Keep calm and carry on....

caeler

@South_coast Lidl does a fab Chilean merlot if you can’t get the Malbec, £3.89. I admire your guts to move petrol money into an OP, I want to do the same but don’t want to jinx it! 

South_coast

Ooh, that's good to know 😀 Now if I could just wean BF off the Laithwaite's....(it is lovely, but not cheap! He has at least put me on PAYG now after I baulked at him ordering another couple of cases without first discussing it with me 🤣)

themadvix

South_coast said:

Good lord, I've just done a survey on bowel movements 😮😳😮😳😮!!!

The mind boggles! Where do you even find these surveys??!! 😮

bubblycrazy

Hi SC, I've really enjoyed reading your diary over the last few days. Phew, you've had a rollercoaster 12 months! 

You're similar to me the way you change your mind between what to do for the best for retirement savings, it's so hard when the rewards are so far away and the goalposts may move, isn't it?
All the best in the new job and well done on the mortgage balance, so close you can taste the freedom!  

South_coast

themadvix said:

South_coast said:

Good lord, I've just done a survey on bowel movements 😮😳😮😳😮!!!

The mind boggles! Where do you even find these surveys??!! 😮

That one was on One Poll, which I think you told me about 🤣!!!

South_coast

bubblycrazy said:

Hi SC, I've really enjoyed reading your diary over the last few days. Phew, you've had a rollercoaster 12 months! 

You're similar to me the way you change your mind between what to do for the best for retirement savings, it's so hard when the rewards are so far away and the goalposts may move, isn't it?
All the best in the new job and well done on the mortgage balance, so close you can taste the freedom!  

Ah, thank you so much 😍 It did get a bit mental there for a while, but I feel much happier and more settled now. I did (another) survey the other day and it asked me to sum up how I feel about 2021 in one word (free text, not multiple choice) - I went for "optimistic" 😀

themadvix

Ah, OnePoll.... that figures! Has the new platform improved yet? I’ve just cashed out and the new dashboard was so terrible I couldn’t be bothered with it for now. Imagine I’ll go back at some point... especially for cracking surveys like that 😂

ruby_eskimo

caeler said:

@South_coast Lidl does a fab Chilean merlot if you can’t get the Malbec, £3.89. I admire your guts to move petrol money into an OP, I want to do the same but don’t want to jinx it! 

I can also attest that Aldi has a nice Chilean merlot too for about the same price as well as their New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc - went through a few bottles of both over Christmas 😏

caeler

Thanks @ruby_eskimo I've switched back to shopping at Aldi so I'll keep a look out for that! 

ruby_eskimo

caeler said:

Thanks @ruby_eskimo I've switched back to shopping at Aldi so I'll keep a look out for that! 

That's ok, it went down very well with some of their part baked sourdough baguettes dipped in their baked camembert 😋