Afternoon guys
Jim - I'll go for Wales too - seeing as Oz are the mortal enemies of Kiwi supporters everywhere!
Sorry it has been a bit quiet from me, but there have a few big decisions going on here. Good news re the new job, got an interview! Not sure when, next week, I expect.
In the meantime, and following the whole "My life is a soap opera" theme, I have withdrawn from buying the flat. There are all sorts of mutterings at my current job lately, about restructuring and job losses - and when that happens, the contractors are usually the first ones out the door. I kept thinking back to how miserable things were for me last year, and I had vowed to myself that I would NEVER get so financially worried ever again - but if I bought the flat, lost my job and had a struggle to find another one, then I would put myself straight back where I was before - in the poo!
Luckily we haven't exchanged, so it's just a few hundred for solicitors fees, and then I am free to decide what to do.
If I don't get the new job, then nothing lost, and I have plenty to see me through.
If I do get the new job, then I'll rent somewhere really nice for a couple of years, down on the coast, and stash as money away as I can, and then buy outright - so, no mortgage and no debt!
It's the right decision, I know, but talk about keeping things lively!
Hope you're all having a good day.