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  • mary_hinge
    mary_hinge Posts: 1,585 Forumite
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    I must of missed the thing about work, or forgotten....... I thought you had been offered total flexible working hours/sessional contract?

    great news on the discount!
    Living in a superhero induced haze :A:A
    "You did good Kidda!" :D
  • mary_hinge wrote: »
    I must of missed the thing about work, or forgotten....... I thought you had been offered total flexible working hours/sessional contract?

    great news on the discount!

    Work gave me 3 months off from July Mrs H. They then rejected my request to extend that (as I couldn’t walk at that point), but it just sat at personnel as rejected and they didn’t ask me to go back. When I chased it up and discussed it with them, I felt handing my notice in was the right thing to do, but again this has just sat un-actioned.

    Hair looks better now I’ve coloured it, but hopefully it will look better again once it’s been trimmed tomorrow.

    Cashed out £2.75 to PayPal from Opinion Outp0st. Other survey sites are about half way to payout threshold.

    Saw a fiver lying on the street today with a couple of lads nearby giggling and looking like they were filming on their mobile. I decided it must be a trick (ie it was tied to something and if I bent down to pick it up they’d whip it away and I’d end up on Yooootube) so I didn’t try to pick it up. The woman behind me did though, and pocketed it no problem. I was gutted and I’m still kicking myself now :mad:.
    Debts @ LBM £23,729.31. Debts @ 08/04/2016 £0 :j
    Best win so far - holiday to Florida
  • Sun_Addict
    Sun_Addict Posts: 24,262 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Just tell yourself it was a fake one and that's why they were laughing.
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • Oooh I like that SA :D Xx
    Debts @ LBM £23,729.31. Debts @ 08/04/2016 £0 :j
    Best win so far - holiday to Florida
  • Why didn't the lads pick it up? It sounds a bit dodgy to me, so I don't think I would have picked it up either :eek:.
    Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally
    Debt in July 2017 = £58,766 😱 DEBT FREE 31 OCTOBER 2017 :T 🎉
    EMERGENCY FUND 1 = £50/£5,000. EMERGENCY FUND 2 = £10/£5,000.
    CHRISTMAS SAVINGS = £0/£500. SEF = £1,400/£12,000 PREMIUM BONDS ME = £350. PREMIUM BONDS DH = £300.
    HOLIDAY MONEY = £0 TIME LEFT TO PAY OFF MORTGAGE = 5 YEARS 1 MONTHS
  • Why didn't the lads pick it up? It sounds a bit dodgy to me, so I don't think I would have picked it up either :eek:.

    I agree! Don't kick yourself x
    “Once you hit rock bottom, that's where you perfectly stand; That's your chance of restarting, but restarting the way.”
  • Thanks all Xx

    Today has been full of busy, and for a change, all positive!

    Started with a phone call this morning to say I’ve won 2 tickets to see Phil Collins in December :T. Tickets are priced £70-£140 each so there’s no way we could have afforded to go otherwise.

    Got my hair cut and it looks much better :T.

    Rang the mortgage company and payment can be reduced from £208 to £188 by changing the deal. This means if I say to stop SMI, I will only be paying another £18 per month not £38 :T. Will ring DWP tomorrow.
    Debts @ LBM £23,729.31. Debts @ 08/04/2016 £0 :j
    Best win so far - holiday to Florida
  • WannabeFree
    WannabeFree Posts: 4,438 Forumite
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    Sounds like a brilliant day!

    Well done on the win :D

    Glad the Mortgage news was positive too x
    “Once you hit rock bottom, that's where you perfectly stand; That's your chance of restarting, but restarting the way.”
  • Fantastic news on the win and mortgage. Long may it continue.xx
  • You do so well with the competitions PLMBL, well done :beer: xx
    Mummytogirls x

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