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  • joedenise
    joedenise Posts: 18,145 Forumite
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    Congratulations on the interview.  Have to agree with @rtandon that list is pretty ambitious!
  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 17,985 Forumite
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    Maybe you're right - especially as I was intending to be in the cafe when it opened at 9.30 (having already put the washing on and done a workout) but in fact I've only just woken up 😂
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 9,318 Forumite
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    Another congratulations on the interview from me Cheery - that's excellent news!

    (Now feeling virtuous that I'm up and have washing on before you!)
    Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days

    'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway


  • scandimore
    scandimore Posts: 202 Forumite
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    Congratulations on the interview 👏 
  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 17,985 Forumite
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    themadvix said:
    Another congratulations on the interview from me Cheery - that's excellent news!

    (Now feeling virtuous that I'm up and have washing on before you!)
    😂😂😂 I wouldn't feel that virtuous about getting up before me, I regularly fail to get out of bed before 9am on a work day 🙄😂
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 9,318 Forumite
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    Yes, but given my state of health, it feels like I'm making progress!
    Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days

    'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway


  • rtandon27
    rtandon27 Posts: 6,277 Forumite
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    Cheery - I'm with you on the sleep bit - didn't get out of bed until 9 this morning & decided that Café Chez Nous was good enough!  OH is a lovely and does all things chefie on mornings such as these 😁  I have been sitting at the table in a sun-patch contemplating having a shower before noon, but happier whiling away the morning on the laptop!

    Vix - being up is an achievement, let alone having a load of laundry in 🤣

    Cheery - you were kidding about a workout before 9, weren't you?
    4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)
    (With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)
    ...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)
    Original Date - Sept 2041 New projection - Dec 2039 (reduced by 21 months)
  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 17,985 Forumite
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    A workout before 9am does happen occasionally, but I confess it's usually more of an ambition than a reality 😂😂

    Booked an eyetest with Specsavers this morning. Got to what I THOUGHT was specsavers, only to realise it's actually Boots 😂 Have now found the right place, but I'm quite discombobulated 😂
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 9,318 Forumite
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    I'm much more of a lark than an owl though - I'm usually fast asleep when Cheery is posting last thing at night!

    Cheery, I've done that - we had two branches of Boots Opticians for a while in town when they took over D&A. I booked, assuming it was the branch I'd always been to and they gave me blank looks when I turned up. Had to apologise for being late when I finally made it to the right one! 
    Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days

    'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway


  • Tescodealqueen
    Tescodealqueen Posts: 1,287 Forumite
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    Congratulations on the interview Cheery. And that list looks exhausting.
    i have decided to tidy my craft desk and it’s at the stage where I could just give up and abandon it!! Coffee time before I start again to at least get all the Christmas card stuff out of the way now they are posted for this year.

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