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Uni vs' The Beast Pt 2

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  • Uniscots97
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    Sorry I didn't write any more earlier the train arrived and when I got on there wasn't any seats. I'm shocked I saw the person but at least they had enough shame to walk away from me. I did get their mess they left on my doorstep so to speak sorted out but I'm guessing they didn't think I would pass on their email, mobile number, address of her parents, online personas. I was livid finding out she'd told her loan company my house was hers!
    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
  • Lemon_Tree
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    hi uni, sorry it's taken me so long to follow you over here, just not been online too much of late.

    glad to see you looking on the positive side of things, i wasn't practicing what i preached today at work, ended up having a strop at my manager, needed to be said but actually got me no where.

    bet it was a shock to see your ex-friend.
  • Uniscots97
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    You ok LT? Maybe you needed a strop at your manager, although it might have seemed to have done no good this time in the long run maybe it has? I hope so.

    Yes it was a shock to see ex-friend as I said she at least had the decency to leg it away from me!
    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
  • Uniscots97
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    HeadAboveWater wrote: »
    Hello unixgirluk :wave:


    Haven't read diary number 1 as yet, but gonna subscribe to this one. Want to hear about your battle with the Beast and Goliath! :eek: :)





    Good luck :D


    Beast and Goliath have been around (my neck) for a while (a long while :() and Goliath has to go first as they really hiked the APR when I was made redundant (:mad:). The monthly payment skyrocketed and I am throwing every little bit I can at it. Beast is a much lower APR and its a cashback cc. So I am using that for day to day stuff (including my travel which I get back) so that I can actually get my cashback and then fling it at Beast. They (the cc) said unless my cashback was a minimum of £10 by Jan then they wouldn't pay anything. I asked them that back in July and my cashback then was £4ish, its now nearly £8 (sep statement) so I'm hoping that I can make a decent amount. I pay back what I use on Beast (whilst paying what I can to the balance on it) so you may see the level go up and down.


    Heading off to bed shortly as the last few nights I have procrastinated and done other non-productive stuff and ended up being quite late going to bed and I'm up early.

    So I'll say night night all. See you all tomorrow.
    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
  • Uniscots97
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    Morning All, how is everyone? On the train and its freezing!
    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
  • HeadAboveWater
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    Morning :wave:

    Yip. Cold wet and miserable today :( Thankfully only started raining when I was about 5 mins away from work (I walk).

    Hope you have a good day. With no run-ins with ex's :eek: :)
    Wealth is what you're left with when all your money runs out
  • Uniscots97
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    Thanks H.A.W. couldn't believe seeing her. Can't believe I ever called her a friend.

    Various announcements at work, waiting to hear how everything will work out.
    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
  • HeadAboveWater
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    Hindsight is a wonderful thing! But the same with friends as it is with boyfriends - you gotta experience all the crappy ones to then appreciate the good ones :D

    Fingers crossed for work :)
    Wealth is what you're left with when all your money runs out
  • Uniscots97
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    It was a friend H.A.W. or ex friend rather, ex-boyfriends...... they just make my blood boil.... :mad:


    Just paid £6 to Beast and £2 to Goliath (I'm trying to pay any extra money I have to the debt. i.e. say I had 52.60 in my account the I would remove £2.59. Leaving the penny means even if I take out my last tenner there's still money in my account :D). I'll update my totals later.
    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
  • HeadAboveWater
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    unixgirluk wrote: »
    It was a friend H.A.W. or ex friend rather, ex-boyfriends...... they just make my blood boil.... :mad:

    I know :( I've had to say 'bye' to a couple of what I thought were really good friends. They were sucking me dry I guess. I'm naive and they took advantage of my good nature.
    I prefer to stick with the true friends who actually do care about me :)
    Just paid £6 to Beast and £2 to Goliath (I'm trying to pay any extra money I have to the debt. i.e. say I had 52.60 in my account the I would remove £2.59. Leaving the penny means even if I take out my last tenner there's still money in my account :D). I'll update my totals later.

    lol :) Very clever!! I like it!!

    Have a good day :D
    Wealth is what you're left with when all your money runs out
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