Keep calm and carry on....

Grogged

Can I vote Bergerac?

greenbee

badmemory said:

What about Vera???

On another subject - I do believe some food groups should be banned.  Or at least not on the shelves of any supermarket I go in.

I'd like to be able to bar them from my online orders, like you can bar yourself from gambling. Either that or I need someone else doing my shopping. 

South_coast

Self-control ladies 🤣!

Bergerac gets a thumbs-up. Although he spent an unhealthy amount of time with his ex father in law. I know it's a small island, but still....

LadyWithAPlan

Can I vote for the Pink Panther? As opposed to Inspector Clousseau. 

South_coast

See now I'm confused. I have it in the back of my mind that the actual Pink Panther was a gemstone, but then Inspector Clousseau got it as a nickname 🤔 Or have I got that completely wrong? The animated character is what comes to mind first though! And the theme tune 😀

South_coast

Anyway, back to money stuff....

First of the month round-up....

Movement during August 2021: +£1,383.49

Money needed as at 1 September 2021: £275,383.77

I've been feeling quite FIREd up this last month, so I've funnelled a few micro payments into the ISA (then I thought I'd better match that by putting an equal amount into where it's actually meant to be going at the moment, so I ended up leaving myself a bit short 🙄 The One Poll money arriving a few days before payday was very fortuitous timing!)

I've also started off saving for next year's LISA payment with £52.21, just so I had something to put in my "cash" line and didn't have to report it to myself as £0.00 for another month 🤣🤣🤣!

However, all of that pales into comparison against the pension growth, which didn't leave me short at all, or in fact require any input from me (aside from putting the money in in the first place). Am sure there's a lesson in there somewhere....🤔🤣

killerpeaty

It's so exciting when the investment grows isn't it? Like when you hit a new 10k mark then you get a thrill. I've been told that eventually you get the thrill from the 50k marks only but I am no where near there yet!

QueenJess

greenbee said:

badmemory said:

What about Vera???

On another subject - I do believe some food groups should be banned.  Or at least not on the shelves of any supermarket I go in.

I'd like to be able to bar them from my online orders, like you can bar yourself from gambling. 

I love that as an idea!

South_coast

killerpeaty said:

It's so exciting when the investment grows isn't it? Like when you hit a new 10k mark then you get a thrill. I've been told that eventually you get the thrill from the 50k marks only but I am no where near there yet!

It's v exciting, KP 😀! The two dormant pensions are up £4.7k in the last 6 months and I've literally done nothing. This will hopefully keep me gee'd up until I can start putting real money into the ISA and watch that take off too. Current Me is thanking Past Me for increasing her contributions when she had a much better company pension!

LadyWithAPlan

I am all about the cartoon of PP with him slinking around.
Yes great to see investments rise, well done past you! 
I started saving hard and put  some of my deposit into my S&S isa last year plus my SIPPs  after markets fell.. So feeling glad I timed the market & got focused last year. 

I am trying to only check my balances weekly or monthly as daily can be an addiction along with my spreadsheet