The Edcawber Principle

shangaijimmy

edinburgher wrote: »

[*]It's bloody hard worker carting a toddler around London

We did it once...never again! Especially now that one toddler has developed into 3!

fiona100

Go for the job - nothing to lose. I answered an ad recently, sent in the application form, got invited to interview, felt like I had waffled the entire time in the interview, yet two days later got offered the job..


I am thinking about going back to London at some point next year.. I usually use the Youth Hostel system. There are 8 just in the YHA (but there are other groups as well). I only know the YHA and SYHA, but there if you go for a dorm a night would cost approx. £20!! (YES EVEN IN LONDON!!) and there are family rooms or smaller rooms available too (slightly higher price) and some even have single rooms too..


When I visit a place I want to do things, not pay for the walls I rarely see.


Cheers fiona100

edinburgher

fiona100 wrote: »

When I visit a place I want to do things, not pay for the walls I rarely see.

Some of the YHA properties are very central, cracking deals to be had.

I hear those sentiments a lot, but we don't travel all that often. When we do (particularly with a young child), you do end up spending a reasonable amount of time in your room, whether you like it or not. On that basis, I have no qualms spending a bit more for something less basic :beer:

Suffolk_lass

Oh my word Greying Pilgrim smuggetty smug smug smugness - this phrase is definitely going in my filing system for future use. Love it! :T

See what I missed? MIA for what seems like weeks as the world of work goes on towards chaos and insanity

Karmacat

edinburgher wrote: »

Some of the YHA properties are very central, cracking deals to be had.

I hear those sentiments a lot, but we don't travel all that often. When we do (particularly with a young child), you do end up spending a reasonable amount of time in your room, whether you like it or not. On that basis, I have no qualms spending a bit more for something less basic :beer:

It's a sensible idea - when my brother, my sister and I were in Norfolk to see our sick rellie recently, we rented a whole 3 bed house, which did exactly what you're describing, instead of 3 nondescript hotel bedrooms. No idea what airbnb prices are like in London though. In the past, when I was working in London and wanted to get a very early start to a journey up north, I stayed in a few odd hotels - found one with a kitchen in the room just outside London Victoria but it wasn't, how shall I say, somewhere I'd take a child :rotfl:

PositiveBalance

You're mental taking a toddler to London so near to Christmas!

£1400? You could have gone abroad for that, surely! :eek:

Go for the job...what have you got to lose?!

edinburgher

Thanks PB - I think mental sums it up pretty well - was pretty much ok apart from having to deadlift her between Monument and Bank :rotfl:

We could have gone abroad, but that wouldn't have been London

We have had a lovely weekend! Tree and outside lights up yesterday with a Christmas movie in the evening and off to visit my grandparents today. DD in a great mood and I even managed to find time to go to my local running shop and get some gait analysis this morning. I am now decked out with suitable running shoes :j

PositiveBalance

edinburgher wrote: »

We could have gone abroad, but that wouldn't have been London

True dat, but it always seems so disproportionately expensive! Still, if you enjoyed it, t'was worth it.

Glad to hear you have your tree up...mine isn't going up until mid-weeks. I have a cat now, so I'm not sure how this is going to go! :eek:

P.S. What books were you reading when you were doing your FI course, please?

edinburgher

No regrets about London apart from not saving up the cost of the hotel in advance Still, we have stopped that nonsense now

FI course? I read my way through the first volume required to progress to a Diploma in regulated financial planning, if that's what you mean? It wasn't a 'FI course' tho. The more I think about FI, the less I think you need books. Choose something vaguely diversified to invest in, save a high proportion of your wages, wait

I am absolutely scunnered to be back at work after the week off, just gritting my teeth and keeping my head down. Trying to be more positive in other areas.

• £300+ paid off CC debt and 'London' CC paid off in full. Unfortunately our 'debt' (CCs vs savings) has crept back above £20k
• Submitted a FIT reading, think I'm due £150 or so (not bad for the quarter)
• Logged into MFP for the first time in about a month, had a salad for lunch instead of the 750 calorie 'poor me' sandwich my body craved, starting C25K this week.
• Spreadsheets updated

edinburgher

DD had a horrible nightmare last night, spent an hour and a half trying to settle her

Not going to manage much financially today - picked up a bag of coffee and some rolls to avoid going to the cafe and paid £0.46 off the CC.

Will try and come up with some money saving later.