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  • MrsMoo2U
    MrsMoo2U Posts: 4,005 Forumite
    Ellidee wrote: »
    It must be to do with that moon eclipse last night ! :D
    You may be joking but when I worked on the reception in the benefit office we used to have new and full moons marked on the calendar. Not only did we get some very odd customers in but we could also guarantee that some of the staff would turn into raving monsters around that time. We used to call it Grumpy Central. I
    Karmacat wrote: »
    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Excellent, the whole lot of it, especially Cheery replying to the spam :eek::D

    LHG, I didn't realise that was called stoozing too, sorry about that - yes, what you've described makes loads of sense - if you can do that, Cheri, then go for it. Possibly in your spare half hour :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    Some days there aren't any trumpets, just lots of dragons. Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow -- Mary Anne Radmacher
  • niccatw
    niccatw Posts: 3,096 Forumite
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    cherisong wrote: »
    You may be joking but when I worked on the reception in the benefit office we used to have new and full moons marked on the calendar. Not only did we get some very odd customers in but we could also guarantee that some of the staff would turn into raving monsters around that time. We used to call it Grumpy Central. I

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    Yup, all my school teacher friends would agree with that!

    I've never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I've felt like howling at the moon a lot of times!
    Van Morrison
    Jan10: 28,315.81 Jan11: 18,015.32 Jan12: 7,682.58 Jan13: 2,987.73 Current debt: 1,225.55
    HFC [STRIKE]1896.10. [/STRIKE] 225.55 SLC2 [STRIKE]5123.34[/STRIKE] 0 Others [STRIKE]2085[/STRIKE] 1000 Bcard [STRIKE]1172.60[/STRIKE] 0

    Mike's Mob
  • niccatw
    niccatw Posts: 3,096 Forumite
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    PS Cheri, I got the azure blue floaty top from ebay, which I've never worn as it is too floaty for me! And I got an azure blue t-shirt top from a clothes shop belong to Jane, which is more my style of clothing.

    I'm still looking for the one though. Although there's lots of the colour I am after out there at the moment, I like my clothes to be fitted as I'm too wee for anything floaty. Floaty drowns me. And that seems to be the style of all the bright blue I've seen. (Except bright blue drain pipe cropped jeans. Which I feel a bit old for! :rotfl:)
    Jan10: 28,315.81 Jan11: 18,015.32 Jan12: 7,682.58 Jan13: 2,987.73 Current debt: 1,225.55
    HFC [STRIKE]1896.10. [/STRIKE] 225.55 SLC2 [STRIKE]5123.34[/STRIKE] 0 Others [STRIKE]2085[/STRIKE] 1000 Bcard [STRIKE]1172.60[/STRIKE] 0

    Mike's Mob
  • MrsMoo2U
    MrsMoo2U Posts: 4,005 Forumite
    I am rich beyond my wildest dreams................ well all for about 2 hours before I head to the bank to send the money off on its merry way again.Then I will have just about enough for my needs to the end of the month Read the local paper last night and a local man just hit the jackpot on the lottery, how fantastic is that? I just hope that he wasnt the man getting the lucky dip before me in the queue on Saturday teatime :) Mind you if it was him, he was a very nice man and deserves it.

    And so today is my day off. What is it doing? Piddling that is what. I am supposed to be heading North this weekend to stay with a friend and attend a garden party but I cannot get hold of her so I have no idea if I will be going or not. If the truth be told this will be my first weekend in eons that I have had the full weekend off so it might be nice to just slob around here. Then again we would never do anything if we didn't force ourselves out of our comfort zones would we. Hmm did I just say that I have more than enough for my needs til the end of the month? I forgot that I have two weekends of having to drive North (fortune in petrol) and then in amongst that a quick trip to Austria.

    The last few weeks have been a very stressful and anxious time for me with both work and what I have been dealing with at home. So I am really hoping that this weekend will see me able to settle into a quiet time again. I do expect that my budgets are going to be tighter than a ducks bum (whoever worked out that a ducks bum is tight? I must investigate that saying) but as Chris Evans
    its only numbers but it is how you deal with those numbers that count probably not a word for word correct quote but he inspired me after reading his biography. A very good read if I may say so. Lovely man.

    Right I am going to get glammed up to see the bank manager. Who knows he might believe that I am last weeks lottery winner and let me do the wire transfer free of charge (right)
    Some days there aren't any trumpets, just lots of dragons. Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow -- Mary Anne Radmacher
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Rich! Yay! We like it when people get rich! Even if it is only for a few hours, lol.

    You sound like you might quite like a quiet weekend - but if you do manage to get away, I bet you enjoy most of it. Take care ((((((((()))))))))))
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 17,324 Forumite
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    Print off a copy of your bank statement cheri and stick it on the wall! :D
  • Yay to richness :)

    Temporary richness is so much more efficient :)
    Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
    Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
    minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
    :money:Sleeves up folks.:money:
  • MrsMoo2U
    MrsMoo2U Posts: 4,005 Forumite
    Yay to richness :)

    Temporary richness is so much more efficient :)

    Oh, I do like that I am off to add it to my quotes book. Hope you dont mind I am also adding it to my sig.

    By the way, I like it so much because in this instant it is so relevant. Right I really am off to the bank now.
    Some days there aren't any trumpets, just lots of dragons. Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow -- Mary Anne Radmacher
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    I hope you printed it off - thats a brilliant opportunity :)
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • MrsMoo2U
    MrsMoo2U Posts: 4,005 Forumite
    Yep KC it is printed off and in my Austria file. I intend Austria to be the start of a whole new life so what better way to start than seeing the money in and then winging its way across the ether to Austria?

    Mind you - given the hour and half of faffing in the bank because "computer says no", the woman behind me in the queue who was stood so close to me whilst at the counter that I could feel her breath just before she started shouting at the top of the voice that I was a nuisance and did I have to be in the bank at that time of day carrying out complicated transactions, the manager who ended up locking the door to stop people coming in and the poor assistant dealing with me getting all flustered and to cap it all the money still not leaving my account I am not sure I really want to have this kind of wealth. Hopefully the money will disappear in the next couple of hours because my deadline for the euros contract is Monday. :eek:
    Some days there aren't any trumpets, just lots of dragons. Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow -- Mary Anne Radmacher
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