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Mortgage Payment & Misc

May 30th, 2015 at 09:12 am

The last banking the difference item for the month is the paying the difference between the current mortgage payment ($1029) and the previous mortgage payment ($1178), being $149.

We paid that right before the mortgage payment was made, and also saved our monthly insurance payments to the offset account too. There's now just over $1000 there. We're really starting to see the interest reduction too - this month the interest was $584, which is the lowest interest charge ever, I believe! Which is really great.

Yesterday I decided to take a personal day on Monday, aka RDO, except paid for out of my annual leave. We have a really nice work lunch on Friday but my hair is now showing regrowth (it will be 8 weeks exactly - I usually try to stretch hair appointments to 10 weeks, but what is one to do?). I had the option of home-dyeing but when I called my hairdresser to ask for advice, she told me she could fit me in on Monday. I had an appointment with her in July, so I figure I will now see her Monday and move the July appointment to August. Yeah, taking a day to get my hair done may seem nonsensical to some, but I will feel better. And work is so quiet at the moment that I know it's no problem at all. So it works out for the month of June, I will be working two four day weeks because we have a public holiday next week too. One thing to say - Yay me!!!

Today B & I had a day out together. He wanted to go to a camping and outdoor expo, and then I thought about the OurDeal voucher I bought back in March (breakfast for 2 for $19, a crepe or omelette each plus beverage), and suggested that we have breakfast out and use it up also. This is the first time I have ever bought an OurDeal voucher (like Groupon), and it was such good value! B got an omelette which is normally worth $19, and then I got a crepe with salmon and we got coffees each too - about $50 worth of food! We could see why this café was selling these vouchers though. Lovely café, lovely food, but it was not near the popular main street or any foot traffic really. It was really nice though.

Then we spent a couple of hours at this expo- $17 entry each plus $15 parking was not cheap but it was nice to look around at so many things. We got an orange juice each $3.50, and a hot jam donut, each $2. We also bought a book which has shows various Australian free camping sites plus maps ($20), and I got sucked into buying a prawn peeler & deveiner ($12) - looking forward to trying that one out!

Hoping you all have a great weekend, off to read the blogs!

6 Responses to “Mortgage Payment & Misc”

  1. scottish girl Says:
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    A day getting your hair done sounds good! Will you have lunch out too?

  2. VS_ozgirl Says:
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    Not sure but I do want to do something relaxing to make use of the day off Smile

  3. FrugalTexan75 Says:
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    Sounds like you had a pretty nice day with the meal out and the expo. Smile Enjoy getting your hair done.

  4. VS_ozgirl Says:
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    Thanks!

  5. rob62521 Says:
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    Your omelet and crepe sounds delicious. Glad you found a great deal. Your expo sounded like a nice experience and it is good to treat yourself.

    Enjoy the hair appointment...sometimes our hair doesn't follow our calendar.

  6. VS_ozgirl Says:
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    Thank you, was a lovely day! Have felt very blessed to have such an enjoyable weekend

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