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Pay a debt by Xmas 08

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  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
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    doodledo, my car FAILED its MOT today!!!!! So £130 went to pay for the stuff needed to get it through.......bah!

    Still, can't be helped, so no point stressing over it.......bloomin things :rolleyes:
    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)
  • doodledo_2
    doodledo_2 Posts: 4,676 Forumite
    Awww sorry about your car Hypno I hate MOTs. £130 isn't too bad is it as everything with cars is so blinking expensive. Least that unexpected cash covered that, although still annoying I know.
    Proud to be dealing with my debts - DFW No: 712

    03/09/09 - DEBT FREE AT LAST :D
    Racing Hypno to Save - £10/£5000
  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
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    Yes, I know! But in my enthusiasm I had already paid the "extra" off the egg debt!!!!!

    d'oh......need to get matched betting to make up for it! Also, gives me no excuse whatsoever to avoid doing a car boot tomorrow!!!
    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)
  • doodledo_2
    doodledo_2 Posts: 4,676 Forumite
    Hopefully a good car boot and that cash will be recouped.

    I haven't done a car boot for years not sure if I would have enough to do one, might have a rummage round this week see if I can scrape enough for a boot full.
    Proud to be dealing with my debts - DFW No: 712

    03/09/09 - DEBT FREE AT LAST :D
    Racing Hypno to Save - £10/£5000
  • SpendHappy
    SpendHappy Posts: 30 Forumite
    OH and I were just talking about this earlier, debating whether we had enough stuff to make a car boot feasible.

    Cant wait until Monday when I get paid, so I can update my debt totals - when did I get this obsessed????

    Also looking forward to when the debt is all gone so all this money can be going straight into my pocket!! I think it is that along with wanting the best for my 2 little men that is keeping me so focused. After about 4 LBMs, this time this one is still going strong!
    January 2010 £47,314.43
    October 2012 £28,075.14
  • garnettgirl
    garnettgirl Posts: 91 Forumite
    I've decided to add comping to my armoury of weapons. I'm on my third day of entering all the competitions on the competition thread that are ending the following day. Today, there are over 1200 competitions to enter which finish on the 30th!

    I've got Roboform installed which just drops your details in but I've been going solidly since 9.30 this morning - apart from a break to make a bacon sandwich!

    I'm going to try to win a few bits to ebay or keep as presents.

    If I'm lucky enough to win anything at all!
    Pay off a Debt by Christmas 2008 Challenge: £1500 overdraft
    Total paid off: £235
    Comping: July wins: The Who tribute band tickets (£24), MP3 download, Man Utd DVD (£17), Life's too F'ing short book (£13)
  • qolwillclearmydebts
    qolwillclearmydebts Posts: 56 Forumite
    hi doodledo, my debts should read 15000 not 1500, thanks
    clear 15000 by xmas. ......June 26th 08, [strike]
    £15000

    [/strike]july 7th down to [strike]£9000[/strike]:j
    aug 1st down to 4000 (paid off 3000 plus interest, transferred 2000 to lifetime balance 5.75%, so does that count:beer:
  • mcjordi
    mcjordi Posts: 4,238 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    well down to £320
    Sealed pot challenger # 10
    1v100 £15/300
  • Herewegoagain
    Herewegoagain Posts: 2,370 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    This looks like an interesting thread, can you imagine getting a christmas free from cash, I love christmas. So can someone explain how this works guys




    Sorry guys, I obveously saw what I wanted to see, but maybe a good suggestion x
    lost 3stin 4mnths GC nov£90/£51.65 July£100/£97.67 Aug£90/£18.59
    LBM Nov05 Loan £4910.65 Paid April07 sealed pot challenge#256
    Nov06 CC £2,590.56 Paid aug07 + Savings07/08 Night Owl 22#
    Mortgage £87,000/£84,000/ £82,261.00/£81,785.30 £80,268/£75402.00/£71229.15 DFW NERD 987 Long Haul member 125 debt free 24th aug 07
  • Broken_hearted
    Broken_hearted Posts: 9,553 Forumite
    Ouch just worked out I neeed to pay £366 a month to hit target better start working on a new budget.
    Barclaycard 3800

    Nothing to do but hibernate till spring
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