Compingirls onwards and upwards diary

Compingirl

Good news only 2 more days till I leave work!! Can't wait, bring it on!!

Bad news OHs car is onthe blink again!!! He took it to dealership - always a mistake as the air con has bust again and when they started looking at it of course they found other things need doing do at a cost of - wait for it! hope you are sitting down! £2,000!!!!!

So, told him NO not having any repairs done we are now looking to swap car - I was trying to delay this till at least Sept 11 which is when the loan is finished but this morning it woudn't start and we had to have a call out (Thank heaven for royalies gold!) and found out alterator has gone & maybe battery so thats been towed to a local garage for repair mere £280!!! so it is definitely going - I dont want to fork out for repairs each month! So money for the loan is in the budget and as long as it doesnt go up then hes got the green light for car hunting- I just have to accept this as a regular expense like a 2nd mortgage!

But on a lighter brighter note, the MS's are going well, got another 2 planned for this month and ive updated my tax spreadsheet - completing the return will be a job for next month oh and ive got my greenhouse fleeced up in readiness for the frosts - I will have christmas new potatos! cgx

beanielou

Great news on two days to go
Baaah to car.
As you say best to just think of car loan as an unavoidiable expense.

Herewego

Same thing happend to my car yesterday £170 just what we dont need ,make sure you dont get ripped off maybe check out other garages before handing over the cash.

Compingirl

Sorry to here that Herewego, ours came in at £329 incl vat - had to have it done there and then 'cos it was being towed for us! Not happy but what can you do? Cars. The necessary evil of the 21st century grr. Anyway, its our aniversary today and what a joy. Been car shopping and have signed up to a new one so this is going Friday - glad we got our money out of the alternator! and we pick up the next addition to the family! The finance has gone up slightly, £25 more per month but we've taken it over 30 months and the last one was a 5 year loan so hopefully this one will last us till then.

Just checked my onliine banking and OMG OMG OMG my severance pay has gone in already!!!!! Its scheduled to go in on Monday so I will be technically deft free!!!! Woop Woop! Need to get it all sorted and transferred out on Monday cos its just in my current account at the moment but WOWEE! that was fast! I only left on Friday and have only just got rid of the hangover lol!
Good Times cgx

Herewego

Congratulations on becoming DF thats fantastic news especially at this time of year when most people are adding to their debt.
Have you got another job to go to ?

beanielou

Oooohhhhhhh great news
Happy new car too

WorkingHardDFW

Here's me just catching up and WOW that is FANTASIC enjoy the feeling of being DF :T:T:T:T:T:beer::T:T:T:T:T

Compingirl

Cheers guys, not got another job yet but got an interview tomorrow! eek, not ssure if im ready for it yet but will give it my best

Not had a minute to do anything with sev pay, so its still sat there in the current account things are a bit quieter next week so will sort it out then. Its my bday today and weve had a lovely lunch and mooch round some xmas shops - not spent a dime (apart from lunch!) not falling off the wagon that soon cgx

beanielou

Have a happy birthday

Herewego

Happy birthday, and good luck for tomorow