Lois_E begins a long MFW journey

skint_spice

I bought raisin whirls today - I'm blaming you Lois:D

v1ckyt

Can contribute a vodka and caffeine free diet coke if anyone would like on....

ztan

Wow Lois_E... just read what you got up to over the weekend... and :T
Although I have to say it has made me realise just how little I REALLY know about being an MSE. I have nowhere near enough awareness and understanding to have pulled all that together the way you have!

And now all I can think about is cinamon whirls...

Lois_E

Whew! Manic couple of days with no time to breathe, hardly, let alone come on here. So glad the rest of you have been keeping my thread warm for me.

Will now have to reconsider plans in light of NW 5% possibility. Hmmm.... Watch this space. Will try to post more about that later.

This evening I am grateful for...
1) Sunshine today
2) Phone call with friend
3) Yet more lovely friends who were particularly kind to me on Sunday
4) DD becoming a little tidier
5) DD fetching me a drink from the fridge when I was concentrating on stuff on the computer

I seem to have a lot of friends to be grateful for - and they really are lots of friends not the same ones over and over. I am very grateful for all of them.

Thank you to QBW, Peonie, Barbeduk, TYO, Radish, Tilly, catshark, Alchemilla, skinty, v1cky and ztan for posting. :wave:
Thank you to Alchemilla, argomatt, misscousinitt, MWC, natty, pink poppy, Radish, skinty, tattycath and teapot for thanking. :wave:

Lois_E

Lois_E wrote: »

Well, I really pushed the boat out today. Splurged £2.65 on a spare part (replacement internal hose) for my Dyson vacuum.

Grrrrrrr! Have now had to splurge an additional £8.50 for another replacement internal hose, this time from the actual Dyson website, because the £2.65 one was too small to fit onto the place it was supposed to go onto. :mad:

tattycath

Lois_E wrote: »

Grrrrrrr! Have now had to splurge an additional £8.50 for another replacement internal hose, this time from the actual Dyson website, because the £2.65 one was too small to fit onto the place it was supposed to go onto. :mad:

:mad: just a thought...can you sell it on eb@y?

Lois_E

Wouldn't the person who bought it just find that it didn't fit theirs either??? I might try complaining to the site I bought it from, if I can squeeze in the time to do that.

tattycath

Lois_E wrote: »

Wouldn't the person who bought it just find that it didn't fit theirs either??? I might try complaining to the site I bought it from, if I can squeeze in the time to do that.

I guess it depends how you list it. If you list it as spares or repair-not sure what make it's for, someone might buy it, start at 0.99p...

Lois_E

You lot have convinced me that I need to have a Nationwide account earning 5% as part of the plan. Not sure exactly how much is going to go where, at least to start with, but my paperwork's now come through for the 123 account, and I've just applied online for the NW one. Will redo the sums properly when I find out exactly how much money I've got to play with by the end of the tax year.

Santander are kicking up a fuss because I used to have some money in some of their "loads of interest on max £2.5k" accounts a couple of years ago, but I've moved house since then, so they need to check all sorts of ID to be sure I'm not committing fraud.

PS Hi tattycath and thanks for posting. :wave:
Hi to Alchemilla, kirstypark, pink poppy, Radish, MWC, Squirrel, skinty, teapot, ztan & tattycath, and thanks for thanking. :wave:

Mortgagefreeby50

Hey Lois, can you cast your eye over the post 'does this sound daft?' as it is frying my brain...