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@EssexHebridean - It was indeed a good plan because suffice to say we refused delivery & our car was loaded straight back on the transporter, meaning that the whole damn situation is still rumbling on.
Annoyed about other stuff today as well & feel like throwing in the towel & retiring to the shed with a box over my head, tho' realistically, it's too spidery in there for that. Just sat down for lunch & Mr F has fired up the coffee machine. Will thus attempt to get a grip on my mood & not waste the afternoon on negativity & overthinking.
For the moment, bah to everything!
F
2025's challenges: 1) To fill our 10 Savings Pots to their healthiest level ever
2) To read 100 books (46/100) 3) The Shrinking of Foxgloves 8.1kg/30kg
"Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards" (Soren Kirkegaard 1813-55)12 -
Oh what an absolute pain. At least you were both there so you weren't lumbered with a bad job.
Hope the coffee perks you up, I am also prescribing a cheering biscuit7 -
Oh no!! What an absolute menace the whole situation is! Hope it does get resolved eventually x7
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Are the details of the motor too agonising to share @foxgloves? If not and if it would be cathartic, please rant in detail and at will! Love Humdinger xx7
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How annoying about the car. At least you were both there to deal,with it.January spends - £587.587
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Scunnering re the car pah6
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Oh what an absolute pain - I know I went over mine with a fine-toothed comb when I got it back, and was thankfully delighted with the results, but I to wouldn't have hesitated to refuse to accept it had I not been!🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her6 -
Thanks all.
@Humdinger1 - It's a saga, which I may feel more like typing out tomorrow. At the moment, I feel like hurling stuff at the wall & eating buns.
F x
(Edited to say no buns in the house)
2025's challenges: 1) To fill our 10 Savings Pots to their healthiest level ever
2) To read 100 books (46/100) 3) The Shrinking of Foxgloves 8.1kg/30kg
"Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards" (Soren Kirkegaard 1813-55)7 -
That's so frustrating. Sending buns which are calorie and carb free6
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Make buns, for goodness sake! If ever there was a time for bun-making, this is clearly it!🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her7
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