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An in-between phase

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  • PennysIntoPounds
    PennysIntoPounds Posts: 4,313 Forumite
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    Oh my goodness I am tired!

    Started the day with helping load boxes into Mr PIPs car. Could have done with going back to bed after that!

    Have been ploughing through the to-do list, and moving and unpacking throughout the day, as well as

    Admin
    Tidying
    Two surveys
    Comping

    Entered some more competitions, today I'm mostly looking forward to winning 1k but I'd also like to win a fruit cage for mum and her allotment pals

    Got a nice message from my friend who had been craving chocolate at work then found the coconut quality streets we'd passed on to her in her handbag 😊

    Client call for nearly an hour

    Quarter wussy situps

    Receipt survey from 2021 😂

    And now I really, really must go for a walk, and if I do that then I'll allow myself a beer on the sofa


  • PennysIntoPounds
    PennysIntoPounds Posts: 4,313 Forumite
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    Did a 25 minute walk, had a beer, did a survey, requested my £10 cashout from norstat, did more flat sorting out.
    Dinner is the last of the infernal sossidges with oven chips, and beans for a portion of f&v
  • Sun_Addict
    Sun_Addict Posts: 23,999 Forumite
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    Hope you get a good nights sleep tonight, sounds like you need it! 
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • Tired just thinking about it
  • Blackcats
    Blackcats Posts: 3,875 Forumite
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    Wishing you lots of happiness in your temporary new home pending getting the bloomin council sign off and being able to start work on your very own place.
    If the cat is happy in their new residence then everyone else will be happy too.
  • PennysIntoPounds
    PennysIntoPounds Posts: 4,313 Forumite
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    Sorting flat stuff throughout the day and also:

    Admin
    Survey (on election, bored of all these surveys already!)
    Tidying
    Comping

    Won a £10 supermarket voucher!

    25 minute walk, dropped of plastics recycling, got a couple of Aldi's wine of the week at 3.99 reduced from 5.99, and picked up a free pack of sanitary towels with an online coupon

    Survey (on election)
    Hunting online for HMRC pages I need for LPAs. Hope they're not going to be ars*y about me having a different address than from when I filed my tax return

    Blimmin Y surveys chucked me out at 25%! What a cheek

    20 minute walk with Mr PIP for post work beer, he then went on to get some more steps in and get a couple of the discounted wines while I unpacked more stuff

    Dinner is leftover takeaway pizza and salad

    Thoroughly knackered again, but we can't slack too much as family friends who we're 'flat sharing' with are staying for a few days next week so it all has to be vaguely habitable! Hayfever seems to be wiping me out as well, sending big sympathies to those who actually get it badly 
  • redofromstart
    redofromstart Posts: 5,824 Forumite
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    Hurrah on the sm voucher, the little wins are useful. Must have a look at the £4 wine if we go anywhere.
  • PennysIntoPounds
    PennysIntoPounds Posts: 4,313 Forumite
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    Back aching and leg-pelvis join partially dislocated last night and I'm ouchy and tired. Mustn't be a whingy woman! Things to do!

    Survey
    Tidying
    Admin

    Flat sorting

    Bit annoyed at having to spend £18 on a laundry airer but went through cashback plus nectar points

    Quarter wussy situps

    LPAs fee proof print

    More bits from mums

    Finally got a minute to have some food at half 12. Still grumpy

    More flat stuff
    More admin
    So much flat stuff
    Joints not happy

    Entered some competitions, today I'm mostly looking forward to winning 1k but I'd also like another radio for the new flat

    More admin

    Won £100 on the premium bonds, thank you Ernie

    One hour walk with Mr PIP to collect the laundry airer after work and broke up the journey with beer with Camra discount

    Also got a couple of free packs of sanitary towels with vouchers, and a big packet of biscuits courtesy of a winning code, had to contribute 10p though! Also a couple of packs of yellow sticker cookies at 40p each and some ys strawberries

    Made the mistake of looking on RM for what we could get even if we could randomly save up 100k in the next one to two years. Feeling quite miserable and defeated! No bloody news from council on build as ever.

    Dinner is pasta with cupboard sauce and added veg and loadsa cheese. And wine. And chocolate. All the treats for this grumpy achey moo 😁

  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,489 Ambassador
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    Slow down woman please!!!
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  • KajiKita
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    I think tomorrow needs to be a rest day ….

    Sending hugs x
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