What's your most recent little win?

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Imaginary_Desk_@reddit

This is awesome! Well done Mummy and little one!

My little win is that my year 9 daughter has achieved 91% attendance this year! She’s had a really shit few years since starting secondary school, police investigations etc so her attendance has been awful.

This year she has not only turned around her attendance but also her behaviour in school, too. First time her positive behaviour points have far exceeded her negatives. It’s usually the other way round.

I’m extremely proud of her!

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CovidMakesMeSick@reddit

That's amazing! I'm not a parent but I was a rebellious teenager and cannot imagine getting better with school things rather than worse. Was there anything specific that brought the behaviour change on (other than your clearly fantastic parenting)?

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Imaginary_Desk_@reddit

Consistency at home, private and free counselling, having her back and going to relevant authorities for things outside of school have definitely helped her. We have full transparency in our parent/child relationship.

Also two teachers being there for her IN school; supporting her, the police investigations etc… Those two people have really been key factors. We liaise frequently. If my daughter is having a bad day at home or in school we have all been in contact and have many times over the years, decided whether or not to allow my daughter a mental health day or to push my daughter into going and/or staying. When our decision has been wrong, I have been allowed to go and collect my daughter.

Those two teachers really have had my daughters back! The only people who realise that my daughter is more than just a name on the register; and that for my daughter’s future her mental health has to be paramount.

Not only have they supported my daughter but they have supported me, too.

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CovidMakesMeSick@reddit

Those teachers sound amazing! I can imagine it definitely helps having people in school who care about her because they can see what's going on for all the times you're not there, and understand the nuances when other teachers might think she's just "playing up". I'm so happy to hear she has so many people looking out for her and that it has really helped, it's also awesome to have them to support you because they've probably seen similar situations and know what helps in them, so can help teach you that too. Also having full transparency is one of the most important things, because if you feel like you have to hide things from your parents then you're never going to fully get the help you need

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AirlineBetter428@reddit

im in year 10 and ive struggled with secondary, my attendance this year was 70% 😬😬😬 tell her im super proud of her too :)

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Imaginary_Desk_@reddit

Aww you are a wonderful person, I will pass this on once the birthday girl wakes up.

70% is a good attendance in my opinion- especially as adapting to secondary can be difficult- well done to you. Are you enjoying your GCSEs when you do go in?

If it helps, my lowest attendance was 23%. I was not suited to the school environment! I got quite good grades, luckily. I love learning and always have. Just did not get on in the upper/secondary school environment.

I finally went to college at 31 and uni at 33.

The world is always changing, as are we. Never ever write yourself off 💖

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AirlineBetter428@reddit

thank u so much!! happy birthday to her too

my gcses went okay, i just tried to get through thme to be honest but they're done now lol. yeah, i think im just not fit for a secondary school environment, but thank you anyway, your words mean a lot :))

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aceyspaceyyy@reddit

that’s so real ! I just finished college n soon to be off to uni, but i HATED secondary with a passion. it’s much better (imo) in a college environment (if that’s your plan!). congrats on getting through your GCSE’s ! if it’s any consultation I had 60% attendance in y11, constant talks from teachers about how attendance = grades. it really doesn’t. if you need study materials, YouTube has great talk-throughs.

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AirlineBetter428@reddit

thank you soso much, im planning on going to college instead of 6th form yeah. that gives me so much hope, thank you:)

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aceyspaceyyy@reddit

I preferred college a lot esp because the course I did had no exams, it was assignment based which worked a lot better for me :) ofc! good luck with college !!

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AirlineBetter428@reddit

yess I've heard, im actually looking towards college a lot more. what did u study?

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aceyspaceyyy@reddit

I took engineering ! what are you planning on studying ?

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AirlineBetter428@reddit

sorry i only just seen this, thats cool! i think im going to do health and social care and try get into the social work field

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Imaginary_Desk_@reddit

Well done to you! Good luck for your future :)

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RagingFuckNuggets@reddit (OP)

Well done to you as well Mum! Hope she keeps it up, I'm proud of her too, and of you for keeping going. These kids are bloody gorgeous beings but god parenting isn't for the faint hearted.

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Imaginary_Desk_@reddit

This has actually made me tear up. Thank you very much 💖

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Spiritual_Weather656@reddit

Phone broke so I was stressing out about having to replace it when it costs so much, Google hid this little info about the phone being up for a refund due to a manufacturing fault. Clicking randomly on the repair page and I saw a little thing that said [if you agree to these terms a refund of 450 will be paid to you] so I just immediately clicked YES I AGREE.

