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CrazyBee wants to be Mortgage Free!
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Good luck CB for the meeting, I hope its not as scary as you fear . Well done with your Christmas shopping and being so organised x1
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I have reached 6/12 No spend days I have £64.12 left of £600 to last until 31.10.25 it is 89% utilised and we are now 22% the way through the month. There is 23 days left until I get the next £600. The meeting was successful everyone happy with what I have been doing, there was a cheeky little invoice that had been re-allocated that got in the firing line, I will address this tomorrow. But otherwise all went well. Also I am pleased that I did not get any junk food while I was out, but I did eat two big pieces of Home made cake!! Yum!! (Not as bad as it could have been).
I will plan tomorrow tonight so that I can avoid buying anything from the shop and all in all I am pleased with how the week is progressing, albeit I could do with more money in the pot!! My own fault for spending so soon, however Chirstmas is wrapped up (literally!!). Have a good evening allXX
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Sorry I have only just seen this message. Thank you Newstart yes the meeting went well in the end, one little invoice was an issue, but I can soon resolve this, I will tomorrow.Newstartforme said:Good luck CB for the meeting, I hope its not as scary as you fear . Well done with your Christmas shopping and being so organised x
I enjoy the prep for Christmas sometimes more then the event itself!! All presents done and wrapped!! Thank youXX1 -
Good result.I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
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Thanks Beanie.beanielou said:Good result.
Today I am aiming for 7/12 no spend days I have 6 so far! I have utilised 89% of cash with £64.12 remaining, 25% of the month has gone, and 22 days left to go after today. Feeling a bit tired as I have awoken this morning today is about restoring myself as well as completing a day of work. I am doing this by not doing much in breaks and resting as much as I can.
Have a good day allXX0 -
Today I am staying at 6/12 No spend days, I will no doubt at this point go over on spending but I will try to keep it to a minimum. I have bought Fish & Chips tonight and it was needed. Not a bad day but A little bit of tension from a customer, I feel very angered today, my colleague says I need not be she understands her perspective yet she was the one to ask me to find an alternative person to communicate with and it has all ended with the original person I had been emailing giving me fallout because I went behind her back. However if she had responded to any of my emails I sent we wouldn't be in this predictament! She was not a happy bunny. The whole day has been angry all because i don't have enough work to do and my line manager had given me a task of going over big invoiced clients and another task which was also dull. The long and short of it is they don't have enough work for me, however they need me I think so we can cover each other should we get ill etc. That is what I am hoping for and or they give us more work to do going forward? I don't know they if thery really want two people but most of the time I am busy, after alll it is Thursday, however it was some of Wednesday also. I was thinking of asking to go part time but I need the money and I am not sure I can get another part time job to cover the days?
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Why would you ask to go part time and then look for another part time job as well?CrazyBee787 said:Today I am staying at 6/12 No spend days, I will no doubt at this point go over on spending but I will try to keep it to a minimum. I have bought Fish & Chips tonight and it was needed. Not a bad day but A little bit of tension from a customer, I feel very angered today, my colleague says I need not be she understands her perspective yet she was the one to ask me to find an alternative person to communicate with and it has all ended with the original person I had been emailing giving me fallout because I went behind her back. However if she had responded to any of my emails I sent we wouldn't be in this predictament! She was not a happy bunny. The whole day has been angry all because i don't have enough work to do and my line manager had given me a task of going over big invoiced clients and another task which was also dull. The long and short of it is they don't have enough work for me, however they need me I think so we can cover each other should we get ill etc. That is what I am hoping for and or they give us more work to do going forward? I don't know they if thery really want two people but most of the time I am busy, after alll it is Thursday, however it was some of Wednesday also. I was thinking of asking to go part time but I need the money and I am not sure I can get another part time job to cover the days?You’re employed full time
You’ve stated most of the time you’re busy
Don’t make rash decisions based on one bad momentMFW 2025 #50: £1989.73/£600007/03/25: Mortgage: £67,000.00
12/08/25: Mortgage: £62,500.00
12/06/25: Mortgage: £65,000.00
18/01/25: Mortgage: £68,500.14
27/12/24: Mortgage: £69,278.38
27/12/24: Debt: £0 🥳😁
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Thanks MFWannabe - I just thought that there is not really enough work, however they are finding work for me, but that will only last so long. We shall see. I am defo not going to suggest it and the agreement is full time. I am only really busy 2.5 days and a few hours each morning, otherwise I don't have enough work. I have been doing little projects here and there, but how long will that last, if they find a repeatable problem for going forward will they think twice about hiring me permenantly? I just thought I could suggest should the problem present itself that I could go part time, but I won't suggest unless they say that I will have to go otherwise. Just to stipulate this problem has not presented itself as being in there mind as a problem yet, but it might do??!! I am forever worried about losing my job FYI, I guess it is the nature of being out of work so many times, coupled with the fact that they have to keep finding work for me to do.MFWannabe said:
Why would you ask to go part time and then look for another part time job as well?CrazyBee787 said:Today I am staying at 6/12 No spend days, I will no doubt at this point go over on spending but I will try to keep it to a minimum. I have bought Fish & Chips tonight and it was needed. Not a bad day but A little bit of tension from a customer, I feel very angered today, my colleague says I need not be she understands her perspective yet she was the one to ask me to find an alternative person to communicate with and it has all ended with the original person I had been emailing giving me fallout because I went behind her back. However if she had responded to any of my emails I sent we wouldn't be in this predictament! She was not a happy bunny. The whole day has been angry all because i don't have enough work to do and my line manager had given me a task of going over big invoiced clients and another task which was also dull. The long and short of it is they don't have enough work for me, however they need me I think so we can cover each other should we get ill etc. That is what I am hoping for and or they give us more work to do going forward? I don't know they if thery really want two people but most of the time I am busy, after alll it is Thursday, however it was some of Wednesday also. I was thinking of asking to go part time but I need the money and I am not sure I can get another part time job to cover the days?You’re employed full time
You’ve stated most of the time you’re busy
Don’t make rash decisions based on one bad moment
Don't worry I am not doing anything silly or irrational! just contemplating possibilitiesXX Thank youXX0 -
Do NOT ask to go part time. Take it as it comes.I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
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I agree Beanie, I am not going to suggest it unless the alternative is not having a job. Thank youXXbeanielou said:Do NOT ask to go part time. Take it as it comes.
Today I am on 6/12 No spend days and aiming for 7. I have paid for the fish and chips out of current account where there is at least £50 if not £75 wiggle room, with keeping all other plans in place (I will work it out). Therefore I still have £64.12 in pot/ £600 89% utilised. I am supposed to do all chores today, I just feel so tired, so I may save them for a day over the weekend, it is not like it can't wait. However it would have been good to get them out the way, I suppose. We'll see. In my hour lunch break it would be good to change the linenat least. I have just done the calculation there is a further £50 wiggle room from this point after fish and chips! I am hoping that is enough.0
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