Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally

BalanceBy50

Hope your first day back is a good one Hairy - we have thunderstorms forecast for later :eek: Its funny how the holidays are different all over this Easter - my boys aren't back until next week - they have an inset day too next week, a bank holiday the following week and its only a 4 week term!!!

Just wanted to say a quick thank you! DH got a letter on Saturday (do PPI letters only arrive on a Saturday?) to say he would be receiving a cheque for £370 within 10 days. I only looked into it because of your diary so if you lived closer I would be taking you out for a latte to say thank you :D:D:D:D

Hope you get all jobs done this afternoon. Love BB50 xx

beanielou

I frequently think the courses could be made way shorter :mad:

HairyHandofDartmoor

BalanceBy50 wrote: »

Hope your first day back is a good one Hairy - we have thunderstorms forecast for later :eek: Its funny how the holidays are different all over this Easter - my boys aren't back until next week - they have an inset day too next week, a bank holiday the following week and its only a 4 week term!!!

Just wanted to say a quick thank you! DH got a letter on Saturday (do PPI letters only arrive on a Saturday?) to say he would be receiving a cheque for £370 within 10 days. I only looked into it because of your diary so if you lived closer I would be taking you out for a latte to say thank you :D:D:D:D

Hope you get all jobs done this afternoon. Love BB50 xx

Thanks BB50 . That's great news about your PPI :T I'm really pleased . Do you have any special plans for the money or will it go into general expenses?

It is strange how different the term dates are for people. A four week term seems far too short!

HairyHandofDartmoor

It was dry playtime, hurrah :T. Well, when I say dry, I mean it was only light rain so the children went out to play in the puddles :rotfl:. One boy seemed delighted because he had mud all over his face :rotfl:.

I enjoyed being back, but felt really tired walking home. I think I'm still recovering from all my de-cluttering over the holidays. One of the lunch time staff had been to Cornwall and France over the Easter holidays! She must be better paid then me :rotfl:.

This afternoon I'm going to do as little as posible because I'm really tired and I'm volunteering in the classroom tomorrow morning, so I need to get my energy levels higher. I need to wash some hoodies and underwear for DS3 to pack for uni, but apart from that I intend to do NOTHING apart from cook dinner and shower .

DH is at the customer this afternoon so I can have a quiet time . I ironed his shirt and made him toast for breakfast this morning before I went to work because he was so busy :mad:.

HairyHandofDartmoor

beanielou wrote: »

I frequently think the courses could be made way shorter :mad:

I agree Beanie they can be a bit of a rip off :mad:.

HairyHandofDartmoor

I've just had an email from the Financial Ombudsman to say that they agree with B@rclays that the complaint about my packaged bank account is out of time. It's disappointing but at least we tried. No more free money for us .

Never mind, I know we're lucky to have had the PPI refunds that we've already received and I'm very grateful to have them .

beanielou

Boo boo boo.

teafor2

Glad you enjoyed your first day back HHD and that it wasn't wet play. DD is back at Uni but doesn't start lectures until May and then for only 2 weeks and that's it, first year done and dusted! 9 months of lectures for 15 hours per week, with plenty of holidays thrown in, total cost £9,250 :cool:

I don't get the length of the courses either these days. My Dad did a degree in the 60's and his research was wading through books from the library and then he wrote everything by hand. When I think of all the technology they have at their fingertips these days I can't help but wonder why they still take 3 years to complete.

I got my first PPI letter back today - I'm not getting anything :rotfl: TBH I think this will be the case with all of them but at least I'll have made sure. xx

HairyHandofDartmoor

Sorry about your PPI TF2 . Still you never know, I thought all of mine would say no if you remember.

University terms do seem to be getting shorter. I had three ten week terms when I was at uni, but I didn't mind because I got it for free. But DS3 is paying over £9,000 a year and has had two ten week terms and one three week term :mad:.

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Boo to result about the accounts but at least you tried.

Glad you had a nice day back to work.

Hope you enjoy your downtime this afternoon xx