2022 - Moving forward

savingholmes

Well done on the trainers. Ouch to the optician bill. I need to go too - I'm dreading it!! Should do it anyway though.

jwil

savingholmes said:

Well done on the trainers. Ouch to the optician bill. I need to go too - I'm dreading it!! Should do it anyway though.

It was a big shock!  I was expecting around £200.  I probably shouldn't have bothered with the coating, I don't drive loads at night, but it will still hopefully be useful.  I last changed my glasses in 2017 so hopefully these will last as long!

jwil

Well I got my wish and won the lottery last night!  £30 which isn't quite as much as I'd hoped, but better than a kick in the teeth!

I didn't change the clock in the kids room last night in the hope of getting a lie in, but they checked the clocks in our room so no chance  

I did get some flowers, a book and some chocolate for Mother's day so I've been spoilt and that's my day sorted   However, I didn't get my true wish which was a tidy kid's bedroom.  Apparently they ran out of time   I supposedly have to wait until my birthday (February) or next Mother's day for that one  

NeverendingDMP

Have a lovely mother's day. Glad the pain of the glasses was offset by a lottery win. Glasses are so expensive arent they.

jwil

NeverendingDMP said:

Have a lovely mother's day. Glad the pain of the glasses was offset by a lottery win. Glasses are so expensive arent they.

Thank you   You too.  They are so expensive.  I'm torn between putting the £30 in the mortgage or back in savings.  I was so pleased to have built up some savings again this month, but have wiped them out again now.

another_casualty

Congrats on lottery win 🎉
It's not a huge amount . Suppose you could put it in savings ...or just buy something 😼

ladyholly

When I get my glasses I ask for which frames are the cheapest. Limited range but they don't cost as much. I don't drive now and last time only asked for reading glasses as I rarely use my distance pair. 

jwil

another_casualty said:

Congrats on lottery win 🎉
It's not a huge amount . Suppose you could put it in savings ...or just buy something 😼

Don't tempt me to buy anything!  I'm doing enough of that now...

ladyholly said:

When I get my glasses I ask for which frames are the cheapest. Limited range but they don't cost as much. I don't drive now and last time only asked for reading glasses as I rarely use my distance pair. 

I did buy pretty much the cheapest ones, it's the coating that's added so much to the cost.  I know I could probably get a lot cheaper online, but I'm not brave enough to do that.  Maybe I should next time!  I'll have to hope this coating makes a difference!

jwil

Woo hoo hoo!  My compressed hours have been agreed 😁😁😁  I can start from 4 weeks today.  I'm so chuffed!

I also finally put on my big girl pants and phoned BT to cancel my contract.  I managed to get a £12 a month discount, which puts it not far off the cheapest I could find elsewhere (not allowing for 1st year discounts).  I'm really pleased with that considering I didn't actually want to leave!

Sunshine_girl2

Well done on your 4 day week, you will enjoy it, plus a great deal with BT.