The January 2009 BR Club

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Good morning everyone .......

I hope there are not too many hangovers......
I finished work at midnight and went home for a glass or two of vino and watched the end of Jools and then Grumpy New Year - I agree with so much of what they say!!! Then bed and back at work this morning.
No rest for the wicked.....

I have been asked to work overtime next week (surprise,surprise) in a different department. It is a job I love doing and so I have said yes, but on the condition that I am paid with time in lieu, and not money, (keeping the surplus limit as a priority) and they have agreed!! :T
It means I will have an extra weeks holiday to take before 1st July.... yippee.
After that, I will have a couple of quiet weeks and a bit of me time. If you call filing for BR "quiet" :rolleyes: This weekend I must crack on and fill in my forms. Get ready everyone - the questions will be coming thick and fast!

I think the pension ones are going to be my bugbear. Anyone else with a pension that involves being contracted out of SERPS? I haven't paid into it for years but it does pay me £200 a year at the moment (Wow).

So there you have it ..... Happy New Year to anyone I have missed. I must say it was so nice to be able to post on here last night and know that there were others in the world that weren't out celebrating!

:j SA

DON79

Morning SA (oops its afternoon now!)

hope you are well. I am fine, no hangover or anything but didn't go to bed til about 1am so am tired and kids were awake at 6am! :eek:

I am back at work tomo - working Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday and then off to the court on Wednesday! another :eek:

But xxjulesxx is going to be there before me, they are going on the 5th Jan, so I won't be the first on this forum in January.

Still not clued up on the whole pension thing am afraid, don't even know what SERPS is! Sorry.

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DON79 wrote: »

Morning SA (oops its afternoon now!)

hope you are well. I am fine, no hangover or anything but didn't go to bed til about 1am so am tired and kids were awake at 6am! :eek:

I am back at work tomo - working Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday and then off to the court on Wednesday! another :eek:

But xxjulesxx is going to be there before me, they are going on the 5th Jan, so I won't be the first on this forum in January.

Still not clued up on the whole pension thing am afraid, don't even know what SERPS is! Sorry.

Hi Donna,
I remember when I was offered the 6th Jan and I nearly had heart failure.... :eek:
Not long now, eh?
SERPS - it is something like State Earnings Related Pension - part of your NI contributions go/went towards it. Not even sure if it is about now. Anyway, "back in the day" you could opt out and have more paid into a private pension which at the time seemed the right thing to do......
Unfortunately, like a number of financial things at the moment, I am not sure that it was a particularly good move. the pension is probably going to be worth peanuts anyway....
I really must crack on with the forms..... hope you will be on hand to help?
SA

DON79

Hi SA will help you out with whatever I can so ask away.

DON79

Hi everyone, was supposed to be going out tonight but have given it a miss. Have a sore head so would rather stay in I think. Kids are getting put to bed at 7.30 at the latest and then will have some red wine! Probably not the best thing for a sore head but :rolleyes:

right now have got Flash Gordon on the tv, cheesy but classic and like the songs! but am going to watch a movie later on - got Wild Hogs out of Asda for £3 - its a comedy and appeals to my OH's sense of humour - it might appeal to mine in some bits!

hope that you are all having a good night whatever you decide to do.

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hope that you are all having a good night whatever you decide to do.

:eek: I've started my forms - OMG !!!!!

SA

DON79

just take it a bit at a time, do a little bit each day. how much have you done?

Name and address!

DON79

well dvd is a bit of a flop! OH hasn't stopped playing his computer game so we can snuggle up and watch it together.......so I thought, fine, I will come on here and attempt to make some useful comments, not doing so well really though. :sad:

tigerfeet2006

Sorry the film was a flop Donna, but ain't Flash great cheese at it's best

And you are doing great helping others on here.:grouphug: Have a dodgy hug

DON79

Yeah Flash Gordon always good for a laugh... very cheesy - the whole "go flash go" cheerleader thing is just so bad it is hilarious!

Dodgy hug appreciated! :A

Just got to get to work tomo and keep my mind off everything until Wednesday.

Thanks TF