Edinburgher gets cracking!

edinburgher

It surprises me that you're an extrovert Alchemilla, you struck me as one of us sultry and misunderstood Introverts :rotfl:

Well, I am nackered

3 mile run yesterday evening and this evening, housework yesterday evening and grocery shopping today after work. Mrs E is away and it's very quiet. Still, drunken rugby to look forward to tomorrow, so not all bad.

• £6.51 to Freedom Fund
• £10.53 to 2017
• Listed some Mr T vouchers on eBay (hoping for £50+) :T
• Got a £15 Am@zon voucher from VO, sticking this on eBay as well
• Got 2 whoopsied free range chickens from L1dl. Whoopsied free range chicken from L1dl (£2.33/kg) is one of the holy trinity of 'ultimate whoopsies' (free range chicken/sirloin steak/smoked salmon) :j
• Got whoopsied pre-cooked chicken from Asd@ for £2.50. I'll get 3 meals out of it + stock. Not a chance in hell it's free range, but it's not coming back from the dead now...
• Was unusually sociable and went out for lunch with a couple of work pals
• 20p withdrawn from TCB
• Focused like a laser :cool:

Happy beer o'clock, HB tastes better by the week :beer:

PositiveBalance

edinburgher wrote: »

Thanks for the concern Lois - I genuinely don't mind isolation as long as that's meant to be how I'm working/existing. I'm naturally very introverted (INFJ, if you believe in that sort of thing)

I have no problems dealing with small groups of people, building up good 1:1 relationships, or talking with a customer, but I do thrive on peace and quiet!

DedicatedDFW wrote: »

*waves* to PB

*Waves back* Fancy meeting you here! And no, we're not related, Ed, although we don't live a millions miles from one another in real life, it seems. Move down here to be near us - you'll love it! :rotfl:

edinburgher wrote: »

Call me an old fuddy duddy, but when did a fairly typical weekend trip to the cinema end up costing £30? :eek:

I think I could have got that down to c. £20 if we'd taken the bus to town and gone to £land, but it's no longer cheap entertainment.

I know - it's very expensive, isn't it? I rarely go nowadays, which is a real shame as I love films. The Wednesday is bright, the Wednesday is Orange...

Right, Ed and whoever you were chatting to about , whoever you are: please help me with LED bulbs. I have a STUPID number of bulbs in my abode and am thinking of replacing with LEDs. From what I've seen and what you said (can't find it now for the life of me) there is Cool White and Warm White. From what people have said, the warm white seems nicer for inside, an the other a little harsher, but how harsh/soft are they in comparison to regular bulbs? I don't want to look like I'm living in a mortuary and I certainly don't want the ones in my bathroom to colour funnily in case I end up putting my make-up on and end up looking like I've slapped it on with a trowel! Also, from what I've read it seems like the main savings come from the length of time they last rather than how much energy you save on using compared to a regular bulb. Do you think this is accurate, guys?!

Advice please!

sweetdaisy

edinburgher wrote: »

• Got a £15 Am@zon voucher from VO, sticking this on eBay as well

This is going to sound silly, but how much do you expect to get for the voucher, do you get the full £15? I am just curious, as I tend to keep my vouchers to spend on clothing and Christmas/Birthday presents and it had not even crossed my mind to sell them.

edinburgher

PB, in all honesty, LED light bulbs are the sort of level of optimisation that is probably only of interest to someone with 50+ light bulbs or someone who has sorted every other element of their budget and energy use.

Considering the cost, the lack of consistency (I've had products that claimed they'd last 15+ years, but didn't last one) and the fact that the savings are relatively minor (say 7W a bulb?) that I really wouldn't bother. The exception would be if you can get *warm* white bulbs on a significant offer, for example from L1dl or Ike@.

You'll do the environment more favours by turning off everything at night, putting the boiler temperature down a smidgeon and recycling.

You'll do your wallet more favours by saving £5/month on a phone contract or a couple of NSDs.

This is going to sound silly, but how much do you expect to get for the voucher, do you get the full £15?

Hi Sweetdaisy. You tend to get pretty much the face value of the voucher, although you have to consider fees (typically 15% of the value). My current voucher is at £14.51, that's roughly £12.35 net.

I have ambitious savings targets and surveys are a little extra effort (and reward) for me. That's why I sell them on :T

Got to my bed at 2 this morning, very hungover after a whole day of drinking yesterday, we also got walloped at rugby! :eek:

I had a good time, everyone had a laugh and Mrs E is back in about half an hour! :T :T

Various monies transferred, signature updated.

sweetdaisy

edinburgher wrote: »

Hi Sweetdaisy. You tend to get pretty much the face value of the voucher, although you have to consider fees (typically 15% of the value). My current voucher is at £14.51, that's roughly £12.35 net.

I have ambitious savings targets and surveys are a little extra effort (and reward) for me. That's why I sell them on :T

Thanks Ed . I do a lot of online surveys and where possible opt for cash payments (which goes into Savings) and with the vouchers I save them up for Christmas/Birthday presents or clothes.

PositiveBalance

*Watches tumbleweed blow by*

Blimey, it's quiet in here.

I installed 4 LED lightbulbs yesterday to replace the ones that had died on me. I won't go mad replacing all the others for no reason, but hopefully they will help a little in reducing my mad electric costs.

If not, well, at least I tried.

How's you, Ed?

edinburgher

:wave:

We are having a baby.

:j

muddywhitechicken

:j:j:j

Many congratulations ed

MWCx

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

edinburgher wrote: »

:wave:

We are having a baby.

:j

YAY :T:T:T:T:j:j:j:j:j:T:T:T:T

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skint_spice

Lovely news, I shall pop in more often to see how things are going.