A Payment A Day - Part 10!

retiredandskint

Thanks I m hart. Off to try it now.

mrsb83_2

£20 for me today.

I paid £900 off my credit card this month! It's been a huge effort but well worth it. Only £371.72 to go!

saorsie

Yesterdays PAD total was a yummy £1435.74 including my own PAD of £6.19 which I forgot to post

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saorsie

sashanut wrote: »

Hi all :j

Popping in to report a PAD of £500 - was a payment to friend and debt to her now cleared :T:T:T:T:T - tks Saorsie!!

Well done sasha ~ that debt is well and truely busted :T

Thrifty_Pixie wrote: »

And a small but beOOOtifully formed couple of £2 coins for me for today and tomorrow please, Saorsie, making £4. Every little helps, yes?

Of course it does Pixie :A

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sophia-abigail-mummy

hi I was right must have had a premonition about yesterday being being expensive but not for the reasons i was thinking. Had to by more oil for the car idiot of a husband paid well over odds in petrol garage for when i said go to asda as that was closest cheaper place to his work. then while he was on the way to work got a nail in the tyre another £46 as couldn't be repaired.:mad:
Pad for today £30 to holiday spending money.
hope all are well
clare

Paulgonnabedebtfree

Life seems to be getting more and more expensive here.
It looks like a washing machine replacement is on the cards. Can't really complain though as the current one has done about 15 years with only one repair needed about 8 years ago.
It may be viable to repair it.
For things like this I do tend to get the manufacturer out. So it's a costly repair/call out charge. However, if it's unviable to repair, I do get most of it back so long as I put it towards one of their own models.
I know that it's possible to get a third party to take a look etc. and probably save some money. However, I do want to be sure that things are done the right way because I live in a flat and any mistakes could lead to water problems. That's the main reason I won't go to freecycle for a machine because you can never be certain that it won't leak.
If I were on the ground floor or had a separate utility room I would chance my arm with second hand machines.
I just seem to keep patching things up over and over here.
There comes a point when the plastic has to come out and sort things out properly. I dislike it but that's how it goes sometimes.
One thing I will do though (if I need to buy a new one) is to dispense with a built in tumble dryer and look for a higher spin speed instead (current spin speed is 1,000). That should save some money on the appliance.
I do have a drying cupboard that works OK as it has a water tank in it. I suppose a combi boiler would be cheaper to run but it would cost to set up and I would lose my drying cupboard facility.
So probably better to leave that as it is.
Life feels harder lately even though my outgoings are lower than a couple of years ago.

Little_bit_dizzy

Back with another £30.69 to the VSP.

Hope you get your washing machine sorted Paul. Mine spins @ 1400 which is great, stuff dries on the airer quite quickly.

Paulgonnabedebtfree

Little_bit_dizzy wrote: »

Back with another £30.69 to the VSP.

Hope you get your washing machine sorted Paul. Mine spins @ 1400 which is great, stuff dries on the airer quite quickly.

I'm glad to hear it. Although 1400 spin cycle does seem to attract a higher price, machines seem to be a lot more energy efficient than when I bought my current one. I will have to splash out on a launderette visit over the weekend as I don't want it all building up.
For anyone who may doubt my frugality, I still have the same gas cooker that I bought just after moving in here in 1987. It only cost about £200 back then and I paid nearly £100 to fix it a couple of years back . Even now the igniter no longer works (battery change didn't fix it) so I bought a couple of those hand held igniters from Asda for a pound or so each.
The way this is going I'll end up living in a tent with a Calor gas container.
I have considered a home on wheels but I imagine the police would hassle me too much. I can see why travellers stay in groups.

saorsie

boysma wrote: »

The sun is shining here today and I am off work. Also I lost another 1lb at SW class last night so got my half stone award:j. Whose in a good mood today then?:D

Well done on the weightloss boysma :T

£6.19 again for me today to random short term savings

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Flower08

Morning everyone,

Day off work today, which is just as well really because I am still feeling run down. OH has ordered me to stay rested up on the sofa until he gets home from work - cant argue with that really

PAD for today is £5.87 please.

Hope everyone else is well!