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Hettyhound said:

I think all the energy companies are after holding on to extra customer money.  The 8 legged one tried to put my payment up 23% despite being £228 in credit.  I complained and they have left it as it was; maybe because they are also dealing with the formal complaint I already have with them.

I do remember you saying about that on your diary, hetty. Blooming cheeky gits, aren't they?!

Jessy103

CrazyBee787 said:

Jessy you are a super star baking for a charity event as well as all that you do, BravoXX

Thanks bee! I'm a big believer in treating people how I would like to be treated so I try my best x

Jessy103

There was a lovely selection at the McMillan Coffee Morning yesterday and all my flapjack went so I'm taking that as a good sign. I picked a few bits but was so busy I ended up bringing a cupcake home that I didn't get a chance to eat. I donated £10, but they haven't sent the total amount donated yet so we will see on Monday.

Money has been moved into savings after payday and a £1000 op made on the mortgage, so it now stands at £10,500! That £500 is killing me to look at, so I'm going to chuck everything at it this month and hopefully get under that £10k mark before the next payday! 💪

Cleaning job done last night and customer had been given ten small bunches of flowers (he's a bit of a del boy character 🤣) so I ended up coming home with a few. I will split them up this morning between myself, DM and M-I-L.

Right, best get ready as I have two cleaning jobs this morning, then need to get showered and hair washed and house tidied before the in-laws come this afternoon.

Have a good Saturday everyone x

South_coast

Have a lovely weekend, Jessy. Hope MIL is on her best behaviour 🤞

Cheery_Daff

Ooh, I bet you can get rid of that extra £500 this month! How lovely to come home with flowers too

slm6002

Need £501 as you will want to be under the £10k I reckon

daisy_1571

Yup, I would 😆 

Dxx

QueenJess

Jessy103 said:

Looking forward to payday tomorrow and getting a mortgage op done. Eon have annoyed me though, as they are putting my DD up from £80 to £105 to cover what they think we'll use over winter. Part of me is tempted to cancel it, save the money instead and then just pay the bill when it comes through!

That’s what I do - I read the meter each month and just pay what I owe. That way I get to keep all my money. I just budget for the estimated annual expenditure and divide by 12 and that’s the amount in the electricity fund. If prices go up or I start using more, I adjust how much goes in myself. Basically I am doing what the company does, but better.

I find no company understands how my house works and so horribly overestimates. This way I keep my cash and switching is also easy and I don’t have to wait for my cash to be returned.

carboot_karaoke

Jessy103 said:

Money has been moved into savings after payday and a £1000 op made on the mortgage, so it now stands at £10,500! That £500 is killing me to look at, so I'm going to chuck everything at it this month and hopefully get under that £10k mark before the next payday! 💪

Have a good Saturday everyone x

You can do it !!!  like @sl@slm6002 says you must pay £501😄

If you had a "go fund me page" l would donate because you are so lovely and kind.

I hope MIL is extremely polite and apologetic for the lack of anniversary wishes. 

Jessy103

Thanks for all the comments, you lovely lot xxx

M-I-L was quite pleasant this afternoon and brought the anniversary card that she had bought before her holiday but had forgotten to post. She also brought a bottle of wine and then DHs card and a cake for his birthday mid October. They then paid for our meal out, which was delicious, so I can't complain really! She was thankful for the flowers I had shared out, so overall a nice afternoon/evening. 

Thanks @QueenJess, I think I'll look into it a bit more. Of course you can't just cancel the DD on the app, I'll have to have a look on the laptop.

You lot are right I do need to pay £501 to get me under the £10k mark. The interest has  been added on today, £39, then my usual DD payment will come out on the 1st and that will be £80. I don't think I can just get to £9,999, because I like round numbers 😅, so I'm going to work getting it to £9,950. Let's do this 💪

I have a cleaning job tomorrow, so that's a good start 🙂

@carboot_karaoke Thank you, that's a really lovely thing to say and I appreciate it x

I've always liked the thought of us all having a gofundme page that links to our diaries, we could all help each other pay off our mortgages then 😀