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Living Frugally

After the Christmas period many of us feel the financial pinch. There are two ways essentially in finance to deal with this: 1. increase your income or 2. reduce your expenditure. I’m voting for the latter by attempting to live more frugally. To live frugally means: Frugal Definition adjective not wasteful; not spending freely or [...]

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Money Magick

I previously posted about my finances (See Credit Crunch). I had wrote a letter to the bank explaining my income, my expenses and one off expenses this month (MOT, Road Tax, etc.). I also advised the bank when the best time (for me) would be to reduce my overdraft facility. I then sent out some [...]

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Credit Crunch

I must admit that I was worried about the credit crunch when I applied for a mortgage (see The Move). But it all was fine and I thought I had escaped any impact the credit crunch could have on me, wrong! My main overdraft account is being reduced by £1,000. Ok this is not really [...]

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It’s all in their hands

Hello Readers! I am fustrated today as everything in relation to the apartment is in their hands. So who’s them? The house builder, the financial advisor, the bank, etc. There is nothing more I can do at present and no way to speed the process up. I want to move as ASAP (see Not a [...]

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Things are changing…

…and it’s all good! I know I have started to feel stuck in a rutt. So I decided to get myself out of it! I went to an apartment block to see if their were apartments to rent but soon discovered on entering the sales office that there weren’t. But with the encouragement of a [...]

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Dear Madonna*

I am in conflict which you are at the very centre of. You see as a gay man I am suppose to worship you. I am suppose to love you and your music. I want to come to see you at your up-coming tour. Indeed you are giving me the opportunity by playing at the [...]

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Goals for 2009

We all have goals don’t we? Well here’s mine, for 2009 (owe it rhymes): Health – To Improve my blood sugar control, eat better & be generally healthy. Financial – To pay off debts (one from last year I didn’t actually manage to do). Work – To complete work-related qualification & continue my professional development. [...]

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More people practicing The Craft

As 2009 approaches (ok well it’s upon us but I’m a little behind), more people are turning to The Craft (witchcraft) to rid their woes of 2008. I was listening to the Radio, the presenter was advising people to write down their concerns and shred them using a shredder. The majority of people calling in [...]

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Things I want, but can’t afford

Available on the old blog. Click here to read.

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The value of customer service

Many companies these days under estimate the value of good customer service to it’s customers. I have over the last 12 months experienced very poor customer service from serveral large companies including: a well-known British Telecommunications company, a mobile phone company (containing a 2 in it’s name) and a bank (which has singing bank managers [...]

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