Carry on Questing

Lula-Hula

Back again

Well, the title says it all; DD & I have been practising alliteration & I've had my last slurp of sloe gin which is so delicious I just cannot describe with words.

Trouble is it doesnt taste alcoholic in the way that Gordon does so its way to easy to just slurp away :whistle: & next thing you know I'm having to retype the whole paragraph because yet again my fingers cannot keep up with my thoughts.


Had a lovely time with my grandmother who now seems quite well again :j & although a bit forgetful at times, otherwise in fine form. She has lovely carers coming in to help her with various things & it seems to be working well & keeping her mentally stimulated too. She loved the new boingy pillows & said the rock cakes & hobnobs were delicious too. That's real praise as she was a true Old Styler with a fruit & vetable garden & there was always something delicous cooking in her kitchen .

Popped round to check on Dad s house on the way home too as he's away & all was fine there. Took the car for a little swim on a flooded road but it didnt seem to clean much of the dirt off :undecided.

Popped into the co op on the way home to get more buttery stuff while still on offer (87p each tub ) also grabbed a bag of reduced hot cross buns for 50p, soe cracker & rolls for supper. I had an ovewhelming urge to make more leek & potato soup & it turned out really well & a decent colour too thanks to having white onions. Another £3.56 spent on groceries & only £57.55 left.

Checked & double checked all the direct debits & standing orders ( have reinstated the rent one as of this week) & calculated that I had enough to pay another £50 to Barclaycard - replacing the £50 that has got temporarily 'lost' .

Barclaycard - CC1 - balance is now : £3,850
Co Op card - CC2 - balance is now : £ 800

Total Debt now £ 4650

It really is going down :j & according to Snowball, if I continue with same level of payments then it'll be under £3,000 by July at which point I'll look around for a new deal to balance transfer to. It will be a year since I took out the Co Op CC & with much less debt than year ago & a faultless repayment history I'm hoping for something good .

So, no alcohol in March _pale_ & some serious weight loss required. Not a single pound lost in Februrary so should be making up for that by losing 10lbs ... :rotfl:

Ever the optimist

night night
xx

Shoe_Gal

I am aiming for 10 lbs loss too :eek:

Bowski_1011

I'll aim for 10lb too then !! I've had a good day so far. Hope you two have too!

I'm going for no chocolate.

Glad your grandmother is well Lula and great to see your debts coming down nicely :j

Shoe_Gal

Was doing Ok - but now I'm eating :mad:

Lula-Hula

Thank goodness for it being March & sunny today

Work was 'interesting' :think:.

Just Grumpy & myself in the office this morning & we got on brilliantly; back to the usual chat & banter. The other 2 peeps in our office arrived at lunch time & immediately the atmosphere changed :huh:.

It's been a NSD & I am to receive £ 2.55 from Quidco .

No money back from the CLOSED Crapital One Account . thought I'db etter call & was very surprised when all the security info I used to give still worked. The balance-giving voice told me that I had £50 in my account & £3000 to spend. What ? I have £3,000 avaialable to spend from my 'closed account ' :eek:. Finally got through to 'Pauline' who assured me that she would send my £50 back to my bank account but that it would take 7 - 10 working days :mad:.

I will not make that kind of mistake again .

Shoe_Gal

:eek: ouch Lula! No more drunk banking for you it's normally drunk texting I have to talk people out of, not banking :rotfl::rotfl:

Bowski_1011

I've made a mistake too, and am totally embarrassed but....

I did a balance transfer and have transferred more than I needed too, so I have been charged 2.98% on £700 when I only had £500 to transferr

I don't know what's going to happen and I am too embarrassed to ring up so just going to wait until the transactions are up to date and go from there.

ETA... I was totally sober at the time so no excuses for me!

Shoe_Gal

:eek: Bowski - hope you can sort it out

Bowski_1011

Shoe_Gal wrote: »

:eek: Bowski - hope you can sort it out

Thanks..me too!!

I'd hoped they couldn't transfer that much if I didn't have that on my card but it's showing up on my virgin as £700. Nothing on halifax yet though which is the card that only has £500 on.

I feel like I am following you around the board Shoe Gal lol

Shoe_Gal

Bowski_1011 wrote: »

I feel like I am following you around the board Shoe Gal lol

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: I am off to bed now