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Polesalot's Climb to Debt Freedom

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  • vasseur
    vasseur Posts: 3,090 Forumite
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    ZTD wrote: »
    You rebel... ;)

    From the link you sent me Z! :p
    It's not how far you fall - it's how high you bounce back.... :j
    Happiness is not a destination - it's a journey :)
  • pixiechick99
    pixiechick99 Posts: 3,730 Forumite
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    polesalot wrote: »



    This is such a shame. Are your girls at your ex's? Couldn't you swap weekends? After all it is your 40th.... I don't want my birthday to go by unmarked, thing is I'm not brave enough to have a big party (hate being the centre of attention). i think I will just do a meal with friends, a meal with work colleagues and a family do (at mum and dad's hopefully :D)




    .

    Oh no, they're not with him - we haven't been doing regular weekends on+off...just as and when girls want to! They don't always want to sleep so they go alot on a Sunday for lunch.
    On my birthday they're at a cheerleading competition...it happens once a year, how typical it's on my birthday:o They've been practising for this one since last year so I thought they have to do it - now it's coming dd1 really doesnt want to, she's leaving immediately after it anyway, but too late to drop out:( She's been doing it since she was about 7 and dd2 was 5...so a fair while now and at nearly 15 she's had enough. It'll save me a fortune;)
    I really need to sort out a new signature!
  • vasseur
    vasseur Posts: 3,090 Forumite
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    That's such a shame Pixie :( maybe you can have a nice meal out in the evening just the three of you? No cooking all day then :D
    It's not how far you fall - it's how high you bounce back.... :j
    Happiness is not a destination - it's a journey :)
  • vasseur
    vasseur Posts: 3,090 Forumite
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    I have been for my first run for 2 weeks :j and it wasn't half as bad as i thought it would be, in fact it was easy :D

    £1.81 PAD to Barclaycard :)

    £10 on OnePoll :) it's going to be a long hard slog this time.

    Salmon pasta for tea, nice and easy but all cooked from scratch and nutrtious too :T
    It's not how far you fall - it's how high you bounce back.... :j
    Happiness is not a destination - it's a journey :)
  • pixiechick99
    pixiechick99 Posts: 3,730 Forumite
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    polesalot wrote: »
    That's such a shame Pixie :( maybe you can have a nice meal out in the evening just the three of you? No cooking all day then :D
    They won't be back til about 9 that night...but my mum said her and my step dad will stay until then...or as near as poss. The girls and I are going to do something nice on the Sunday - cinema and lunch probably. Eldest fancies an all you can eat chinese which sounds like a good plan, or I fancy Frankie+Bennys...mmm:D
    polesalot wrote: »
    £10 on OnePoll :) it's going to be a long hard slog this time.
    I've only had the offer of one survey today - but when I said I hadn't been on a date in over 3 years i was sceened out:rotfl::rotfl:
    It is a very hard slog at the moment, if I wasn't on £31 I might get very fed up and give up - but I am determined to hit £40 eventually;)
    I really need to sort out a new signature!
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    polesalot wrote: »
    From the link you sent me Z! :p

    Yeah, that was a knowing wink... ;)
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."     OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • vasseur
    vasseur Posts: 3,090 Forumite
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    Can't move for Valentine's cards :rotfl:

    Decided on a whim last night to call the CSA and find out what is going on with my maintenance (or lack of it). I spoke to a really nice chap who told me that I am actually owed 5 1/2 weeks worth and that December's hasn't even been paid yet!

    He's going to call the ex's employer and then give me a call back later today....

    Sold a cot duvet on ebay, buyer not paid up yet.

    Woke up at 3am with the light and TV still on :o

    Hoping it stays dry so I can go for another run.
    It's not how far you fall - it's how high you bounce back.... :j
    Happiness is not a destination - it's a journey :)
  • pixiechick99
    pixiechick99 Posts: 3,730 Forumite
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    polesalot wrote: »
    Can't move for Valentine's cards :rotfl:

    .

    Same here - what a drag eh?!?!

    Booo to the lack of maintenance payments...but hopefully it'll all catch up soon and it'll feel like a right treat:D Helps to have a really helpful CSA person - I had one woman once who made me feel bad for trying to get money from the ex...um hello, isnt that what the CSA are for?!:rotfl:
    I really need to sort out a new signature!
  • vasseur
    vasseur Posts: 3,090 Forumite
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    pixiechick99 wrote: »
    Helps to have a really helpful CSA person - I had one woman once who made me feel bad for trying to get money from the ex...um hello, isnt that what the CSA are for?!:rotfl:

    That's shocking. The sole reason they exist is because these errant exes don't pay up.

    It does really help I have found, to approach them how you would like to be approached. I would imagine that anyone who rings them up screaming blue murder would quickly find their case file shoved to the bottom of the pile.
    It's not how far you fall - it's how high you bounce back.... :j
    Happiness is not a destination - it's a journey :)
  • vasseur
    vasseur Posts: 3,090 Forumite
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    The man from the CSA has just called back. He spoke to ex's employer and they said they were sorry, they knew they were getting behind and 7 weeks will be paid out on Friday. Once that's cleared CSA will send it to me. Should get it by Monday week. I would have rather had it this week especially as I am off Thursday and Friday but as long as it's on its way then when I get it, it will be a bonus.

    It's a bit annoying because they said they have been deducting the money from him just not sending it on. I wonder if he knows this??? Not that he cares.

    They also said they were going to keep on top of things for future payments so I should get the money every 4 or 5 weeks. Let's see shall we......
    It's not how far you fall - it's how high you bounce back.... :j
    Happiness is not a destination - it's a journey :)
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