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good idea but its in an indoor arcade
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: I looked at their website and it lists the stores in alphabetical order. I tried looking up the unit numbers but got nowhere
Mortgage Total: £50,550/ £75,000
Mortgage Overpayments Pot £16800 -
Oh sweetie, that's horrible
Hugs.....
(Sorry, I'm useless at saying the right thing, but am thinking of you all)0 -
Could you not ring theshop in the shopping centre and ask what the shop is next to it? They might think you are a bit wierd but you get the result:D
Or you could ask how to find them? Who are they next to?But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.0 -
Yep will give it a try in the morning
I think the only reason they ask is to check you've been to the right store, but surely my receipt number tells them that :rolleyes: Mortgage Total: £50,550/ £75,000
Mortgage Overpayments Pot £16800 -
Morning
I called the centre this morning and they very helpfully told me the store
I have emailed the ms company about the photo and am waiting to hear, I have submitted the report already.
Today I have one mystery shop to do and ds wants to go on a bus somewhere. Other than that I have several small jobs to do, I wrote a list this monring of 7 things and have done 2 so far
10p on the scratchcards today, no other money news, well only that my mobile arrive and is £12 more than normal because of when I phoned Next about my sale order and was on hold for ages and ages, I didnt realise it was a premium line :mad: :mad: Hey ho, I'll know for next time!Mortgage Total: £50,550/ £75,000
Mortgage Overpayments Pot £16800 -
Panic over for yesterdays mystery shop, the company have let me off of the photo
I've been and done todays one, just need to submit it now. Then I took ds on a little train ride from the harbour and back. When we got home I finally got round to booking a dentist appointment for next week, I have a phobia about it and am dreading it but my teeth are such a state that I really must go 
This afternoon we are doing several indoor jobs, I must sort out my online banking too. In fact, I may even write a list seeing as I haven't done one for ages

- online banking
- submit mystery shop
- find some more qualifiers for a matched bet
- sort out my eyebrows
- pay both water bills
- find some stuff my mum has asked me for
- sort out car insurance paperwork
- clear washing pile
- hoover through
- empty dishwasher
Mortgage Total: £50,550/ £75,000
Mortgage Overpayments Pot £16800 -
Hmm, I've spent ages trying to sort the banking and I still seem to have £497 left for food / petrol / general stuff for this month. Now that all sounds great but I didn't even have that much to start with at the start of the month, so not too sure whats gone wrong with my figures today :rolleyes:

Other than that the dishwasher has been emptied and refilled, the washing pile is almost gone and I've put on a few more qualifiers for another bet
Mortgage Total: £50,550/ £75,000
Mortgage Overpayments Pot £16800 -
Oops, I haven't updated on here for a bit, last night I went for dinner at a friends house which was lovely, I was the only one not drinking as I was driving but it was still a great night

Today I've been out and done a few bits and pieces and have just been sorting out some matched betting stuff. I am trying to earn enough opints on the betfair cricket thing to get a free ipod shuffle for ds for christmas. The offer finishes on monday so I need to earn some serious oould points before then, so that has complicated all my betting stuff today, but I have put some bets on and now should be getting on with the housework while I wait for the footie to start :rolleyes: The place really is a bombsite and ds is away at his dads so I have no excuse for not cracking on with it really.
I have a mystery shop to do later on and then am going round mums for a bit as they have several family friends round for the weekend who:D I haven't seen for ages. Right, housework here I come :rolleyes:
Mortgage Total: £50,550/ £75,000
Mortgage Overpayments Pot £16800 -
I've had a very productive hour and a half, I've managed to get pretty much everything away, its not immaculate but it looks tidy again
I've also cleared the ironing pile :j filled the dishwasher and done the first load of washing 
I still need to print off the stuff for tonights mystery shop, sort through a plastic box that seems to have been filling up with various post / paperwork, clean the guinea pigs and also clean the flat. I have stuck some bleach down the loo, squirted Cif round the bath and sink and need to head back in there now to clean them properly :rolleyes:Mortgage Total: £50,550/ £75,000
Mortgage Overpayments Pot £16800 -
Forgot to mention earlier too, being saturday it means today is the start of a new week in my £100 challenge. The results are in from last week ... I made a total of £123 :j which means I'm on track, I need to make £100 per week and then another £540 on top by the end of the year. So far after two weeks I have 2 x £100 and £33 into the extra £540 pot
Mortgage Total: £50,550/ £75,000
Mortgage Overpayments Pot £16800
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