The Ultimate Incentive to get debt free… again. Dinah & NIM go head to head!

clearmydebts

N.I.M wrote: »

Where you going in June CMD?

Going to a hotel in Monagan that my sister got married in. It is a lovely spot and we are all going their to celebrate their 1 year anniversary. They will have their new baby with them too. She was a proper honeymoon baby

Cinny91

A little jealous of all your holidays this year Dinah! I'm already looking forward to my holiday, and it's about 3 months away. Just a week in a little cabin by a lake. Perfect!

Just ordered Mother's Day cards for mine and OH's Mum for free from FunkyPigeon. If you sign up and add 6 contacts to your address book they give you £3 free credit, and if you use someones code when you sign up (mine's 926326, but there's a bunch on the board) you get 50% off your first order (so you can get one big card, or two medium sized ones for free.) If someone on here signs up, PM me your code cause I'm going to cheekily do the deal again using OH's email address tonight to get our Grandmas cards ordered too, and I think you'll get another £3 credit. If that makes any sense

Dinah93

I'm not sure if we'll need to stay in a hotel when we go to Ireland this time as NIMs dad has moved.

The 1 year anniversary celebration sounds lovely.

I forgot, NIM is also taking me away for 3 days mid April to our wedding hotel, so that one to look forward to first. I have a definate mental block when it comes to the UK, I just consider it a break not a holiday so I don't count it! I am really looking forward to it though.

Not celebrating mothers day in our household this year, mum doesn't want any reminder that gran is gone, and its only a few days from her birthday too so mum will be having a sad enough week.

clearmydebts

Dinah93 wrote: »

I'm not sure if we'll need to stay in a hotel when we go to Ireland this time as NIMs dad has moved.

The 1 year anniversary celebration sounds lovely.

I forgot, NIM is also taking me away for 3 days mid April to our wedding hotel, so that one to look forward to first. I have a definate mental block when it comes to the UK, I just consider it a break not a holiday so I don't count it! I am really looking forward to it though.

Not celebrating mothers day in our household this year, mum doesn't want any reminder that gran is gone, and its only a few days from her birthday too so mum will be having a sad enough week.

For me, I think it depends on the location. If it were Devon or Cornwall and I was likely to get good weather then I would defo consider it a holiday. Anywhere cold I don't!

Your poor Mum

Flower08

clearmydebts wrote: »

For me, I think it depends on the location. If it were Devon or Cornwall and I was likely to get good weather then I would defo consider it a holiday. Anywhere cold I don't!

We are having our holiday in the UK this year and cant get my head around the fact it is a holiday! We were supposed to be going to Amercia, but cant afford to now we've got a baby on the way!
OH calls me snob when I say its not a proper holiday if you dont have to get on an aeroplane :rotfl:

Dinah93

I've never been to Devon or Cornwall, or certainly not in the last 20 years. It's about a 9 hour drive and that makes it a lot more expensive than going abroad.

Mum is holding up okay most of the time, but certain things seem to really knock her. It has made my brother more attentive though, he's been texting her or calling once a day which helps.

Have any of our bakers got the new Hummingbird Bakery book yet? The first one is one of my favourites (despite the hit and miss quanitites!) and the new one was released last week - but I was good in the hope The Book People would get it cheaper, and yesterday I got the email to say they had. Think that will have to be a payday treat.

Dinah93

Flower08 wrote: »

OH calls me snob when I say its not a proper holiday if you dont have to get on an aeroplane :rotfl:

Lol I'm the same way! Although I accept 'speak a different language' as holiday - mum doesn't fly so as a kid we'd always drive to France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy etc, can't really not call them holidays!

N.I.M

Can I have a payday treat?

Also dad hasnt moved as such, he's just back with his mum while Grandpa is in hospital with a fractured elbow. At 86 those things suck majorly but he's ok apparently, just a slight issue of an MRSA outbreak elsewhere in the hospital.

Also shouldnt he be FIL to you now?

Dinah93

Oh, I thought he had the new flat. You said it was his elbow not his shoulder before?

Your payday treat is £220 of toys from Games Workshop on your MS!

N.I.M

Your right it was his elbow, changed that.

I'm planning to sell that stuff off. £200 is a lot of bread.