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  • LouiseJ
    LouiseJ Posts: 11,156 Forumite
    I have had 2 glasses of wine now BB and have been randomely posting captions to go with my holiday photos on Facebook..........I think I shall leave any offers until tomorrow now lol
    But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.
  • alibob30
    alibob30 Posts: 174 Forumite
    Alibob if you have tesco vouchers get tickets for alice in wonderland park, its opposite the airport and is fab for littlies :D

    The airshow is on 19th-22nd which is always great (and free ;))

    Re. the ferry ... I'm not too good with boats either :o:o.... its lucky ds likes buses and trains isn't it :rotfl: :rotfl:

    I'll look in to that, thanks.

    My husband was terrified of flying and he did a fear of flying course with Virgin about 4 years ago, it's helped but we've hardly flown since so will be interesting to see how he is the next time we fly.
    Oddly though he's obsessed with planes and loves airshows! He's very excited about the airshow next week.

    Shame about the ferry!
  • Just caught up with your last couple of weeks BB, sorry to hear you are still having maintenance problems, but well done on your bets. I also have a fear of flying, you wouldn't believe it all the places I have been to. I think it is because I do not have any control over the plane. We all went to Florida in Jan this year and I spent the whole 9 hours playing on the games they offer on the panel in front of your seat, the time went really quick and I was an expert by the end of the flight. I love going abroad, but tend to get really panicky a week or so before the flight. I only started to get a fear of flying 13 years ago when I was pregnant with DS1, before that I was fine, maybe it's a maternal thing...
    Make £10 a day challenge - January 2023 = £292.89/£310 - Feb 2023 = £677.09/280 - March 2023 = £102.45/£310 - April = £300.12/300 - May 2023 = £306.80/£310 - June = £245.88/£150 - July = £295.45/£310 - August 2023 £51.56/£310
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,377 Forumite
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    Morning :D

    Welshsaver, I've been like it since I was a kid, we had a big family trip to Disney when I was about 12 and I refused to go and spent a fortnight with an aunt in Kent instead while everyone else had a fortnight of theme parks :o

    I had a rubbish nights sleep last night, I couldn't get to sleep for ages and then downstairs baby kept crying, think they're doing that controlled crying thing as they didn't seem in any rush to stop it :cool:

    Anyway, we're up at silly o'clock which isn't a bad thing as we need a very early night tonight ready for the coach to London tomorrow. Its wet here today so the plan is to mainly have an indoor day, catch up on some housework and get up to date with paperwork and stuff, and get some betting in too :) I did a few bets last night towards one offer, hopefully I'll be able to finish tha one off later today.
    Mortgage Total: £50,720/ £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1587
  • tootallulah
    tootallulah Posts: 2,197 Forumite
    Dear BenBen, I am de-lurking as I have just been on holiday to the Normandy coast by train and it was great, last year I went to Orvieto by train too. It is EASY the trains in France and Italy are brilliant. It took me six hours to go from London to Coutances and I went to Italy on the overnight train. I am not scared of flying but I don't like the hanging around etc. I usually hire a car once I get on holiday but it isn't always really necessary. Europe by train is easy and if you book early you can get some great deals and there is no airport hanging around, bliss.
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,377 Forumite
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    Thankyou Tootallulah, its definitely something I'm going to look into, he'd love it :D
    Mortgage Total: £50,720/ £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1587
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,377 Forumite
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    £4 received from a survey :D I am aiming to clear Next this weekend ideally, then I can work towards the garage fob and the holiday pot next week onwards ;)
    Mortgage Total: £50,720/ £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1587
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,377 Forumite
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    £14 paid off, thats the £10 I'd already budgeted and the £4 from the survey. £61 to go :)
    Mortgage Total: £50,720/ £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1587
  • saorsie
    saorsie Posts: 1,905 Forumite
    Just popping out of *lurkdom* to say thanks BB for the heads up about the DOND on skyb*t - £2 profit and a £5 free bet to look forward to on Monday :T Get in!

    -s-
    Frugal living challenge 2012 live on £8500 ~ £7725.87 remaining
    Make £5/day in 2012 ~ £482.24/£1830 ~ 22.52%
    Proud Member of PAD since January 2010 ~ Total paid to date £11386.64
    Savings Pot for 2012 ~ £772.60/£3000 ~ 23.38%
    Lose 19lbs / Save £2k by 30/04/12 *5/19lbs* £158.72/£2000
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,377 Forumite
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    Glad to have helped Saorsie :D
    Mortgage Total: £50,720/ £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1587
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