All too often when I'm asked "what did you do today" I'm stumped as to how to respond. Sometimes days go by where I can't recall doing anything of note. For instance, today I didn't leave the confines of the house and spent the majority of the dreary day sat on my lazy arse.
The most productive task of the day was replying to an email that informed me I will be charged a fine of £5 + VAT for failing to pay my rent on time. This was a rather unexpected shock for me, especially as I spend a fair amount of time surfing and contributing to the money saving expert forums and consider myself to be pretty money savvy compared to the average student (I'm known by my housemates as the freebie king). Thanks to student finance, I most certainly have enough money in my account to pay for rent. Woah wait a minute... So that just makes me a plonker for not coughing up on time. Right? Wrong!
Check out this snippet from an email I received from the property agents back in March:
" We have prepared a standing order for the monthly rent starting on August 1st and 1st monthly from this date onwards. "
To me, that clearly states that they confirm a standing order has been set up, therefore I should have nothing to worry about... See how I'm confused why there's a problem. By this point I'd tripled checked my bank account to ensure I truly hadn't paid and wasn't midway through being conned out of my money. I think I've set the scene for how bafled I was when I opened the email, firstly to see that the only message was a tirse direction to the 'letter attachment', why they bothered making an atfachment rather than just writing what needed to be said in a standard email is beyond me, and after all that effort they didn't even let me know how I could pay what was outstanding. Unbelievable. Anyway, to cut a really short story that got excessively dragged out into a long ramble that could continue well into the night due to my extremely boring, unproductive day, (breathe), I replied with a very formal response that prompted a civilised reply and the revoking of the late rent fine.
I'm glad that's all sorted. Hopefully the standing order will work next month. You can bet your bottom dollar I'll be keeping an eye on my statement come the 1st September.
The rest of my day played out in a very similar manner. Dull, disengaging and monotonous. Or some other words that basically say I was very very bored.
It goes without saying that I was within wifi range at all times as a requirement to feed my obsession with my new phone. I may have to put it on the time out step for a few hours tomorrow so I can unwind.
So there we have it. A dull day, topped off with a gubbing on one of my top matched betting bookie accounts midway through rolling over a £100 bonus. Goodness knows where I stand now. It's a real shame since the bonuses proved particularly profitable compared to many other books. Life goes on. Let's see what tomorrow brings. Any more cliches to round off?