301k in debt and morbidly obese - things aren't great!

gallygirl

MrBloater wrote: »

Up at stupid time of morning - tick. Mug of tea - tick. Bills covered for February - tick.

And, er.... (peeks out of window) the fence is still up.

Tea, bills paid and fences up is the key to happiness I believe :T. She says, sitting here with tea, bills paid and fences up :beer:.

Igamogam

FPN - I opted for the speed awareness course- I was very sceptical and thought I was going to be treated like a naughty child but it was very informative. The cost of the course was more than the fine. When It came to renewing insurance I tried the quote with and without the points - made no difference. If there is a next time I will pay the fine and take the hit................I stayed 'speed aware' diligently for 1 week. I am more 'speed aware' now from a fuel economy point of view! BTW what did make a difference on my insurance quote was tweeking job title - deputy rather than assistant and I have heard of others who opt for local government rather than education!

toomuch2

Really enjoying your diary, a little bit if light relief from the stress and worry of debt. Thank you.

Beckyy

Just stumbled across your diary, really enjoyed reading through - thank you. I also need a good clear out, and ebay session, think your last post has given me the kick up the bum to get it started.

patman99

There you go MrB. You can run faster than you thought you could:rotfl:

The insurance thing reminds me that I must get around to telling my insurers that I am now unemployed.

MrBloater

So February hasn't quite been what I was anticipating - I think it is my old foe complacency kicking in. We've been pretty unscathed by the nightmare weather but I have a feeling tonight's storm could incur some expense. There are a lot of things blowing around there rather ominously at the moment. Have a week off and have to get the most out of it - hence the mug of tea and plans for an early night (any plans for a romantic Valentines evening were somewhat thwarted by the little Bloaters being terrified of the wind - it blows through our chimney pretty fiercely - and demanding on sleeping with their Mum, so they're all tucked up asleep upstairs).

Target for the next seven days is to be able to fit into a pair of trousers that are an inch too snug at the moment and to be back on top of tracking the finances (that's an over-simplification - all the bills have been covered and there is zero movement either in or out currently) but at least be on top of planning how to get through March. Ab crunches, running, spreadsheets, more mugs of tea and this diary are the tools I need to make that happen.

chevalier

good luck mr b. my plans have stalled a bit, feeling sorry for myself too. had a long winge on my diary last night. Bit more relaxed today. Onwards and upwards. Or in your case onwards, and downwards.....
chev

MrBloater

Spreadsheet updated, stray bins put back, vitamins wolfed down, 7.2km run done and only a fence panel as the sum total of the gale damage so far

gallygirl

Is it A fence panel....... or THE fence panel?

MrBloater

Yes, gallygirl, it was THE fence panel. My precision engineering could not cope with the final throes of the gale. In my defence, fences on my street that weren't repeatedly cobbled together by yours truly also gave way to the gusts so I'm not too upset. It's on the list of today's projects to fix - I think it's salvagable - it'll have to be. I am very lucky to have an incredibly laidback next door neighbour who genuinely doesn't mind or notice.

7.7km run to log this morning. Need to get on with the Ab exercises but there is currently not enough room to do them as the laundry is drying, and we cannot put it in the hallway as usual because we now have no hallway. Thanks to rather funky desk from those Swedish folk and six hours of flatpack assembly (assisted by Mrs B, viewed by little B's and all the time not being to swear or set fire to the baffling instructions - my usual coping mechanisms for flatpack time) we now have a home office sort of thing. For a small house it was a large hallway and now it has usuable space - it was like getting an extension without the cost or quite as much hassle. It has eaten into the savings for summer but we have budgeted that it should still be fine.

Sneaked a cheapo bottle of red into the basket when sent out for provisions, but managed to not drink it last night - saving it for Sunday night, cos as there is no working Monday to follow, will not be as Sunday-like as other Sundays.

Today will be a bit of a spendy day as I have to get a mains adaptor for the little lady's DVD player as I stole hers to put on the router, a lightbulb for her disco ball and some extra long screws so that the sparkly knobs we bought for her cupboards can be installed. As the boy told me yesterday that it was alright for me to go out in the wind as I was "too fat to ever get blown over" he gets nothing.