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Claim Back Money You Are Owed!!

I have just come into a small fortune due to a forgotten about savings account.

While sorting through some paperwork this weekend I found an old Leeds Building Society account book (they were bought out by Halifax). It was savings account that my Nan had set up for me when I was a baby and I was allowed access to the funds when I passed my driving test.

I haven't used the account since 1997 and there was a balance of about £36 still in there. So I though I would check it out and see if the account was still active and try and get the money back.

Well, after 10 years, it had gone from £36 to £102!!!!!!!!! Which is fantastic (especially at this time of the month - wages from last month getting low and still 10 days till next pay day)

I thought I would share this with you all - Get digging out your old account books. Who knows what fortunes you might have lurking. It's your money - don't let Gordon get his hands on it!! (he's trying to get access to inactive accounts which have not been used for 15 or more years)

I have attached a link to a website that might help with you search.

http://www.bba.org.uk/bba/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=144

I Feel Like A Whole New Woman!

I have reached a weight loss of one and a half stone!!!  And I feel great
 
I feel happier, more positive and am enjoying life more.  It's amazing how losing weight can affect you, not only physically but emotionally as well.
 
I'm on my way to being the dress size I would like to be.  Hopefully I'll get the motivation needed to get on my exercise bike and get fit as well

My First Mile STONE!

Well I've reached my first stone (yey!)  Several more to go

Costly Cars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well what can I say?!!?!?  My car went for it MOT on Tuesday and failed badly, I took it in yesterday for its repairs, and they were not completed as the parts the supplier had shipped were the wrong parts, dropped it in this morning with the hope of everything being completed by lunchtime.
 
And Guess What????????????? it's now got something else wrong with it, and the bill keeps mounting up.  The garage is not trying to rip me off, I have been using them for a very long time and this is the first time I have had a car that has failed this badly. 
 
I was expecting to pay about £200 (on average repair costs for any car I have owned has been between £100-£200).  I am now expecting to pay about £500!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
If I could afford it I would buy a brand new car, but I can't so I have to put up with second hand cars. 
 
Maye one day I'll win one of those car competitions I keep entering.

I am soooooooooooo over it (I hope!?!?)

My yearning for chocolate has subsided (despite there being a box of Celebrations sat on the desk next to me at work - and i'm not eating them :)) and I am not missing it that much anymore.  I have lost a total of 9 1/2 punds since 1 May.  I am very chuffed about it, but there is still a long way to go. 
 
I am experimenting with different dishes so I am not stuck with eating just salad and the bonus is that my partner is eating the same, so I don't have to cook to separate dishes.  I am surprised how easy I am finding it as I do have a very very very sweet tooth and could eat tons of sweets and chocolate a day.  Well its weigh in tomorrow and I will update this space when I next feel the need. 
 
Ta ta for now x

I'm now desparate for Chocolate

Well I've created this site so I thought I'd better start to put it to good use.
 
I have now been on a diet since 1 May 2007.  I need to lose a bit of weight (you will see from my pictures I'm a bit of a chubby), so far I have lost 5.5 pounds and still have quite a lot to lose before I reach my target weight.  My only problem is I am now having a bit of a crisis with regards to Chocolate and Sweets, I am desparately in need of some!
 
I know my sacrifice will be worth it in the end, but it does not help that there is always something naughty in the office to tempt me, and so far I have resisted, but for how much longer.
 
Don't know if anyone actuallys reads this but, hey, it helps me, like a diary.
 

All About Me

Well I've created this space and I thought I'd better put some information about my self on here.
 
I am no longer blonde as my pictures show, I have grown it out and am now a brunette (pictures pending).  I live in a small town in Wiltshire with my long term partner.  We have 1 cat (Tigger), 1 lizard (Freckles) and 2 snakes (Cleopatra and Houdini).
 
We have a lot of interests and we try to do a bit of each as often as we can. 
 
My interests involve:
Medieval Re-enactment - I belong to a group call Medieval Heritage Society
Medieval Crafts - Spinning, Weaving, Tapestry
Other Crafts - Cross Stitch, Knitting, Sewing
Reading - Especially Terry Pratchetts Discworld series
There other little things I do but these are the main.
 
When I think of anything else intresting to write about myself, I will submit another entry.
 
Ta-ta for now xxx