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lnr ([personal profile] lnr) wrote2003-01-22 10:54 am

Oooh, I like post!

In this morning's post, in 3 batches I found:

1) a parcel left in the bin cupboard: this is my box of nice chocs. I think I'm going to save them for a while.

2) a new credit card from first direct. I applied for it cos Nationwide were taking forever and I wasn't sure they wouldn't turn me down. Now I have 3, since I decided to keep the egg one after all. This seems like overkill really! I think I shall take a while to decide which is most convenient and then cancel the others. Nationwide has the best cashback, 1% for the first 6 months and 0.5% thereafter. First Direct has the nicest card: matte black!

3) my box of books from amazon.fr (first 4 harry potters and TLOTR, all in French): lucky I was late out of the house this morning since I had to sign for it and if I'd been on time I'd have just got a card and had to go chase it up at the depot. Oooh, can't wait to read them :-) (When I've finished King Rat at least, which I'm really getting into now).

Actually I think at this rate I may soon be able to return all the books I've borrowed from Jan: I think I've decided "en attendant Godot" is a bit beyond my capabilities in French for the meantime, might try it again once I've had some practice with my new lighter selection of reading matter.

credit cards

[identity profile] senji.livejournal.com 2003-01-22 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
I've just taken the plunge and got a credit card from the Co-op (who are nice and friendly) for paying off work expenses and such. It doesn't do fancy cashback things, but it does donate money to Amnesty International, which is a Good Thing (tm).
It also looks quite nice :).
Image
(Image blatently borrowed from the co-op's website (http://www.co-operativebank.co.uk/personal/visa_affinity_amnesty.html))

Re: credit cards

[identity profile] senji.livejournal.com 2003-01-22 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
*sheepish grin*
Sorry, that wasn't meant to sound like I was trying to pressure you into getting one...

[identity profile] ex-lark-asc.livejournal.com 2003-01-22 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
I was very glad to discover that Sainsbury's picked the blue part of their colour scheme rather than the orange for their credit cards ;)

I'm sticking very firmly with one though, since I'm entirely capable of running up the bill on that quite ludicrously without feeling like I've got more where that came from..