InaPickle getting out of a pickle!

InaPickle

Rang up the tax man to see what's going on. He said that it's just been dealt with and I should expect the cheque any time soon. It seems I will get about £60 less than I was expecting, though. Drat. Still, it's better than nothing, although that £60 would have paid for my nail table. *Sighs* Ah well.

InaPickle

Spent £2 on Coke at work today (had the customer from hell so it probably saved my sanity!), and now seem to have arranged to go on a Co-Workers Weight Watchers (CWWW: and I'm not sure if it will have anything to do with WW, either ) plan with one of the other girls at work, who, ironically is also called Pickle (OK, so not actually 'Pickle', but what people call me in real life instead of Pickle).

Need to get up in the morning to get my car MOTed. So I should sleep now. After finishing this glass of white wine. Yum!

taxi73

Hope your tax rebate comes soon for you and taht you get loads of clients to have their nails done.

InaPickle

Thanks Taxi.

Am currently looking online for insurance quotes, to see if I can beat the ones the price comparison sites are giving me. The Hastings Direct site is down, which isn't helpful, as that was one of the best quotes, and I'll have to give up now soon to get ready for work. One way or another, it needs to be sorted by Friday, so I'll have to get it done.

Car is currently having its MOT. I'm not unduly worried, apart from a wierd noise it's making above the passenger side wheel when rurning right. Hope it's nothing serious. *Gulp*

Got paid today but it's all going straight back out so I can't be too happy about it.

I bought my beauty table last night on Ebay. It's considerably cheaper than offline, but I'm stil feeling the pinch, and feeling unhappy with the whole nail thing: I went to do a charity do on Saturday with some of the other girls for a while, and it was a total washout on my part and now I wish I had never got involved in it for all the money it has cost me and how crap I feel at it. It's not even what I really want to do in life - I kind of fell into it, and I was happy enough at the time because I'm so bored at work. I try to look at the positives like how it can make me money, but I realise that it will take time away from the things I would actually like to do, and I've been telling myself to go with it cos I've invested so much time and money in it already. I think this just all falls into the category of 'hopelessly and aimlessly floating through life without having a paddle or a sense of direction'. I'm freaked at how much has been invested in this.

Need to buy a few light tops for summer as I have nothing presentable and now the sales are on is when I should be looking, but I'm just feeling the pressure of more money I don't have going out again.

Things are not good. I'm trying not to feel sorry for myself, but I was awake in bed last night just thinking how I've got to change things soon as there is very little good going on at the minute.

I have also been thinking about my CC. I have come up with a solution to sort out the hideous interest rate I'm paying, but I'm not sure whether or not I should take it for personal reasons.

Got to go. Sorry to be so glum but I'm feeling stressed and a bit hopeless at the minute.

taxi73

Sorry to hear that you are feeling hopeless...please don't feel that way....

RE the nails you have invested so much money now that you may as well try to make some extra money from it in your spare time..this way you may get rid of your CC and get a bit spare for other stuff...

Your diary is for bad times as well as good so don't apologise about being down or glum xx

Things will get better you just have to take baby steps to start with x

InaPickle

taxi73 wrote: »

RE the nails you have invested so much money now that you may as well try to make some extra money from it in your spare time..this way you may get rid of your CC and get a bit spare for other stuff...

Oh Taxi, I didn't mean for you - and other people who have REAL problems - to take that on board. But that is what I was thinking about it. I thought it would be a good way to earn an extra few pennies. Although there would have to be a LOT of pennies to cover all the costs and eventually come out in profit. :rotfl:

taxi73 wrote: »

Your diary is for bad times as well as good so don't apologise about being down or glum xx

Things will get better you just have to take baby steps to start with x

*Kicks self up backside* I'm just being a bit pathetic, that's all. There's nothing so wrong as to be unfixable - I just need to get on with it. And I've had some very bad times this past two and half years (can't discuss on here as it could get litiginous) which means that I truly know what a 'bad time' is here, and this is not one of them. It's just a frustrating one. And a broke one. But hey, it isn't going to last forever. :T

And as for you, missus, stop listening to other people whinge, PMA to the heavens and sit back and relaaaaaaax!

taxi73

I am relaxed..lol

InaPickle

taxi73 wrote: »

I am relaxed..lol

I should hope so, too!

Baby_steps_2

Hi Pickle,

Hope you feel more positive today. Just keep going with the debt and the nail course. I'm sure the nail course will give you some returns on the future. Are you still looking for other jobs? When you get a job that you enjoy I'm sure you will feel more positive about things. You can then do your nail stuff on the side to bring in a bit of extra money.

Keep plugging away at the debt I know you will ge there eventually, these things don't happen over night. If you ask me its alot easier to spend money rather than pay it off!!:D:D

Hope your week get bettter,

Baby steps.

InaPickle

Thanks Baby steps!

I've had a hell of a few days: got paid three days ago, got my tax rebate two days ago (sixty pounds or so less then expected but hey, still better than nothing), had to get my MOT two days ago (which the car failed on a few minor points), have since had it serviced, repaired and retested (for which I was charged £20 - !!!!!!?!), all for £200, and have just renewed my car insurance for £395 (with £45 back via Quidco, thank God!). I feel as though I've spent the past few days being financially gang raped by every conceiveable arm of the automotive industry, and I owe about £100 more than I've earned this month in terms of bills. I am soooo setting up that bank account to save up the money for the car for next year so that this never happens again. Once I've paid off the debt, of course.

Have spent £8 today transporting myself from place to place thanks to a curmodgeonly member of the family (no guesses who!), who I could have cheerfully strangled today at several points.

On top of this I have been (mainly succesfully) trying to eat healthily, but I think tonight is a call to wine. I offset it with walking the two miles home from work yesterday. I don't want to go on a diet diet as I don't think they work, and I am more than aware that my whole lifestyle needs to change for health reasons, but I'm wondering if that deal is still on with WeightWatchers whether or not it might not be a bad idea to join for some guidelines? Need to see if the deal's still going...

I have to finish getting my bike out and about as I will try to ride to and from work when it is light enough, and plot some exercise in at other times.

Need to practice music. Need to tidy room. Need to practice nails and know that mum will want me to clean up for tomorrow night's impending doo.

Need to figure out some guidelines for spends this month as the OD is unavoidable.

Figure crunching, here I come!