PoppyOscar, Le Cochon and the MFW adventure

setmefree2

poppyoscar wrote: »

Progress towards my mass op on july 4th is quite promising so far......
£25 premium bond win
£155 money owed by various sisters
£133 travel expenses
that means i have less than £200 to find next month out of other money.
how are you doing barneysmom?

Well done you :T

poppyoscar_3

Yayyyy! Just saw my mum and she gave me a letter (some stuff still goes there even though i was only there for a while in 2007) and it had a cheque for £21.01 from Lloyds - presumably something to do with my hally shares from years ago. That's another bit of my July OP.

evab_2

Nice little letter, PO. When does DH get back? Mine goes away in 2 weeks time for the weekend, I can't wait coz I'll actually save some money then!

poppyoscar_3

DH came back two weeks ago - 25 days was toooooo long! Very very happy to have him back!:D I hated it without him here!

evab_2

Cor I'm a bit slow, yep 25 days is looooong mine is only going for 2 so not too bad but will be going away for 2 weeks after his basic training, gonna be hard working, having the kids and trying to fit in some running!

StuartGMC

Ladies
Do remember your OH is also away and on his own. However, as I do travel away a bit now (not the 25% of the year I used too) I know it is not easy for you left at home who then want time away, whereas OH is happy to just be home as he's been away...

Whatever the duration, look on it as a chance to make time for your own things, maybe food you prefer for example (my OH and DD eat fish and pasta dishes when I'm away as I don't like them). So hopefully you can see some positives for you too.

evab_2

Yeah the positive is that I get some peace and quiet! lol I'll miss him really.

Mortgage_Reduction_Novice

I have to say I'm always surprised at the money saved on food when my OH is away... not that he's a greedy so and so, just that he's very tall and very active both at work and in his free time! Takes me a few days to get used to get used to cooking much smaller amounts so the freezer gets restocked by accident at first.

poppyoscar_3

Mortgage_Reduction_Novice wrote: »

I have to say I'm always surprised at the money saved on food when my OH is away... not that he's a greedy so and so, just that he's very tall and very active both at work and in his free time! Takes me a few days to get used to get used to cooking much smaller amounts so the freezer gets restocked by accident at first.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
yeah - mine's the same! tall, active and hollow legs!

my op for this month has gone up by £110 as my mum put said amount into my mortgage account today! she offloads a little bit each year so the tax man doesn't get it in inheritance tax. nice and unexpected, and because she paid it into the account, the troll bead temptation never got a chance!
:D:D

poppyoscar_3

I'm going to be sub £11k after the next OP!!!!!

Today stands at £11,167.06! The n come Saturday I'll op £500 and anything that's baggable in le cochon (not sure there is anything actually!) Then I will be really motivated to get sub £10k asap! Am sooo excited (sad but true!!)