Getting FIREd up 😀

South_coast

More b*ggering about, and I have £5.82 coming my way from We Buy Books (once I've rounded them up, packed them and shipped them, that is 😅)

South_coast

Phew, I'm glad that's cleared up 🤣!

debtfreeoneday

Survey questions really make me smile at times!

edinburgher

South_coast said:

Phew, I'm glad that's cleared up 🤣!

Stop showing off

South_coast

Sorry Ed, even more showing off to do now I'm afraid....🤣

So the company that manage my block of flats have been in touch to say we shouldn't be paying for surface water drainage, as it doesn't discharge to the sewer, and if we are then we can request a rebate - backdated up to 10 years. Turns out I was, £284.09 credit applied to my account 😀 That's cleared off my outstanding balance for the rest of this financial year, so nothing to pay until April, with enough credit left on the account to make next year's payments around £10/£11 a month (actually, probably a bit less than that, as that's based on this year's bill, which included the extra charge). They did say I could request it as a refund instead of leaving it on the account (which would have been an excellent boost to the extra £50s), but quite frankly I can't be bothered to get in touch with them again and hardly paying anything until April 2025 isn't a bad substitute!

killerpeaty

Amazing! You gotta be dead chuffed with that, totally being a human and all!

Merlin's_Beard

Nice! They did that for me as well, but I'd only been paying for 10 months or so so it was a much smaller amount. Very satisfying.

South_coast

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Just spent a very stressful half an hour or so trying to work out which was the best deal between three different websites for ordering the same garment 😮 

Good job I plumped for the one with free delivery and free returns - it's going back 🤦‍♀️

South_coast

Payday tomorrow and I still have £1.68 in the bank 🥳!

South_coast

First of the month round-up….(not very much of note this month)

• 4x extra £50s this month, coming from bank account cashback, surveys, some tilly tidies, TopCashBack, interest and an energy rebate. Used them towards the big bill pot and Buying Stuff For Myself again

• Received a couple of chunky rebates on my water and electric bills

11.66 years to go….

Is anyone else feeling bored at the moment? I'm doing all the same things at the same intensity, I just can't get excited about any of it. Even when I do do something different I'm like "That was interesting", then go right back to feeling bored again 🙁 As an example, 4x extra £50s in August: I feel as though I should be thinking "OMG, £200 EXTRA TO GO TOWARDS MY GOALS - IN ONE MONTH - THAT'S FREAKING AMAZING", whereas actually I feel "Pfft, whatevs 🤷‍♀️". And it's not just money…. Work is boring (which is daft, as it's actually pretty varied and I generally have complete control over how I go about it). Cooking yummy food is boring. Watching TV programmes I enjoy is boring. Running is boring (I bailed out of a run on Monday and decided to walk home as I wasn't feeling it. Won't make that mistake again, took me bl**dy ages to get back 🤦‍♀️). Reading a new book is boring. Everything is boring!

In slightly more exciting news, I have indeed reached the milestone I thought I would today:

This is pensions x3, S&S ISA, LISA, plus cash for "the other thing". So definitely a milestone worth celebrating, but I knew it was coming and I still have plenty to save, so it will quickly become boring!

The challenge now is to stay above that, even after Tranche One of "the other thing" gets sent!