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Thanks BlueMoo.I know how Mr P*M feels - I'm currently putting out feelers for a new job (though won't be actually properly searching till April) and it definitely seems like there is not much out there, and what is out there seems to be miles away, or needs XY qualification, or etc.
Wish him all the best though, and like everyone says Something will turn up!
It's definitely a bit of a strange world out there at the moment, at least it's comforting to know it's that way for everyone right now and once you experience it a bit you realise that you're just going to have to put extra applications out there and *eventually* something will come your way (that's been the story for pretty much everyone I know right now). It can be so frustrating with the daft things employers do with their job vacancies, that's usually my daily rant at the moment. :rotfl:
Wishing you all the best in your coming search as well! Maybe something's just waiting in the wings for April time
a penny picker upper. MFW approx 78% to go | FIRE 3 years worth (30% savings rate: now aiming for 40%!) | Normality is a paved road; it's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it | Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible | The only thing you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library0 -
Ooh, BlueMoo, I just saw The Shoes. :smileyhea I'm super jealous, they are rather up my street.
What a funny old day, generally schedule-wise (as things were a bit all over the place) and then weather-wise. We've had gusts of up to 90mph here. :eek: Mid-afternoon we had thundering sheets of rain and horizontal sleet, but thankfully it all blew itself away just as I was about to leave the house and meet Mr M after work. Dinner at inlaws, where we hunkered down for a few hours to wait for the worst of the winds to pass.
Popped to Tesko on the way back to pick up fizzy drinks for Mr M, of course came back with another three bags of stuff. :cool: Spent £19, but everything was half price or less. :A Lots of Hnz beans (this should last us several weekend brunches), passata packets, torilla wraps, bread flour, a few odd bits Mr M had coupons for and the best bit - *stationary status alert, Hbbb* - four lovely folders that were down to 33p each. Perfect for my seasonal recipe plan... which I wasn't going to put together until we moved somewhere with more space, but when the universe conspires to supply I thought I'd go along with it.
Have been perfectly angelic with eating today, remembered to take the muesli out of the fridge this morn (& even add grated apple!) and have continued on course all day. :j
:www: MFW Wonderment: Excellent shopping trip as detailed above, got my hair cut for free by MIL's friend :j in fact I should I say I got paid to have my hair cut as I found 5p on the street outside. :rotfl:
:coffee: Simple Pleasures: Tucked up warm inside listening to the raging winds. Hurrah for super warm socks!
:heartsmil Burrow Building: Recipe folders! Nothing much else... back to my decluttering book for the rest of the evening, methinks.
a penny picker upper. MFW approx 78% to go | FIRE 3 years worth (30% savings rate: now aiming for 40%!) | Normality is a paved road; it's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it | Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible | The only thing you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library0 -
Am with you on the socks. Little in this world as miserable as cold toes.Mortgage at 01.01.14 £119,481.83:eek: today £0 Emergency fund £5.5/5.5k & £200/200 cash.:jWeight 24/02/19 14st 7lb now 12st determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection.:T100%through my 1% mortgage challenge. 100% through my pb challenge.0
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I can't get enough of a good pair of socks, INOD. I think they must be one of my favourite things in the world and I have quite a collection (click here to see why), I get more excited than is probably proper when I get new ones. :rotfl:
ETA: I want these ones (click here). It fulfils two of my greatest loves. :rotfl:a penny picker upper. MFW approx 78% to go | FIRE 3 years worth (30% savings rate: now aiming for 40%!) | Normality is a paved road; it's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it | Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible | The only thing you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library0 -
Pearla*Merle wrote: »I can't get enough of a good pair of socks, INOD. I think they must be one of my favourite things in the world and I have quite a collection (click here to see why), I get more excited than is probably proper when I get new ones.
ETA: I want these ones (click here). It fulfils two of my greatest loves. :rotfl:
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort Mortgage Balance = £0
"Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"0 -
Pearla*Merle wrote: »ETA: I want these ones (click here). It fulfils two of my greatest loves. :rotfl:
Good grief!!! Pearla you are too funny!Mortgage (original/ current):193,000 (23/09/11)/ £102,500 (07/11/2019)
2019 Challenges: Make £300 a month: £9.71/£300 (January)0 -
You're all laughing, but I actually really want them.
:rotfl: a penny picker upper. MFW approx 78% to go | FIRE 3 years worth (30% savings rate: now aiming for 40%!) | Normality is a paved road; it's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it | Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible | The only thing you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library0 -
Not warm enough which defeats the objectPearla*Merle wrote: »You're all laughing, but I actually really want them. :rotfl: A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort Mortgage Balance = £0
"Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"0 -
And totally ridiculous looking too. My favourites are a pair of black cashmere bed socks OH bought me one Christmas. They are heavenly. Mortgage at 01.01.14 £119,481.83:eek: today £0 Emergency fund £5.5/5.5k & £200/200 cash.:jWeight 24/02/19 14st 7lb now 12st determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection.:T100%through my 1% mortgage challenge. 100% through my pb challenge.0
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Pearla*Merle wrote: »I can't get enough of a good pair of socks, INOD. I think they must be one of my favourite things in the world and I have quite a collection (click here to see why), I get more excited than is probably proper when I get new ones. :rotfl:
ETA: I want these ones (click here). It fulfils two of my greatest loves. :rotfl:
:wave:
Two of your greatest loves? Socks being one ... mustardy custardy yellow being the other perchance? :rotfl:Stash busting 2014 45 / 60 (balls of yarn)!
2014 Sealed Pot #2136 ?/£500
House: Decluttering 322 / 365
Original mortgage [STRIKE]£149,000[/STRIKE][STRIKE]£117,750[/STRIKE];[STRIKE]£112,500[/STRIKE] MFW 2014#69 GOAL 1: [STRIKE]£109 K April[/STRIKE] GOAL 2: [STRIKE]£103 K by Sept[/STRIKE] GOAL 3: < £100k by end of 2014 MF goal: Nov 2020 - 4 years early0
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