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Botanical blunderings on a budget - good life starts here.

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  • Uniscots97
    Uniscots97 Posts: 6,687 Forumite
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    edited 2 June 2011 at 8:51AM
    Morning Pippi, well done on getting the thesis in, i think its free listing on ebay this weekend if thats helps. Get yourself and the kids onto Vivatic (surveys). The money racks up pretty quickly they take 20p fee (paypal) for every tenner you claim. I can manage about £10 (£9.80 once paid) every 2 weeks, the way I see it is the first one is the tv license paid and the second one goes to debt but every now and again it might get used for a fish supper.


    Keiss, what kind of job are you looking for? The company I work for has vacancies near you.
    CC2 = £8687.86 ([STRIKE]£10000[/STRIKE] )CC1 = £0 ([STRIKE]£9983[/STRIKE] ); Reusing shopping bags savings =£5.80 vs spent £1.05.Wine is like opera. You can enjoy it even if you don't understand it and too much can give you a headache the next day J
  • EssexHebridean
    EssexHebridean Posts: 24,424 Forumite
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    Thanks for the heads-up on free listing! Must get some stuff on this weekend then!

    Stripes that's one heck of a list!!
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  • Uniscots97
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    In answer to yesterday's question, the onions I sent out ladies are Stuttgart giants (sp?)
    CC2 = £8687.86 ([STRIKE]£10000[/STRIKE] )CC1 = £0 ([STRIKE]£9983[/STRIKE] ); Reusing shopping bags savings =£5.80 vs spent £1.05.Wine is like opera. You can enjoy it even if you don't understand it and too much can give you a headache the next day J
  • Pippilongstocking
    Pippilongstocking Posts: 16,336 Forumite
    thanks uni

    :) great info on the survey and ebay :)

    EH would you expect anything but a long list from me!? Hope you have fun on your adventures - are you on them now?

    I'm having brekkie first - texted two chums thats 1 1/2 doz eggs gone :)
    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:
  • starnac
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    morning Pippi, welcome to the next chapter of your life. it must feel like a huge weight off having posted your thesis. you have done so well. £26 in bank??? i'm sure you've had less.

    good luck with your patchwork lifestyle. we'll be here to keep you company on the way

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  • Karmacat
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    Pippi! This is wonderful! Many congratulations on getting the thesis off, the explosion of activity since then, less than 24 hours ago, gives a real idea of how hard you were working on it, as well as the content of what posts you *did* actually manage to make.

    You're doing amazingly. And I'm glad your DS is doing the right thing and giving you his debit card, thats brill, gets him back onto an even keel as well. As for feeling weird about WTFC - speaking as someone with a low(ish) income who doesn't have kids - if everyone who got it worked as hard as you, and was as thoughtful as you, the country would be very different today. You're raising the future right there, with your children, they will be wonderful citizens of tomorrow's planet, whatever country they choose to live in ... claim everything that you're entitled to, and remember that little word ... **entitled**.

    Subscribing, of course, and watching with glee as to what happens next :kisses3:
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  • Triciaxx
    Triciaxx Posts: 659 Forumite
    Good morning. Shiny new diary to fit a shiny new life :j:j:j

    I still remember the feeling of relief when I posted my thesis. I walked home with a silly grin on my face and then burst into tears when DH came home and asked if I had posted it. :eek:

    Poor bloke thought that meant I hadn't posted it and we got all confused. :rotfl: I think it was just exhaustion and happiness all mixed.

    Good luck with the Good Life.
    But how can you know what you want till you get what you want and you see if you like it?
  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 17,194 Forumite
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    Yay!!!!! :j :j :j :j :j :j :j :j: j:j

    SOOOOO pleased for you!!!! :T :T :T :T Well done you! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D

    A gardener again! :j :j Yippee!!!!!!! :j :j

    Fingers crossed for your job interview!!! Very exciting indeed. I KNOW you can do it! :j :j :j

    VERY exciting about the polytunnel! :T :T :T:T

    DOn't know what else to say other than

    WELL DONE YOU!

    :j :j :j :j :j
  • chevalier
    chevalier Posts: 7,937 Forumite
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    Hi pippi

    well done on posting your thesis
    Not sure if I have got this wrong, but now you are officially unemployed? or even if you aren't can't you get housing benefit?
    chev
    I want a job that is less than an hour driving away from my house! Are you listening universe?
  • Uniscots97
    Uniscots97 Posts: 6,687 Forumite
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    i think the best url to check is entitledto.com it tells you what you should get
    CC2 = £8687.86 ([STRIKE]£10000[/STRIKE] )CC1 = £0 ([STRIKE]£9983[/STRIKE] ); Reusing shopping bags savings =£5.80 vs spent £1.05.Wine is like opera. You can enjoy it even if you don't understand it and too much can give you a headache the next day J
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