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  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 7,806 Forumite
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    edited 8 March 2024 at 8:13PM
    Brie said:
    Warning on some of the night time teas and Dr Stuarts may be one of these.  If they contain hops as well as valerian it might drive Madame Fluff wild.  Ours had the same reaction as to catnip.
    I will bear it in mind …. 😉

    Though atm, La Belle Monster is three hours late home ….! 😢
    Please send ‘Cat-get-your-fluffy-bum-home’ vibes! 

    KK
    As at 15.08.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £232,244
    - OPs to mortgage = £12,048  Interest saved £5,675 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

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  • KajiKita
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    Had confirmation from BG that they have cancelled our boiler cover. There was a £30 admin fee for cancelling 😳🙄 but somehow they owed us £34.97 so we are getting £4.97 back …. No. I don’t understand it either, but the good news is that we no longer have this monthly cost, which was my aim! 😊

    Just as I was leaving work, had the revised invoices for the hotel rooms and breakfasts. No idea what the guy who checked us in had done, but he’d somehow shovelled all the breakfasts onto my room and overcharged us £24 in the process! 🤷‍♀️ He was well known in the organisation as when we went down to breakfast on the first morning I tried to explain that the breakfasts for the two of us were on my room - the girl at the entrance looked confused …. As she started to walk away for advice I mentioned his name - she rolled her eyes slightly and let us in! Unfortunately for him it was the deputy manager who was helping us this morning - I hope he just gets more training (some of those hotel systems where you can book remotely seem to be Byzantine in their complexity!) rather than trouble 🤞
    It does mean that I can start my expenses claim on Monday! Nag me on this one please as I hate doing them! 😉

    KK
    As at 15.08.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £232,244
    - OPs to mortgage = £12,048  Interest saved £5,675 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 43 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 17th August
    Produce tracker: £299 of £300 in 2025

    Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • redofromstart
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    Get your fluffy butt home cat! I am hoping it's just elaborate sulking or that she has secretly time travelled to next Thursday to enjoy her welcome back meal in her capacity as a Real Cat like tiny cat did.
  • Merlin's_Beard
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    Hope miss dirty stop out makes an appearance soon!
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  • beanielou
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  • Brie
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  • beanielou
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    Hope the cat 🐈‍⬛ is home soon. 
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    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • KajiKita
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    edited 9 March 2024 at 8:09AM
    Thanks for all the vibes. 
    Still no cat. 
    Have sent a message to village what’s app and will start ringing all the local vets in a bit ….

    KK
    As at 15.08.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £232,244
    - OPs to mortgage = £12,048  Interest saved £5,675 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 43 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 17th August
    Produce tracker: £299 of £300 in 2025

    Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • skint_spice
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    I hope Madame appears soon🙏
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