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Fluffycloudland77 · 06/05/2017 12:20

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needastrongone · 18/05/2017 12:39

Wow!

I've been selected for the Liz Earle cleanse and polish kit and moisturiser, got the stuff today! It's $$$$$$$ usually (or pounds, obviously Smile).

Coppersulphate · 18/05/2017 14:51

Wreck, how terrible fir you and the DCs. I am sure DH will apologise. Glad the DCs are ok. Must have been a real fright.
Blimey Need, that's brilliant. Did you enter a competition or just apply?
Cag, hope it's going well for DD. brave girl for such a young age.
Spends £1 on cup of tea with friends.
Just planted some French be and that my neighbour gave me as he had the plants over. And finished repotting the strawberries.

needastrongone · 18/05/2017 15:32

Sorry Copper, I should have said, it's via the MN Product testing thing.

MeadowHay · 18/05/2017 16:35

Need It's not that I forgot, it's just I don't know what to write on the letter asking for an appeal and I can't call the welfare rights group to due anxiety, and when I e-mail they just send me generic information back that doesn't answer my questions. So I have been relying on DH to sort it out for me but he has been finding it difficult to get through to them on the phone (often it's virtually impossible as the lines get so blocked up), and tbh I'm a bit narked because I tried to get him to sort it out early and he was blasé and didn't and now I have all this extra stress because he left it so late Angry. He feels bad and said sorry and I know it is hard for him having to do so many things for me so I guess I can't really be annoyed but it is stressful.

In other news of public bodies letting me down, I have another erroneous letter from Student Finance, strangely claiming that I've just told them that last academic year I was repeating my third year and thus I was entitled to no funding for it as it was second repeat year...which is wrong as it was my first attempt at my third year, and indeed I have never repeated any years of my degree Confused. They made a massive cock-up a few months ago insisting I was repeating my third year this year and thus was entitled to no funding, it took about 6 weeks for welfare at my university to sort it out and prove to them that was a load of bollocks, so thankfully I got my summer term payments on time. Now it's as if they're determined to screw me over and are saying "well if this year isn't a repeat last year must have been" for no apparent reason Confused. The whole thing is so bizarre. They are literally the most incompetent organisation I've ever had to deal with. So have had to e-mail my welfare adviser again asking for more help. Poor bloke must be sick of me!

Exam was harder than I was expecting and I had to guess a word which I of course then looked up when I got home and I translated it wrong -.-. But eh I'm sure I did alright anyway like.

Need Lucky you with the Liz Earle products! Also that's really good about your DC's school, they sound really good. I loved the school I went to sixth-form at, it was fantastic, they bent over backwards to help me achieve despite my mental health problems (I missed about a third of my schooling over AS & A2 years). I will never forget some of the staff there as I still feel indebted to them, they were amazing.

Fluffycloudland77 · 18/05/2017 16:59

Student finance are rubbish, surely if you repeated a year you would have started a year earlier than you did?.

£5.40 in sains.

Money in
£2.50 on free slots on Betfair (most boring things ever)
£30 free bet arrived from betfred. I should be able to turn it into £25 profit tomorrow.

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Girliefriendlikesflowers · 18/05/2017 19:19

Blimey Wreck that must have been frightening, can't believe your dh hasn't apologised Angry I would ban him from vaping in the home or anywhere near the kids now.

Sounds stressful Meadow Flowers

Thats lucky Need Star

Had a busy day at work, day off tomos thank God!! Need to have a look at the non existant finances as next month is going to be expensive with a holiday to Devon, cattery and a load of bdays to factor in....

WreckTangled · 18/05/2017 19:20

Girlie he doesn't vape in or around the house. The dc don't even know what it is because he only does it at work hence it being in his lunchbox. I'm still not talking to him.

LSD. Bought a macdonalds cheeseburger after work Blush

Laska5772 · 18/05/2017 20:55

I tried to post earlier , but the mobile site is doing strange stuff and I lost it all.. , now cant remember what I was going to write even.. it was about wreckeds situation, anyway I hope your Dcs are recovered ..

I am trying to figure out implications of my meeting with pensions advisor person ,and the options are all a bit complicated.. but sadly i think i am not going to be able to take out as much money as i thought I could at once for my campervan (well not withough paying lots of tax on it anyway) ,. It may be more of a drip feed than a splash out! Anyway i wont go into it here.. (because i am still trying to figure it all out)

I did want to say though Need ..great you got the Liz Earle stuff. I was v excited a couple of months ago when I 'won' a MN competiton for some posh cookware and a book... but unfortunately the cookware has never turned up.. MN have been helpful but I dont think ill see it now.. Sad.

Any one else cold? i really want to turn my heating back on!!

Coppersulphate · 18/05/2017 20:55

Oh Meadow, you must feel as if everybody's got it in for you. Hope you get it sorted out.
Just heard that the date of DGSs heart operation has been brought forward. Have just cancelled trip to Jersey. Need to be there for DGD and DDand DSiL. They are in bits as you can imagine.

Laska5772 · 18/05/2017 20:57

£2 on blueberries (again).. I have a real blueberry/greek yoghurt lunch thing going on right now...

