2020++ - smiling and waving and looking so fine

mark55man

work is picking back up - travelling 2 days a week - which is a nice balance.  saw an old friend in a new role today - may end up working a bit more closely which could be interesting, as she is a lucky type (even though her luck is from hard work and skill) - maybe some luck will trickle down

all the ebbs and flows in my account have ebbed and flowed and I am a bit better off than expected, once a couple of FEBs (Frog Eating Bonuses) are included so those have to be got on with.  I will have to be careful as until I have FEBd I will be closer to my OD than I have been for a while.  Got some expenses in earlier than usual, so that will help.

doingitanyway

I know what you mean by FEB, but it also sounds like a treat you get yourself for eating a frog. That said, it may not be a bad idea for me to line up a small treat every time I eat a frog. Thanks for the idea

mark55man

Aha! @doingitanyway -  in my thoughts, eating the frog was the bonus - but a bonus bonus sounds like a cracking idea - especially as for me to regard it as a frog and not just a chore (a tadpole?) it has to be £hundreds and involve some effort.  There is always room for a hard earned treat even in MSE-land

mark55man

In other news our oven broke (not catastrophically), but beyond economic repair (combination of dodgy electrics and hard usage).  So whilst I am grateful that, for the first time in my life, I have an EF that isn't a CC, it is now sadly depleted.  We had a double width gap, so we needed a double width oven, which start at £500.  Luckily hotukdeals website had a double width oven offer that had been posted 60 minutes before we got the news ours needed to be replaced, so we were straight in there, but most of £1K to the worse.  So not money down the drain but unexpectedly spent. 

No budgets to rejig just an EF to replenish.  Makes my FEBs even more important.  

mark55man

Had a couple of FEBs today - repurposed my OH old laptop by changing the operating system - its now usable by me and I will use it for personal business to keep the work home separation journey going.  Also applied for a discount using my work scheme for OH eye test and new glasses.  got nearly a £100 back.

mark55man

Health check today, and god bless the NHS when (in true MSE style) they realised I did not literally have a pot to P in (the new system involves bringing your wares) they not only provided one, but gave me one for next time!!  Plus had my annual chat with my nurses to make sure I was all right, which was comforting, even if I did get reprimanded for the state of my trainers

mark55man

Today I am on an intensive online course.  Its on Euro time so a 8am start for us in the UK - and lunch will be at 11:30.  This could be a long and very sedentary day, but at least it will finish early

In other news following the health check the NHS advice was to buy a pair of slippers to keep my feet warm (circulation).  I can feel the years catching up on me, but thanks to Amazon next day delivery they are already here, and they are very very comfortably snug - if only someone had told me

mark55man

One of my FEBs has come in, namely the spends my OH has made supporting her food bank with specials - we had let that admin drift during lockdown, but the payment we claimed a week ago has come in for over £500 - which was good for the cash flow.  OH salary comes in in a week, so I think we are good and nearly a year OD free.  Hopefully as well, we should see the end of CC2 (0% BT) this pay day, although the oven costs mean repayment of CC3 will be slower, and some extra spends on CC3 crept in while balancing the current AC

mark55man

So today the news is we have a new coffee machine at work, and one of the drinks available (for free so that's a nice perk) is Bovril.

OMG its more delicious than I remembered by far, so may be a regular treat (prob ought to check nutritional values, but I never thought of it having any!!)
 

doingitanyway

Bovril.