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ehallett

beanielou wrote: »

Difficult one hun

I know. I have spoken to the lady and told her that I am having serious doubts and an attack of the guilts. She suggested that I take Lucky round there tomorrow evening with all of her stuff. We are going to give it a 2-3 week trial and if I find that I am missing her or if she isn't settling in then she can come back to me before I sign on the dotted line for the flat.

I think this sounds like the best solution as it's not permanent in my mind and it would just be like she was going to a cattery or something. However, if she does settle in and really likes it after the 3 weeks then I won't have to feel guilty anymore as she will be happy and hopefully by then I may have gotten used to her not being here.

The lady also said that she would give me regular updates and I could go round and see her whenever I wanted.

Emily x

beanielou

That sounds ok then

ehallett

Hi everyone

Well, where do I begin?? I took Lucky round to the lady's house last night and she seemed ok, was sniffing around and exploring. I was proud with myself for getting that far and I managed not to cry (whilst I was there anyway!!).

I got a phone call from the lady this morning saying that Lucky wasn't getting on with her other cat and could I collect her. So that is that. She is back home with me again and I am back at square one.

I therefore decided that I would have to get a flat that I could keep Lucky in and have been ringing around all afternoon. I have only been able to get 1 viewing for tomorrow and am waiting to hear back from others.

However, since then, my friend at work was asking around in our other office and a lady has said that her daughter may be interested in taking Lucky as she is on her own and has no other pets or kids so that sounds promising too. She is going to speak to me on Thursday about it as I am day off tomorrow.

I am still going to look at the other flat tomorrow though as it is with an online letting agent who don't charge fees. Also, I spoke to the landlady and she said pets are fine. It is the ground floor of a house with its own entrance. There is no parking but then I should be able to get a disabled bay put outside. It is also £30 cheaper than what I pay now.

All of this business hasn't been good for my fuel consumption either as that lady lived about 20 minutes away so I had to put £20 in my car this morning.

I am supposed to be taking it easy after my health problems but feel like I am running around like a blue arsed fly!! Tonight involves doing a wash, doing the washing up that has been sat there for a bit and sort another item out for Freecycle (trying to clear out all my [STRIKE]junk[/STRIKE] unwanted items before I move.

Have a good evening everyone

Emily xx

ehallett

Evening all

The flat wasn't suitable for me unfortunately. It was quite big but it had wooden floors everywhere. I am a massive carpet fan and my main requirements are carpets in the lounge and bedroom at least. Never mind.

I don't think anything is going to compete with that lovely new build flat. I am going to see what the lady at work's daughter says about looking after Lucky for me. I called a few letting agents this morning about some other properties but they all said no to Lucky staying and I wouldn't want to take her with me without the landlord's permission.

Apart from that, I received a £30 payment for a mystery shop which I did a month ago so have put that straight off the Barclaycard. I now have less than £100 to pay off it :j:j. Not including today, there are 19 days left in November. If I can pay off £5 a day then I will clear the card by the end of the month. I am going to give it a go .

Or I could just pay if all off now - I have enough money in my bank as I was so careful last month - plus the fact that I couldn't actually get out to spend much last month!! Also, I only have around £40 of bills coming out for the rest of the month so I would still have about £100 left in my bank. :think:

Stuff it - I am paying it all off :j:j:j. No more Barclaycard - hooray!!!!! :dance: _party_ :beer: :T

My next challenge is to clear my Capital One card by Valentines Day. I'm not sure of the exact figure on it as it's with a DCA but I know that if I save £1,000 then that would be enough to clear it. I have got a separate account so will just transfer money into that and then when I have enough I will clear it all off. It is 95 days to Valentines Day so that is roughly £10 a day to save. Eek!! :eek:.

Ok, so my tasks for tonight are to clean up the kitchen, tidy up my bedroom and clear out 1 drawer of paperwork.

Have a good evening everyone

Emily xx

Radish72

Hooray to no more Barclaycard :j

Hope you find a suitable home for Lucky

ehallett

Good news - the lady at work's daughter has said yes to looking after Lucky for me. I am going to take her over there on Saturday so that I can make sure she has settled in before agreeing to the flat. She has no other animals so I know that this will work this time. There is no reason that she won't take to the lady there and I am sure she will love her new home. I will be able to get regular updates on her and see her when I want to as well.

I have just called the lettings agent to say that I have managed to rehome my cat (as I was asking about a couple of properties with gardens and would they allow pets) and that I really really really want one of the flats at Compass Point. She said that they will have more info next week so they will call me then. I will wait until Wednesday and ring them again if I haven't heard. Hopefully they will make sure I get one just to shut me up!!

Better get back to work

Emily xx

ehallett

I need to stop looking in the Argos book. I was bored at work so ended up browsing and have fallen in love with a sideboard, TV unit and table and chairs that would look wonderful in the flat.

To keep myself away from the Argos book, tonight's jobs are:

List 5 items on ebay
Do 3 Dooyoo reviews
Clear out another drawer
Write out avon forms for next week
Make my lunch for tomorrow (sausage rolls and mini cottage pies yummy)

Emily xx

ehallett

Hi everyone

I'm very impressed with myself as I managed to complete my to-do-list yesterday. Also, one of the items I put on Ebay has already sold for £10 .

I am busy tonight, going to cinema with OH to see the 3D Christmas Carol film. Not bothered about it myself but he is paying so never turn down a freebie!! I am therefore doing a weekend to-do-list. All of this must be done by the end of Sunday:

1. Send off Ebay item.
2. Put another 15 items on Ebay
3. Take Lucky to her new home
4. Find another 5 things to list on Freecycle
5. Do 10 Dooyoo reviews
6. Do a load of washing
7. Sort out another 3 drawers of paperwork
8. Buy lunch stuff for work next week
9. Hoover the house
10. Clean out my hamsters

Enough to be getting on with me thinks.

Emily x

ehallett

ehallett wrote: »

1. Send off Ebay item.
2. [STRIKE]Put another 15 items on Ebay[/STRIKE]
3. [STRIKE]Take Lucky to her new home [/STRIKE]
4. Find another 5 things to list on Freecycle
5. Do 10 Dooyoo reviews
6. Do a load of washing
7. Sort out another 3 drawers of paperwork
8. [STRIKE]Buy lunch stuff for work next week[/STRIKE]
9. Hoover the house
10. Clean out my hamsters

I haven't done that well I'm afraid. Was quite upset last night after taking Lucky to her new home. It was a really nice place though and she had a good nose around and seemed more settled than she was with the other woman.

It took me a while to get 15 items on Turbolister last night too. I will load them on to Ebay tonight but they are all ready to go.

Sold another item for £3 too so will post that and the other off tomorrow. At my mum's at the moment so will work on some dooyoo reviews and then get on with the other stuff tonight.

Emily xx

ehallett

It's no good, I am not motivated today so won't get anything else done off my list. Just want to get an early night (after I'm a Celeb obviously!!).

However, tomorrow is a new day and I know I will feel better after a good night's sleep. I am going to do a weekly list and just chip away at it for the next 7 days:

1. Clean out hamsters
2. Do 2 loads of washing (washed and dried)
3. Hoover house
4. Do 10 Dooyoo reviews
5. List 10 items on eBay
6. Do 200 questions on AQA
7. Deliver Avon orders and deliver new books
8. Do some more sorting out for when I move
9. Call letting agents on Wednesday to ask about flat
10. Finish off sister's Xmas hamper

Right, off to watch I'm a celeb and then off to bed.

Emily xx