📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

The Good News Thread...

Options
1242527293059

Comments

  • Ali-OK
    Ali-OK Posts: 4,073 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Debt-free and Proud!
    My good news is more for my son...I stumbled across the Sainsburys Instant Access Saver account to find out it can be used for children under 16 with a 5% APR. Woohoo! Much better than the 3.5% he's getting at the moment. Just got to move all his money now!
    Back on the DFW Wagon:

    CC - £3,300 on 0% til 04/2020
    CC - £4,500 on 0% til 02/2019
    Loan - £12,063.84 as at 4/1/18
  • crawley_girl
    crawley_girl Posts: 2,010 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    JUst been accepted for an egg credit card 0% balance transfer for 6 months with a limit high enough to transfer the blance of my tesco card on to. Yipeee!

    :heartpuls CG :heartpuls
    Ever wonder about those people who spend £2 apiece on those little bottles of Evian water? Try spelling Evian backward.
  • tee_pee_2
    tee_pee_2 Posts: 1,674 Forumite
    my good news I put the washer on and found a £5 in my jeans pocket, and how sad is this walked into town and paid it off my cc.
  • Have already griped about this weeks shopping bill on the 'todays spend' thread but there was good news. Spotted hair dye charged twice & got one lot back plus £2 inconvenience.

    Also pay increase letter today & a nice increase, much more than i was expecting & i didnt even have to beg/makes threats etc

    At the weekend I'll be posting on the bad news thread though as i know the car repairs are in the region of £750.

    Sometimes I think the pleasure pain principle, like the yogurt advert, might be true.

    Ah, well

    BL
    Building an emergency fund and starting on the mortgage!
  • oops_a_daisy
    oops_a_daisy Posts: 2,460 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Name Dropper Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    wow teepee I think you need to join the debt free nerds :rotfl:
    :cool: Official DFW Nerd Club Member #37 Debt free Feb 07 :cool:
  • Wizwoo
    Wizwoo Posts: 675 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I did a micro teach session today (traing to be a teacher :eek: ). I was a nervous wreck but it went fine and now I feel that I could really do it!

    Such a relief.
  • tesuhoha
    tesuhoha Posts: 17,971 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Was sitting at the laptop today stressing about money when the phone rang. It was our electricity and gas supplier SWALEC. They asked me to read our meters as they havent been read for years. We pay the same amounts on DD each month. After I gave the woman my readings she said that I owed them £74 for the electricity and I'm £523 IN CREDIT on the gas. Couldnt quite believe it.
    The forest would be very silent if no birds sang except for the birds that sang the best






  • lynzpower
    lynzpower Posts: 25,311 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    TESUHOHA!! WOW thats absolutely brilliant!!!!

    So do they write you a cheque for it?!? Someones trying to keep thier customers arnt they :)
    :beer: Well aint funny how its the little things in life that mean the most? Not where you live, the car you drive or the price tag on your clothes.
    Theres no dollar sign on piece of mind
    This Ive come to know...
    So if you agree have a drink with me, raise your glasses for a toast :beer:
  • lynzpower
    lynzpower Posts: 25,311 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    omg just had a call from OH, the freind of mine I was hoping would move in to our spare room has just phoned him, saying she wants to move in ASAP!!!

    What a result. Being on here has meant our outgoings on the flat are really low, and we have a tiny bit spare in the accounts towards the "bits" we need for the flat, and suddenly we will, heres hoping, be 500 a month better off!! :beer: I can barely contain myself!!
    :beer: Well aint funny how its the little things in life that mean the most? Not where you live, the car you drive or the price tag on your clothes.
    Theres no dollar sign on piece of mind
    This Ive come to know...
    So if you agree have a drink with me, raise your glasses for a toast :beer:
  • Lewby
    Lewby Posts: 449 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    That's brilliant new Lynz! What a difference that will make to you!

    Makes my good news seem a bit insignificant now but today I managed to get the PPI on my car loan taken off so I'm £50 per month better off to throw at my other debts! Still good news but on the scale of things ... Whoo Hoo Go Lynz!!

    Lewby xx
    ** Official DFW Nerd Club Member 009**
    Total Debt 01/02/11 [STRIKE] £64,912 [/STRIKE] 01/04/16 [STRIKE]£32,700[/STRIKE] 01/01/19 £0 :j
    NSD's for Feb 01/15 GC £0 / £300
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 351K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.1K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.6K Spending & Discounts
  • 244.1K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 599K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177K Life & Family
  • 257.4K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.