Moving on up! 🏡

themadvix

Definitely best to use things up rather than let them go to waste! Not a cheapskate at all!

South_coast

Free is my favourite price 😀! And it's not like you're scraping it off her body and re-using it, now that would be cheap 😬

Mrs_Money_Penny

Definitely have it especially sanctuary 😀

debtfreewannabe321

Um you're in the right place to be confessing to taking others stuff for free 🤣 I doubt anyone here would call you a cheapskate and I suspect we'd have all said yes. 🤭🤣

Jessy103

🤣🤣🤣

I did completely forget where I was and that you lot are my tribe then, didn't I?

I did end up having today off. I was doing some painting for a customer yesterday and seemed to have pulled a muscle in my arm in the process as I woke up feeling very sore this morning, so figured a rest day was in order. I have still done a load of washing, cleaned the filters in the extraction unit above the hob/oven and been to the pet shop.

We had quiche, potatoes and salad for tea and now I'm catching up on Gogglebox before I go to bed for an early night 🙂

Jessy103

How is it Wednesday already?! The days seem to be going very quickly lately, i think it's because I'm enjoying what I'm doing. I had a lovely message from one of my newer customer's (the one that lives in the next village) on Monday after I had been there saying she was close to tears as she was so happy with the work I had done and what a difference it had made for her. That really made me happy! On the other hand, I did a 3hr clean this afternoon, the owners weren't there and I have not had any feedback or been paid yet. I'm hoping its just because they are a busy household with 3 kids. My brother works with the husband so I'm sure I will get paid, I'm just anxious they didn't think I did a good job 😔

This morning my high interest saver matured, so I've cashed it out and opened a S&S ISA. I will start to contribute what I can to this to go towards my retirement. I need to have a look at what to do with the workplace pension I had and the money in it and if to just leave it or open another and transfer it over. A job for the weekend I think.

Also, good news, doggo has healed nicely with just a small amount of scabbing now. This means he is allowed in the garden off lead and I am able to sit on my swing and enjoy a cup of tea 😀

Jessy103

Yay! Just got a message from this afternoons customer and she is very happy and booked me for another 3hr clean next week! She's also paid! Woohoo!

themadvix

Jessy, if you don’t want to go down the SIPP route for your self-employed pension, you can open a Nest pension or a PensionBee one as a self-employed person - you add contributions and they reclaim the tax from the government and add it to your pot - fees are not as low as a SIPP could be, but comparable with a workplace pension. Worth taking a look at (there might be other similar options too, but these both come out well).

South_coast

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82131525#Comment_82131525

Yay, well done 😀😀😀

beanielou

Glad you got paid.