Dipping my orange toes into the water..

AgathaSquirrel

Congratulations on the job!

Orangetoes

@AgathaSquirrel thank you! 
It will mean a small increase in income but I need to try and negotiate and see if I can make it slightly more, especially since our pay was frozen at my school this year. Teachers salaries are nothing like some professions but I am really excited to have a leadership role.
Half term still and a rainy day. I would usually spend a fortune entertaining the kids so covid is saving me money! We are aiming to do a 5k ride/ walk each day and we will probably do some baking.
It's only 8am and they have already had breakfast, played doctors, organised a disco and they are now trying to make a bug hotel.. wish me luck! 

AgathaSquirrel

Good luck with the negotiations- I didn’t realise that was something you could do in teaching. I thought wages were set.
Half-term here too. One pre-teen has risen, the other is still asleep. We’re meeting my dad for a walk this morning so I’m enjoying a coffee in peace and quiet, listening to the birds and watching the squirrels in the garden before I need to wake pre-teen 2 and chaos commences.

Orangetoes

That sounds like a great start to the day @AgathaSquirrel! Enjoy!
The wages are set but I think I have a case for moving to the senior leadership pay scale rather than staying on the main teachers scale, we will see! 
Enjoy your walk. 

Orangetoes

So ten more days of February. Have around £700 in the account. Going to budget £300 for the last ten days. Then I can put £200 into saving and put an extra £200 onto the overpayment making it £1000 overpayment....
Hoping I can stick to that and that they aren't any expenses I have forgotten!!
Have a good day everyone!

caeler

I'm hoping to do the same @Orangetoes I'm expecting a surplus of £200 based on what I think I need to spend between now and the end of the month so the mortgage fund will be happy!

Orangetoes

@caeler woop woop! Great stuff. Happy mortgage fund, happy you! 

Orangetoes

So good and bad. The bad my card details had expired for my T*sco delivery so I went to update them for my 6 month plan. However the only way to do it was to pay for the next 6 months. Usually I use clubcard vouchers but this was not allowed (I phoned and checked!). So annoying as there is not much to spend club card vouchers on at the moment.
The good I negotiated a very very small pay rise when I start my new role in September! 

SpendingPennies

Congratulations on the new job @Orangetoes

powerspowers

Congrats on the new job OT and well done for negotiating the small pay increase, it’s something I’ve never done (public sector), I kicked myself in my old job- went from top of one scale to bottom of the next and was £30a month better off with loads more stress!