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Mission:Control - MinnieSpender's DFW diary

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  • MinnieSpender
    MinnieSpender Posts: 2,975 Forumite
    Round one-hundred-and-eeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiggggggggghhhhhhhtttttty!
    :eek: What if the hokey cokey is what it's all about? :eek:
    Official "Bring back Mark and Lard NOW! or else (please)" Member 16
  • LookingAhead
    LookingAhead Posts: 4,633 Forumite
    Minnie.....you require £240 ;)

    (Said in best darts referee voice!)
    Bank Balance: In the black for the moment.
    Sainsburys Loan: Cleared July 2010
    Credit cards: AMEX Airmiles Card: direct debit set to clear balance monthly
  • MinnieSpender
    MinnieSpender Posts: 2,975 Forumite
    LookingAhead wrote:
    Minnie.....you require £240 ;)

    (Said in best darts referee voice!)

    I know - but how am I going to find it???
    :eek: What if the hokey cokey is what it's all about? :eek:
    Official "Bring back Mark and Lard NOW! or else (please)" Member 16
  • LookingAhead
    LookingAhead Posts: 4,633 Forumite
    Enter & win a darts competition??
    Bank Balance: In the black for the moment.
    Sainsburys Loan: Cleared July 2010
    Credit cards: AMEX Airmiles Card: direct debit set to clear balance monthly
  • MinnieSpender
    MinnieSpender Posts: 2,975 Forumite
    LookingAhead wrote:
    Enter & win a darts competition??

    Darling, after not going to the gym for over a month, I certainly have the belly for darts!
    :eek: What if the hokey cokey is what it's all about? :eek:
    Official "Bring back Mark and Lard NOW! or else (please)" Member 16
  • lynsayjane
    lynsayjane Posts: 3,547 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Xmas Saver!
    MinnieSpender wrote:
    Darling, after not going to the gym for over a month, I certainly have the belly for darts!

    :rotfl:

    it takes many years of dedication to achieve a true darts belly min, so i'm gonna guess at a nooooooooooo!
  • MinnieSpender
    MinnieSpender Posts: 2,975 Forumite
    True - must work harder on growing a fine covering of hair...
    :eek: What if the hokey cokey is what it's all about? :eek:
    Official "Bring back Mark and Lard NOW! or else (please)" Member 16
  • MinnieSpender
    MinnieSpender Posts: 2,975 Forumite
    Before I disappear into oblivion again, check this baby out!

    http://www.jeffcam.co.uk/index.html
    normal6.jpg

    I think I'm in love...
    :eek: What if the hokey cokey is what it's all about? :eek:
    Official "Bring back Mark and Lard NOW! or else (please)" Member 16
  • MinnieSpender
    MinnieSpender Posts: 2,975 Forumite
    No sign of Jeff, so I popped by to give an update.

    The exams are over. For now. No more until June - but obviously, the work doesn't stop and I still have to wait for my results. If I pass, all well and good (and I was lucky enough to have a few absolute blinders of questions which I would describe as heaven-sent if the place existed). If I fail, re-sits in June which, of course, I will take. I'm too close to give up at this stage and so far, so very good.

    I should be leaping around the room at having finished my exams but I. Don't. Have. The. Energy. I've just got back from a visit to the relly for more sorting out. Worn out from that. But, we're slowly getting there.

    Nice letter waiting for me on arrival back at Spender Towers too. I have an interview for a permanent job later on this week. Poor pay, but when I think of the benefits of having a permanent job, I really don't mind. Paid hols without having to accrue them, pension scheme, paid bank holidays, no worries after a few weeks that I have to start looking for work yet again... fingers crossed for me, please.

    That's it for now. I'm still going to be curtailing my time on here for a while (say until June!) but I'll pop in a bit more now that one hurdle has been jumped.
    :eek: What if the hokey cokey is what it's all about? :eek:
    Official "Bring back Mark and Lard NOW! or else (please)" Member 16
  • kathfisch
    kathfisch Posts: 3,042 Forumite
    I'm so glad the exams are behind you for now minnie, that must be a relief! And the chance of the security of a permanent job, sounds like just what you need. Hopefully you'll have a bit of respite from the exhaustion and have a little bit of time for this place!

    Kath x
    Don't stress, relax, let life roll off your backs. Except for death and paying taxes, everything in life is only for now... Avenue Q
    Official DFW Nerd Club - Member no. 003 :DProud to have become debt free... and striving to keep it that way
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