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My year of living dangerously

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  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,036 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    I got the bursary I applied for so now I am off to the Highlands in the Autumn for a wee break. :T I do love the Scottish Highlands and I have always been able to create there so I am so happy and thankful about that.

    I got all the of travel tickets for Scotland for half the price I paid last time by getting them ridiculously early! :money:

    I reached out to a friend and she wants to connect too.:)

    I did a top-up shop when I said I wouldn’t. I had food in but it wasn’t organised so I grabbed a few deli items from Ald1 yesterday (£7) :o
    To make amends I already have a YS chicken pot roasting as I type. I’m also soaking split peas to make a vegan curry tomorrow. :money:

    I had a good day in the office with colleagues. I will miss working alongside them.

    I am on top of the mess at home (just about)

    Wishing you all a lovely Saturday
    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,697 Ambassador
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    Fantastic news on the bursary :j :j :j :T
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  • mark55man
    mark55man Posts: 8,217 Forumite
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    every now and again a really good week comes along where things mainly go your way. sounds like you just had one !!

    enjoy Scotland - and I hope your new old friend works out
    I think I saw you in an ice cream parlour
    Drinking milk shakes, cold and long
    Smiling and waving and looking so fine
  • Sunshine_girl2
    Sunshine_girl2 Posts: 3,106 Forumite
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    Great news on the bursary . Have you finished paid employment now or is it later on this year ?
    Life is an adventure, never stop exploring.

  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,036 Forumite
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    beanielou wrote: »
    Fantastic news on the bursary :j :j :j :T
    Thanks beanie :)
    mark88man wrote: »
    every now and again a really good week comes along where things mainly go your way. sounds like you just had one !!

    enjoy Scotland - and I hope your new old friend works out
    Thanks Marks88 :) I really pushed myself to apply for the bursary as I had to turn it around in 1 day when I was working too. So glad I did now. As for the friend, we have been friends 15 years and you can make new friends, but not new, old friends so I wanted to try...
    Sunshine_girl2 wrote: »
    Great news on the bursary . Have you finished paid employment now or is it later on this year ?
    Thanks SG2 :) 4 weeks to go :eek:
    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

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  • in_need_of_direction
    in_need_of_direction Posts: 7,744 Forumite
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    well done on the bursary.
    Mortgage at 01.01.14 £119,481.83:eek: today £0 Emergency fund £5.5/5.5k & £200/200 cash.:jWeight 24/02/19 14st 7lb now 12st determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection.:T100%through my 1% mortgage challenge. 100% through my pb challenge.
  • mark55man
    mark55man Posts: 8,217 Forumite
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    As an aside if it’s 4 weeks to go and you are being made redundant get yourself to the CAB and speak to one of their benefit specialists. These things only pay out from the day you apply. So apply on day 1 not day 10 or day 100.
    I think I saw you in an ice cream parlour
    Drinking milk shakes, cold and long
    Smiling and waving and looking so fine
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,044 Forumite
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    Fantastic news on the bursary and cheap tickets :T
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • parsniphead
    parsniphead Posts: 2,897 Forumite
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    Fantastic news on the bursary DIA. You deserve it. :T
    1 debt v's 100 days chapter 34: T3sco bank CC £250/£525.24 47.59%

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    TSB CARD, TSB LOAN, LLOYDS. FIVE DOWN, THREE TO GO.
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,036 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    Thanks JWIL, INOD, Beanie and PH for the congratulations on my bursary :)

    Marks88 I did not know I was eligible for any benefits at all. I will check with a welfare benefits helpline to see what the position is. Thank you for the prompt :)

    Today I had a lightbulb moment: :eek:

    One of the reasons my dining-study-living room is such a mess is because it isn't a definite area. I'm so used to the house not all being habitable that I am not using all the rooms.I've started using my living room as a relaxation room/TV room now so less pressure on my dining room. If I get the window in the small room done (quoting this week ;)) I can get that room decorated and use it as a proper study :)

    I made a curry that was too watery. Never mind...:o
    Consumed the unhealthy triple today: crisps, wine, chocolate :o Must try harder...

    Scores on the doors
    August: 2/31 AFDs
    August: 1/31 NSDs

    Off to wash all the dishes in the kitchen AGAIN!!!

    Roll on the new week. Let's hope its a good one for us all :)
    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

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