Edinburgher gets cracking!

misscousinitt

Well done on everything - the EF looking good, and the stoozed amount too!

My DH tells me that running is good for blowing the cobwebs away - so keep that up too - it will help with coping at work.

Take care and enjoy your weekend.

MCI

PositiveBalance

edinburgher wrote: »

Anyone else glad it's Friday? I had a yelled argument with my boss re. responsibilities vs reward at the start of the week and it's had me feeling a bit blue. The air is cleared now, but I'm not letting the topic lie. Quite happy to do more work, but 50%+ more for the same money? Find some other mug

My sympathies. My work situation is also :eek:!

Enjoy your QT with Mrs E.

edinburgher

Well done on everything - the EF looking good, and the stoozed amount too!

Thx MCI - I'm going to need another credit card at this rate Just kidding, tbh I think I'm going to reign in the money hacks a bit this year and rely on boring but tested stuff, like not spending money and pestering my boss for a raise

edinburgher

Arghh! Mentally whipping myself today after we went out to the pub and ended up having a Chinese on the way home. £50 gone :eek:

Mrs E was a bit bored and seemed slightly out of sorts, so I offered to treat her (she has a lot of unavoidable expenses at the mo and I'm a bit more flush than she is at present). My problem is that I was trying to take her mind off the boredom, but I'm also not great at saying no I'm not a crazy boozehound or anything, but I am one of those people who would rather stay for one more than cut myself off at a set point.

Any suggestions for drinking less when we do go out (other than the obvious 'man up and stop after 2-3'?) I feel like I've had one too many hangovers since Christmas and I'm finding it tricky to balance fun social drinking and daft OTT drinking. Before you get too worried, I think I had 4 beers yesterday!

The Chinese was very tasty and I've hopefully undone at least some of the damage with a virtuous run in the snow

Driving lesson went well today and I have now tried all of the manoeuvres at least once. I had hoped to be ready for test in a few weeks, but maybe I have been overly ambitious? My instructor thinks I'll need another 10-15 hours of tuition before I book the test. Not horrendous in terms of hours (I've about 5-10 below the average at the moment), but it will mean we've spent close to £2500 on lessons! I am getting mighty sick of grinning and bearing this particular expense.

lulabelle1

Well, I say make the most of it Ed, because if you manage to have a little Ed you will never go out again.

PositiveBalance

lulabelle1 wrote: »

Well, I say make the most of it Ed, because if you manage to have a little Ed you will never go out again.

Kinda true...and thanks for making me feel even more virtuous about not spending money I shouldn't have yesterday!
:rotfl:

Calfuray

edinburgher wrote: »

Driving lesson went well today and I have now tried all of the manoeuvres at least once. I had hoped to be ready for test in a few weeks, but maybe I have been overly ambitious? My instructor thinks I'll need another 10-15 hours of tuition before I book the test. Not horrendous in terms of hours (I've about 5-10 below the average at the moment), but it will mean we've spent close to £2500 on lessons! I am getting mighty sick of grinning and bearing this particular expense.

I wouldn't worry too much, I was over 100 lessons before I passed You're doing well!

misscousinitt

Don't beat yourself up too much Ed. You had a good time didn't you? YES. And you weren't spending money you didn't have? NO. And hopefully Mrs Ed is feeling better now? I Hope So.

Take care and good luck at work this week.

MCI

edinburgher

Arghhh! I am incredibly unimpressed to see that FD no longer offer the Regular Saver. I guess I'll be closing my account then - no point shuffling money if there's absolutely no benefit to me to do so

bodmil

edinburgher wrote: »

Arghhh! I am incredibly unimpressed to see that FD no longer offer the Regular Saver. I guess I'll be closing my account then - no point shuffling money if there's absolutely no benefit to me to do so

Also pretty gutted here! I used that accountto save up for my deposit and now just in a position to start saving again and it seems to have gone only just recently, very annoying! I will still keep them as my current account though, just can't beat the service. I'm still astonished to have my call picked up by a human in only a few rings!! Who do you use for your current account now, are you very happy with them?