Lisa Lou wants to be MF!

LisaLou1982

Morning all Hope you had a good bank holiday!

Ive returned from our oldies coach trip! Me and OH were the youngest there by at least 20 years but had a great time! And it was excellent value!!! In true MSE style, i had looked to see if i could do it cheaper and i couldnt!!!!

£2.74 OP today on account rounding and £50 regular standing order yesterday towards to the mortgage so all going well so far this month!

Jobs wise, i have put the washing away this morning, called and rearranged the gas man to come out to OHs house for next week as that's when the tenant is (hopefully!) moving in, cleaned the kitchen and am now due to go to town to book my make up session for next Saturday as i dont fancy doing my own makeup for my bridesmaid duties!

originalmiscellany

Well done LisaLou82. Just been reading your posts, looks like you've made great strides already to overpaying and every little really does help. Where are you planning to go in June and July? Somewhere warm and lovely I hope?

LisaLou1982

Thanks Originalmiscellany!!

I hope to get to the same stage as you one day!! well done on achieving MF!

For June, i think we are going to Stratford Upon Avon. Its a busy month for me - i have a hen do this weekend, wedding the next, good food show the one after, another wedding the week after that and am meeting up with some old friends the last week of june, so we are fitting in a trip to Stratford the same weekend as the good food show

I think I will need a holiday in July to overcome the busyness of June!!!

As yet, no thoughts on July. Its a difficult one as weve got an expensive couple of months coming up, so it will probably end up being a weekend away in the UK which if the weather is good, will be amazing! Failing that, i have been looking at Tunisia so watch this space! xx

LisaLou1982

OMG OMG OMG!

Hmmm so its been a little longer than i hoped re posting on here and its been a manic week!

My best friend got married on Saturday and she was the most beautiful bride Her new husband was well enough to be at the wedding all day which everyone was amazed at (he is terminally ill and is waiting a heart and double lung transplant) so it was an emotional day for all.

My Kitchen has been finished and looks AMAZING! I am so pleased that my old joiner let me down as there is no way he would have done the job as well as this new one! And boy was he a lifesaver!

Todays post was originally going to be a bit of an admission that i havent made any regular OPs since my last post - too much spending all round at the min and a HUGE credit card bill which needs paying is taking priority! Sadly, my holiday, kitchen and wedding presents, house insurance and car insurance all came together on the same bill - OUCH! So no OP for me at the min!!

On the plus side... and im beaming so hard!!!! Quidco have confirmed a £100 payment for some health insurance that i took out and also Thomas Cook have confirmed that they are paying me in full for my claim that i took out

Mum always said that money will come to those that need it and i am happy to say that in our family this has always seemed to be the case! I was kinda hoping that when the TC money arrived (they didnt have a leg to stand on) that id be able to go away on a little holiday but since its arrived at the time of my big CC bill, i guess it'll have to go on that instead! My lovely dad must be watching down on me and have sent it as luck Thanks Dad

So, aside from that, im now off to do some surveys and earn a few pennies!

ixia

Great news about the TC payout and £co at least you don't need to worry about paying your CC bill now

LisaLou1982

Well looks like the theory that money will come when its needed is true! A cheque for £146 arrived today as share dividend payment!! hooray!!

Although thats also straight to the CC - no extra OP this month as yet

(but i guess its paid for the kitchen so cant really grumble!!)

LisaLou1982

Well D Day has almost arrived and the big CC is paid off!

I am now skint for the next couple of months! eek!

Just the standard OP of £50 this month and i was sweating having to make that!

Todays job has consisted of tidying the house, oiling the kitchen worktops and paying some bills. My TC cheque hasnt arrived yet so ive had to chase that and hopefully that will be here by the end of the week!

Just off to update my June holiday too - we were a bit worried that we wouldnt be able to fit it in with it being such a busy month and also tight money wise, but we did it!!

We went to the Peak district and the Hope Valley and did some walking and managed to blag ourselves a ride in a glider after we stopped to look at the Gliding club!! It was AMAZING!!

LisaLou1982

Well still no OP this month. The CC has been paid and i am brassic! Roll on next month for some cash.

Today has been a bit of a crappy day. Me and OH have fallen out over something so stupid i cant even really remember what it was! Hes gone out but im sure we will make up later.

Today has consisted of applying for some jobs and i have now had the thumbs up for 50% funding for the CIH Level 4 for the Housing Profession qualification that i wanted to do so fingers crossed i get a job as i need to be working in housing by September to do the course!

Also got the letter from the doctors today saying that my smear test bought back some abnormal cells so im waiting on a call from the hospital to take a closer look

Tomorrow will be a better day x

LisaLou1982

Morning all

Crappy weather outside today but on the plus side, my TC cheque has finally arrived so im off to the bank to pay it in so im slightly less skint than i was yesterday!!

Almost July now! Yay!

LisaLou1982

No OP updates today - just a general life blog instead.

So the wedding of my best friend and her lovely husband 3 weeks ago that i was given the honour of being a bridesmaid for has come to a sad end as he passed away on Monday evening I am just so gutted for her. This is not the way life is supposed to be. I lost my dad 4 years ago yesterday so today has been spent visiting the cemetery and seeing my best friends family. I will see her at the weekend i hope when she comes home as she is still at the hospital up in Newcastle where he was being treated.

Life is so cruel sometimes