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  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    You're keeping going, thats good!

    The concert looks great - is it going on till midnight? :eek:
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,120 Forumite
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    edited 5 December 2014 at 6:17PM
    The concert looks great - is it going on till midnight?

    It'd better not - I'm a wuss! :rotfl:
    • Didn't punch anyone at work :p
    • Made a fiver from a matched bet
    • Sent a cheque for a car breakdown (aka leaving the light on), sent off a claim form to Auto@id for a refund :beer:
    • Completed the web form for free insulation from BG. I get £11 million if they fail to install it for Christmas, right? Appointment now booked for the 19th :)
    • Picked up a Christmas present

    Off for a glass of wine, a productive week all in all.
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    edinburgher wrote: »
    • Didn't punch anyone at work :p

    Some days that counts as a result :T:T:T.
    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"
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,120 Forumite
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    edited 6 December 2014 at 4:36PM
    Christmas tree putting up day!
    • [STRIKE]£10 to Emergency Fund[/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]£6 to S&S ISA Pots[/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]Grocery shopping[/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]Take out rubbish and recycling[/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]Order rentals some Christmas presents[/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]Place a few matched bets[/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]Hoover[/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]Put up Christmas tree[/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]Hoover again[/STRIKE]
    • Eat HM pizza and Coc@ Cola from glass bottles (I dunno, it's a Christmas tradition here) :rotfl:
    • Watch the Christmas tree with the lights out while lying on the couch...
  • in_need_of_direction
    in_need_of_direction Posts: 7,858 Forumite
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    Those glass bottles make for the best taste.
    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 11st 12lb determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection.:T100%through my 1% mortgage challenge. 100% through my pb challenge. I’m not perfect but I’m good enough for now.
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,120 Forumite
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    Oh wow, some friendly sausage posted an awesome matched bet offer, made £££ :beer:

    Tree looks lovely, wholemeal pizza with chorizo and wet garlic was de-lish...
  • Karmacat
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    Sounds a lovely weekend in the edinburgher household :)

    Drinking from the bottle *feels* good :)

    Tell me the wet garlic didn't go on the Christmas tree, please :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: I had such an image there for a moment :D
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • blackste
    blackste Posts: 1,144 Forumite
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    Which offer was it Ed? Im doing the laddies £10/£10 atm, made about £8 out of it when it settles.
    Mortgage £242500 on completion
    FD CC 11/2014 £5900 (£3900 after BT)
    FD loan Approx £5700

    Deeply depressing total - £254100
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,120 Forumite
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    Tell me the wet garlic didn't go on the Christmas tree, please

    Nah, just on the pizza :D
    Which offer was it Ed?

    100% match on G@la Bingo up to £500 where bonus was used before cash. Turned over bonus by wagering £5,500 :eek: on a low variance game for c. £170 profit :beer:
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,120 Forumite
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    edited 7 December 2014 at 5:52PM
    Today we had a very relaxed trip to the pub, the weather is miserable out there! :eek:

    The pub was deserted, so we sat there in the corner seat next to the fire and plotted our 2015 goals.
    • £10 to Emergency Fund
    • £6 to S&S ISA pots
    • Made about a quid from free spins :o
    • 2015 budget written and spreadsheeted
    • Pre-Christmas spring cleaning list drafted :o
    • Shopping list for Christmas party written

    Next year will be tough. We are trying to save and invest more than we ever have before, but with a baby on the way. I think our targets are ambitious but achievable and I will no doubt use this thread and the savings target thread started by SF to keep myself on track.
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