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Ok, things have been ok recently, we've managed to get the finances back into some sort of semblance of order, and for the frst time in 10 years found ourselves actually not living in the overdraught (thanks to my share option and yearly bonus)! Then the last few weeks it seems to have gone wrong again!
About 3 weeks ago the main oven of our cooker packed up, the door has been going for a while, not shutting properly, and generally after 8 1/2 years hard use its coming to the end of its life, so we've been looking for a replacement for the past few weeks, but as its a 90cm one its not been quite as simple as we thought!
Add on top of that the fact that hubby's car, Fiat Panda scrapped through its MOT last week, with an advisory that the whole of the rear suspension is on its last legs, and in the words of our friendly mechanic, 'Get shut of it asap, its going to be uneconomical to repair it as it will cost more than its worth!'
So, we knew we were facing a couple of big bills, one for a new cooker and another for a replacement car for Lee (we live in a small village 7 miles from his work with really poor public transport, and Lee works shifts that can start at 6am and finish at 1130pm, so much as we'd like to do without a car, we really dont have all that much of a choice in the matter! No car = no work for Lee)
Today we went out shopping, and popped into Currys to look at the cookers, found a Leisure 90cm cooker on clearance, really good price, so ended up buying it, its going to be installed in 2 weeks time!
Its not only a lovely cooker, but feels really well put together and a lot more solid than the Elba one we are sadly going to say goodbye to!
Leisure Range 90 CMTG95
After leaving Currys Lee said he wanted to pop into VW to have a look at the Fox.......... well, 2 hours later we exited!
Having paid the deposit and agreed a trade in for Lee's Panda! We pick up his brand new Fox in dark grey on Thursday!
The Official Website for Volkswagen UK : Volkswagen UK
Looks like its going to be beans on toast n cereal to eat for the foreseeable future! Lol!
Ah well, tis only money!
About 3 weeks ago the main oven of our cooker packed up, the door has been going for a while, not shutting properly, and generally after 8 1/2 years hard use its coming to the end of its life, so we've been looking for a replacement for the past few weeks, but as its a 90cm one its not been quite as simple as we thought!
Add on top of that the fact that hubby's car, Fiat Panda scrapped through its MOT last week, with an advisory that the whole of the rear suspension is on its last legs, and in the words of our friendly mechanic, 'Get shut of it asap, its going to be uneconomical to repair it as it will cost more than its worth!'
So, we knew we were facing a couple of big bills, one for a new cooker and another for a replacement car for Lee (we live in a small village 7 miles from his work with really poor public transport, and Lee works shifts that can start at 6am and finish at 1130pm, so much as we'd like to do without a car, we really dont have all that much of a choice in the matter! No car = no work for Lee)
Today we went out shopping, and popped into Currys to look at the cookers, found a Leisure 90cm cooker on clearance, really good price, so ended up buying it, its going to be installed in 2 weeks time!
Its not only a lovely cooker, but feels really well put together and a lot more solid than the Elba one we are sadly going to say goodbye to!
Leisure Range 90 CMTG95
After leaving Currys Lee said he wanted to pop into VW to have a look at the Fox.......... well, 2 hours later we exited!
Having paid the deposit and agreed a trade in for Lee's Panda! We pick up his brand new Fox in dark grey on Thursday!
The Official Website for Volkswagen UK : Volkswagen UK
Looks like its going to be beans on toast n cereal to eat for the foreseeable future! Lol!
Ah well, tis only money!
But alas the money pit of a house I am renovating is devouring my resources faster than I can replemish them.
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