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

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  • ahem_47
    ahem_47 Posts: 97 Forumite
    yo GG

    impressive updated sig

    just off to airport

    see you tomoz:kisses3:
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    ahem_47 wrote: »
    :kisses3:

    Oooohhhhh I think I'm on a promise :o.
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • gallygirl
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    Happy Friday :j:j:j.

    Today's tasks:
    WFH - got a LOT to get finished :eek:, hopefully crack a few things early on so I can cross them off my list :D.
    Phone letting agent
    Visit letting agent late PM to collect paperwork
    Make DD a bacon buttie for lunch :T

    Tomorrow's tasks:
    Freezer and cupboard inventory. From a quick glance, there may be a lot of meals involving noodles and pasta coming up :rotfl:.
    Read new SW magazine and meal plan.
    Shop for meal plan - Aldi - I have NO tinned tomatoes left - how is this possible :think:.
    Cook for meal plan if possible/take meat out of freezer to cook on Sunday
    Cook this for Saturday night to celebrate me buying some sumac :).
    And maybe this for lunch
    Weed garden
    Sit in sunshine in weeded garden with a book for 1 hour minimum :cool:.
    Check out friend's daughter's birthday - I think it's Nov but may be Oct :o.

    Sunday:
    Mop up left over tasks (and possibly food :rotfl:) from Saturday
    Repeat sitting in garden :).
    Plan the upcoming week - to include swimming, fat club (:o) and possibly gym induction :eek:
    Plan following week including some MSE chums for an update :T.
    Think about the 'C' word :eek:.
    Set/check traps for carpet moth larvae :eek:.

    Outstanding balance is over 25k as bills out :( but will be in the 23's next month :T.

    GG :D.
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • lulabelle1
    lulabelle1 Posts: 2,704 Forumite
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    Exhausted just readying this!
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    Today's tasks:
    [STRIKE]WFH - got a LOT to get finished :eek:, hopefully crack a few things early on so I can cross them off my list :D.
    Phone letting agent
    Visit letting agent late PM to collect paperwork
    Make DD a bacon buttie for lunch :T[/STRIKE]

    Tomorrow's tasks:
    [STRIKE]Freezer and cupboard inventory. From a quick glance, there may be a lot of meals involving noodles and pasta coming up :rotfl:.[/STRIKE]
    Read new SW magazine and meal plan.
    Shop for meal plan - Aldi - I have NO tinned tomatoes left - how is this possible :think:.
    Cook for meal plan if possible/take meat out of freezer to cook on Sunday
    Cook this for Saturday night to celebrate me buying some sumac :).
    And maybe this for lunch
    Weed garden
    Sit in sunshine in weeded garden with a book for 1 hour minimum :cool:.
    Check out friend's daughter's birthday - I think it's Nov but may be Oct :o.
    So, a fair bit of progress :T. Freezer inventory shows only about 2 tablespoons of peas :eek:. And NONE rolling about loose :eek:. Where are they hiding and what are they plotting :eek:.

    3 unlabelled tubs which I think are bolognaise and 2 bags which I think are veg mix with tom sauce for stews etc. Definitely not stewed rhubarb etc, she says with confidence :rotfl:.

    Meal plan being done, eggs will be carried forward as I forgot I'd made lentil soup but roasting chicken at the mo in case we go adventuring later - smells proper lush :T.

    Still don't like Windows 8 - however I did like the fact that while I was reading my emails a little box popped up to say someone had bought something on buy-it-now on ebay - then a minute later to say they'd paid :T. It was a facial set which was a mag free gift - sold for £28.30 so that covered the mag sub - it was a dear one that is never on offer :(. Added to savings along with £1.96 Asda price guarantee money.

    Had to get a lot of work done on car this week - service, air con regas, timing belt and water pump :eek:. £500 :eek: but got £50 off with a discount card (and had checked on line before hand - they'd changed the offer and should only have been off tyres :o). Card runs out next month so that's good :T. Money will come out of monthly savings account - will be ok if MOT only costs £20 and I have no more car expenses till next March :rotfl:.

    Sun just breaking through the mist here :T, hoping for a lovely day so I can achieve my plan :D.
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • CathT
    CathT Posts: 7,133 Forumite
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    gallygirl wrote: »


    Had to get a lot of work done on car this week - service, air con regas, timing belt and water pump :eek:. £500 :eek: but got £50 off with a discount card (and had checked on line before hand - they'd changed the offer and should only have been off tyres :o). Card runs out next month so that's good :T. Money will come out of monthly savings account - will be ok if MOT only costs £20 and I have no more car expenses till next March :rotfl:.

    Sun just breaking through the mist here :T, hoping for a lovely day so I can achieve my plan :D.

    I feel your pain on the car expenses. I am also hoping for a lovely day for you. Thank you for your good advice yesterday. It worked!
    June 2025 - part 1 - £19,145 part 2 - £21,973 Total - £41,118 29 months to go!
  • HelenDaveKids
    HelenDaveKids Posts: 3,177 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    My mot due too... dreading it as suspect will be grim.
    Morgage till Nov 30 GOAL MFW Sept 2016
    Aug 11 - £100k Aug 2016.... It's GONE!!!!!
    2014 GOAL HIT 5 Stone! 2016 GOAL to be a MF marathon runner.
    "A goal without a plan is just a wish"
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    edited 14 September 2014 at 1:03PM
    gallygirl wrote: »
    Tomorrow's tasks:
    [STRIKE]Freezer and cupboard inventory. From a quick glance, there may be a lot of meals involving noodles and pasta coming up :rotfl:.
    Read new SW magazine and meal plan.
    Shop for meal plan - Aldi - I have NO tinned tomatoes left - how is this possible :think:.
    Cook for meal plan if possible/take meat out of freezer to cook on Sunday
    Cook this for Saturday night to celebrate me buying some sumac :).[/STRIKE]
    And maybe this for lunch
    Weed garden
    Sit in sunshine in weeded garden with a book for 1 hour minimum :cool:.
    Check out friend's daughter's birthday - I think it's Nov but may be Oct :o.

    Sunday:
    Mop up left over tasks (and possibly food :rotfl:) from Saturday
    Repeat sitting in garden :).
    Plan the upcoming week - to include swimming, fat club (:o) and possibly gym induction :eek:
    Plan following week including some MSE chums for an update :T.
    Think about the 'C' word :eek:.
    Set/check traps for carpet moth larvae :eek:.

    .
    Oops. Saturday's 'adventuring turned into a walk to count lorries on new road (I kid you not - it's party central at our house :T. The answer was - one :rotfl:). Then we had a bottle of champagne, to celebrate em...... the fact we had a bottle of champagne mainly :D. Then popped round to a friends and the rest as they say is history (well, it would be if we could remember much of it :o). One hungover Mr GG today :rotfl:. Meal plan now needing rejigged as we had a liquid dinner last night :o.

    So, not sunny enough to sit out, and gardening not done yet but about to get dressed (:o) and go blackberrying as spotted lots yesterday :T.
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • Watty1
    Watty1 Posts: 6,887 Forumite
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    Enjoy the BlackBerrying....really must do that too - free food! :)
    Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became

    In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    Watty1 wrote: »
    Enjoy the BlackBerrying....really must do that too - free food! :)

    4lbs 4oz from 50 yards, 2 minutes walk away :j, just checked mysupermarket and it's about £17.50 worth :eek::T:beer:. Such a shame to see so many going to waste though when people are resorting to food banks :(.
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
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