Gallygirl's "A journey of 121,226.67 pounds begins with a single penny" diary

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cha97michelle wrote: »

We'll worry about it when you start acting like you are in that decade. Happy belated birthday hon.

Sorry but thats :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

TPA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

gallygirl

cha97michelle wrote: »

We'll worry about it when you start acting like you are in that decade. Happy belated birthday hon.

Am hoping to never leave my teens .

Busy day ahead:

• empty out car so I can -
• get car washed & cleaned
• Lidl
• Aldi
• Asda, with list for all, after web surfing & meal planning :A
• gardening if it doesn't rain - fat chance
• make leek & pot soup
• look for pressie & card - 50th birthday party next week, last of our bunch
• look for earrings to match lovely necklace I got for birthday

Got a belated birthday present from guy who works for me. Lovely cookery books - soup & risotto & EATING FOR THE MENOPAUSE :eek:. Told him I don't intend to suffer from the menopause - but I'll bl**dy well make sure he does! That stopped him laughing

Courgette

Happy belated birthday, GG! Good luck with your massive job list too

cha97michelle

Cheeky bloke eh? I would never buy something like that for anyone at work as it is just a bit cringey isn't it. A friend maybe, who would take it a bit jokily. Great reply from you though.

Our old head of department was put in charge of buying a present for a pregnant colleague and bought her nipple cream. Us ladies were sat cringing at that one too, and he said, well I thought it would be helpful as my wife found it really useful. :rotfl:

gallygirl

cha97michelle wrote: »

Cheeky bloke eh? I would never buy something like that for anyone at work as it is just a bit cringey isn't it. A friend maybe, who would take it a bit jokily. Great reply from you though.

Actually we get on really well, he's small, ginger & Jewish so a bit of well deserved payback for him :rotfl:. And there are lovely recipes in there and a lot of good info which I'd meant to arm myself with, so I'm actually really pleased with it .

Some of the weeks I wanted to take off next year, with Bank Holidays in, are a bit awkward because of work so I'm a bit restricted and can only take certain days. That means I'm having to think hard about how to best use my leave so:

Saddo Alert:

Have just invented a VFL (Value For Leave) Score. VFL = Annual Leave/Days Away, in other words how much leave does a day on holiday cost me, so the lower the score the better. I can use it to take into account bank holidays, weekends, 1/2 day flexi etc and get value for my annual leave.

A Sat to Sat with no BHols = 5 leave days/8 days, score of 0.625. I'm looking to beat that. So far I've come up with:
Easter 3/8 = 0.375
Whitsun 3/8 = 0.375 or maybe 13/6 = 0.46

I'd been thinking about New Year - Mr GG will not want to go in case anything goes wrong at work but I am lucky enough to get the 3 days off between Xmas and New Year as extra leave. Going on Weds 28th & coming back Tues 3rd is 0.5/7 = 0.07 so seems rude not to :think:. I think I will speak to Mr GG, fall out with him & sulk, weigh up whether I'd sooner spend NY with him in the wet & cold or go to Spain without him & hopefully get some sunshine. Tough call :whistle:. Not trying to prejudge outcome, but I've priced up flights (dear _pale_) and car hire (cheap ) just in case, and mate has her case packed :cool:.

End of Saddo Alert.

Hurdler

Hi Gally - Many happy returns!

newgirly

Happy belated birthday GG :beer:,
Those days after xmas and before new year I think are a kind of no-mans land, the perfect time to go away. I always get fed up once xmas is over but pick up after new year, I am sure if your friend can't make it there will be plenty of offers on here to help you out:D

pammyj74

Very belated Happy Birthday hun, bet you feel younger than most of us on here!

gallygirl

gallygirl wrote: »

Am hoping to never leave my teens .

Busy day ahead:

• empty out car so I can -
• get car washed & cleaned Oops
• Lidl Yup
• Aldi Yup
• Asda, with list for all, after web surfing & meal planning :A Yup. Sad enough to go on mysupermarket & reckon I saved around £10 on a £45 spend :eek:
• gardening if it doesn't rain - fat chance yup - 5 hours yesterday, more deconstruction than anything
• make leek & pot soup yup
• look for pressie & card - 50th birthday party next week, last of our bunch yup
• look for earrings to match lovely necklace I got for birthday couldn't find any

Got a belated birthday present from guy who works for me. Lovely cookery books - soup & risotto & EATING FOR THE MENOPAUSE :eek:. Told him I don't intend to suffer from the menopause - but I'll bl**dy well make sure he does! That stopped him laughing

Not too bad I suppose. Will get car done next weekend :cool:

pammyj74 wrote: »

Very belated Happy Birthday hun, bet you feel younger than most of us on here!

After 5 hours gardening & 1/2 hour wiifit, I very much doubt it

Just paid payment of £4.14 to btl, amazon & cashback. To those who say it's not worth it - it didn't change the the payoff date, but it saved me £2.49 in interest. That's a 60% ROI. How can that not be worth it :T?

V long day ahead so best get a wriggle on.

TallGirl

Well done on that list that is impressive also a belated Happy Birthday from me. That is an impresive saving on £45 shop I really must look into that site just tend to go to Sainsbo as it's the nearest.