Pay off mortgage and start having even more fun 😁

earthgirl2

Hope you feel more energetic soon. 4k to move the equipment sounds huge Hope another solution is possible. Well done on sending back clothes uou don't need. 

newgirly

That’s odd, there should be another post here 😳 

Hi Earthgirl, it’s all organised now but I’m not sure how much for as I never see dh anymore as he’s always at work 😆

Not much to report, I’ve had a busy week so haven’t done the money shuffle yet. We saw the accountant though and he talked me through what dh should be earning from his new job, it was a little vague in the NI front - “ you won’t need to pay that for a while yet and it won’t be much so don’t worry ” so I googled it and will put that aside each month, I don’t like the concept of it’s not for ages don’t worry? Anyway, I just need to work out how much to put by each month to cover his own holiday pay or sick pay now he’s off. He also said dh should continue paying out a certain amount each month even without the rent as he can afford it and it’s tax efficient, I was very happy about his but apparently dh has not decided yet if he will 🥲

I’ve also decided to again stop buying clothes for a while, I did go out and get some things to tide me over first - bras and some of those long sleeve cotton skinny tops from primarni that go under tops in winter as well as a new bright red jumper in m &s sale for £4.50. But that should be enough until the end of the year, if by some miracle we book a wonderful holiday or I lose a load of weight that will be revisited mind 🤣

Time to make a coffee and then perhaps do the finances 😊

newgirly

Well this week has not started well, the scaredy rescue cat as eaten a long piece of plastic- one of those that tie black sacks. It was (sorry!) hanging from her bottom this morning, she’s just had an operation to remove it,she’s fine now and I’m waiting for a call to collect her soon. Estimate £1500 🤦‍♀️ Thank goodness I started a vet fund last month and have £30 towards it 😂

Urgh, I need a degree in maths to work out our finances at the moment. Today dh has also had a call
from the estate agents about the factory who have conferred with the other agent and decided it should now be marketed as a two floor with mezzanine instead of three floor property and we should expect to achieve 8-10k less ☹️ 

But my bigger irritation is with a the person on vinted who has purchased a brand new top with tags for £1 and messaged me last night and again today to
see if I’ve posted it, she bought it a few hours before , for goodness sake! 

Rant over. 

LadyWithAPlan

Good luck with all the changes/challenges/cat/family stuff 
May I politely suggest with so much going on the vinted £1 hassle is just adding unnecessary stress! I have paused mine for the moment .

themadvix

Oh dear, naughty kitty cat. We have one of those, as I'm sure you'll remember. Plastic munchers are a nightmare. £30 is better than nothing?!

Pretty annoying news about the factory rethink. Will that put the price back into the range you originally expected for it, or will it be lower than that?

newgirly

Hi lady, it’s pretty much fizzled out for the moment but I still have about lots listed some at higher prices so I don’t want to pause just incase one of those items goes 😆

Hi Vix, I do remember! It’s sometimes hard to stop them pinching stuff they shouldn’t and you need your wits about you at all times 😩 like the plastic from a black sack, they don’t usually have those long ties anymore and I filled a big with clean washing to take upstairs the night before and I guess it fell off on the way I didn’t see and went to bed 😒 Oh well, I just checked on the cat and she’s fine in her bed, other cat is still hissing at her though and won’t go near. Poor poorly cat she usually follows other cat around, hopefully it won’t last long. She needs to go back for a check up on Friday but I’ve no idea how I’ll get her in the carrier, she scratched DIL so badly even with a blanket and gloves (after an hour of gentle coaxing with treats!) that I had to go and buy dressing pads and bandages ☹️ 

Re the factory, they are now saying the price we expected. I think dh will reduce a little first and then drop, it’s not had much of a chance yet as it’s packed and filthy so we took all the photos off, when it’s empty we will redecorate (probably new kitchen and bathroom) and have new photos put online. 

themadvix

It's so hard to stop them getting to stuff they shouldn't have - absolutely! Can you ask the vet for some gabapentin to make getting her into the carrier easier? I imagine she's a handful at the vets too, if she's like that about being 'boxed'. They're pretty happy to dish it out in my experience (it'll cost - about £13 at our vets), but it makes life much easier (and less painful!). It's horrible when they're all hissy with each other too - that happens here - all those horrible smells!

South_coast

Remind me again why people like cats 🤣?

themadvix

South_coast said:

Remind me again why people like cats 🤣?

Because they are wonderfully affectionate when you’re not trying to take them to the vets! And most aren’t stupid enough to eat plastic - just some 🤣

edinburgher

Pretty sure you could've just yanked hard 🤣