Hypno's reminder that she is doing ok, actually!

macgirl

Hurrah for envelopes. It has worked pretty well for me too and I intend to keep it up.

Payday for me is on Wednesday - fingers crossed mine comes early! Have a good day x

hypno06

Not a great start to the day - went to take out some cash, and the machine says my card has expired so has been retained.

Now, I know for a fact that the card has not expired, and it is my "everyday" card, which has been used regularly for petrol etc without any problems over recent days. So I am a bit flummoxed as to why it has been retained as expired.

And of course, the Halifax phone lines say "we are very busy and you might have to wait a while for us to be bothered to speak to you"......hmmm, wonder if it is another of the Halifax glitches that they have had over the last year or so when all their customers have their accounts frozen etc.

:mad:

Different_Corner

Hypno
Have they sent you a new card recently with crossover dates ? And you need to activate it ? I know you are on top of stuff like that but you never know.

hypno06

Different_Corner wrote: »

Hypno
Have they sent you a new card recently with crossover dates ? And you need to activate it ? I know you are on top of stuff like that but you never know.

It had an expiry date of 2011!!!

They just said "ooh, it is an error....."

Yup!

So, anyway, now I have to wait 7-10 working days for a new one!

Good job I have another account elsewhere that I can transfer cash into with faster payments and that I can use, otherwise I would be up a certain creek without a paddling implement!

Different_Corner

Well hopefully it will be 5 days, I know Pickle and jo1972 have had similar experiences recently.
If it was me I would be miles down said creek, just shows you are on top of it.

hypno06

Well, a combination of not a great paypacket and some big expenses due out in the next month mean that the envelopes are sadly rather empty.

So. I really do have no choice but to be as frugal as I can possibly be for the next few weeks. Student goes home tomorrow, so I only have to worry about feeding me and the children, and we are happy enough with storecupboard meals and egg and chips, so that will be the order of the day.

I don't think I am wrong in saying that this will be my toughest month yet since OH left, so it really is a challenge to myself to get through it without causing myself a problem. I think that if I can get through to September's payday, I can get through almost anything.

**takes deep breath**

REDMADCURLS

Hey there!

Since I am catching up on 'the back story', I have no doubt you will get thru to Sept paycheck, it will be tough, possibly, but you will do it.

(Finally the prison tell you you are good to go and then you drive to France, well almost! What a saga!)

Cheery_Daff

<makes tea>

Fingers crossed Hypno, I'm sure if anyone can do it, you can! :j Great that your kids are so much on board, how brilliant of them. Look forward to hearing about your egg and chips (and maybe September's payday will come early too??)

Sat here in me shorts waiting to do Day 15 (or is it 16??) of shred :eek: :rotfl:

hypno06

REDMADCURLS wrote: »

(Finally the prison tell you you are good to go and then you drive to France, well almost! What a saga!)

Ah yes, the tale of the misplaced passport......oh the fun I have had in my life :rotfl:

Cheery Daff, if you are half way through the 30 days, you must be noticing a good difference in fitness and or shape? Keep going, you are doing fab!

Am armed with pad and pen working out how to get through September. Will need to be creative as well as uber frugal I think.

benbenandme

Not sure if you can do it cos of the banking, but whills have their risk-free fiver on the casino offer again this weekend; I did it ant lost but the fiver is refunded on monday; possibly an extra fiver for the months kitty??