Thistle grasps the nettle! Again....and no sting this time!!

Ali-OK

Cottage in Cornwall sounds beautiful for a getaway.

Month End is a pain, started on mine last night and will finish today. Slightly less urgh splitting it in two!

Have a great day too.

Thistlewhistle

Ali-OK wrote: »

Cottage in Cornwall sounds beautiful for a getaway.

Month End is a pain, started on mine last night and will finish today. Slightly less urgh splitting it in two!

Have a great day too.

Hi Ali :hello:

I can get ahead of the game to a certain degree but I have two groups which run on a Saturday morning so I don't get their results until they've uploaded. I'm quite organised this month though, and last month end, I set up some spreadsheets which will make this month end easier.

Here's hoping anyway!:o

Thistle;)

PS YGov survey just completed - that's 3 this week! only £47.50 to go til I can checkout!:D

Thistlewhistle

Afternoon everyone,

Well it's 28th August and I've 3½ days to make £15.67 last on my grocery budget. I've liberated a packet of mince from the freezer and that will form part of tonight's main meal (when I return from my Team Meeting) and possibly lunch tomorrow too. Hitting the frozen veg hard to avoid having to buy any. Think this weekend is going to be very rice/pasta intensive, but just remembered I've got loads of lentils I could use to add bulk to the meals, so I think I might just manage!

YNAB News:

Rejigged my scheduled transactions to direct all cashback income directly to my Pre-YNAB CC debt and sent August's spoils across too, which has resulted in a repayment of £15.49 which I'll make on Monday

Other news

Decided to start using my UW Cashback card again (some great deals available) and discovered to my delight that there's £22.15 still on it from when it was last used!

Happy days!

Thistlewhistle

Just popping in before I go off to run my meeting....

Just updated my Utilities spreadsheet which I use to monitor my usage and I've noticed that as of today, I am in credit on the electricity part of my UW invoice to the tune of £5.11:)

Gas is still in debit to the tune of £73.94 though (although in July I only used 2 units and in August only 4!) I don't think I cook enough!!:laugh:

Thistlewhistle

Happy Sunday everyone :A::hello::A:

Just tidying everything up in readiness for the month end.

Noticed rather annoyingly, that with my additions of £10.12 every day to my mortgage account, when Tuesdays payment is made, my balance will be £81,019.71 - I'd have loved to have seen sub £81K, even if only for a day!!

Never mind - in a few months time, it'll be truly sub £81K and that'll be another K knocked off. Then I'll be aiming at the big one. It'll feel amazing when we have a 7 on the front!

What's everyone doing today then? Im tied to my desk doing my month end for SW. Happy days!:rotfl:

Have a good day whatever you do

T:cool:

Thistlewhistle

Another £350 paid across from the business account and sent to September's budget on YNAB.

Two holidays booked for next month, one to a cottage in Cornwall, and the other on the Canal with some friends.
Rang the bells for a wedding yesterday so that's put £30 into the holiday fund too.

T;)

debtfreeoneday

It''s funny how we get set on these little goals and how a few pounds and pence scupper us!

Well done, it will be amazing to see a big 7 in front of the figure!

Thistlewhistle

debtfreeoneday wrote: »

It''s funny how we get set on these little goals and how a few pounds and pence scupper us!

Well done, it will be amazing to see a big 7 in front of the figure!

You're not kidding DFoD - It's only taken 8½ years to get here!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Then I think I'm only £8K away from having a LTV that I can actually use!

T:mad:

Thistlewhistle

Evening all,

I decided to go out to G@l@ bingo tonight with my friends. I'd got £30 in my YNAB budget for bingo after moving some money across from other categories (the £1.50 left over from my haircut, a couple of quid here and there...). It's really good to be able to be money-saving but knowing that, because it's been budgeted for, I can go out for a night such as tonight and not feel guilty about it. So liberating!!!:dance:

Anyway, a good night was had by all. We won £160 and because our rule is we split and share, I bagged myself a tidy £32 winnings.:dance::dance::dance:
Total cost of evening with food and a drink was £25.30, so I find myself £6.70 up which I've Tilly-tidied to the CC.

And the £30 is still intact for next time we go_party_
Bingo!!!!!:rotfl:

T:):

Orange_Ena

Wow that's brilliant, well done thistle :T Having a good night out, seeing friends and coming home with money.......if C@rlsberg did nights out......;):D