In bed with my creditor ...

helnag

Hi Raini,

Congratulations, does sound like it will be a lot better for you in the long run and at least you will be getting your weekends back...well done you.

xx

Raini

Thanks Helnag! It feels very strange just received the paperwork. I have a slight problem with the title though, but my colleague has also changed hers so it shouldn't be a problem. Apparently the CEO isn't interested in titles!

My other tiny concerns are that I have to buy new clothes & shoes. I know that that sounds ridiculous but my clothes are looking really old and worn out now and my shoes are knackered. I also need to look the part and I want to start as I mean to go, so I'm going to spend £200-300 on a new wardrobe. But I'm so scared that I won't be able to stop once I've started. We have about £50 in Mr T vouchers that LB is happy for me use on clothes, so if I can work out how to double them up I will & that will £100 that I haven't really 'spent'. My friend works in a well known shoe shop & gets to give someone her discount & bless her she has given it to me! So I get 60% off a pair three times a year and 20% off all the rest! So I think I will be getting some shoes from there! Although they are a little expensive to start with they are good shoes though!
My other worry is that I will loose the values that I have now. My colleague is lovely & wonderful & brilliant & excellent to learn from but she used to work in London & is used to a high level of income & her other half earns more than I couldn't imagine! When I mentioned to her that eventually I want to pay my mortgage off & she was like why?? I am picking excellent skills up of her but I'm worried that I will pick up things that I don't really want!

Oh look at me go on about nothing!! Honestly I find disaster everywhere! :rolleyes:

Dinah93

Fantastic news about the job Raini, sounds like an amazing oppertunity!

Raini

Thanks Dinah! It does seem a bit too good to be true to be honest! I'm having a slight issue with the title they have offered but have suggested another - not really the biggest problem in the world is it!

I did have a long day for tomorrow but the same bloke that always cancels my shifts has surprise surprise canceled it! Still have a long day on Sunday which is good. I think I'm mentally detaching from there already! I've spoken to my NVQ Assessor and said that I only have 3 weeks to finish it in and she said that should be OK. That I have done enough work, just need to do some direct observations with her.

LB has been so wonderful & supportive even when I know that it is hard for him because he works so hard & is more skilled than anyone else he works with, other than his boss perhaps, and doesn't feel that he gets any recognition. I'm hoping that if I work hard I'll be able to support him to start his own business which I know he would love to do ...

I've done nothing today!! Can't say I feel that guilty, feel like I've been working non stop - this is my first day off in 14 days so I guess I deserve to sit on my bum! Oh & I have been exercising these last couple of weeks - although I should have done it again today but maybe tomorrow!

Once I start the new job I will need to sit down & work out what I can save - I like to know when I will be able to pay LB back. Bit ensure about how much I will actually take home as I may be getting either a company car or a car allowance. Going to view the facility on Wednesday - might be going by helicopter!

Crap_with_money.com

Oooooohhhhh raini - exciting times! Congratulations on the new job - that's amazing news!! And good luck for the interview (or the result of...) - I'm sure you'll have blown them away!!

I didn't think they were actually allowed to ask your age at interviews any more? Far less make an issue of it? Descrimination and all that......

Sorry I haven't been around, I've been on my holi-bags - trying hard to get my head back into a "home" frame of mind!

xx

Buffythedebtslayer

Good news on the new Job Raini well done xxxx

Raini

Thanks guys!

More good news ... they have accepted me onto the course!! :T:T:T

I'm sooooo pleased! So I will start the Diploma on September 16th! The bad news is that I think I will have to pay for it now - it's £2150! :eek: LB has decided that we aren't going to America now, and we are seeing the flakey couple tonight! I've told LB he can tell them!! (I'm such a coward!)

Now I don't want you all to think that I'm very negative but I just can't help thinking that I'm going to get some hugely bad news ... no-one can have this much good luck! It reminds me of those Pain v Pleasure adverts from years ago! I know that the £2150 is bad news but I kinda had it in mind that I would have to pay for it ...

SazM030306

Congratulations on all the good things :-)
Don't think of the bad, if it happens it happens, concentrate on enjoying the good
xxx

Raini

Thanks SazM!

Handing my notice in today! Got butterflies in my stomach!!

Raini

Slight change of plan re work ... colleague is off until Thursday & I'm NOT handing my notice in until she does ... just in case!!

*Paranoid* much!!

Also, another musing of the day is ... I would like to run a business from home but what to do??? I'm thinking some kind of shop online, ebay perhaps, but what would I sell??? That's the million dollar question!

Any thoughts or ideas more than welcome ...