365 days adrift .... land ahoy!

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Aww sleepy doggy!

rising_from_the_ashes

I'd put the pillow down to take some photos of stuff to put on the local selling board as it's quite a good background for stuff standing out on

*rolleyes*

She's had a very busy day!

rising_from_the_ashes

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

I'd put the pillow down to take some photos of stuff to put on the local selling board as it's quite a good background for stuff standing out on

Good news is that I managed to sell the item that I'd listed It's only £5 but better in my pocket than the item lying around unused!

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

I do have the money to pay it BUT also need to find somewhere between £400 - £500 for my winter wheels & tyres

Really struggling to find wheels

Hyundai quoted me over £500 for steels :eek: - can't find a 2nd hand decent set under £300 & then it's really hard as you can't tell if they're dented etc from photos and it's a lot to take a risk on

I have found a place that does new alloys for £120 (delivered) each - but that's £480 for the 4 .... which is my entire budget for the wheels & tyres :eek:

I found some 2nd hand alloys on e*bay - have managed to get 2 so far for £160 (delivered)

They have new tyres on :T so can hang onto these & they will do as a new pair when my existing ones need replaced which will save long term :money:

Have found a 2nd set of 2 so working on getting those .... £130 (delivered) but no tyres

That would put the total cost of the wheels at £290 ......

If I don't manage to get them, I'll have to buy 2 new ones from the other place which will be £240 .... big difference so fingers crossed


Tyres are about £70 each ...... so another £280 :eek:

Bubblesmum

I feel for you....l had to have new alloys and tyres on my Hyundai a coupe of years ago before I was in MSE mode... Just bought from my garage it was :eek::eek:

My Daddy always though said to be safe new ones rather than old

rising_from_the_ashes

Mobile insurance


Been meaning to look at this for a while

Took out cover with the phone provider when I got it (it was easy & meant I knew it was covered) which was £5.99 / month

Seems good (instant replacement if you take it into a shop etc) BUT no loss cover


Anyway, just done a bit of a hunt around & have found a better level of cover for less money! :T

£45.49 per year = £3.79 / month

Paid in full (couldn't start cover today by paying by d/debit for some reason) & there was also 5% discount for doing so

So, that's £6 saved coming out my account each month

rising_from_the_ashes

Bubblesmum wrote: »

I feel for you....l had to have new alloys and tyres on my Hyundai a coupe of years ago before I was in MSE mode... Just bought from my garage it was :eek::eek:

My Daddy always though said to be safe new ones rather than old

That's what my Dad said too!

You don't want to know what hyundai quoted me for new alloys :eek:


The 2nd hand set I've got are off a car that'd only done 2,600 miles and the other set is from a car that'd done less than 5,000 miles so I'm happy with that as they're very nearly new

mooomin

Who did you get your phone insurance with?

rising_from_the_ashes

mooomin wrote: »

Who did you get your phone insurance with?

Did a couple of quotes but ended up with Budget Mobile

If you do decide to do it AND pay by d/debit, note that there isn't a policy start date & cover starts the date of your d/debit

I did the 1st one and then when conf email came through it had the start date as 2/10 (date I'd chosen for the d/debit) - phoned up & they said it would always do this

Cancelled that policy, did a new one, paid in full by c/card (you can also use debit card) and it started straight away

(other insurance was phones4U so not too sure if it would still be valid or not hence why I wanted it to start today)

Seems a bit odd but ......

rising_from_the_ashes

Wheel update

So ... very pleased to announce I have finally got a 2nd set of wheels! :j

In the end, both sets are coming with near new tyres on

As Dad put it, if I'd had to buy these new:

Cost of buying new wheels £544
Cost of buying 4 new tyres £320
Total £864

But, by buying very nearly new sets, I've saved £556 :money:

It also means I won't have to fork out for summer tyres for ages as the ones on car should last 2 years (they're only on for 1/2 the year!) & then have a set to replace them with

Still need to get the winter tyres but feeling much happier now we've got the wheels sorted!

rising_from_the_ashes

Carpet day!

Morning all

Today is new carpet day!!

OMG I have to say, it's not something I want to do again in a hurry!

My whole house is stuffed with various bits & pieces out the lounge :eek: - it's a tip!


Can't wait for it to be done so I can start to re-organise!

I'm determined that nothing is coming back in that I don't need (I need a good throw out)

I'm a bit of a hoarder ) eg there's an old cat water fountain lying at the top of the stairs. I dragged it out the loft a couple of months ago to throw out

BUT it still works .... BUT I won't use it as I worry about its' safety (I had it for Smudge and it must be 12+ years old) - the electrics on these things worry me at the best of times (plugged in all the time & water)

It's progressed from the spare room to the top of the stairs (for me to lift to bring down to the bin) - where it's been for a week! :eek:

Mum's coming today - I'll get her to chuck it in (although she's just as bad - I gave her an old waterproof of mine to dispose of as I couldn't ...... next time I went home, it's hanging in her coat cupboard :rotfl:)