Paid off the £31,000! BUT - still scrimping!

Seasidegal58

Yes it certainly seems to have been a mad time on the boards Cumbria!:mad: Have just posted on your new thread. You must be hopping mad!

Seasidegal58

HairyHandofDartmoor wrote: »

Your Sunday sounds great SSG, glad you enjoyed The Post . Spendy days are worrying but unavoidable sometimes.

Please start a new diary Cumbria btw, don't let the spammers win.

Thanks Hairy. I’m glad to see that your diary is still in existence!

HairyHandofDartmoor

Seasidegal58 wrote: »

Thanks Hairy. I’m glad to see that your diary is still in existence!

For now :eek:. I gather Cumbria has started a new one :T.

Seasidegal58

Spendy couple of days. It was DDOH's birthday so I sent him an Amazon e-voucher - but this was thankfully budgeted for!

Then DSis called – a few weeks ago she said she was arranging another of her periodic"works limo dos" – which is where she, a few of her workmates and me (as honorary member) hire a limo to see a show in London and then dinner afterwards. We all decided on "The King and I" which is starting a limited run later on this summer. She has now booked the tickets – apparently all the good stalls seats are going like hot cakes, she couldn't get us all sitting together and the ticket price was £152 each! :eek: So I've put the money into her account, but it's left me short on the Entertainments budget. Luckily though this month I've saved an extra £90 because it's one of my two free months before I start paying my Council Tax again so the cash has gone towards the ticket!

Nothing else spent this week apart from my (budgeted) nails. Tomorrow night though I have my cousin's OH's retirement drinks. These are being held in the City and DSis, her OH and some other cousins are going along as well – we all like a drink so don't know how much I'll be spending here!:eek:
Also received £15 in M&S loyalty vouchers through the post yesterday so will put this towards some new underwear.

Still looking at side tables – haven't decided yet what I'm going to get. Another thing is that my fridge/freezer is playing up – it's sixteen years old so I think it is on its way out. I was going to get another one when I have my kitchen renovated, but I'm going to replace the fridge/freezer now. I have £145 left in John Lewis vouchers so I'm going to put these towards it – just have to pick a not too expensive model!

Still haven't received the other two pension transfer statements from the providers yet – will give it till Saturday then chase them up.

I forgot to mention that I gained 1lb when I weighed in on Monday. :mad: Trying to be good this week - hope tomorrow night doesn't cancel anything out!:D

Seasidegal58

So following on from my earlier post - positive: boss let me leave work early; negative: got caught in windy, icy rain downpour on way home from Station and got soaked!:(

And - when I got home the administrator of my pension AVC had sent through the transfer papers and although the details of the AVC was correct, they had addressed the documents to a completely different person! Honestly they are useless! Last year they sent me somebody else’s transfer docs. So tomorrow they are going to get a blistering email from me. Makes you wonder who has got some of my details!:mad:

HairyHandofDartmoor

I'm very envious of your social life SSG.

:mad: to the pension provider. Maybe it's just as well that you're moving your pension away from them,

System

Am sure you will enjoy the show , it sounds a great thing to do going in the limo to get there. Sorry you got wet on the way home, British weather !

Boo to pension administrators!

Sun_Addict

That's bad re the pension. Pensions are a minefield, they use all this jargon, which no one understands, and you never know where you are with them. Hope you get an apology.

£152 for a theatre ticket :eek: Hope you really enjoy it!

Munchin

Hi SSG - I only get 1 free rates/council tax month this year as our Assembly hasn’t come back. I know we got 3 last year but I like the 2 free months.

Also envious of your social life . I used to live in London & loved going to see the shows .. unfortunately Belfast opera house rarely has a musical/show I want to see.

Seasidegal58

Thanks all!:wave:

The ticket price is horrendous - but this is the West End par now for the best seats for a sell out show. The theatres are always complaining that they have dwindling audiences and that may be true for some plays, but popular musicals hold their prices. When I saw Dreamgirls last week it was a sell out and also the same when I went at the end of the last year. A colleague in work has just paid £200 per ticket to see “Hamilton” later in the year - and she hasn’t even heard the music yet - I wouldn’t do that! I’d have to like the music or I wouldn’t bother to go. Of course London is awash with more tourists than ever with the drop in sterling and they are buying up the tickets as well. Tbh, I must admit I wouldn’t want to pay out for a seat stuck at the back or up in the Gods. I like to be able to have a good look at the performers - it’s all part of the experience. If you can’t see them properly I’d just as well watch a DVD of the show at home!

Still - at least I’ve a few months till the show in which to save up for the meal afterwards!:D

Re pension. This particular pensions administrator is a nightmare. When I complained on the phone last year the ‘kid’ who answered the phone actually laughed when I told him that they had sent me somebody’s details (which included NI number and date of birth). He wasn’t laughing when I had finished with him. I really wish I had complained in writing at the time but all this is going to be included now in tomorrow’s email...... :mad: