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starnac said:

I'm not sure why they make it so hard! 

Because they want you to keep paying their lovely interest forever! Well done on beating them 😀😀😀

starnac

South_coast said:

starnac said:

I'm not sure why they make it so hard! 

Because they want you to keep paying their lovely interest forever! Well done on beating them 😀😀😀

Yes! You've hit the nail on the head. It's also taken them 2 days to come back to me with an email that said "we've reviewed your overpayment and have decided not to adjust your regular monthly payment"

Um, please don't. It was £70! Had there been a few extra 0's on the end then fine but as it stands? No thank you. 

I'm not feeling great this morning. I have the sore throat that the kids have both had. I also have a busy day at work today. It's an enjoyable day as I love the groups I work with on a Friday but I just don't have the enthusiasm this morning. 

At least it's the last day of January right?!

starnac

1st of February! 

I'm still not feeling great. However, today is the first Saturday where I've had nothing on. I cancelled my long run in the week when my watch kept telling me I needed rest. Just a few short runs for me this week and hopefully my body will recover enough to get back to it next week. 

So far, today has been productive. I had a lie in which is unheard of recently, although the chickens voiced their displeasure at my lateness with breakfast very loudly. Sorry neighbours! 

DD moved back up into her bedroom about 2 weeks ago but her stuff has still been split between the two rooms. This morning we collected up all her stuff, took it upstairs to her room, she is now sorting through what she needs to keep and what can be recycled. 

DH and I cleaned the room, fixed the broken radiator cover, rehung the curtains, (are all teenagers rough with curtains or is it just mine?) and put the settees back in there. The (beautiful white) rug needs cleaned before it goes back and that's on my list for this afternoon. 

It's weird but I feel like a weight has lifted just by putting the room back as it was. 

starnac

January round up
Goals for January and how I did:

Declutter 73/20
I did well on this thanks to someone on Insta who set daily goals/areas to declutter. I plan to use a similar strategy for February too in the hope of getting on top of the clutter in this house. 

Money Made £242/£200
This was boosted by a pay rise that I was not expecting. 

Overpayments £70/£200
Money was tight in January so the £70 was from the pay rise I received. I must try harder in Feb

I plan to leave the Money Made and Overpayment targets the same but increase the Declutter target to 50

Cheery_Daff

Excellent goals progress! 😊 and well done for having a rest from your long run too, very sensible. 

Not surprising that you're relieved about having the room sorted.  If DD was in there because she was poorly maybe subconsciously this signals the proper end of that? Also unfinished house things always feel like they're hanging over my head so it's nice to get a job ticked off 😊