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  • Kittikins
    Kittikins Posts: 5,335 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    Hope today is going well for you and that it's :)sunny where you are
  • Skint_yet_Again
    Skint_yet_Again Posts: 8,488 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Hung up my suit! Mortgage-free Glee!
    it was sunny earlier but I have just walked the puppy in the rain.


    I'm waiting for my 0% credit card statement so I can make a payment. It is due today but isn't showing on the website yet.


    I am very tempted to order pizza for dinner :o
    I could use money from the Christmas and birthdays account !
    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
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    Hello, treat yourself. Well done on walking the doggie, I hung my washing out to dry just as it poured. Im leaving it out. Am ok though.

    It's just nice to be home. Payday in 9 days.
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • Skint_yet_Again
    Skint_yet_Again Posts: 8,488 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Hung up my suit! Mortgage-free Glee!
    I have applied for a 0% no fee balance transfer credit card from sainsburys and have been accepted :j which means I can transfer my current 0% card and get longer to pay it off whilst still saving for upcoming bills etc. Just got to wait 7-10 days for the paperwork now.


    Feeling absolutely exhausted am glad its Friday and a bank holiday weekend. Its sunny here today so I have a load of washing on the line.
    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
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    Well done on new card and 0%. Ive just got in and am doing a wash so I can put clothes on the line. Im falling asleep too. It's the heat.

    Forecasted rain tomorrow. :(
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • Skint_yet_Again
    Skint_yet_Again Posts: 8,488 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Hung up my suit! Mortgage-free Glee!
    Wow its hot here ! It was raining at 5.30am when I fed the puppy and DS went to work. Then went back to bed at 6.30am for a couple of hours extra sleep needed. It was sunny when I walked her at 9.30am and it was warm then. She had a run around on the field at the park chasing her ball. I wouldn't be surprised if we don't get another thunder storm later.


    I'm just waiting for my 4th load of washing to finish. Towels were hung out after puppy walk and dried in an hour so I did 2 more loads of DS clothes. Puppy towels are just washing and hoping to get them dry outside too. Hopefully this nice weather will continue over the bank holiday as I have 3 lots of bedding and my work clothes still to do.


    I hoovered the puppy room and kitchen tiled floor this morning before it got so hot. Also scrubbed down the patio. I popped out to the chemist to collect my repeat prescription and really fancied a KFC but traffic was very heavy so I came home and cooked a hot and spicy chicken breast from the freezer with a bread roll and salad and saved myself some money :p
    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
  • Skint_yet_Again
    Skint_yet_Again Posts: 8,488 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Hung up my suit! Mortgage-free Glee!
    Lots of lightening last night but no thunder or rain. Walked the puppy during a rain shower at 9am but it's still hot, she's flaked out on the tiled floor now :cool:

    Bedding is finishing in machine then next lot will go in. I have pasta bake in oven for DS to take to work at 1pm and have just had sausages and scrambled egg. Puppy is on a diet as per vet instructions :o she's a bit overweight so she's not had any lol. She can have a carrot later :p
    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
    We didn't have any lightening but loads of thunder and no rain till this morning. Still its all over for today.

    Well done on diet for puppy.
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • Skint_yet_Again
    Skint_yet_Again Posts: 8,488 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Hung up my suit! Mortgage-free Glee!
    Have just phoned virgin media as my bill is higher than agreed and got a really obnoxious arrogant man who insisted they were doing me a favour and talked over me and ignored my requests to speak to his manager :mad:

    I hung up and rang back. Spoke to lovely polite man who agreed they had overcharged me and put a credit on my account.

    Second lot of bedding just going out as first lot dry already !
    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
    So glad you rang back. Well done on getting the bill sorted.
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
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