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Shiny Sparkly Daily CHAT Thread - Everyone Welcome - FRIDAY! 3rd October

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  • Only registered today, although have been reading these forums for quite some time.

    Thought was about time I registered though - although my debts are 'under control' for the moment, they are (amongst a few other things) also a cause of concern to my girlfriend who has indicated that I could move in with her in the not-too distant future, but is very hesitant to allow me to do so whilst I have debts hanging over me.
  • Doomcow
    Doomcow Posts: 1,729 Forumite
    IM STILL COLD

    but i refuse to put the heating on.

    i gave up smoking last november.. kinda glad i did, but wish i hadnt.. former smokers will know what i mean....
    Mr & Mrs Doomcow Wedding Fund: £10200/£18000 (by 04/2012) (spent £2000)
    meiow meiow purr meep merp purr urble purrup :)

    requires further financing
  • (Land_of)_Maz
    (Land_of)_Maz Posts: 11,738 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Hi Slippery, welcome to the daily chat....

    kinda quiet today but can be a good place to pop in daily for general chit chat and ranting!!
    I'm just a seething mass of contradictions....
    (it's part of my charm!)
  • (Land_of)_Maz
    (Land_of)_Maz Posts: 11,738 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    jinky67 wrote: »
    I received my phone bill today:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

    £100.24 !!!!!!??????????????????


    i go mad if mine is over £75... it's usually somewhere bewtween £68-£75... usually about £2 of actual calls! Grrrrr!!!

    Have you been dialling them 0870 numbers again jinks?
    I'm just a seething mass of contradictions....
    (it's part of my charm!)
  • Hi Slippery, welcome to the daily chat....

    kinda quiet today but can be a good place to pop in daily for general chit chat and ranting!!
    Thanks for the welcome!

    To be honest, my visits will be occasional anyway - I can only access the internet at work - I DID have it at home (a room I rent on a Farm) but had both the internet and my phoneline disconnected recently as don't consider either of them to be a necessity and thought that it would a sensible first-step toward saving ££.
  • jinky67
    jinky67 Posts: 47,812 Forumite
    No and on looking through the bill I really cant see where we have spent that.......oh just checked again...most of it is carried forward from the last one
    :heartpulsOnce a Flylady, always a Flylady:heartpuls
  • Doomcow
    Doomcow Posts: 1,729 Forumite
    my phone bill (phone _ sky tv _ internets) is never over £35 like. duno how folks can go so high!

    woman at my work - lives alone, her calls are that high, *plus* she seems to spend about £70/week on groceries!
    Mr & Mrs Doomcow Wedding Fund: £10200/£18000 (by 04/2012) (spent £2000)
    meiow meiow purr meep merp purr urble purrup :)

    requires further financing
  • jinky67
    jinky67 Posts: 47,812 Forumite
    Doomcow wrote: »
    my phone bill (phone _ sky tv _ internets) is never over £35 like. duno how folks can go so high!

    woman at my work - lives alone, her calls are that high, *plus* she seems to spend about £70/week on groceries!
    I dont know either...was always around £10 before:rolleyes:
    :heartpulsOnce a Flylady, always a Flylady:heartpuls
  • Well, as mentioned - had mine disconnected as don't consider the internet/phoneline a necessary expense at present :(
  • Doomcow
    Doomcow Posts: 1,729 Forumite
    get a PAYG mobile and have folk pay their own calls?
    Mr & Mrs Doomcow Wedding Fund: £10200/£18000 (by 04/2012) (spent £2000)
    meiow meiow purr meep merp purr urble purrup :)

    requires further financing
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