I WILL get there!!

Bobarella

So glad you got your deposit back but what a weirdo going through your cupboards!! So glad all is done with that guy now.

crazy_cat_lady

Yay! I told you that you'd get it all back. Brilliant news.
And you're well shot of him going through your stuff as well...

kirtsypoos

I'm very pleased that it's over and done with

Latest of the ongoing saga with the house is the waste pipe from the toilet has started leaking....it's a good job I love this house or I'd swear it was jinxed :rotfl: off to Wickes this afternoon to do a bit of toilet pricing up (I know we could get it repaired but the U bend on the toilet is causing a few issues - it keeps blocking. Literally everytime we use the toilet. I had a wee and then blew my nose on Monday and the toilet took 8 flushes and 15 minutes with the coathanger to unblock :eek: not ideal, especially as we are now on a water meter!)

Bobarella

Have you tried buying one of those solutions that are supposed to unblock the ubend chemically?

kirtsypoos

I bought one that went down there overnight, and I tried a method on youtube involving kettles of water and washing up liquid but nothing has worked yet. I think it's the angle of the ubend. I did speak to the lady who used to live here and there have been issues with it since it was put in.

Managed to find a toilet going on ebay for £30 at the moment so fingers crossed it stays low.

kirtsypoos

Just done 2 online shops on Sainsburys (one in my name, one in OHs) and got the £18 off £60 spend off each so stocked up on laundry stuff and pasta etc. Got enough stuff to do lunches for 2 weeks so when it's delivered on Monday I'll need to do a big cook up

Still got almost £100 left for this months grocery budget so should be fine.

kirtsypoos

Well today has been a bit of a strange day. Had a lovely lie in this morning (we LOVE our new bed, right now I feel like it was worth every penny!)

Went to a jewellery party this afternoon at a friends house. Had a lovely time and very much enjoyed trying on all the diamonds but I was honest from the start that I was there to see friends, and definitely not to buy anything.

Saw a beautiful diamond ring that I absolutely fell in love with and it was a good deal (Total of 1 carat diamond for £1200) and the old me would have been very tempted and probably stuck it on a credit card. The new me announced to the room that I loved it, but it was the same price as the patio doors we want putting in our dining room and promptly sat back down

I nearly fell off my chair when one of the ladies tried on a ring (4 carat solitaire) that was priced up at £33,000 :eek::eek: even if I had the money I wouldn't spend that!

Definitely glad I'm sticking with my PADs and debt busting rather than filling my hands with trinkets I cant afford...although I did take a picture so I can add it to my wish list for when I'm debt free and can save for it!

crazy_cat_lady

I don't know if it's because I've never had the money to spend, but whenever I look at things as expensive as that I think about things that I would rather spend the money on. Like home improvements; a huge family holiday etc. I just cannot justify spending a fortune on something so unimportant (personally) to me. My engagement and wedding rings cost less than £150 altogether. £33000 is about half of my remaining mortgage and that's exactly where it would go if I had that kind of money.

kirtsypoos

I agree these days ccl, I've never really had the money to spend but I have some family jewellery and I can't imagine anything being more valuable to me than those pieces so I couldn't justify 33K on anything other than towards a house!

If I'm honest the one I really liked (£1200 one) was my ideal engagement ring which is probably why I loved it so much. It's the type of ring I've always gravitated towards but I'd never buy a ring which was so obviously an engagement type ring for myself...it was nice to wear it and see how it looked on me though.

Funnily enough, that's the first thing I said when they said how much the ring was - that's more than a third of my mortgage!

crazy_cat_lady

Great minds :D:D:D