Cheery's buttling diary: tea in one hand, plant pot in the other, running shoes on

It was indeed good Not sure how far it got me but it did clarify that this new amount is based on my CURRENT salary, which I'm relieved about because it means it *should* go up when I get my payrise, which is next Monday.

Of course I'm also NOT pleased because right at the start broker said building society had agreed to base it on salary increase, and did both the decision in principle and full application on that basis - but either he was lying or building society has backed down and he has no negotiating skills :mad:

Hey ho. They have supposedly agreed to instruct the valuation in the meantime and I will send proof of payrise next Monday. Sadly I suspect I am being fobbed off and nothing will actually happen til next Monday anyway, but unfortunately there's very little I can do about that

More deep breaths required I suspect.

Anyway, had an email today with a bonus from a survey from Prolific - takig total to about £13 now I think although a couple of quid is waiting for approval. Think I'll wait til £20 and cash out for free.

Unusually had TWO secret surveys in one day the other day :eek: so once they've both been approved I can cash £10 out of there too :j

Not much spending to report. Bought an M&S skirt for £1.50 amd a shirt for £3.99 from the charity shop yesterday. Contemplated a pair of boots but came home without them, but think I'm going to get them tomorrow as current pair are really scruffy and I'll wear them every day for work. Will see.

Dug foldy bike out to trek to old job tomorrow, but have NO idea where waterproof jacket amd trousers are and it's currently belting down out there :eek:

Family visits today, most cheery Tired now though...

So, let's talk about that 'nice lentil and veg pie that I kade the other day' - and which sat out on the side for several days (not
one) before being eaten by me, and several hours later, the dregs being made into soup by Mr Cheery.

Let's talk about how a couple of hours after that, I started to feel distinctly queasy, and commenced, er, losing the entire contents of my stomach on the hour, every hour, for the next few hours until there was nothing left.

And let's talk about how Mr Cheery's stomach rebelled against said pie in a similar fashion - exactly the same number of hours after eating as mine did...



Don't ever believe (as I so often do) that being vegetarian means you can't give yourself food poisoning! :eek: :eek: :eek:

Still, it's been a frugal few days :rotfl: spent Tuesday unable to move from the sofa. Wednesday I went back to work (delicately) and today I've felt pretty normal (although still quite feeble and still not really hungry). What a palaver!

On the plus side it's given me a nice rest from fretting about the house, which goes from farce to farce - the valuation has now been done and come back at £0 :eek: Solicitor assures me this is straightforward (ish) to deal with, broker hasn't even bothered to get in touch (today i'm giving him the benefit of the doubt and thinking maybe he's working behind the scenes to sort it out although in reality I suspect he's just hiding and hoping I'll go away and get a new broker...)

Leaving that all til Monday now and focusing on feeling like a human again

£10 received from secret survey site and I'm up to £14 odd on prolific now - will cash out at £20.

Nowt else to report. Should probably go to sleep!

I am indeed thank you (although I'm still not hungry - certainly not for my own cooking! :rotfl: ) Will try something other than cereal and toast tomorrow and hopefully build back to normal over the weekend.

Good day at work today, got lots of things ticked off :j Nicely satisfying :T

Just did YNAB (as purse was so full of receipts that I could barely close it ) Didn't actually have to put anything in the budget fiddling category for once! :eek: :rotfl: Except one thing temporarily that had gone through paypal, but on investigation I found out what it was and it had its own category anyway

Slight overspend when I bought new boots and bras the other day but that's been absorbed by moving things around from other monthly spending categories so as long as I take it easy for the next couple of weeks.

Payslip has arrived, clearly demonstrating new payrise :j :j Has been duly dispatched to mortgage broker and hopefully at least *that* palaver can be put behind us... Plenty more left to deal with though! :rotfl: I'm not thinking 'We're moving house' any more, rather 'we're playing this elaborate game of Bureaucratic Nonsense - let's see if we can win!'

Hey ho, nothing will happen over the weekend anyway so I can concentrate on tidying up a bit - housework has been sorely neglected while we've both been feeling a bit off colour...