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I remember many a gig I landed up going to after having a wee drink and buying tickets ... A-ha were amazing and a band I would never have seen had it not been for a drunken ticket purchase

I usually found out i was going when the tickets arrived:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:0 -
Glad you enjoyed the cinema Tilly! - I do love those films :rotfl:
Your dinner ideas always sound fab too!
Keep on keeping on , I find motivation definitely ebbs and flows with this but that's okay , I figure we are all like that and unless its a matter of months , we need to keep at it for years to finish the journey so a few meh days or weeks even shouldn't matter in the long term!
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I think the accidental house purchase started off with a bottle of wine Right Move evening :rotfl:.A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
Mortgage Balance = £0
"Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"0 -
Hope you enjoyed the cinema Tilly
I'm hoping to go next week to see Iceman however it will be cheap Tuesday or Orange Wednesday of course!! 0 -
Mr T is making the supper Morcilla con Manzana from Casa Moro. It's a tapas type dish and we are cheating and having it with a larger salad.
I read that as 'lager salad' - must be beerly time for the weekend :beer:0 -
Evening, catching up on diaries whilst on an escalation call about Brazil - fantastic.
Mr E, I think Mr T may quite fancy a lager salad - will suggest it
El & GG, I promise not to buy any accidental 'anythings'
Ixia, Mr T wants to see Ironman as well - no clue when we will fit that in :rotfl:
I'd better go back to paying attention
Have a good night
Tilly x2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j0 -
Morning,
53p TT OP
£31 on Mr T 1P
B@@ts £56 - saving towards Xmas
£5.16 claimed on TCB
Realised that check ins are retained by £co towards annual fee
Off to see Mum and do gardening jobs
My house is looking like a bomb site but we are out in the morning, then out for a late lunch so it will have to wait :eek:
No food plan but planning to buy fruit, milk and some veg today then we have no choice but to live out of the freezer and larder :eek:
Have a lovely Saturday and I hope we all see the sun
Best wishes Tilly x2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j0 -
Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »Realised that check ins are retained by £co towards annual fee
Morning Tilly
Re £co - that never used to be the case so must be a change in terms since the premium account thing came in.
However, if you are past your anniversary date (can check this on account settings) you can downgrade to basic - then as you don't pay £5 fee and the checks in are your own again
Thanks for bringing the change to my attention
Have a lovely weekend
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Morning, frantic but fun weekend.
67p TT
H@lif@x rewards to come back today hopefully
Meal plan for the coming week only and no real shopping done this weekend.
30 minutes of ironing finished a few minutes ago and I need to get the fish out of the freezer for dinner this evening. It needs to be a quick one, so not sure whether I'll have time for fish pie.
Work calls again this evening :eek:
I haven't been posting as much recently as, although my life is normally busy, the last week or two have seen a turn to the ridiculous. I'm taking some practical steps to improve the situation but I won't benefit for a few weeks. So in the meantime, our volunteering is taking a back seat. We haven't been this weekend, are doing an hour one night this week, but we will then step down for a couple of months. It seems a bit sad but both of us (Mr and Mrs) feel we are being pulled too thin - and that has to stop.
Have a glorious day with the sun shining.
Best wishes
Tilly x2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j0
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