I got my refund eventually and bought a new phone, traded in my old phone and I'm up £50 buying a new phone. I was paid money to buy a phone.

At first I thought I was being scammed but like, no, apparently Google sometimes refunds phones that break? I had no idea until I checked Reddit lol. It'd be a bigger win if it didn't take 2 months to go through fully getting it all sorted out. Then my earrings broke so I've had to spend the £50 on new earrings. Now I am net 0.

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SnooBunnies725@reddit

Which phone model was it?

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RagingFuckNuggets@reddit (OP)

Yes I had similar! They didn't refund me but I got a brand no phone and they hardly asked any questions. Was chuffed as I couldn't afford a new phone as it was December last year.

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Flashy-Catch2835@reddit

Didn't kill myself

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RagingFuckNuggets@reddit (OP)

If you, or anyone you know is struggling. Please reach out.

UK Samaritans - 116 123 / jo@samaritans.org

Or find your local support options

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Flashy-Catch2835@reddit

Autobots, roll out

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RagingFuckNuggets@reddit (OP)

I'm the OP, I wrote the post. I have that saved for anytime I see someone who's struggling.

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Iammysupportsystem@reddit

I found out that the husband of the woman who's been making my life hell for the past decade leaves her home alone all the time with their newborn baby to go out drinking with his friends. I know it's a petty win, but it's my only one, and a great one.

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_mounta1nlov3r_@reddit

My daughter with ARFID tried a new food and liked it!

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lightninseed@reddit

Congratulations! What was the food?

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_mounta1nlov3r_@reddit

It was actually a meal at a Boston tea party - flatbread with hummus and spicy cauliflower. It was a massive win as she often really struggles with anything not cooked from scratch by me.

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JaBe68@reddit

Such a win!!!! We have a little family dance when my daughter finds a new food. Her most recent discovery was silky tofu. Opens up so many new dinner options.

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SmellMyMangoes@reddit

As someone with ARFID i can appreciate how amazing this is!! Congratulations to your daughter!

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DameKumquat@reddit

Congratulations! My son with it is increasingly willing to try new foods, just eats three bites and then goes back to bread.

On the plus side, this makes him very cheap and easy to cater for!

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Cheese_Dinosaur@reddit

That’s fantastic! My (now adult) son has this. It’s been a struggle.

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RagingFuckNuggets@reddit (OP)

Yay! Well done her, bet you're super proud.

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Mama-Fish21@reddit

I got rewarded pip and I'm able to get a mobility car after 3 years of not having a car due to income 😍😍

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KelpFox05@reddit

FUCK YEAH!!! Fellow PIP receiver here, that's genuinely an incredible feat. They make it so hard. Congratulations on the car!! :D

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Mama-Fish21@reddit

Thank you, not many people have been supportive at all, so your comment means a lot to me :) They do. I thought I would never get it but I scored 12 points for mobility due to epilepsy. Our life is so much better now. Congratulations on yours :D

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Anonym00se01@reddit

I went to the dentist. The dentist I had as a child was a horrible person who should never have been around patients, and after every appointment I would also get shouted at by my parents for having bad teeth, so I haven't been for my entire adult life. The dentist was so kind and patient with me that it's made me realise just how badly I was treated as a child. I need a lot of work doing and it's going to use all my savings to pay for it, but at least I will be able to eat properly again.

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springsomnia@reddit

I got a free National Trust membership. I love going to their country houses, so it’s a win for me!

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chiefgareth@reddit

Bought a Dr Pepper in a corner shop. 85p, only had 60p on me. Went to pay by card, the guy asked how much I’ve got. I said 60p, he said that’ll do.

I’ll still be thinking about that in 10 years.

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Disastrous_Meat5657@reddit

Vinted sales! They don’t happen often but with a low income, every £ is a win

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kceslecross@reddit

We got this black out sheet from amazon...baby girl sleeps in until 9am now instead of waking up between 6-7am.

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h00dman@reddit

I started going to a councillor.

Last week was only my second session but something inside me erupted and I shared things with them that I've never said out loud, never mind to anyone else.

It's a long road ahead but it feels good to have an environment where I feel safe enough to say those things.

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lilbunnygal@reddit

Do you mean a counsellor? :)

A councillor is something different. :)

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h00dman@reddit

🤣

Yes, I meant counsellor. My local councillors couldn't agree on the colour of air, nevermind help a troubled mind.

Bloody autocorrect.

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justADDbricks@reddit

Getting my Freedom Pass for TFL - means I now don’t need to worry about the cost of transport anymore.