Fluffycloudland77 · 18/05/2017 21:05

It might be better like this Copper, no date looming for weeks. Flowers

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Laska5772 · 18/05/2017 21:08

copper sending many, many heartfelt good wishes for a successful outcome for your DGS. I have a very good idea how it all feels for you and yours after similar fears for our DGD when she was born..(and who is now a bouncing 15 month old!)

Mummysh0rtlegs · 18/05/2017 21:40

£57 on asda delivery, more expensive than Aldi but I was too tired to face aldi. They have finally given me £10 of vouchers they've owed me for months, so I'll use those next week and then go back to aldi.

Cagliostro · 18/05/2017 21:42

The sooner the better copper I think but of course can see why it is so traumatic and scary Thanks

MN wasn't working on my phone earlier, I appear to have lost my post. DD in an awful state tonight, although today wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been really. Girl was still nasty though. Just confirms we are doing the right thing by backing off.

Spendy because we booked our July holiday - a few days in Charmouth near Lyme Regis! Wooooo fossils here we come!

Spent some time in the library too - getting admin sorted to apply for things like my bus pass (I now have a digital copy of my PIP award for any time I need it). Also got to tell some of my old colleagues (the nice ones :o) about the baby, which they were thrilled about, so that's cheered me right up.

We've had a right laugh watching the debate on ITV. DH got sent a bingo sheet and we've ticked off sooo many :o

Girliefriendlikesflowers · 18/05/2017 21:48

Fluffy need supplier advice, have been with Scottish Power for years but my current tariff runs out at the end of June, currently pay £60 per month but the tariffs they are offering me seem really shit Confused

Is it time to move? If so where is the best place to look for deals?

northender · 18/05/2017 21:52

copper the sooner the better I guess.Flowers
wreck what a horrible experience for you
cag I really hope your dd was okay today, children can be so cruel. Definitely the best thing for her to go, tough life lessons, but she'll be stronger in the long run.
Had a really productive morning at home getting jobs done, nothing very exciting but stuff that needed doing. The afternoon was spent helping out assessing MSc vivas. It's a module my cousin runs and they like to have clinicians on the panel. I spent £24 on car parking and train ticket. I may be able to claim that back but am not too worried as I get a lot out of it. £10 spent at Aldi on fruit (blueberries and strawberries here Laska) some garlic bread to go with the spag bol I left in the slow cooker for the afternoon.
Our garden is looking good at the moment, thanks mainly to great work on it by dh.
I sowed basil seeds in a pot a few days ago, but no sign of any shoots yet. Have also got tomato plants, cucumber and courgette seeds in pots in the conservatory, French beans and sweet corn seeds in the garden. This weekend will hopefully get beetroot, carrot and rocket seeds sown.

Quiet night doing not very much now.

Laska5772 · 18/05/2017 21:57

Girlie.. I am with OVO energy or both gas and electric and they have been consistently cheaper than anyone else .. they also come top of league for customer service etc ..
Also if you would like to pm me your email address i can recommend you as a friend and if you did decide to go ahead with them after getting a quote We will both get a £25 voucher either for M&S, argos or amazon.. Grin

Laska5772 · 18/05/2017 22:01

girlie you would need to pm me your name also as I would need to tell Ovo .. but I promise to keep it totally secret..

Laska5772 · 18/05/2017 22:18

..you'd also find out mine..!

Fluffycloudland77 · 18/05/2017 22:19

Girlie Mse energy club is whole of market, the tariffs I'm on didn't show up on other comparison sites, you can switch 49 days before a tariff ends.

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Coppersulphate · 18/05/2017 23:22

Cag, oooh I love Lyme Regis. If you are going on a fossil walk you can book it at Lyme museum and they fill up quickly.
DGD got a "fossil Ranger" pack for her birthday and she loves it. Have a look online.
Thanks for all the good wishes about little DGS. He is so young and will have an enormous scar. But you are all right. Better to get it over with.

Loveabaconsandwich · 19/05/2017 06:28

Flowers copper such a worrying time for you

I couldn't log in to MN yesterday evening either. Had an unremarkable day so you didn't miss much

Children can be so mean to each other cag. All you can really do is be supportive to your DD and you do it in bucket loads anyway.

Got to take DD2 to the docs today. Nursery thinks her nappy rash might be an infection

SnugglySnerd · 19/05/2017 07:54

Hooray! I can log in again. NSD yesterday. Going to catch up with you all now.

lifelongfrugaleer · 19/05/2017 08:22

I fell out with MN last night too

ememem84 · 19/05/2017 08:57

Whooping cough jab yesterday. My arm is sore £48 at the doctors but I can claim this back. Phew.

Also found out yesterday that I get £150 from my health insurance people for getting pregnant. Probably a mountain of paperwork to complete but totally worth it. Every penny counts!

Payday today yippee!!! So bank accounts are looking healthy.

Bought myself breakfast this morning (because I was a brave girl at the doctors) have a Brie and cranberry croissant and a coffee. I know I'm not meant to have soft cheese but it's cooked. And is delicious. So as a one off shouldn't hurt.

And the boy went all wiggly after I ate it. So yay!

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