so its been a while. several long knackered weeks to be exact, this post may well be short, but i'm trying to break the ice, having been out of the habit.

i did try to post last tuesday night, but i was so exhausted i managed to leave a blank space. yay tired!

the weeks have been both busy, and eventful. busy due to work (but i've got 3 flexi days to take now ~little dance~) - i'm sure i don't get paid enough to go in for 7:30 and not leave til after 6:30, but hey. also busy due to life outside work, which has been fun, but to anyone who has seen me in the last few weeks i certainly haven't felt like normal me on the inside, so who knows how it came out! (best moments of this include having a couple who the Boy knows from his last job round for dinner last thursday, during the match, me talking rubbish for about 30 minutes then falling asleep during the crucial extra time . . .)

i'll finish now with our tale of the barclaycard: principally why you should not use them (they have no security).

a few months ago the Boy cancelled his barclaycard (with the company, and then cut it up). so we were a little surprised when on saturday 19th we got a letter asking us to call them, as they thought there might be some fraud on the card, as our bill was now £19 000. sadly no one could help us on the saturday, so come monday morning the Boy spent some time (!) on the phone hearing about the fraud (£19 000 largely withdrawn in cash, when the previous credit limit had been £10 000). the Boy got the limit set back to zero, and it looked like all would be well. until wednesday when barclays withdrew about £11 000 from our current account (thereby freezing it). cue panicked phone calls as our homegroup began to arrive. barclaycard were rubbish. our bank, smile, were fab. our bank stopped barclaycard from being able to take any more money from us, and began to claim the money back (it would take 48 hours). the next day the Boy began to have a bit more joy with barclaycard and they agreed to give us the money back (in the meantime we both still have current accounts from before we were married and used our interest free overdrafts on them; i took particular satisfaction as mine was with barclays!). friday afternoon we had £20 000 in our account, because smile had also retrieved the money! so currently its sitting there, barlcays haven't asked for it back, yet and when they do, we'll give it, obviously, once they promise us some compensation! so it has all turned out well, but there were a few minutes on wednesday night when i thought we'd be liable for the whole £19 000, money we really don't have!

~end of saga~

ps yay to our homegroup who were lovely and prayed for us in teh midst of the mess!
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