£7k in 7 months...I hope!

Woowoo

I have actually been called a freak by someone before for not wanting children - I think that is so rude, there are plenty of people out there having kids, so why is it anyone elses business!

My boss brought his baby in the other week, I went downstairs to hide in Accounts and he was in there! My face was a picture and there was no way I could walk back out of the room!

EB69

Just had a chance to catch up - sorry about the coral :-(

I know what you mean about long hours - unless I am going to BF's house I regularly do a 16 hour day (inc travel, of course) so little time for much else. The new organised me though is trying to get that down to 14 (ideally 12, but that's nigh on impossible!).

jtr2803

I've known a few people who just didn't want children, I don't think anyone is wrong for feeling like that at all. We all have our own goals in life after all . I often worry about what the world will be like in 20/30 years time and I'm not convinved it will be a world I would like my children to experience.

Hi EB, that sounds like some farrrrr too long days, I couldn't do much more than 8.30-7 max but I travel about 40 minutes each way as well which is a bit of a !!!!!! . Fortunately for me it's not like that all the time and I can often go early or come in late without booking leave so it works out quite well.

Feeling super organised today....ordered my work colleague her Xmas pressies (I buy my two closest work friends presents), I got her a film that we were talking about at lunch, neither of us have seen it but everyone else was saying it was good and it was only £3.99 on good old Play . She is also going to Egypt next summer and really enjoys snorkelling so I got her a Red Sea Reef Guide book so they can identify all the fish they see out there (I was going to lend her mine but thought it might be a nice gift!). My other work colleague is going to send me his Amazon wish list as he is a book worm so will see what is on there.

Still no news on payrise yet.....hoping it's a big one!!

Woowoo

Well done on the presents.

When will you hear about the payrise?

jtr2803

It supposed to be sometime this week but the big boss is sitting on them all apparently, I am hoping it will be tomorrow or Friday either way. I haven't had less than a £2k payrise in the last few years but it would be great if it was more like £3k! Don't want to get excited yet though

Woowoo

Fingers crossed for £3k, but even £2k will make a nice difference

LittleMoog

A payrise? What's one of them?! :rotfl:My work is renowned for the rubbish payrises, been there 4 years in February, no payrises at all in that time! We do get a decent bonus, depending on business results obv, but a payrise would be really nice. The increasing cost of petrol has really squeezed my budget to the maximum
Fingers crossed you get a good one Jody

jtr2803

Thanks Woo & Jules , last year no senior managers got payrises but they all get big bonus' anyway so not so much of a big deal for them (although I am sure they were pretty peeved about it!).

Obviously my payrise reflects my training as well, if I pass the next 2 December exams I will be half way through ACCA :j and I think my job title should have officially changed as of the 1st of November but my new title hasn't been decided yet and it probably wont officially be changed until January!

I seem to have absolutely no money at the moment :eek:, not really sure where it has gone either so I better take a long look at my bank account, I have a feeling I have over done the present buying a little and paying out the £35 odd for coral postage hasn't helped. Am working the next two weekends as far as I know so I might have to use one for general living expenses and the other can go ot savings. Think I have about £65 in paypal but still have more bits to Ebay!!

It's raining and murky here, anyone got any better weather?

x

Kepp

Nope, chucking it down here too!

Fingers crossed for the payrise.

So far this month seems ok money-wise (she says 11 days into the month! :rotfl:) but just after October being so dire this month feels like a relief.

Have you worked out how much you've spent on presesnts so far yet Jody? x

jtr2803

Funny you say that Becs as I was just working that out and updating my spreadsheet :rotfl:.

At the moment it's just over £225 although actual cost may be a bit lower because I think I used some Amazon vouchers somewhere! I've spent more than I thought but it doesn't look like much on paper , that's probably how I end up buying so much! Need to work out what I still need to get and allocate a budget for it me thinks

You started yet Becs?