And now we go again...

Cheery_Daff

Ooh, lovely, and I'm glad my little cheerful bit of nonsense is inspiring 😂 As you know, we drew that ourselves, and our talents don't lie in drawing either 😂 but I dont think I'd try my hand at drawing anything else 😂

Fingers crossed indeed, I bet it will be lovely! And maybe the gateway to many more! 😂

lucielle

Exciting re the tattoo, I’ve got a couple and it was fine.
L

EssexHebridean

Thanks both - and yes Cheery, I already have a few other thoughts on possible designs in the pipeline so who knows! Goodness knows I've been hankering after a tattoo for long enough so it's about time!

MSE Stuff:

• The car repair money is paid off the CC thank goodness - £550 from the car account where I'd shuffled the other funds, and £470 from the EF - we'll be working on getting that back in there ASAP.
• I have finally got around to sorting my personal money ISA - it's been on a disappointing rate for longer than I would prefer, so I've opened a replacement and applied to transfer the old one.
• Money shuffle also done for the bits bought in the outdoors place on Sunday - MrEH needs to transfer over his share to the joint account now, mine is already moved.
• I've shifted some funds across to the account I'm using for spending money for my Lundy trip too - although that might be the last I pop into there for that I think - I should be covered for what I need for that now.
• That said, I may use that account to start setting aside the tattoo money - I've paid the deposit but there is still £250 to pay on the day, makes sense to pop that somewhere that will pay some interest on it while it waits!
• MrEH fuelled up his car last night but didn't have the rewards CC with him so no cashback on that and he needs to transfer the money from the joint account now too.
• Another tub of tomatoes harvested last night - I did use a handful yesterday evening but we're definitely picking more than we're using at the moment. I think I'll look to use some for tea this evening with pasta to make a dent in the stocks!
• Tea tonight will also use the final rashers from a pack of bacon.
• Also eye up a nice sized courgette that is probably about ready for picking.
• Chimney sweep is booked - in October so the household account will cover that by the time it rolls around.
• Plunge pricing on Agile today - dishwasher & washing machine are set to run!
• Home insurance renewal is creeping up - I'd best look at that properly before the end of the week.

I took back a "banked" hour from work last night and spent the additional time when I got home having a nice garden potter, and then doing some yoga before it was time to make tea. Funny how just that small amount of extra time can make a weekday evening feel so much longer!

Sun_Addict

All very organised as usual 🙂 Will the tattoo have an aviation theme?

EssexHebridean

It won't SA - I love photographing it but wouldn't want it permanently engraved! 😂

We've just given the go-ahead for the building work - starting next Wednesday! Hopefully should be done and dusted inside 3 days - and MrEH has been able to shuffle work from home days around to suit which is useful as I'm off at Eastbourne Airshow from Thursday morning! Very exciting, even if it will mean having to do some more rearrangement of money!

Cheery_Daff

Ooh, that's nice and quick! Lovely!

EssexHebridean

It wouldn't have been, but I issued a Stage 2 Polite nudge. 😉

EssexHebridean

Well, THAT's been a few hours….

Got an unexpected message via the Oxygen-related accomodation providers yesterday evening "just letting us know" that our Eastbourne accommodation was no longer being let, and that he "hoped we were aware"…err, no, we were very much NOT aware! Cue several hours of panic from my pal & me trying to sort out what was going on, and get an answer from the co-host of the property, before eventually she simply cancelled it on us with no explanation. Great - a week out from the show, and we find ourselves accommodation-less! We have had confirmation that we will be getting a full refund (we'd only just paid the full balance!) and have both managed to find different accommodation but separately which isn't what we'd planned at all. mine is going to mean a lot more trudging about with a heavy camera bag too - we deliberately chose the other place because it was so central. As of this morning we have had a form of explanation - although not a good one - from the co-host. By the sound of it it seems there was some sort of falling out between them and she's just left him to deal with everything in spite of him not having a clue how anything worked. I'm leaving it to my pal to decide whether to make a formal complain as she was the one who booked it - I am certainly in favour of doing so though as this woman appears to be some sort of professional co-host with masses of listings so goodness knows how many other people are having issues with her! Of course with the listing being cancelled we can't just leave her a grotty review either!

MSE Stuff:

• ironically the newly booked accommodation is a chunk cheaper than my share of what we had booked before, so that is at least a small win out of a rotten situation.
• Hopefully the refund will land fairly soon - I've opted for payment on arrival for the new booking and could do with the other money back by then. There are funds in my airshow account to cover if not though.
• CC sitting at zero - hurrah!
• I need a conversation with MrEH about accuracy of figures - the "£60 of diesel" he mentioned turns out to be £68!
• Tea last night was tasty and use home grown and freezer veg, plus the last rashers of bacon and some of the home made pesto. More of that sort of thing will be planned!
• I remembered to take the prawns for tonight's meal out of the freezer and shoved them in a plastic tub with lemongrass, soy & sesame oil to marinade. They've defrosted in the fridge while marinating and will get slung into a stir fry tonight which will use whatever random veg I can find.
• More tomatoes picked last night, plus a few beans. Hopefully the cooler weather may help those with setting more.
• The cooler weather definitely helped with less watering being needed last night!
• The irrigation system has arrived and MrEH was head-scratching over it last night - I assume setting it up for a test-run will be designated as a weekend task!
• My car insurance is paid - on the rewards CC but I will clear it from the car account as soon as the charge lands.
• Lil's offers checked - nothing outstanding but I will probably shop there tomorrow anyway as I have a free bakery item to claim and a Gr399s Sausage Roll from next door too!
• Will also swerve into FFoods for butter as there isn't anywhere cheaper.
• £7 of short-dated T's CCard vouchers converted to £14 of credit to use against ferry tickets for our Isle of Wight trip.

Nothing particularly spendy planned for the next few days and I will be aiming to maintain that position too. Thursday night beers this evening will come from personal spends of course.

I'm managing regular yoga again which is nice - not every day, but that isn't my aim, just a few times a week with consistency will do for me. I've also got my dumbbells out in view so I'm remembering to pick them up and just do a couple of sets of strength exercises most evenings. Already feeling better for both things - honestly, it's crazy how fast you feel the difference to even tiny tweaks sometimes isn't it!

themadvix

That's very frustrating at such short notice and really poor communication from 'the Oxygen-related accommodation supplier' (took me a while!). Glad you've found somewhere else though - imagine it could be tricky at such short notice.

It's apparently International IPA day today - just in case you needed a steer on the beer to drink tonight 😉 (Do you use Untapped?)

beanielou

That’s so unacceptable.