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  • RelievedSheff
    RelievedSheff Posts: 12,713 Forumite
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    I hope Mr SA wakes up feeling better. Christmas can be quite a pressurised time so perhaps he's reacting to that.
    Agreed. 

    Hope he wakes up feeling better.
  • PennysIntoPounds
    PennysIntoPounds Posts: 5,505 Forumite
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    Thanks for the Masked Singer heads up!

    Might as well nab bargains if you can if you know you'll need to buy them anyway

    Hope Mr SA is feeling a bit better

    Enjoy your prosecco and veggie burgers 🥂
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,578 Forumite
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    Another one wishing Mr SA well...
    I've got to get TV sorted...I am missing out!
    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

    Emergency fund 350/1000
    Buffer fund 100/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/07/2025
  • PennysIntoPounds
    PennysIntoPounds Posts: 5,505 Forumite
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    Hope he gets over his hangover concussion soon.
    (And my sincere apologies if he genuinely does somehow have concussion)

    Gosh you sound terribly lazy with your 10,000 steps, surveys, ironing, and tidying, buck your ideas up 👀😂

    Is there any annual leave left you can book to look forward to?
  • Cherryfudge
    Cherryfudge Posts: 14,197 Forumite
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     if he could take a pill for a broken fingernail he would. 

    That made me laugh! Not that I'm not sympathetic with him because obviously to him it's not nice, but a broken fingernail... :D 
    I think a bit of sunshine is good for frugal living. (Cranky40)
    The sun's been out and I think I’m solar powered (Onebrokelady)

    Fashion on the Ration 2025: Fabric 2, men's socks 3, Duvet 7.5, 2 t-shirts 10, men's socks 3, uniform top 0, hat 0, shoes 5 = 30.5/68
    2024: Trainers 5, dress 7, slippers 5, 2 prs socks (gift) 2, 3 prs white socks 3, t-shirts x 2 10, 6 prs socks: mostly gifts 6, duvet set 7.5 = 45.5/68 coupons
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  • PennysIntoPounds
    PennysIntoPounds Posts: 5,505 Forumite
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    Sounds good, you'll be grand. Get yer steps in, very little urgent work to do, probably no-one there so you can stick some tunes on, happy days.
    I was getting worried that I hadn't heard Mariah on the radio but it came on the other day so the high notes in All I Want For Christmas were traditionally massacred 😂
  • Makingabobor2
    Makingabobor2 Posts: 4,502 Forumite
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    Hope Mr SA is feeling better. He may be starting this weird virus that seems to be going round. It seems to have all sorts of odd symptoms
    Making the debt go down and savings go up

    LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £27,644....its going down

     Mortgage Free December 9th 2024! 
    18mths ahead of schedule.  

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  • Sunshine_girl2
    Sunshine_girl2 Posts: 3,199 Forumite
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    I will be with you next week SA holding the fort but WFH as the office is closed and no one really understands why our team has to work 🤷🏻‍♀️.
    Life is an adventure, never stop exploring.

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