Here We Go Again...

Day 69....the husbands favourite number!

I'm doing ok Proudarab! Stressful morning but I think I have sorted it.....a direct debit that I thought was coming out on Wednesday was coming out today and there wasn't enough cash in our account to cover it because the OH accidentally ordered two pairs of boots at the weekend instead of one....went to the bank this morning to put some cash in and they said that they normally try to take the direct debit again at 1pm so hopefully I won't have a late payment charge. Also couldn't find my purse and was nearly late for work.....left it in the car seat last night when i went to the shop! Luckily found it and am not sat starving at my desk!

Husband got a nice £400 bonus last week so that covered new school shoes for the kids and a few bits that we got when we went shopping on Friday and we should have enough cash to comfortably see us through to the end of the month . Got my payrise confirmation letter today off my boss and he said that I will probably get my annual 2% rise on top of that so I may even get another £800 on top of what the letter states.....so all positive signs 🙂

Day 70....like all (ex) gamblers I like a nice round number.

That's a super special one coz it's 10 whole weeks too 🙂

I'm not going to ask how you did your shopping without your purse 😉 but phew to you being reunited with it before lunchtime 🙂

Congrats on the new job & pay rise 🙂 Hope the team are a good bunch & you settle in quickly - ODAAT

Day 72...thanks for the post ODAAT 🙂

First meeting with the new department this afternoon. Used to work with one of the girls a few years ago so at least there will be one person I know there! Stressing about needing to work from home every other Monday until September when my youngest gets 30 hrs free at nursery but the way the months fly by at the minute that will be over and done in no time and other members of the team that I'm moving to work from home a lot more than I need to!

Got a really sore shoulder, had it for over a week now, going to give it another week and then I may need to go to the docs 🙁 OH is sick with a cold....woke up this morning and he wasn't in the bed, thought he must have fell asleep on the sofa.....found him in the spare room and asked him if he'd fallen out with me - he just didn't want to wake me up sneezing all night!

Nearly the weekend and a nice family meal out planned 🙂

Day 77....easiest 77 days I have ever done. Thought that living off £20 a week and never having access to cards would be the worst time of my life....been living off £20 a week for more than two months now and it hasn't bothered me one bit. If I need something extra I have to ask for it but that's just the way it has to be. Anyone joining this site who has struggled for years to give up all I can say is tell your husband, wife, son, daughter, friend, mother, father.....whoever.......tell them and give them every card you own!!!!! Wish I had done it years ago, always thought I could do it on my own - it's so much easier this way 🙂 roll on 100 days in a few weeks xx

Day 85...so busy at work not been able to update as often! Not really a lot of need at the minute, no access to cash or cards = no betting.....it really is that simple.

Two weeks tomorrow until day 100 and weirdly I think it's the day I find out what my annual bonus is 🙂

Well done shorty.....glad to see things are going well for you.

Damo

You're doing well shorty, keep it going!

All the best

Hey Shorty,

Glad to read you're doing well. I'm much the same as you... I have £70 a month allowance now and I wondered how on earth I would get by with only £70 disposable income a month, but it's not really been that difficult.

If only I'd given my wife my cards 10 years ago!!

PA x

Day 86 - thanks for the comments guys 🙂

Proudarab - I know, I used to think I could never survive without debit and credit cards. How would I explain to people that I couldn't go for a nice lunch at the last minute because I didn't have any cards?! In truth, I have just told them that my husband and I are being stricter with our money in order to pay our debts off. It's basically the truth, they just don't know where the debt has come from and how much it is! Not bothering me one bit living off £20 a week. The only thing is miss is my star bucks in the morning!!!!!!!!!

Day 91....been following Rach87's diary on here, my goodness me if I thought my situation was bad I didn't realise how much worse things could have actually gotten. Can't say I would have ever stolen from my employer, I have never even missed a bill payment despite being in so much debt but it just shows how horrendous this addiction can really affect normal people.

Countdown to day 100 and bonus letter day is now on 🙂 mentally making a list of things that I want to buy with my treat money....first thing on the list is a face cream that costs more than £1.49 and doesn't make my eyes sting!!! Learning to appreciate the simple things in life!

Hi Shorty,

Hows things? Not long until your 100 day face cream treat 🙂

PA

Day 98....the face cream treat is in sight proudarab haha!!! (Actually I ordered it off eBay on Sunday and it may arrive on day 100 lol no more stinging eyes for me!) so busy in my new job and I hate it the people are awful apart from a couple and I can already tell I'll have to bite my tongue on a daily basis. Will be a good learning curve for me though had the easy life for too long and maybe this will give me a kick up the a**e to progress further. Not one thought of gambling apart from when there's an advert on the telly! Got an interest free offer ending this month but hopefully bonus money will cover the balance and I can get a credit card cleared 🙂

Day 100....not in a very good mood but at least I haven't gambled xx

Hey well done Shorty!!

100 days is a good thing. Hope everything is ok with you?

PA