Day 37: no gambling today.
Day 38: no gambling today.
A new week begins and I have ten working days remaining at work this year - I finish next Friday afternoon. My aim is to cycle to and from work every day thus saving £5 per day through not using the tube. Next Friday evening will be a milestone as I'll have reached 50 days gamble-free (fingers crossed) and will have saved £50 through cycling to and from work for each of the next ten days. I need to do my Christmas shopping soon but am waiting for payday on Friday. Here's to a gamble-free week!
I cycled to and from work today thus saving £5. I had a free work lunch today so scoffed sandwiches and a mince pie without paying a penny. I still have a free box of six mince pies on my desk to cover my lunches for six working days. I have a work Christmas lunch on Wednesday, for which I have set money aside. I am going to start my Christmas shopping at the weekend following payday on Friday.
Day 39: no gambling today.
Day 40: no gambling today.
Well done!
It is my company's three-course Christmas lunch today, for which I've already paid a £10 deposit. I have £25 in my wallet and my bank balance is very depressing - chronically overdrawn as usual with hardly any funds available. I cannot afford to spend more than £25 on lunch so will have to go easy on any wine. I rather wish I'd called in sick today and not bothered with it at all. It is payday on Friday so that should ease the pain somewhat although I need to pay my credit card bill and National Insurance bill as soon as possible. I then need to buy some cheap-and-cheerful Christmas presents. All very depressing. At least if I stay gamble-free, next Christmas should be more enjoyable. Roll on 2012.
Six-hour Christmas lunch and drinking session completed. I did not use my bank card but, as expected, I've emptied my wallet so have nothing left for tomorrow or Friday. Still, at least I did not gamble and I have mince pies at work to last me the next two days. Two pies for lunch with a cup of tea is quite a reasonable meal albeit not very healthy.
I cycled to and from work today (I was well over the limit on the way home but couldn't afford the tube, the bus or a taxi). I have now saved fifteen quid this week by cycling. Going to plan some Christmas shopping now.
Day 41: no gambling today.
Hi Hun
Glad things are going well.
Have you tried hawkins bizarre some great cheap and cheerful presents.Just a thought.
Stay Strong.x
I am going to cap my spending on Christmas presents for my family and friends at £50, which is the amount of money I will have saved through cycling to work this week and next week. I will only give cards to a few people and will only use unused cards from last year. Wrapping paper will have to be used sparingly. I am going to stay with my parents from Christmas Day - New Year's Eve. I aim to spend no money whatsoever while I am with them. Next Christmas will be a more generous occasion. Roll on 2012.
I got through another day gamble-free and did not spend any money. I ate two mince pies for lunch with a glass of water and have two mince pies left for tomorrow lunchtime. I cycled to and from work and have now saved £20 this week through not using the tube. Tomorrow is payday so I will be on my guard as I shall have several hundred pounds available to spend in my account and I do not want to give any of it to the bookmakers. It is my money, not theirs.
Day 42: no gambling today.
You don't mention your family much, Pelle. Of course, it's none of my business since I am just words on a screen, but I'm a little curious, and since we're all sharing our lives and wearing our hearts on our sleeves, I wonder of you'd mind explaining how she could not notice that you're not eating etc. You must have lost weight if you're cycling and surviving on two mince pies a day! Can't you make a packed lunch? Do you eat like a horse at home?
BTW, isn't there a baby due soon? Ours is due Feb 15th!
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