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Hypno's "there's more to life than debt" diary.....

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  • pandapaws
    pandapaws Posts: 2,119 Forumite
    I'm completely with you on the NO to garage sales, mainly because I couldn't stomach the embarassment of all the neighbours passing saying 'ooh, they must be tight for cash, let's give them a quid'. I can't stand throwing stuff away though, so although I hate it I do the occasional car boot (or try to, a-la-last sunday :mad: )

    The idea of giving the whole lot away as a single job lot rather than skipping it all would be my favoured option - I know if it was me, I'd end up not chucking some stuff in the skip because it would be too valuable/sentimental/potentially useful to someone, whereas if I knew that someone was at least going to use it I wouldn't mind as much giving it away for nowt. Although the idea of a giant clutter skip does definitely have some appeal - how liberating!

    (And if you still need a home for the breadmaker...:D)
  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
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    Panda, I will put the breadmaker in my dining room for now............;)

    Still doing itunes stuff - and have booked another good restaurant mystery shop for next week.......the way the markets are looking, it may be the only food I can afford :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)
  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
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    Its still dark in the mornings when I get up now - bah!

    Most of the CDs are now loaded - I will do more tonight when I get home. I have a mystery shop to do after work but other than that nothing expected in the coffers.

    Have a good day everyone!
    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)
  • pandapaws
    pandapaws Posts: 2,119 Forumite
    :j :j :j Breadmaker! :j :j :j
    :j :j :j Thank you, thank you, thank you!:j :j :j
    I've lost count of the number of those I haven't 'won' on Freecycle!

    Well done on finding so many decent mystery shops. All the ones around me are a bag of brown stuff at the moment. Might look into finding some new shopping agencies today. Have a nice day!
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    The whole iTunes phenomenon has passed me by, tbh.... I may have to jump on that bandwagon sooner or later. Well, anyway, have a good one,hypno, I've got the news on in the background.....
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • OliveOyl_2
    OliveOyl_2 Posts: 3,506 Forumite
    I find MS assignments come in waves, perhaps it's just me, but sometimes I sit at the computer struggling to fill in those reports (or play freecell :o ) for AGES. And then other times I whizz through them. Then there is the supply of them, sometimes there's a glut, and I've known other times when I've done 1 in a month :rotfl:

    But on Sunday I MS'd an electrical store (I now SO WANT a flat screen TV :o ) and there was a pricing error on the item I did buy. Instead of £49.99 it was displayed as £31.99 (they'd put the wrong printer cartridges on that shelf) At the till, because they'd made that error they sold them to me at £31.99 :j and I got £10 back :j :j And because something actually happened I had something to write on my report and it didn't take nearly as long as usual :rotfl:

    But I don't get coffee shops ;)
  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
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    OO, I did the flat screen telly one too!!!

    I get lots of coffee shop ones - it is obviously marked on my profile........: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)
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Ooh, a Sunday one for an electrical store. Can I pm you to ask which organisation???

    And as for freecell...Humph! Aargh
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    duchy wrote: »
    Had a nice five minuites chatting with Donny after seeing his and Marie's show too.....I won't bore you with the photos ;)

    :eek: Nooooooo :eek:

    I've just come back from holiday to a £1200 tax bill and now this.

    How could you :confused: .

    Am REALLY in a huff now :mad:
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • taxi73
    taxi73 Posts: 20,815 Forumite
    Hope you're having a good day today.I haven't listened to the news properly yet as I have DGs here and he's not exactly quiet...
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