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RagingFuckNuggets@reddit (OP)

Oooh this sounds interesting. What is a Freedom pass and how did you get one? If you don't mind sharing

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lilbunnygal@reddit

Freedom pass is for those over 65 (or might be 60? I know they said they might lower the age bracket).

They also do them for disabled ppl too.

https://tfl.gov.uk/fares/free-and-discounted-travel/freedom-pass

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Saint_Malo@reddit

They took away my bench that I sit on at lunch for a ridiculous reason. I told them they were foolish and got it put back.

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Quality_Cabbage@reddit

Won on the Euromillions last night. £4.80, how do you like that, peasants?

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RagingFuckNuggets@reddit (OP)

I won three weeks on the trot last month. Total winnings £13.60.

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Quality_Cabbage@reddit

Presumably you're currently scrolling Reddit on your yacht anchored off St Barts.

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Whole-Resort-7086@reddit

I bought a £300 vintage lamp with a single bid of £20. It was badly described.

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Square_Knowledge9395@reddit

Planted some plants in my new home and feeling like Alan titchmarsh. Enjoy the pretty plants

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Same-Shit-New-Day@reddit

I had peace & quiet for about 2 hours today. No wife or kids to distract my tranquillity.

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JBL_CENA_FAN_4LIFE@reddit

Getting a train that wasn't too busy today.

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Intelligent_Put_3606@reddit

After four months of trying to get information from the DWP about voluntary National Insurance contributions, and a frustrating phone call during which they told me information I'd already accessed from the gov.uk website, I was finally directed to HMRC, who gave me all the information I needed in a very clear and professional way, even though I had to wait for nearly thirty minutes to speak to someone. At one point, I thought was never going to clear that item from my to-do list.

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Stingin_Belle@reddit

We didn't come last at the pub quiz!

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SiteWhole7575@reddit

I was given 3-6 months to live and that was over a year ago and I went to the beach today with my friends and got an ice cream and was the only person who didn’t experience an attempted mugging from those thieving white gits with pointy beaks 😂. I guess they can sense death 😂

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LandofGreenGinger62@reddit

All the best to you, my friend. 🤞❤️🤞❤️🤞❤️

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Shitelark@reddit

Yesterday I took two Strava KOMs which were 1/10000+. This improved my Veloviewer score by 0.0008 from 99.973 to 99.974. It is super hard to make progress on that.

Niche I know. Today I was 'sod it, it is too hot to ride.' which is a shame because it is a waste of a sunny day.

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Nastyoldmrpike@reddit

I'm a teacher, on Friday I did a "gig" in the hall, there were about 350+ students there to have a big old sing-along - I felt like I got stage fright, and I thought it went terribly. P6 rolls around and my y9 class (literally my last class in this school and probably my favourite and best) get in and complain we did no Arctic Monkeys, so I grabbed the guitar to do Mardy Bum, and we decided instead of playing pirates (a maths game) for the last lesson we would just have a big old sing-along. I am not joking when I say it was one of the best things I've done in my life. I think they enjoyed it!

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didumakethetea@reddit

I had an awful day the other day, woke up late, got tailgated by a maniac, dude fell off my building, whole system at work changed meaning I have to re enter, honestly, thousands of lines of data. I bought a scratchcard knowing God has a sense of humour, won £20. It was enough to keep me going that day lol

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ans-myonul@reddit

Last week my mum, who has in the past said a lot of critical and negative things about me, told me she thinks I'm funny. I think she is trying to make up for how she treated me in the past.

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StrawberryTigerLily@reddit

I ordered a subway salad and it was huge with loads of extra cheese. I like cheese.

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Aurora-love@reddit

Been purchasing a house since December and the last few weeks have been very testing. Went back to view today and met the neighbours and they're wonderful! And the property is still just beautiful. Feeling positive again!

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bluehobbs@reddit

My breakdown cover renewal came in and it’s £15 cheaper than last year. I was amazed.

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sh4dfox@reddit

Love this for you

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lilbunnygal@reddit

Shop around. You might find you can get it cheaper than £15.

Even if your current provider is on the list when you shop around (use a comparison site), if the quote is cheaper than the renewal you can call them up, quote the reference on the quote and they're obliged to renew you at that price.

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peppermint_m@reddit

Breakdown cover is also notoriously easy to haggle with! I contacted AA earlier this year to see if I could remove one of the bits from my renewal quote to make it a bit cheaper. Ended up keeping the additional cover and they just ended up knocking £40 off the price for no reason.

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RagingFuckNuggets@reddit (OP)

Wow, that's unheard of!

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Physical-Bear2156@reddit

HMRC told me they owe me £46 back in tax. A small bit of good news.

