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  • Happy hump day WW!  I am on leave after today so i've got that Friday feeling :)
    My Dad and SM stayed with me last week so I had a tidy house (after a frantic weekend making the house presentable ;) - it was nice to see them, they took me out for tea and my SM made the tea every day as i was either out at work or wfh.  I did enjoy being home alone on Friday eve though .
    love Deni 
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  • WinterWarrior
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    Exactly @Sun_Addict 😁
    @Deni_debt-free_dreamer do you have plans for your days off? Visitors are lovely, but tiring too. We are so far away it’s all or nothing, so a full week of visits, trips and eating out will be exhausting 😁 We have a gin distillery tour booked 😛. A few years ago we did a whiskey distillery tour and it was fun and interesting 😁
    Not all who wander are lost - J.R.R.Tolkien
    🌊 A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor 🌊

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  • My friend took her hubby on  a whiskey distillery tour in Scotland for his 60th birthday, they loved it!
    I am doing some of my self employment work tomorrow but meeting an old work friend for lunch on Friday - i will treat her as she was 60 in March.  Lots of my friends are turning 60 but that's ok as they have a few years on me ;) 
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  • WinterWarrior
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    Good morning and happy Thursday 🌞📚☕️
    Two days to go until holidays….I think I can make it! 
    I’m definitely ready for a break from work and even called a manager out (as carefully as I could) on blatant favouritism yesterday, which is unlike me. I normally quietly fume 😅I would if it was affecting me, but I don’t like it at all when I see it happening to someone else. If people aren’t looked after the same by management then it just looks like bullying to me. I’ve hopefully not muckied my ticket!
    I hope you all have a lovely day 🌞🍦📚☕️
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  • Sun_Addict
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    Well done on speaking up. We are actively encouraged to do this at my workplace although it’s not an easy thing to do for most. 
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • Agree with @Sun_Addict -  well done on speaking up and it is encouraged where i work too.

    Nearly the weekend :)

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  • nannygladys
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    Enjoy your time off with the relatives, I know it's hard work, (especially if they stay with you), but I'm sure you'll remember it very fondly after the event!!
    One of my dds and family descends on me every so often (usually Xmas) and I hate all the untidiness and being at someone's beck and call all the time but after they have gone and I've had a good moan it doesn't seem too bad, until the next time they decide to come!!!  :D
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  • beanielou
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    I am known as the one who speaks up.
    Sometimes people wait for me to speak out!
    Not sure if that is good or bad!

    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

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  • WinterWarrior
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    Do you have trouble advocating for yourself though @beanielou? I do. I can stick up for the underdog, but never when it’s me 😖
    They are in a hotel @nannygladys as we don’t have the room. We are often in bed by 8.30 watching tv, so the late nights will be a killer 😅
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,489 Ambassador
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    It depends what it is.
    Sometimes yes & sometimes no.
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
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