10 months in and 90 left to go ... the reality is starting to kick in :)

elantan

I reckon you both would be great people to know in RL ... Between toilet rolls and onions we have a lot in common

gallygirl

elantan wrote: »

I reckon you both would be great people to know in RL ... Between toilet rolls and onions we have a lot in common

How's your spreadsheet addiction? And do you like to [STRIKE]scheme[/STRIKE] plan years ahead? Them's the clinchers .

taxi73

I agree the saving up is great after becoming debtfree even on limited income

elantan

Damn I fall down at the spread sheet hurdle ... Only because I don't know how to do them ... Would be willing to learn though scheming yep that's a deff tick

elantan

just got an email, another book sold, another £4.34 for the pot the first lot of money is due to be transferred to my account on the 25th of this month so i will be halfing it to pay off debt and save for the heating system

also completed part one of the royal mail survey, i'm liking these free stamps, they are paying for my posting just now with the books sold so i am deff getting the use of them. with the first part of the survey it worked out that i got £10.80 in stamps ... not to be sniffed at and much appreciated

have had some disturbing news about work, but dont want to say at this stage but needless to say my need for a new job is much greater just now and redundancy may be on the horizon in the near future if things carry on the way they are currently

we have a surveyor coming out tomorrow so will be looking forward to seeing if our house has went up in value at all

hope you are all well

beanielou

I will never be debt free I dont think but will keep plodding.
I was not so pleased to read your latest news about the r word.
Bah is all.

elantan

you will get there beanie ... it just might take a bit longer than hoped ... and i am sure it feels like your wading through mud sometimes as well

its not effecting our unit at this time beanie ... but it could be a matter of time till it does, i aint gonna lie it was a TOTAL shock... not one of the girls had a clue it was going to happen, its not that there isnt work for us, its due to the nature of the work and losing a contract that another provider has aquired ( truthfully that scares me ... cant say too much but i think some eyes will be opened through the situation)

beanielou

Positive vibes your way anyway.

skint_spice

Scary stuff El, hope it works out for you. x

elantan

Mr el has been asked to fix something for someone and has been offered £20 for doing so ... The £20 is going to be put together with the £30 he got for doing something else ( he is quite handy at fixing stuff ) and with it we will buy a blind that we need ... We had bought the blind before as and I had to take it from the fun money ( I'm sure a few of you will remember that ) but after paying for it we discovered they didn't have the blind in at all so got it refunded. I think mr el learned from then he does not want his fun money played with so declared that we would need to save for a blind he also said we would save it from the money he got for doing things ( sometimes people buy him alcohol ... Last night he came in with 12 bottles of miller ... He has told everyone he doesn't drink and has a drink problem but some how some people choose to ignore that and give him some any way) and sometimes they give him money ( like today)

Anyway it's taken from Xmas till now to save for a blind ... But the blind is effectively cost neutral for us ... Normally we would spend the £20 on a Chinese or Indian or something ... Now we will have a blind for the bedroom and still have the Chinese and Indian ( only mr el will cook it )

Wooooo hooooo I like this new mr el that is seeing things differently