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fleetwood_mag@reddit

Honestly, I’m the one out collecting the Indian takeaway tonight. After 3 weeks without leaving my newborn it’s a little win to be sat alone for a small amount of time. I hope his dad isn’t being screamed at too much.

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RagingFuckNuggets@reddit (OP)

As a mum of 2 and one of them is super duper clingy, baby and dad will be fine. Make the most of your alone time! I used to take those little moments for granted.

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damngirl265@reddit

didnt do well with gcses two years ago, and had two jobs between those two years. been out of work since last september. now have a job in a couple weeks and getting two new pets : )

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Arnoave@reddit

I'm trying to start a side business. No traction for months. Suddenly in the last week I got my first sale and now I'm getting 1 a day, including my first repeat customer.

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ahktarniamut@reddit

Well done

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Subsyxx@reddit

Everything in life took a downturn — 3 medical issues hit a once, which took me out of work, no sick pay, burnt through my savings, put me into a mental health spiral (in NHS therapy for some of it), made me withdraw from seeing/meeting/speaking to people for nearly 6 months, gained 15% increase in weight within a week...

Small wins = lost 10% of that weight, started replying to friends, and a cousin who saved my life about 10 years ago sent me a random WhatsApp message the other night.

That message was the cherry of the small wins.

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RagingFuckNuggets@reddit (OP)

Glad you're coming out the other side, well done on the weight loss. Hope you keep getting some of these little wins as well as some big ones thrown in!

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Subsyxx@reddit

Thank you!

Taking everything one step at a time :)

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rrainingcatz@reddit

I’ve managed to get a mortgage in my own name after a marriage break up. My house is sold and just going through the final stages. When he left me last year, I was suicidal. I think getting the mortgage has given me grin ache.

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RagingFuckNuggets@reddit (OP)

As someone who works in finance and used to work in mortgages, well done! I know how hard that can be. Celebrate accordingly and I hope you create many happy memories in your new home.

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rrainingcatz@reddit

Thanks. It’s been a roller coaster. I have the mortgage what feels like forever now. I’m in my 50s and downgraded considerably as I’m on my own and I needed something affordable. The mortgage valuations take place next week so will know more then.

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Unkillable-Cat@reddit

A small part on my 3D printer broke, contacted the company that makes it, and they just sent me a replacement hotend assembly for free without any hassle. I fully expected to either need to pay for it, or argue the toss.

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IamFilthyCasual@reddit

I ordered gymwear and I’m actually comfortable wearing it after losing 20+kg Its not “immediate little win” - it took me over a year to get here, so more like a big old success, but I just wanted to share.

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CrazyCoffeeClub@reddit

Ton of job rejections.

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insertitherenow@reddit

I’ve got terrible IBS at the moment and this morning a fart was just a fart.

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peppermint_m@reddit

Got a notification from SLC last week, saying that I'd overpaid my student loan a couple of years ago and could request a refund. I'm never going to pay the loan off, so might as well have the money back.

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GeggingIn@reddit

Thought Henry Hoover had died, thank Christ his filter was just bunged up.

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lilbunnygal@reddit

Bought lunch yesterday at work after a hell of a morning (extremely nitpicky colleague) and paid at the till, all went through fine. Card reader even said approved. Took my things and left.

Got back to the office and my bank app had a notification my payment had declined in the shop I'd been in. I got a free lunch! Proper chuffed with that.

Also, on Thursday morning my boss told me the chief of Ops said I sent "very professional emails" 😊 made my day!

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RagingFuckNuggets@reddit (OP)

Who says there's no such thing as a free lunch! Hope it tasted extra good knowing it was free!

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lilbunnygal@reddit

It was absolutely divine! It was an itsu poke bowl and avo rolls, with chocolate mochi cos I can't resist them. 🥰

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zcjp@reddit

Got my HbA1c result this morning. 42! Yay!

So I went out and bought myself a massive ice cream 😍

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sharps2020@reddit

I bought a load of stuff from temu I didn't even need, waited for about a month, still didn't arrive, they credited me £4 then after 7 days refunded me, I ordered more stuff I didn't need with the credit, that arrived 8 days later with the original order.

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Drwynyllo@reddit

Getting a Lidl coupon for a free bakery sweet treat.

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lilbunnygal@reddit

The brownies are amazing. I bought one today. (Also had a free sweet treat but my mum got her Belgian bun for free on it)

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RagingFuckNuggets@reddit (OP)

Hey, a little win is a little win.

Hope you enjoyed your treat.

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DaisyLea59@reddit

I won £60 on the bingo in the pub last night.

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