G'day from Down Under!!

ms_london

Helloooooooooo, how are you?

Thought it had been a while since I'd dropped in, so thought I would say G'day!!

I cant believe I have been in Oz for almost 3 months, the time has flown by, but have been having so much fun, although, not an awful lot of time to relax and do nothing as have been busy, busy, busy!!

I am in Brisbane at the moment and have been to quite a few places already, Sydney, Alice, Darwin, Cairns & most places down the East Coast and in between. This has definately made all the 6 day weeks and saving my pennies worth it, and dont regret it for a second!!

What have you been up to? What has changed for you in the last 3 months? Post and tell me all your good news & achievements as I am sure there have been loads!!

My finances are going ok, although it is pretty scary not earning anything and watching the $ go down and down and down, although I will be back in Sydney in the next month and will be finding an apartment and a job (boo hoooo!!), although I am actually quite looking forward to it & being in 1 place for longer than a day!! Infact, I am kidding myself that I will come home with at least 50% of the money I saved, but I am not sure I am being realistic this time, hehe!!

If you want to read about what i've been up to (in some depth!!), my blog is still at: www.getjealous.com/coops1980

Just in the process of trying to upload some photos, I've taken far too many, so I think it may take a while!!

Anyway, sending you lots of love, hugs, and kisses - I hope you are all doing ok & not working too hard!!

Take care & I look forward to hearing about what youve been up to.

xx

anniestar

Nice to har from you, was wondering how you were going on. Kep njoying your trip.Ar you going to had to Perth whilst you are in Aus? Keep safe and happy.ENJOY.

lynzpower

hello treasure

Glad you are having a cool time still

POtted history of whats new with me.

My bank charges case no 1- was due to be in the high court, yesterday, which luckily for them they chose to settle last week. So they paid up & I cleared 2 debts with it.

im still off sick, but getting redeployed, interview on monday, keep those fingers crossed for me down under.

I am selling my flat, we are going to rent for a while. Yesterday I had 2 valuations that have exceeded completely what I expected, so keep em crossed

Me & OH still happy, he has had some good news at work about possibly getting moved onto a contract instead of temp which is great.

Life is good in oour world right now :beer:

Imelda

Hey ms_london!

Glad you're having a good time, I must say I am very jealous especially sitting here on a rainy morning.

New things here- not much to report, am doing well keeping to my budget (ish) even though I have had lots of friends getting married, engaged or having babies. The student loan has gone and I am plodding along paying off the last of my credit cards, I have slowed down the repayments as I have Christmas to pay for, OH's 30th birthday, Dad's 60th birthday and a friend's wedding in the US (booked pre lightbulb, still can't believe how stupid I was to say that I'll go, but oh well we live and learn). But I am still on track for it all to be gone by next April.
Enjoy the rest of your trip, it's very odd to be wearing summer clothes in autumn/ winter isn't it?

Take care hun x

System

A fine example for us all

loopyloulou_3

morning!

sounds like you are having a wonderful time and I am very jealous!!
its very grey and rainy here in London!

I am plodding along as ever. Paid my sofas off finally, before the interest free period ends, and now that means I can focus on getting CC paid off. Will it ever end?!

Enjoy hun, hope you continue to enjoy you trip

Lou x

lynzpower

loopyloulou wrote:

morning!

sounds like you are having a wonderful time and I am very jealous!!
its very grey and rainy here in London!

I am plodding along as ever. Paid my sofas off finally, before the interest free period ends, and now that means I can focus on getting CC paid off. Will it ever end?!
Enjoy hun, hope you continue to enjoy you trip

Lou x

Course it will sugar! Whens your DFD again ?

kathfisch

Hi ms_l! Glad to hear you're having a great time

Ummm..... news from me..... finished my degree, job hunting now, exhibition coming up next week.... that's about all really.

Debtwise - have student loan (not worrying about that) and in my overdraft a bit but priority is getting some money coming it! :rolleyes:

Off to read your blog and be even more jealous....

Verbatim

Thanks for your post Ms l. Glad you're enjoying Oz and that the money is lasting!

I now have under £10k to pay off and am determined to finish by April.

HairyHandofDartmoor

Hi Ms_London. You don't know me but I know of your moneysaving achievements from reading your posts before you went off on your travels so it is great to hear how you are getting on.

You really deserve this trip and I hope you are having the time of your life.

dinkylou

Hi, Ms London, good to hear you re having a great time.

Sounds like you re making the most of your time there - good on you.

Things are not so great for me here at the moment. Finally decided to take a holiday which turned out to be the holiday from hell and have had a bug ever since (3 weeks now) so been off work ill.

When I did go into work was told that we are being made redundant - crap. So the 3 month clock starts next week.

Guess the good news is that if I can get another job soon and redundancy pay then theres a (slim) chance that I might be able to pay most of my debt off. Trying to look at this as an opportunity rather than a disaster!

Keep us updated with what you're up to and enjoy!

x