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I Failed... Terribly

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  • Bobbino
    Bobbino Posts: 39 Forumite
    Thanks, I will look into getting a pre paid cert. 7.10 an item sucks, was hoping to just have to borrow a tenner, looks like it will be 20 :(
    Debt at Highest: £9,370.34 || Current: 9,370.34
    Vodafone: £182.66 || Mint: £8.50 || GE Money: £4170.18 || 3: £59.00 || Orange: £200 || Parents: £4,750
    'Proud To Be Dealing With My Debts'
    DFW Nerds Member Number: 756
  • susimuggle
    susimuggle Posts: 62 Forumite
    Thanks for sharing. It gives other people motivation. :-)
    LBM - May 2008
    DFW Nerd # 964
  • Bobbino
    Bobbino Posts: 39 Forumite
    also gives me motivation to, ranting and raving away on here gives me reasons to bother lol
    Debt at Highest: £9,370.34 || Current: 9,370.34
    Vodafone: £182.66 || Mint: £8.50 || GE Money: £4170.18 || 3: £59.00 || Orange: £200 || Parents: £4,750
    'Proud To Be Dealing With My Debts'
    DFW Nerds Member Number: 756
  • jak
    jak Posts: 2,027 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I tried 3 time before I finally managed to stay on track. It helps to come and post on here daily if you can as it keeps your goal in mind and really focusses you on paying debt back.
    Good luck
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  • Bobbino
    Bobbino Posts: 39 Forumite
    Going to see Indiana Jones tonight woo!!! And yay for working at a cinema, free tickets are the best thing ever, may attempt to talk my friends into buy popcorn for me in return for taking them for free, we'll see, otherwise i may have to try and scrape a couple of quid from somewhere, as movies with no popcorn isn;t fun...

    Got my welcome pack from CCCS today, gonna go through them later and fill in the SOA stuff, i know it won't look all that pretty though :(

    hope everyone is having an awesome week!
    Debt at Highest: £9,370.34 || Current: 9,370.34
    Vodafone: £182.66 || Mint: £8.50 || GE Money: £4170.18 || 3: £59.00 || Orange: £200 || Parents: £4,750
    'Proud To Be Dealing With My Debts'
    DFW Nerds Member Number: 756
  • Bobbino
    Bobbino Posts: 39 Forumite
    So the new job is going well, Got scheduled 28.75 hours this week yay!
    Then managed to pick up another 9.5 hours covering peoples shifts... so brings it up to a respectable 38.25 hours, which isn't bad... Going to try and average out at least 20 hours weeks to week...Obviously picking up more where I can..

    Sadly picking up the extra hours means I'm working a 6 day week, and having to pull a double on wednesday, but it's all good, used to doing it, and at least it is busy at the moment, so the time just flies past...

    hope everyone is having a good weekend and all that..
    Debt at Highest: £9,370.34 || Current: 9,370.34
    Vodafone: £182.66 || Mint: £8.50 || GE Money: £4170.18 || 3: £59.00 || Orange: £200 || Parents: £4,750
    'Proud To Be Dealing With My Debts'
    DFW Nerds Member Number: 756
  • angeldiva
    angeldiva Posts: 346 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    What was Indiana Jones like? Thinking of going tonight but on TV they are giving it bad reviews....should I wait for the DVD?
    In Jan 2007 I had a debt of £27,896.00 :eek:
    In October 2011 I paid it off and owned £0.00 - Kinda proud of this!:T
  • Bobbino
    Bobbino Posts: 39 Forumite
    Indiana Jones is erm... Annoyingly average, with a poor ending. Unless you get in for free like I do, i wouldn't bother tbh.

    Had my appointment with CCCS and it went pretty well, we've sorted out a debt manage plan to start on the 1st july, They reckon i have around £60 a month to give to creditors, which is ok i guess, even though they say it's going to take 7 years to pay off all the debt, that's ok by me, once i start earning a little more it should take alot less time. Now i just have to sign the paper work, send the letters, and wait for it to start... I just hope all my creditors agree to it...
    Debt at Highest: £9,370.34 || Current: 9,370.34
    Vodafone: £182.66 || Mint: £8.50 || GE Money: £4170.18 || 3: £59.00 || Orange: £200 || Parents: £4,750
    'Proud To Be Dealing With My Debts'
    DFW Nerds Member Number: 756
  • Way to go for getting back on board! It involves a whole lifestyle change to deal with, something that's not easy! But you're on track! Have you read Martin's Thrifty Ways for Modern Days.....or read the Old Style Thrift Board? It's got lots of helpful tips to cut costs on all kinds of things...we've been able to put more money on debt because all these tips have helped us cut our living costs.
    Debt at highest 01/01/2008- $79,385.32 :eek:
    Debt now 01/03/2009 - $63,194.72
    DFW Nerd Club Member #993
    Feb NSD challenge 9/10 days, Mar NSD 5/10 days
    Mar grocery challenge 221.02/250
  • nrsql
    nrsql Posts: 1,919 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    >> I Failed... Terribly
    You sound upbeat and are now in a job you enjoy.
    I wish I could fail like that.

    Did the friends get you the popcorn?
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