mobile phone contract to save myself £15 per month
i have changed a cc with £10000 on it to a low life time balance interest card and chopped up the old one - plus literally frozen in ice my other one.
i have gone shopping today with vouchers and coupons... came home with groceries for three days and 18p more in my pocket than i went with lol
on sunday i am doing a car boot sale

i know this is a drop in the ocean but thanks VERY much to all the people who offered tips or advice

it will take me years to get sorted and thats IF i can keep up his pace - but at least now i feel i have hope.

bless you all and ta
xx

Al_Mac

At least you've started on the right route, good luck:beer:

Sofa_Sogood

brokenwings wrote:

on friday i was seriously considering jumping off the 35th floor balcony i was on at work

Thanks - for changing your mind about that!

I'm not much help but loads of people can help brokenwings, and with lots of things.

Good luck x

nearlyrich

What a great post, well done for what you have acheived so far, keep posting and we will keep supporting you.

FAITH_3

Your a inspiration, and a very driven person, well done on getting things sorted, wish I was as driven as you, im too busy hiding under the quilt

ben500

brokenwings wrote:

i am in BIG financial doodoo and have been for a long time but have only just admitted it to myself

You were in big financial doodoo you are now in the process of sorting it out. There is a big difference between the two and your post is clear demonstration of that, well done, please keep us posted with your progress and feel free to ask for advice plenty will follow help yourself to that which you think appropriate and sensible, but above all remember NOTHING FINANCIAL is that bad you need to jump from such a height without safety gear, and don't forget to make good use of the Tesco misprice thread as "Every little helps"

Sofa_Sogood

FAITH wrote:

Your a inspiration, and a very driven person, well done on getting things sorted, wish I was as driven as you, im too busy hiding under the quilt

Get out from that quilt (Just read your topic btw)

There's hope for everyone on here - honestly. In 10 short months of reading and posting, even I've realised that there's people here who go out of their way to help people like yourself and brokenwings.

As ben500 posted - "Every little helps"

Good luck x

DaisyNelson

Well done with your progress to date and give yourself a pat on the back for being a great help to others. I'm sure your post has got others thinking if you can do it, so can they. :T

Thefunkygibbons

Posts like that explain why this board exists

Just keep going

tattooed_lady

That's such a positive way forward, well done for all the things you've achieved already :j

mountainofdebt

You weren't serious we you about the 35th floor? I hope not....and whilst sites like these exist you always have somewhere to turn to. (Ok we may not have all the answers but someone can usually be pointed in the right direction)

I won't tell you how much debt we have but I know if my mum knew how much it was, she'd been shocked.

However for the first time I really do believe that hubby and I can sort this mess out.

Stay with us....I'm sure that you will be offering words of advice to newbies in the weeks/months to come and advice is always better coming from someone who has the read the book and got the t-shirt!