This Time I'm Really Going To Do It

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Watty1 wrote: »

Decided to have a quick add up what I spent last month :eek: I am back here and paying attention not a moment too soon! Horrified. I have been single handedly staving off the recession that keeps being mentioned on radio 4. You have been warned .... it will now be imminent as I need to get spending under control.

shangaijimmy wrote: »

Fortunately you haven't been on your own. Mrs SJ has been providing some support as well Spending too much time with fiscally irresponsible friends and sister :eek:

I have been part of this club too and I daren't total up last month's spends...just being a lot more careful in August.

A_Frayed_Knot

Count me in as well , although all bargains , I have still spent way over my normal.

Possibly as I was paid last week, but feel I should be getting paid today - again :rotfl: as its the 1st of the month .

Watty1

For some reason it has cheered me up considerably that we are all being financially irresponsible together
Woken up by telephone - the team I pay to clear the fields of horse poop were at the gate. I justify this by earning more per hour than I pay them - but the argument felt a little weak as I let them in wearing my wellies and dressing gown, fed the horses and stumbled back to bed :rotfl:

Watty1

Didn't go on the camping festival weekend with the girls. It seems my horse care arrangements did not come to fruition. Part of me is furious but part of me realises that there would have been a lot of drinking and a lot of spending ...so perhaps not a bad thing. Instead I think a run, horse time, a bit of time on my finances and a netflix sofa surf with the cat are all in order.

A_Frayed_Knot

The trick is - not to add up everything you spent :rotfl::rotfl: that way your in bliss ignorance.

Shame about the camping trip, although the weather forecast wasn't too good here, especially for camping, and a bit of "me" time, sounds so much better.

Enjoy your weekend.

Karmacat

That is a shame I guess the thing now is to make what you can of it - netflix is always good that's one reason I enjoy my catsitting up in London so much!

Watty1

Took some rubble and hardcore to the tip. I fully expected to pay - but - yet again the service was appalling. Got there, upfront said I had some hardcore and so needed to pay.

Man made me wait because he was busy explaining to his work mates that the soil someone had left a while back had started to grow. I couldn't help but laugh and say it was probably not soil then (remembering my last trip) but garden weeds etc.
Anyway was told the lot in my boot was £4. Paid and one by one lifted the bits out and but them in the appointed skip. Got out the bag with the very small bits and man stops me. Cannot drop that off as he hasn't charged me for it. :mad: I politely explain he looked in my boot and he made the decision to charge me £4. Now he wants an extra £4 because it is a second bag. I scowl at this point and point to the sign saying it is £4 per bag and all the hardcore would have fitted in the one bag. (For regular readers I will point out at least I have the right bag this time unlike last time :A).

Ah he says delighted with his reasoning but then you couldn't lift it. True I agree but that is because I'm a tiny 5 foot nothing lightweight female. One of the hunky chaps over there (Pointing to his many colleagues) could easily lift it. But, he says they do not have to help unload. No problem, I'm happy doing it on my own - but - it is still one bag. Surely he does not want to discriminate against tiny women. His powers of reasoning fail and he scowls and says I can't leave it and he doesn't like my attitude! Impass. I pay the additional £4.:(
Honestly I understand flytipping now!

I can't help but think council policy should be to reward people who drop their rubbish off not alienate them so that a hithertoo law abiding female would (briefly) consider flytipping.

Karmacat

Watty1 wrote: »

Honestly I understand flytipping now!

I can't help but think council policy should be to reward people who drop their rubbish off not alienate them so that a hithertoo law abiding female would (briefly) consider flytipping.

Totally agree thats completely appalling.

themadvix

It may not be worth it, but think I'd be writing and complaining to the council... If only to ensure that a better system gets put in place - what a weird and inaccurate way to go about things! And it's discrimination, as you say.

A_Frayed_Knot

I agree, I hope you were just awkward and asked for a receipt

with a lovely polite smile on your face