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  • Igamogam
    Igamogam Posts: 6,028 Forumite
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    Hi HAW - just delurked to ask a technical question - how do you do those link things - ie make a link and put a word/phrase rather than the link itself IYSWIM - I can follow instructions but cant find any on MSE - :)
    Be the change you want to see -with apologies to Gandhi :o
    In gardens, beauty is a by-product. The main business is sex and death. ~Sam Llewelyn
    'On the internet no one knows you are a cat' :) ;)
  • HeadAboveWater
    HeadAboveWater Posts: 3,941 Forumite
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    edited 24 October 2012 at 2:28PM
    lol :)

    Click on the 'insert link' button and copy in the web address eg.
    http ://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=56746451&postcount=102

    When you hit 'enter' to insert it in the reply box, you'll see it has highlighted the 2nd web address in blue. That's the text you can amend so it shows instead of the hyperlink.

    That make sense?

    For example
    [ URL="http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=56746451&postcount=102"]http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=56746451&postcount=102[/URL ]

    becomes

    [ URL="http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=56746451&postcount=102"]your post[/URL]

    which shows as

    your post

    Hope this helps! :D
    Wealth is what you're left with when all your money runs out
  • Igamogam
    Igamogam Posts: 6,028 Forumite
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    [URLlike this[/URL]


    ETA - oops no will try again ha ha!
    Be the change you want to see -with apologies to Gandhi :o
    In gardens, beauty is a by-product. The main business is sex and death. ~Sam Llewelyn
    'On the internet no one knows you are a cat' :) ;)
  • Igamogam
    Igamogam Posts: 6,028 Forumite
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    hopefully this one

    think I did it thank you very much :)
    Be the change you want to see -with apologies to Gandhi :o
    In gardens, beauty is a by-product. The main business is sex and death. ~Sam Llewelyn
    'On the internet no one knows you are a cat' :) ;)
  • :T Well done!!! :D
    Wealth is what you're left with when all your money runs out
  • Saved myself money by joining the local library :D

    Have borrowed a book called The Art of Being Brilliant. Hope to read it this weekend when we're away at our wee cottage in Donegal. The reviews seem good anyway so fingers crossed!! Also taking a John Grisham novel as per usual!! :o

    Planning on not spending much this weekend. Stopping off at Asda on our way down to stock up on grub for the weekend. One meal out and maybe a coffee out is probably all the spending we'll do. Walking gear is the first thing being packed!! :)

    Hope everyone has a really great weekend. And enjoy that extra hour in bed too (or whatever mischief you may be getting up to! ;))

    Back soon :D
    Wealth is what you're left with when all your money runs out
  • Had a BRILLIANT weekend in Donegal and wanted to share a few photos...

    Our wee cottage for the weekend

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    Sunset out the window on our first night

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    View from near our wee cottage

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    View from Slieve League

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    Not doing so hot on the October NSD challenge so will rethink my strategy for November!! (and no it's not cheating!! ;))

    Payday tomorrow too so looking forward to that bit :)

    Hope everyone doing well with their debt free/saving missions!! :D
    Wealth is what you're left with when all your money runs out
  • Hello all :wave:

    Can you believe it's 1st November already?! :eek: Time flies, huh?!

    October was a pretty good month for me financially :) I think by joining the October NSD challenge really got me thinking about stuff, and being more aware of when and what I'm spending (even though I was 4 off my target of 10 :o)

    I've joined the November NSD challenge and here's my post to what my rules are for the month.

    I read the book The Art of Being Brilliant when I was away on holiday, and I would definitely recommend it. It's a 'glass half full' type of book! ;)

    Love this quote from it:
    10% of life is made up of what happens to you
    90% of life is decided by how you react to the 10%

    I've a few other 'goals' for November too, which is more about me and my personal life, rather than financial:

    1. Gotta get my self confidence up and stop feeling so insecure about myself :)
    2. Gotta get my happy face on (:D) and stop thinking that I'm carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders - I'm not!!!
    3. Gotta stop smothering my OH :o I'm so scared of losing him that I've gone the opposite direction and been too full on :(

    If anyone has any words of inspiration or suggestions on any of the above, please say so!! I'm keeping an open mind so will welcome all comments - good and bad! :) Oh, and any suggestions on how to stop being so emotional would be a huge help too!! ;)

    Thanks for reading and feel free to comment :D
    Wealth is what you're left with when all your money runs out
  • Hi :D

    Rather spendy weekend unfortunately but well worth every penny! :D Taking 4 items back to TK Maxx today for a refund too which is good! (was too lazy to try on stuff on Saturday!! :o)

    Managed my first NSD for November yesterday :j

    Since deciding I needed to put on my happy face more often, I've actually been doing pretty well! :D Well, until yesterday :o Just a few things happened one after the other and got me down so had a chat with OH. Even he agreed that I'd been doing ok for a few days so that was good :)

    Today is busy in work so keeping my head down :) Be home time before I know it!! ;)

    Have updated my signature - November NSD 1/10 and FD has an extra £400 added to it, making it £800/£3600 :j

    Have a good start to the week everyone :D
    Wealth is what you're left with when all your money runs out
  • Uniscots97
    Uniscots97 Posts: 6,687 Forumite
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    Love the pics above HAW, its stunning. Did you have a good time?
    CC2 = £8687.86 ([STRIKE]£10000[/STRIKE] )CC1 = £0 ([STRIKE]£9983[/STRIKE] ); Reusing shopping bags savings =£5.80 vs spent £1.05.Wine is like opera. You can enjoy it even if you don't understand it and too much can give you a headache the next day J
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