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  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,546 Forumite
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    edited 20 December at 9:17PM
    Glad DD is ok
    Well done on getting a result on the formal complaint
    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

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  • Sunshine_girl2
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    Survived works Christmas do just. Had a laugh much needed , then I left them to it . I was the oldest person there. This morning have been to breakfast with walking group. Later am off to DS with ExH to a family get together . Looking forward to tomorrow today for some quiet . I will be all peopled out by then. DD and family are at a theme park today and then they see Santa later , luckily it's close by as the motorways look busy. The big shopping centre will be rammed this weekend , glad I am nowhere near it. 
    Life is an adventure, never stop exploring.

  • Sun_Addict
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    Sometimes I miss the works Christmas do but another part of me doesn’t. My team are in Scotland, I’m a one man band in my location so a Christmas do is a thing of the past. 
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • jwil
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    Belated happy birthday!
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • Sunshine_girl2
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    Have spent sometime clearing my CC bill this afternoon it took a while as money was in different pots , anyway all Christmas is paid for so no surprises in January. Yesterday I met more of my DIL to be family , they seem very nice. 
    I have had a nightmare with my emails today but having thought I had lost some important ones they have slowly reappeared. 
    I am working this week mon and Tuesday as normal and I volunteered to cover between Christmas and New Year as well. I am off on another winter break in 6 weeks so it's saving me holidays . I have still got a few things planned in the intervening days as well. 
    Off now to find something on Netflix to watch. 

    Life is an adventure, never stop exploring.

  • Sun_Addict
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    I’m covering between Christmas and New Year too but off all next week. I couldn’t justify using up another 4 days leave, my employer only closes bank holidays. 
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • Sunshine_girl2
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    Popping on here to wish everyone a Happy Christmas, however and whomever you spend it with. I only have a small family but luckily they are all close by so I will see them all tomorrow and Boxing Day. I'm sure my DGC will have a massive amount of presents as they have a large family on their dad's side. 
    We are going to an early church service later , followed by a buffet at exH . 
    Merry Christmas 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲.
    Life is an adventure, never stop exploring.

  • jwil
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    Have a lovely Christmas!
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • Sun_Addict
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    Happy Christmas 🎄 xx
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • doingitanyway
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    edited 24 December at 7:57PM
    Happy Christmas to you, and all the family
    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
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