The Good News Thread...

D&DD

moozie wrote:

Fab news This thread got Debt Free Wannabe chat of the week in :money: e-mail! OK so it's not quite 'my' news but I am still :j since reading it!

Really chuffed! I had nominated it for post of the month but this is the next best thing. Well done D&DD :T :T

Aw shucks Moozie I didn't even know that was really kind of you !!!
What great news for all the posters on here :T :T :T I feel really uplifted sharing in all your good news as I'm sure a lot of others will agree.We may be 'wanabees' for now but we'll all get there one day and our little bits of happiness on the good news thread will hopefully inspire others to see its not all doom and gloom. :T :T :T Thanks to everyone :T :T :T

KEZZAE_2

Well, I've had some good news over the past couple of days
On Saturday my brother gave me a belated birthday present of £20, then later in the day my mum gave me £20 as she thought I didn't have any money (I do, but not much), so that means for the next two months I can waive my £20 allowance and spend an extra £20 per month on debts, yay...!!
On Sunday I was looking thru some old paperwork and discovered that Studio owe me £17 so I phoned them up and asked them for a refund, which I should receive this week
And I've got £25 cashback to come back from Kays, which will pay for my mums, grans and brothers birthday presents, double yay....!!
And today, OH phoned me to say that we can now claim for our Labradors hydrotherapy on our Pet Insurance, back dated to January, that's £240 coming our way , he has bad hips and has to go every fortnight, not that it stops him from being naughty...... Triple Yay...!!!

Blacksheep_3

D&DD
Well done, and keep the faith.Those debts are bustable. I am struggling with my banks unreasonable bank charges, actually putting me in to debt at the moment. I won't let them get away with it for much longer.
I've joined the Bank Action Group through this site and you could say , matters are in hand!
When I get a little bit more positive I too will list my debts and post them here.
Light bulb moment January 2006.
Best wishes
Blacksheep :money: :A :T :rotfl: :A :T :A :beer:

Budget

Dear D&DD

Lots of good things have happened in the past week, so I thought I'd list them to hopefully give others encouragement.
(1) Having reached the big 60 I can now travel on local buses after 9am for FREE! This will not only save me fuel plus wear and tear on the car but also car park fees which are astronomical where I live.
(2) Someone told me that winter fuel allowances are available to over-60s, but I thought they were mistaken. Then I saw an ad on a notice board at Sainsbury's giving a number to ring for more info. It now turns out that at the end of this year I will be paid a £200 heating allowance, which will cover most if not all of my Christmas gifts.
(3) Yesterday I paid in £20 which represented the first set of ten £2 coins I've saved; tonight I gave a talk locally and the cheque I received will also go in to the bank.
(4) On Saturday (April 1st) I received my brand new 0% NSPCC/Bank Of Scotland credit card with a no-fee credit transfer so I transferred £3.6k from a MBNA card where I was paying 1.9% p.a. until July when it would have become 15.9% p.a. Now it's down to 0% on the new card until December 1st so (a) I don't have to pay it off on July 1st and (b) can therefore keep my savings earning interest for another 5 months before paying off the debt.
What a great way to end the Tax Year - and April is the start of the annual pay rise at work! I'm SOOO grateful to Martin for this wonderful site.

Budget

Sorry, meant to say I transferred £4.7k instead of £3.7k - an even better result!

moozie_2

D&DD wrote:

We may be 'wanabees' for now but we'll all get there one day and our little bits of happiness on the good news thread will hopefully inspire others to see its not all doom and gloom. :T :T :T Thanks to everyone :T :T :T

:T Here here!!! :T

Thank you for coming up with some a lovely, uplifting and positive thread! Everyone's contributions are wonderful read and they always cheer me up :T

ozzyfan_2

Just wanted to add my congratulations D&DD :beer:
this thread is brilliant & guaranteed to lift your spirits & make you feel positive, no matter how bad you may be feeling, so pleased for you! :T

looneyleo

Whoopie!!! Today I received my £50.00 from the Alliance and Leicester for being referred by my dad for a current account (he got his £50.00 too) and £100.00 for taking Barclays for a ride! My husband got £100.00 from Barclays too! Feels so good to be paid money from banks (especially Barclays!) Not in credit card debt, but we are struggling with our mortgage repayments and this £250.00 will really help towards taking our children on holiday this year. Brilliant! Thanks to all money savers for a great site - and thanks to the Big M for his advice! Can't wait for Wednesday's to get the email! Looneyleo

oops_a_daisy

I accepted the offer for endowment compensation today so will be watching my account till it goes in £1150.00 :j . Becasue I see this as house money and I havent spent any money on my house in ages - I have a very big list of things to do need new carpets upstairs, leaking toilet, broken garage door, wardrobe for me, shower leaking - dont think it would stretch far enough for a new conservatory though LOL

D&DD

:j :j Oh thats brilliant news Oops :j :j I'm sure you'll hunt around for some of the best MSE deals too!!
Carpetright were doing a 10% off voucher on their website not sure if its still going..