The Edcawber Principle

beanielou

Great news on the debt being under 15k this month

teapot2

Hope its positive re backdated pay etc and great to be sub £15k - well done :cool:

Suffolk_lass

edinburgher wrote: »

Back from a very enjoyable day at the Brewd0g AGM _pale_ It's rare to have a day off and I'm sure that my batteries will feel recharged tomorrow :j

Four hours on public transport with a hangover has made me decide that I am now too old for hangovers and that I will be changing my habits to stick to NHS guidelines from now on

I'm not one of those people who promises to cut back drinking every time they feel a bit rough the next day, I just don't think it's worth it any more.

£76.39 paid off a CC (1/19th of the money Mrs E BTed for me). This month will see £400+ getting paid off and the debt will fall under £15k.

Fingers crossed my backdated pay et. al should be resolved tomorrow.

My epiphany was when we had been to a works do and I could not remember large bits of the evening. Hearing reports of myself and what I talked about with people really shocked me. I am naturally quite chatty but I could have been inappropriately indiscreet so that was it. I still have a little drink now and again but never really drunk. As a grown up (well, I aspire to be one!) I have to be a bit more responsible for my own behaviour plus health and wellbeing. Ooh I sound grown up!

I was up your way at the weekend, enroute from my Mum's in Ayrshire to the Highlands, DH and I stayed near the airport.

edinburgher

Suffolk_lass wrote: »

My epiphany was when we had been to a works do and I could not remember large bits of the evening...

I was up your way at the weekend, enroute from my Mum's in Ayrshire to the Highlands, DH and I stayed near the airport.

My example is a little more prosaic - I couldn't remember finding a coach or the entire coach trip from the conference centre to the hotel. It's only perhaps 25 minutes, but unless I was abducted by aliens, that's just unacceptable.

I hope you waved?

Backdated pay is fairly hearty, about £600 or so more than usual. There was also an extra £££ paid off my student loan and a larger than usual pension payment. Sehr gut!

beanielou

Great news on the extra pennies.

Suffolk_lass

edinburgher wrote: »

My example is a little more prosaic - I couldn't remember finding a coach or the entire coach trip from the conference centre to the hotel. It's only perhaps 25 minutes, but unless I was abducted by aliens, that's just unacceptable.

I hope you waved?

Backdated pay is fairly hearty, about £600 or so more than usual. There was also an extra £££ paid off my student loan and a larger than usual pension payment. Sehr gut!

Of course I waved :wave:

At least you finally have that back pay. Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick, as we say, or
na ja, das ist das Leben

edinburgher

Happy weekend all :coffee:

I am a wee bit zonked. Trying to get back into better habits a la less booze post and have been watching what I eat for the last week. I have also signed up for a few sessions with a personal trainer focused around weightlifting and that is going great guns. It's hard work, but so much more rewarding than jogging (not a chafed nipple in sight)! :rotfl:

Too early for progress, but it feels good The sessions were covered by a Father's Day present from Mrs E, so only ended up costing me a fiver :money:

Not much financial news to report. Spreadsheets updated, all pots funded and I actually made an OP. That £1.64 will take years off.

Lois_E

Hello again Edinburgher
I'm back on MFW after a 4+ year gap, and you're one of the ones I recognise. I hope all is going well for you and Mrs E. It certainly sounds like you're going great guns with getting rid of the CCs.
Serious respect for doing weightlifting with a personal trainer! I know I ought to do something about getting fitter, but at present there are too many other things in my life that are higher priorities.

edinburgher

Lois_E wrote: »

Hello again Edinburgher
I'm back on MFW after a 4+ year gap, and you're one of the ones I recognise. I hope all is going well for you and Mrs E. It certainly sounds like you're going great guns with getting rid of the CCs.
Serious respect for doing weightlifting with a personal trainer! I know I ought to do something about getting fitter, but at present there are too many other things in my life that are higher priorities.

Nice to see you again Lois_E - MFW is like the !!!!! - we try and get out and they pull us back in :rotfl:

£1.23 paid off a CC.

A fairly quiet day for us. DD had a birthday party, I went to the gym and then I took DD out for a walk to the park after some housework. Nice and boring and down to earth

edinburgher

Back to work

£4.95 OPed

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