Zig's 'Save for a House and Stay out of Debt' Diary!

Tete_en_l'Air

Hi Zig, was wondering where you'd got to, glad you're ok! Am jealous of your Bruges to do list

wendz86

Yay for Bruges, bet you are excited!

zigmeister

I wish you were going to Bruges Tete! I feel bad that you were the one who suggested it and now you're not going but I am! Maybe next year?!

I am excited! Really hoping it doesn't rain though.

Just tried to do a Boots order using a glitch but it keeps saying my card has failed. My account has also gone down so it's as if they've taken the money! Hmm.

ruby_eskimo

Yay for Bruges! Glad you're placement is finished! I just got back from Prague and the Christmas markets were amazing!

zigmeister

Gosh, it feels like I haven't been on here for ages!

OH and I are still working things out, he has admitted he hates it when he comes round and I am sat on MSE so I have to cut back on that.

I have been majorly stressed lately, I have even had panic attacks which is horrible! I got to the top of the Belfry in Bruges and went all dizzy and couldn't breathe so that was fun. Then the other day someone was hitting my car in traffic and the bumper was coming off and then he was shouting saying he hadn't hit my car and then I got all panicky again and couldn't breathe. Fun times.

But uni has finished today, and I am going to have a few days relaxing before I start on my uni work again

Bruges was fabulous, but we didn't have enough time. We are going to go to Amsterdam in the summer, and we want to go to Bruges again.

Money seems to be ok at the moment. Although my Natwest account says I only have £1 when I should have £400 so I'm worrying about that and am annoyed that the banks shut so early cuz I wanted to ring them!

I have a to do list that is ridiculously long so I'd best get cracking! :rolleyes:

ruby_eskimo

Oh no Zig, panic attacks aren't good! Hope things are getting better. You might benefit from a few stress relief exercises like circular breathing (breath in for 4, hold for 4, breath out for 4 and pause for 4).

I went to Amsterdam this summer and it rained a lot! But it was still lots of fun. What I will say is that the weed smoking is a hell of a lot more prevalent than you think it will be. So much so that after 4 days of walking around the town I was stoned just from breathing it all in! Oh and the public travel system is expensive but you can pretty much walk anywhere anyway!

zigmeister

Thanks Ruby for the breathing tip and the Amsterdam advice!

My OH is 25 and the Eurostar and tourist places in Bruges were cheaper if you were aged 6-25 so we wanna see another place in Europe before OH turns 26.

I've just signed up to Bingo Britain so hopefully I'll be as lucky as some other people!

ruby_eskimo

Your welcome, I signed up today as well and have already won £10! Pretty good if you ask me.

zigmeister

It sounds stupid, but when you have tickets on a bingo game, and one of your tickets wins, do you have to press claim or will it do it automatically?! Cuz surely if you pre-purchase tickets then you're not there to click claim. I'm worried cuz I bought 12 tickets just now and forgot to watch the game so I don't know if I won or not but didn't press claim! :rolleyes:

To Do List for this week

- Wrap Christmas presents
- [STRIKE]Send Christmas cards[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Decorate tree[/STRIKE]
- Tidy room Nearly
- Sort out how much money people owe me I can't find my money notebook and it's driving me mad
- Make a uni work list
- Defrost freezer
- [STRIKE]Decide which things to put in food jars[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Take skirt back to Urban Outfitters[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Send duplicate ASOS order back[/STRIKE]
- Buy last remaining Christmas presents
- [STRIKE]Simon Hopkinson book[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Photo calenders[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Them Crooked Vultures CD[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Body Shop stuff[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Nan & Grandad mugs (any ideas where to get good ones?!)[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Something else for step-mum[/STRIKE]
- Take oven glove back to kitchen shop

wendz86

Glad you had fun in Bruges. Sounds like you had a nice time.

If you buy tickets it does it itself so you don't need to claim so dont worry about that.

Sorry to hear about the panic attacks, I have had a couple and they are horrible. At least you have some time to relax now although sounds like you are still very busy!