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  • jenjade
    jenjade Posts: 8,418 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    what is TNS?
    i got a cheque for £10 today from free leisure time free trial so i am well chuffed
    :j Proud mum to Jade age 10 years and Baby Ellie born Christmas Day:eek: with a broke heart :( Proven to be a little fighter and battling on with her heart condition :j
  • thepinklady
    thepinklady Posts: 1,459 Forumite
    Afternoon girlies,

    Yay – won the Alton Towers tickets on ebay for £10.50. Somebody was selling The Sun tickets they got by saving up tokens, bit cheeky selling them seeing as they were free, but I’m a happy bunny as got two tickets for £10.50, instead of paying £35 each for two tickets. Thank you again Amy for your offer this morning.

    Are you asleep under your desk yet Amy??? :p
  • **Amy**
    **Amy** Posts: 2,680 Forumite
    Hiya Hayley

    Ooooooo well done on the tickets, thats a fantastic price :beer: :j

    I never thought of looking on ebay for tickets to theme parks. Will remember next time. I want to go to Alton Towers for my birthday next year, and stay in the hotel. :D

    Very nearly asleep. Im on a sugar rush at the mo, about to crash and burn soon! But I have done all of my work so im dead chuffed with myself. :T

    x
    Debt: just my mortgage :D
  • thepinklady
    thepinklady Posts: 1,459 Forumite
    We thought about staying in the Alton Towers hotel, but then i realised its not very DFW to be paying out to stay in the hotel when we could stay in a Premier Inn for around £40 :D, if it was for a special occiasion then fair do's, but decided i must stop forking out for things i don't really need when I have a holiday to Vegas coming up soon :j

    It must be nearly home time soon for you Amy? i remember i always used to worry about falling asleep on the train and ending up in Ashford :cool: , thats only ever happened once, but it was on a tube and i ended up in North London being woken up near the depot by a man cleaning the train :eek: so glad i'm not 21 anymore!!!!!
  • **Amy**
    **Amy** Posts: 2,680 Forumite
    Oooo good on you for being DFW :beer: Im desperate to go on holiday. I have only ever been to Ireland, and thats because my mum lives there :rolleyes: I want to go somewhere hot and fun, I bet Las Vegas will be so cool.

    I have an hour to go until i get to leave, and then I have to clean the flat when i get in, and then i can relax, so probably about 9pmish :o

    I always sleep on the train home, i generally wake up around Dartford which is about 10 mins from home, so thats not too bad.

    x
    Debt: just my mortgage :D
  • Nichelette
    Nichelette Posts: 2,175 Forumite
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    Jen, TNS is another survey site, but it pays in nectar points. I think when they finish playing about with it soon you'll be able to get amazon ones as well. Those tickets were a bargain Hayley!

    I sold three £10 necklaces yesterday so I've just come back from posting them, I got an email from the auditing job I applied for telling me I'm through to the next stage. Have to do some internet tests now...seems a bit scary but the practice ones look okay. I'm going to do them tomorrow to give me a bit of time to prepare.
    Finally bought a home
    Starting mortgage £289,500 31.01.19 - Current outstanding £189,116.67
    Overpayments since 27.03.19: £53,969.12
    Moving fund so far £3000 - Premium bonds £9,500
    Food spend £210.98/£3000
  • thepinklady
    thepinklady Posts: 1,459 Forumite
    I love Vegas, I have been twice before, in total been to America 7 times. My best mate lives in NYC so that helps when I want a cheapish holiday. I've just worked out how I have debt; I have been to 18 different places in the world :eek:

    I hope you enjoy your relaxing time with your cats later then. A nice cuddle on the sofa whilst watching a dvd, the best way to spend an evening i say :D fingers crossed my new blu-ray dvd has come today, so i can also have an evening infront of the box snuggled up with the OH :j however, give me a cat any day to snuggle up too!!!! :p

    I guess your body gets used to where to wake up, which is good as means you get to have a nap! I'm guessing the train you get is a slow train then and not a fast train? by that i mean your train stops at literally every stop possible :rotfl:




  • tattycath
    tattycath Posts: 7,175 Forumite
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    Hi all. Does anyone remember the other week I said I had e.mailed macdonalds with a complaint???
    I got a letter back today and if I take the letter in to macdonalds (the one I complained about) they will give me 2 free complimentary meals of my choice!!!!! Result. I just know I am going to enjoy the FREE meals... Just don't know how much to offset against my july challenge... Does £9 sound about right guys? (cost of 2 meals ish)
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  • **Amy**
    **Amy** Posts: 2,680 Forumite
    Oooo 18 places... i have been to Cork about 50 times :rotfl:

    Thank you, im looking forward to this weekend, a nice chilled one me thinks. I love cuddling up with the cats. Dylan in particular gives me cuddles every evening. He is soooo big though. He kept falling off my lap the other night because i had some silky type PJs on, he kept grumbling every time he did, so eventually i went and got a towel :p

    Fingers crossed for your DVD Hayley!

    You are spot on about the train, it takes ages! Its a complete pain in the butt! :rolleyes:
    Debt: just my mortgage :D
  • **Amy**
    **Amy** Posts: 2,680 Forumite
    tattycath wrote: »
    Hi all. Does anyone remember the other week I said I had e.mailed macdonalds with a complaint???
    I got a letter back today and if I take the letter in to macdonalds (the one I complained about) they will give me 2 free complimentary meals of my choice!!!!! Result. I just know I am going to enjoy the FREE meals... Just don't know how much to offset against my july challenge... Does £9 sound about right guys? (cost of 2 meals ish)


    OOoo thats great news Cath. I think regular meals are around £3.50 or something like that? Dunno.

    What did you complain about? (sorry couldnt find the thread earlier!)

    x
    Debt: just my mortgage :D
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