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The Happiness Fund.

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  • Skint_yet_Again
    Skint_yet_Again Posts: 8,465 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Hung up my suit! Mortgage-free Glee!
    :beer: Well done on the observation SW you are FAB and don't let anyone let you think otherwise :beer: :j :T :beer:
    0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
    House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
    House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗

    Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).

    Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1

    Living off savings diary
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6429003/escape-to-the-country-living-off-savings/p1
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,619 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    edited 9 May 2018 at 8:28PM
    The main task I have been working on for the last few weeks is nearly over. I think I have done enough. OMG I shall find out tomorrow.

    Thank goodness for the nice weather. My parents arrive on Saturday. hurrah to good food and chilling and being looked after.
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,619 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    I have just spent £15.10 on a takeaway to celebrate finishing my huge marking deadline. Everything is complete and most of the stress is off for the rest of the year. :beer::beer::beer::j:T:)

    I should have eaten healthy food but there is nothing in the fridge so I am treating myself. ~I don't know what a Chinese Singapore chowmein, fortune cookies (extra), barbeque spare ribs, chicken and sweetcorn soup is going to do to my diet though. lol.
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • Kittikins
    Kittikins Posts: 5,335 Forumite
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    Sounds like it's a well-deserved treat, therefore no calories :)

    Well done on finishing, I felt like having a treat yesterday when I realised ALL my marking was up to date - and I only have 19 kids in the class. God knows how I'll cope with probably 30 next year!
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,619 Forumite
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    Thank you so much. At least in the new school you wont have a dragon to work for.

    Some people at work have been given extra hours. I wonder if I will. My boss has said twice she will try?????
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • Skint_yet_Again
    Skint_yet_Again Posts: 8,465 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Hung up my suit! Mortgage-free Glee!
    Well done on finishing all your marking. I hope the Chinese was nice. Good luck getting extra hours
    0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
    House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
    House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗

    Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).

    Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1

    Living off savings diary
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6429003/escape-to-the-country-living-off-savings/p1
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,619 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    It is a bit chillier today but at least the sky is clear so far. I have put a wash out to dry. I need to dust, do lots of ironing.
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • susiejq
    susiejq Posts: 154 Forumite
    PPI Party Pooper
    Well done in passing your observation. I hated being observed but also hated doing observations when I managed staff. xx
    :beer:
    Nothing is truly lost until your mum can't find it!
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,619 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    edited 13 May 2018 at 8:25AM
    Hello, bless you. My observer said they hated observing too. Especially when it is so late in the year and we haven't really got that much to teach on our syllabus.

    It's raining here. I've ironed the grand sum of 3 blouses. Ive robbed my lodgers chocolate from the fridge as i was soooo bored. Oh dear id better go and do some more before he comes back. 15 blouses ironed.
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,619 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    edited 13 May 2018 at 5:40PM
    Well after Eurovision I ate all of the lodgers chocolate (as I had no food in the house). All of it. Unless we send Wills and Kate, Robbie Williams, or Harry and Megan as our entries to Eurovision next year we shall not win.

    Weather is glorious. I might do some marking outside. Parents are coming v soon.

    Ive bid on some more fleabay clothes. They are just so cheap and I want to feel good about myself. I will definitely have spent over £50 by end of the month on fripperies, so I am going to go back to my usual fun budget of £100.

    I have windows to wash, bedsheets to wash, mowing the lawn. Oh the fun I have. lol.
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
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