A short week.
Tuesday already, Christmas was okay, but for sure I will celebrath it so differently next year, oh yes! I had my rest with Christmas, that's for sure, but being alone was hell. Today was just fine, I had a few things to do in the morning. First I went to the cityhall, and oh it was busy there. Most people stood in line for a new ID card, cause next year January the ID card will be alot expensiver. Atleast more then fifty people stood in line, I passed them all cause I needed the copymachine for a few copies. The copying was done in five minutes, next I had a question for my taxes paying. I can get a sum of money back from taxes, but ofcource I need to arrange and settle alot of things to get that done.
I went to the information desk and I showed the lady my letter where I had a question about, I asked the lady which desk I had to go with this question. She gave me a little card with a number and a letter on it and she said, "You'll have to watch the screen in the waiting hall when it's your turn, the letter and number will apear on the screen plus the desk number , then you can ask the person on that desk your question."In other words I will have to wait in line with the others who were asking for a new ID. Oh well, it was busy but it was nice aswell being among people, lol. I think I waited fifteen minutes, then it was my turn. I asked my question and got an answer. Did I get any wiser? Hmm, not really, lol.
Sometimes people speak in such terms that when they explain it a hundred times, you still don't understand it, lol. Anyway, as always I will figure it out. The next station I had to go to was my bank the ING, I needed copies from my bank statements from the last two months. Kinda logical that I went to my bank right? But... they couldn't make the copies, reason? They just don't do such things. Sigh, I miss sometimes my old bank in the old days, when I just could get anything done and they even served you a coffee in a mug while there doing it. Anyhow, I could get the copies but I'll have to wait two weeks for it and it will cost me some money. Yeah, never mind, right! Then I asked them for a travel insurance, that could be arranged.
I needed a insurance for only five days, that was no problem. The travel insurance was settled in ten minutes, good! Still I needed the bank statements copies, I switched over to plan B. I went to Humanitas, ringed the doorbell and asked if I could use the printer to make some copies, no problem! They even helped me out, I was done in fifteen minutes. No two weeks waiting and it didn't cost me, though I dislike it when I have to ask them, now I know aswell that I don't ask them every day or every week, but still. Confession: I haven't looked on my bank account to see how much mony I got for almost a month now, just cause I was nervous I wouldn't have enough money for the London trip. I didn't wanna worry myself.
This morning I had to, cause I needed to log into my bank account online to print a few bank statements. When I logged in I scrolled down right away, just to not see my amount of money. But while printing I saw the amount of money, I can only tell you that I felt relieved, cause I thought I would have less. Sigh! Silly me! Not bad though if I realize that I started of in January from this year with only five Euro on my account. I really tried to save money, everyday, day in day out. With succes, I know next year things will be better. I'm thinking of buying a piggy bank for next year, has to be a nice one, so nice that I really want to throw some coins in it.
The ammount of money I had made me jolly again and brought me in a 'buying' mood, lol. I haven't bought something for my house or for myself for atleast a month. So, today I thought, what can I buy? Has to be something small, cause I'm still easy with the money. I went to the second hand store to look for a tv-cabinet, I already have one, I know. But this tv-cabinet doesn't match with my coffee table, the colors don't quit match. I'm not gonna spend hundred of Euro's on a tv-cabinet that's for sure, so a second hand store is good. I didn't succeed though, I saw two nice ones but they were to high. The colors were perfect.
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| Piggy bank! |
This morning I had to, cause I needed to log into my bank account online to print a few bank statements. When I logged in I scrolled down right away, just to not see my amount of money. But while printing I saw the amount of money, I can only tell you that I felt relieved, cause I thought I would have less. Sigh! Silly me! Not bad though if I realize that I started of in January from this year with only five Euro on my account. I really tried to save money, everyday, day in day out. With succes, I know next year things will be better. I'm thinking of buying a piggy bank for next year, has to be a nice one, so nice that I really want to throw some coins in it.
The ammount of money I had made me jolly again and brought me in a 'buying' mood, lol. I haven't bought something for my house or for myself for atleast a month. So, today I thought, what can I buy? Has to be something small, cause I'm still easy with the money. I went to the second hand store to look for a tv-cabinet, I already have one, I know. But this tv-cabinet doesn't match with my coffee table, the colors don't quit match. I'm not gonna spend hundred of Euro's on a tv-cabinet that's for sure, so a second hand store is good. I didn't succeed though, I saw two nice ones but they were to high. The colors were perfect.
On my way home I saw a hardware store, always nice to have a peek inside. I peeked around what I still could need in my house. It was a pretty expensive store though, so several times I skipped the buying when I saw the price. In the end I bought me a showerhead, I really could need one, so there. It was a nice price aswell.Like I said this will be a short week, tomorrow there's Wednesday already, Thursday I will pack my suitcases and get everything ready, and Friday early in the morning it's off to London. 6:00 am sharp! Excited, hmm, yeah but aswell a bit nerves, once when I will be on my way the nerves will be all gone.
