Only freedom will do

Alchemilla

Exciting times.

edinburgher

Np*wer put our DD up to £161 (from £74), despite my strenuous attempts to convince the smarmy salesbot that opened the account after their part in our monumental switch cockup that £74 was far too low. Surprise, surprise, we already owe them £300+. They offered to put the DD up by a lower amount if I paid off the outstanding. Nah - stuff em - sick to the back teeth of gas and electricity monkeys :mad:

slowlyfading

We've just switched energy supplier as our DD was going up again despite our best efforts to lower it - so we've moved! Here's hoping it'll make a difference...

Goldiegirl

Good luck with the job applications.

When I was applying for jobs nearly 5 years ago, i found that it could be time consuming, and you had to put your heart and soul into the application, even for quite low level jobs.

It s not for the faint hearted, so well done on making a start with your plan to change things for the better.

Habibiboo

:wave:

Good luck Ed, hope it starts to fall into place soon!

edinburgher

Late again

A somewhat unimpressive week, this is what happens when you need to pay £750+ to your pension as a one time payment. The money was invested in a combination of Vanguard LifeStrategy 60% and 80%.

Week 30/05/2014
Saved This Week £221.57
Invested This Week £1,600.00
Weekly Total £1,821.57
Saved Total £628.82
Invested Total £1,651.89
Total £2,280.71
£ Increase (Week) £347.97
Average £/Week £456.14
% Increase (Week) 18.00%
Income £ £7.60
Income £ Increase (Week) £1.16

Locked in c. £20 of free bets for this weekend, working on extracting £10-12 for Mrs E on an offer as well.

To do today:

• [STRIKE]Haircut[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Hoover[/STRIKE] And mopped, much to my chagrin!
• Polish shoes
• [STRIKE]Taxi duties[/STRIKE]
• Bottle HB

Thistlewhistle

Hi Mr E

Sometimes I feel you have to take a step backwards onto a new ladder which goes further up. I learnt this in 2009 when I lost my job - my income literally crashed to £0 but with hard work and perseverance I now earn twice what in earned back then and in a job I absolutely love.

It was scary (and admittedly I didn't have to make the decision as it was made for me) but I'm so glad I stuck at it.

Thistle

edinburgher

Listening to a beautiful 'Miserere' on Classic FM, I love choral music, even if it does make me feel like crying sometimes (in a good way!)

• £32.94 interest transferred, think we're due about another £6 from TeaSB, but they're not playing the pay on time game!
• Money to pots
• Procrastinating re. doing the things I need to do, but doing lots of other vaguely useful things instead
• Need to try and relax and smell the flowers a bit more

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Hi Mr E, have you listened to The Sixteen by any chance?

I too love Choral music although some can be a little jangly, I find on the whole it's uplifting.


Best wishes Tilly x

gallygirl

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »

Hi Mr E, have you listened to The Sixteen by any chance?

I too love Choral music although some can be a little jangly, I find on the whole it's uplifting.


Best wishes Tilly x

Oooohhh, when I did Rockchoir our leader used to sing with them :T.