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  • downsizer3
    downsizer3 Posts: 683 Forumite
    Well - the good news is that the scaffold is going up to rebuild chimney. Bad news is I walked into it in the dark last night and gave myself a stonking black eye. :mad:
    Thats the end of my modelling career for a while..........:p
    May 2018 - £159k + £3.5K CC - let the countdown begin! :)
    March 2019 - CC gone and bye bye M2 on 31st! £140k to go.:j
  • Weronika
    Weronika Posts: 260 Forumite
    downsizer3 wrote: »
    Well - just spent nearly £150 on a flippin hoover so it better be good. Special cat/dog one so hoping the fluff gets sooked up - better work!!
    I hate spending money on things like that.

    My hoover just died after only couple years, is the one you bought worth the money? I hate buying cheap things that won't last!:mad:
    Debt: [STRIKE]-£77.299 74,209[/STRIKE]-£72,860 Projected MF date(age):[STRIKE]2044(63)[/STRIKE] 2029(48)
    Credit Card 0%: -£1,800 Reg Saver: £4000/£6000 ISA: £0/£2500

     From March 2012: Mortgage OP: £160 pcm     (saving 29k):D
    Apr 2013 Goal: reduce balance to £72,000 to get 60%LTV & better deal
  • downsizer3
    downsizer3 Posts: 683 Forumite
    Hi Weronika - I bought a Meile one - for cats and dogs - not the top of the range one but one step down I guess - still very expensive!
    Gave it a try last night and nearly sucked up the cat let alone the rug it was sitting on - wow!
    So far I'd say yes - its amazing! ( sad that i'm excited about a hoover I know but I get so few new things these days!!)

    Black eye is deflating a bit - still looking scarey.

    Various bills coming off and salary nearly gone - and its the 1st - gonna be a hard month - again!!!
    May 2018 - £159k + £3.5K CC - let the countdown begin! :)
    March 2019 - CC gone and bye bye M2 on 31st! £140k to go.:j
  • Weronika
    Weronika Posts: 260 Forumite
    downsizer3 wrote: »
    Hi Weronika - I bought a Meile one - for cats and dogs - not the top of the range one but one step down I guess - still very expensive!
    :rotfl:Gave it a try last night and nearly sucked up the cat let alone the rug it was sitting on - wow!:rotfl:
    So far I'd say yes - its amazing! ( sad that i'm excited about a hoover I know but I get so few new things these days!!)

    That's the best recommendation I heard in ages:D

    Hopefully your black eye will fade soon - as far as I remember it should turn green and purple next:D
    Debt: [STRIKE]-£77.299 74,209[/STRIKE]-£72,860 Projected MF date(age):[STRIKE]2044(63)[/STRIKE] 2029(48)
    Credit Card 0%: -£1,800 Reg Saver: £4000/£6000 ISA: £0/£2500

     From March 2012: Mortgage OP: £160 pcm     (saving 29k):D
    Apr 2013 Goal: reduce balance to £72,000 to get 60%LTV & better deal
  • thriftylynny
    thriftylynny Posts: 211 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker Stoptober Survivor
    Oh Gawd DS last 3 weeks ive done an 8 day + 2 x 6 day shifts & have same work pattern for virtually the whole of march, s'pose i should be:j but im feeling :eek: cos i aint no spring chicken & its taking its toll on me ! I'm only doing it for the extra dosh for op's only us lot can understand this sort of crazy mentality i guess?!!
    Sorry to hear about your black eye incident, poor you, but wowee ! your sig update really shows your hard works' starting to pay off so big pat on back for you:T Ive just had a massive glass of rose stuff at pub cos i deserved it !! Have a good wknd DS....yes i'm working tmrw :( so that bl**dy paycheck better be worth it next mth or i'm giving up!
  • downsizer3
    downsizer3 Posts: 683 Forumite
    I no longer have a black eye - I have a yellow and purple eye. Yuk.
    Thrifty - huge pat on the back for you and here's another big glass of Rose wine to say keep it up! :beer:Thats some serious OT you're doing and that salary better come in with some hefty OP! Good work lass!
    I'm 45 ( I know, I know - don't look a day over 44........) and things I used to do easily can now be realy tiring ( work travel / nights out etc) - either because I'm out of practice, can't catch up at the weekend or am just OLD!!! Must be one of the first two musn't it?....
    More gardening at weekend in preperation for my greenhouse - you wait - it'll be Alan Tichmarsh programmes from now on.....:rotfl:
    May 2018 - £159k + £3.5K CC - let the countdown begin! :)
    March 2019 - CC gone and bye bye M2 on 31st! £140k to go.:j
  • downsizer3
    downsizer3 Posts: 683 Forumite
    Rant alert!
    I am SERIOUSLY FED UP!!!! My insurers got a loss adjustor in for my storm damaged chimney - and he won't pay my quarter share of the emergency works in full - he says they are too high and he'll confirm what he will pay. All other partie's insurers are paying without complaint but mine won't. So I either have to find the difference or fall our with the builder/neighbours.
    I don't have any savings really - so I'd need to (temporarily) borrow it from my daughters savings account.
    I've no idea how much but on top of bloody tax credit overpayment I wonder why I bother. Its just one thing after another and ITS NOT SODDING FAIR!!!!!
    Not happy.
    May 2018 - £159k + £3.5K CC - let the countdown begin! :)
    March 2019 - CC gone and bye bye M2 on 31st! £140k to go.:j
  • thriftylynny
    thriftylynny Posts: 211 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker Stoptober Survivor
    Oh i agree that is so damn unfair ds, you always have had bad vibes about that chimney havn't you? How come your neighbours insurers are paying up,its just not right is it? Im hoping that theres somehow a way round all this,you dont deserve any more setbacks :(
  • downsizer3
    downsizer3 Posts: 683 Forumite
    Still fuming. Yes - both neighbours are going to pay up - or rather their insurers are. Mine is just a git.
    So - I'm going to complain. the difference is about £320 - so far. I'll not tell the loss adjustor that until he coughs up what I am going to get though because I don't want to make it worse - and he still has to pay for my share of reinstatement works.
    One neighbour isn't going to pay until all is resolved so I'll wait too - at least that'll hopefully take me into next month.
    Why me eh? keep telling myself - 'its only money' but it takes me a long time to pay £320 off my card - and for some stroppy git to then blow it beacuse he's having a bad day? Not chuffed.......
    Still ranting as you can see! :o
    May 2018 - £159k + £3.5K CC - let the countdown begin! :)
    March 2019 - CC gone and bye bye M2 on 31st! £140k to go.:j
  • Weronika
    Weronika Posts: 260 Forumite
    I'm with you - that is definitely not fair!
    Hope the difference you need to cover will be in pence rather than pounds:D
    Debt: [STRIKE]-£77.299 74,209[/STRIKE]-£72,860 Projected MF date(age):[STRIKE]2044(63)[/STRIKE] 2029(48)
    Credit Card 0%: -£1,800 Reg Saver: £4000/£6000 ISA: £0/£2500

     From March 2012: Mortgage OP: £160 pcm     (saving 29k):D
    Apr 2013 Goal: reduce balance to £72,000 to get 60%LTV & better deal
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