The Good News Thread...

queenofthedump

my good news for today- I have successfully completed 2 weeks of not smoking so OH and I have saved £140. I have not used credit card in 88 days.

lynzpower

Wow Marieb thats fantastic!!

Did you have to coerce your OH into giving up? I quite want to but OH is fully committed.

D&DD

Marie thats brilliant news well done to you both!! :beer: Make me shudder how much we spend on ciggies I so need to stop and have utmost admiration for those who do!!

dottyanne

Think its double hard if both of you smoke - its twice the battle, i dont and have never smoked but i see how hard it is for OH when he trys to stop (failed) or cuts right down - he's unbearable!! good luck tho...........dotty xx

bommer

Had a lovely surprise in the post today. A cheque for £2250.00. This was compensation for a car accident I had last year. This will pay off my Barclaycard off £1640.00 and put £610.00 towards my student overdraft.

Bills left to pay will then be

Student overdraft £575.00
Northern Rock Loan £4765.00
In-laws £3000.00
Student Loan £12200 approx.

Debt at highest £23700.14 (Dec 05)
Debt now £20540.00 (March 06)

LookingAhead

Good one MarieB! And you'll soon hit a milestone too and be sub 60 :T :j

So glad you have done well in quitting smoking, I love it when people do!!

Bommer: sorry to hear you had a car accident, I really hope you are ok? But glad that you got some cash that will help you out.

Ali-OK

They say good news comes in three's...

1) Got accepted for A&L Current account and have a referrer from here (thank you!)..hopefully it is being tracked OK via Quidco too! (£140)

2) Got a late birthday card...with a cheque inside for £25

3) Got an email from Envirofone saying the phone I sent is good and will be getting a cheque for £22.91

A total of £187.91. I'm so excited! :j :rotfl:

Alleycat

I got a rather unexpected cheque in the post when I got back from visiting the folks yesterday. £189 from Barclays as they had not calculated my interest correctly when paid off my graduate loan early a couple of years ago!! Thing is I got a similar one (more money) about 6 months ago. Not going to say anything as this means that our Mint card will be paid off a month early!!!!

Must update the sig!

D&DD

Little bit of good news I referred a friend to Telewest and found out today I'll get my referral bonus this coming month of £50 :j :j My bill (thanks to some negotiating MSE style) will only be £48 this month so I get a free month and a couple of quid off next months YAY!!!

Chortle_2

I got the £40 refer a friend bonus from Dagobert for opening my A&L account today, and £70 arrived in my paypal account last night from Quidco, so that's another £110 to come off of my debt