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Batten down the hatches.....

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  • Orange_Ena
    Orange_Ena Posts: 1,297 Forumite
    Still feeling quite dreadful so I don't think I'll be able to go to work tomorrow and I might see if I can get a GP appointment as I'm quite chesty and wheezy. :(

    Just a little update then bed for me.....

    Today
    * £15.59 in T3sco on groceries, tissues, cough syrup etc
    * £20 on fuel
    * £5.99 on lunch
    * 2 PA surveys
    * VO survey
    * £1.24 sweep into my FD savings account
    * 3.93 sweep into my overpayments account

    Night, cough cough :o
    Debt Apr 15 - £6895.44 :( Apr 17 - £2500 :) Dec 17 - £560 :) July 18 - £199 :D
    CHEFS challenge (Cruise Holiday Entirely Funded by Surveys) - £685.79
    Every penny is a prisoner :D
  • GoingToDoIt
    GoingToDoIt Posts: 491 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary
    Oh dear, it's going around isn't it?
    Hope you feel better Ena, you can self certify for the first 7 days, but see the GP anyway chest infections can turn bad quickly
    Jan 20 - NST challenge
    Jan 20 0%cc debt 7700/7700
  • crazy_cat_lady
    crazy_cat_lady Posts: 7,063 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Get better soon :)
  • Orange_Ena
    Orange_Ena Posts: 1,297 Forumite
    Oh dear, it's going around isn't it?
    Hope you feel better Ena, you can self certify for the first 7 days, but see the GP anyway chest infections can turn bad quickly

    I think there's a lot going round, that time of year I guess! I've taken today off, I just couldn't go in today and I'm off tomorrow anyway so I've got another day to recover! I'll reassess Thursday morning but I think I'll be ok. Thanks Gonna :)
    Debt Apr 15 - £6895.44 :( Apr 17 - £2500 :) Dec 17 - £560 :) July 18 - £199 :D
    CHEFS challenge (Cruise Holiday Entirely Funded by Surveys) - £685.79
    Every penny is a prisoner :D
  • Orange_Ena
    Orange_Ena Posts: 1,297 Forumite
    Get better soon :)

    Thanks CCL :)
    Debt Apr 15 - £6895.44 :( Apr 17 - £2500 :) Dec 17 - £560 :) July 18 - £199 :D
    CHEFS challenge (Cruise Holiday Entirely Funded by Surveys) - £685.79
    Every penny is a prisoner :D
  • Orange_Ena
    Orange_Ena Posts: 1,297 Forumite
    Well, I didn't go to work, still felt quite dreadful this morning but I think I'm improving a little now :T I'm not working tomorrow as I'm on leave which is lucky so another chilled day planned :)

    Today
    * NSD
    * PA survey
    * 2 VO surveys and a £15 Am@zon voucher redeemed!
    * I-S@y survey and a £10 Am@zon voucher redeemed. I've got £81.34 in my Am@zon account now which I'm chuffed with as when I placed my last big Am@zon order on the 5th Feb I had £1.34 left so I've made £80 in vouchers in 2 months :j I'm saving them for housey things, maybe a little frippery :rotfl:
    * 234SB earned

    I started afresh with YNAB today cause I had somehow got a £100 ish discrepancy. I've also taken my emergency fund off budget so I don't think I've actually got that money to budget with :o I only put £25 per month in at the moment but once I've got my debt down a bit more, I'll be getting that up to £1000 and then stashing it, possibly in a T$B account which I've read pays 5%. I need to look into it as I think there's a minimum amount to pay in which will require some jiggery pokery amongst my accounts.

    I paid off my Barcl@ycard today (again) after I used it to pay for my radiator. I'll try and close it again next week but I'm open to being bribed again to keep it open :rotfl:

    I was just dozing off last night when my cat started going batsh*t crazy, jumping all over me. Proper freaked me out until I realised that the curtain was open slightly and the light from cars / the moon / werewolves eyes was bouncing off the small mirror disco ball that's hanging off the curtain pole creating lots of sparkles that my cat was trying to catch :rotfl::D Hoping for a better nights sleep tonight :p
    Debt Apr 15 - £6895.44 :( Apr 17 - £2500 :) Dec 17 - £560 :) July 18 - £199 :D
    CHEFS challenge (Cruise Holiday Entirely Funded by Surveys) - £685.79
    Every penny is a prisoner :D
  • crazy_cat_lady
    crazy_cat_lady Posts: 7,063 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Gotta love the cats when they want to play at the same time that you want to sleep. Hope that you're feeling a bit better this morning.
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,344 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    You have the funniest cat. You should write an'adventures with my cat' series...:D
    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

    Emergency fund 3501000
    Buffer fund 0/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/072025
  • catriona79
    catriona79 Posts: 855 Forumite
    Murder the cat. I would. ;)
    * * * Catriona's Credit Card Countdown * * * from -£16k to debt neutraldom - for my debt diary click here
    Barclaycard -£5,867.52;
    mbna1 - 3,009.22
    mbna2 - 1,755.70
    Savings £5,017 MFiT #25 £2,627/£10k; daily interest £5.04
  • Orange_Ena
    Orange_Ena Posts: 1,297 Forumite
    Gotta love the cats when they want to play at the same time that you want to sleep. Hope that you're feeling a bit better this morning.

    Crazy little lunatics aren't they! So lovable though :D

    Thanks CCL, still a bit rotten really but I'm off sick tomorrow so another day to recover hopefully.
    Debt Apr 15 - £6895.44 :( Apr 17 - £2500 :) Dec 17 - £560 :) July 18 - £199 :D
    CHEFS challenge (Cruise Holiday Entirely Funded by Surveys) - £685.79
    Every penny is a prisoner :D
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