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"A Cheap Ticket to Happy Land Please...."

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  • BaillieRiley
    BaillieRiley Posts: 309 Forumite
    Money is running through my fingers like sand! I'm already £200 down on next months pay and there is still 7 days to go! Smiley-Faint.gif
    £100 is to pay for the baby scan + £100 is towards OH's birthday, he's 30 smiley-oldman.gif so I need to get him something decent.

    Looks like I'm only going to be able to set an overpayment target of around £350 next month - if I get even a penny over this then I will be totally chuffed! And believe me I will try my hardest! mood_determined.gif

    21 weeks preggo today - 19 weeks to go pregn-smiley.gif

    BR x
  • Don't you just love it when things are looking a bit bleak and something comes along to make everything a bit better!!

    tree-swing-smiley.gif

    Postie brought me my Common charges invoice (money we pay to the housing association for landscaping etc). I pay this £8 standing order every month and don't normally take any notice when the invoice comes through.........well turns out that after we pay this years charges we are still £97.06 in credit!studsmatta-smiley.gif

    Phoned up to ask about it and they are sending me a cheque wet-kiss-smiley.gif

    I think my target for next month just went up to £450! Bring it on!!

    BR x
  • mummytogirls
    mummytogirls Posts: 6,578 Forumite
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    Woohoo to the £97 credit BR, thats fab :j xx
    Mummytogirls x

  • BaillieRiley
    BaillieRiley Posts: 309 Forumite
    Thank you Mummy! I just hope the cheque doesn't take it's time arriving wagfinger1-smiley.gif

    I have started reading your diary hun - I'm about halfway through it. Will post there when I'm all caught uphug2-smiley.gif

    BR x
  • mummytogirls
    mummytogirls Posts: 6,578 Forumite
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    Oh god hope I dont bore you too much! It does get exciting in December if youve not got that far yet!!
    Mummytogirls x

  • Well done onthe £97, its great when you get little surprises like that.
  • Woowoo
    Woowoo Posts: 4,603 Forumite
    Hi BR

    Great news on the £97, hope they post it to you promptly x
    LBM Aug 09: £18,650.47 - Current: £12,854.93 (£5946.79)

    Barclays: £2,928.34 Lloyds: £2,499.60
    MBNA: £3,788.99 Overdraft: £1,900.00 Mum: £1,738.00

    Surveys: £6.60/£40.00
  • BaillieRiley
    BaillieRiley Posts: 309 Forumite
    edited 27 June 2011 at 4:36PM
    bee-smiley.gif Hello!

    Can't believe that there are still 3 whole sleeps till payday gaah-smiley.gif. This has seriously got be be one of the longest months in the history of the world......EVER!!

    Nothing MSE to report apart from the fact that I've started doing the odd survey again. I had totally lost the will to live doing them before, but as OH got me a Kindle for my birthday, I gathered working towards the odd amazon voucher here and there will save me money on ebooks which could otherwise be used as overpayment money! fiesta-smiley.gif

    Got the horrid mortgage statement through today heart-breaking-smiley.gif. How depressing to see that in 4 months we have paid £2734.40 but only £982.51 has come off the balance! Makes me want to cry......cry-smiley.gif. I can't wait to get this stoopid card paid off and get my teeth sunk right into this!!

    3 days! 3 more days.........

    BRx
  • Woowoo
    Woowoo Posts: 4,603 Forumite
    Hi BR

    That is pretty depressing!

    I have a 5 week month to get through now till the next pay day, they seriously suck!
    LBM Aug 09: £18,650.47 - Current: £12,854.93 (£5946.79)

    Barclays: £2,928.34 Lloyds: £2,499.60
    MBNA: £3,788.99 Overdraft: £1,900.00 Mum: £1,738.00

    Surveys: £6.60/£40.00
  • BaillieRiley
    BaillieRiley Posts: 309 Forumite
    You're not wrong Woo! on both accounts laughing.gif

    Wee need a wee lottery win to cheer us up methinks!

    BR x
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