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*Weekend Chat Thread 18/19th July*

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  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,539 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Night SRM, are you still an SRM? maybe we need to change your name...
    Mortgage OP 2025 £7050/7000
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  • schoolrunmum
    schoolrunmum Posts: 2,689 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    3 more days! Then they'll both be cycling up to catch the school bus,so no more school-runs for me! Maybe I'll change my name....ex-SRM maybe, lie-in-bed mum, lazy tart? Suggestions welcome...
    Debt-free...and staying that way...
  • Thanks all for your concern but really I am fine, after a few pain killers I am fine. Its just a niggaling pain. I will see if I can get to the doctors tomorow if not it will be Tuesday. Thanks again :)
  • scaredy_cat
    scaredy_cat Posts: 7,758 Forumite
    Pap, we will nag til you do!!!
    Cats don't have owners - they have staff!! :D:p
    DFW Long Hauler Supporter No 150


  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,539 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    3 more days! Then they'll both be cycling up to catch the school bus,so no more school-runs for me! Maybe I'll change my name....ex-SRM maybe, lie-in-bed mum, lazy tart? Suggestions welcome...

    I thought all schools had finished now - been off for weeks up here! lazy tart I like, or maybe ladywotlunches.

    PAP, just take care, constant pain isn't good.
    Mortgage OP 2025 £7050/7000
    Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000

    Mortgage balance: £34,965

    Money making challenge £78/400

    ”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)
  • Gemmzie
    Gemmzie Posts: 14,876 Forumite
    Don't bother with NHS Direct at the moment, they are only dealing with swine flu until the other helpline is set up :rolleyes: Bit useless really, other health problems do exist
    No longer using this account for new posts from 2013
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,623 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Pap~You need to get to the Dr tomorrow.

    Maz~So glad u are in.

    Z~Frosted glasses ~try TK Max.Dont put them in dishwasher though as they will be patchy frosted!
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,623 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Yeah skint it seems as if our schools have been off for ever.
    sally~Glad it went ok :)
    SRM~Ladywholunches sounds good!
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,623 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Belated happy birthday Lou.
    Hope that you had a great day hun xx
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,623 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Is everyone off to bed then?
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
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