07.30.06
Credit Card bill – The return…
So here’s the credit card bill post back. Paddy doesn’t approve 
but I will bow to popular acclaim (well, 2 or 3 comments). I posted it originally because when I read down through it I realised that everything on it was really positive (for me) and I felt very happy about my purchases. Which isn’t always the case…sometimes you resent or regret the purchases. But these were all happy. The day I wore the cheap pashmina in town was great fun. And I’d had a nice lunch the day I got the bus home. And the train ticket was to go to Inchydoney where I was treated to a long promised weekend away. And I like having a card to give someone. And the hair worked out really well. I’ve been getting it done locally for ages and it was starting to show. Anyway, you get get the drift….I am not miserable stay-at-home-down-the-cul-de-sac deprived mother. I am girl about town again. Hurrah!
Not bad this month
Tie Rack 32.95 (emergency purchase of pashmina thingy when in town on sunny but actually cold day)
Foundation 171.50 (hair salon, cut, colour and purchase of shampoo and conditioner, dear, I know but feckit. That’s for me.)
Amazon 16.73 (the nanny diaries – unread – but for research purposes)
Travel agency REFUND!! Hurrah!!! 700 (from hotel where we complained about health and safety issues)
O2 – Mobile phone bill 49.11 (have normally cut back to around 25 but some roaming charges on this one – bastards)
Bus Eireann 6.30 (Enfield to Dublin one way – bought from efficient machine in Busarus instead of queuing)
Iarnrod Eireann Heuston 90 (Dublin Cork return – City Gold on way back (no City Gold on way down – not available)
Prontaprint 133.10 Business cards! Happy purchase. I now have nice cards to hand to people with my contact details. I have no title. I am “Sarah Carey”. I didn’t know what title to put down and I said, feckit, I am me, I don’t have to be called something in addition to my name.
02 Retail – 139 – New mobile phone. Other one abused by children (my own fault) and eventually broke. I had cancelled the insurance on the bill ( SUCH a ripoff) but don’t mind new outlay. Even when you have the insurance they put you through such administrative torture to collect that it simply isn’t worth it. I have switched from motorola to Nokia tho and am having some adjusting to do with the menus..the Motorola menus were easier I think…
Superquinn – online shop 123 – again fine. Includes 8.95 delivery charge. So handy getting it delivered. Saves hours of hassle.
Sky 30.50 – yuck. Still, its the telly, what can you do…
note btw that I have the mobile and telly coming off the credit card – no charges for bill paying from a credit card…
All in all, a not unpainful bill.
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