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Normally I like stats… But here’s some I’m not so keen on that I learned this evening…

Last night was a momentous night… it was the last It Pays To Watch, and my dad had come to see it. Afterwards, at the wrap party he said to me the immortal words “do you know, I think I must get myself one of those cashback cards.” It’s only taken five years….

The title Money Saving Expert is one that engenders people to make assumptions about my view point. Whether it’s media interviewers with such leading statements as, “of course you’d say….” or friends in discussions assuming my thoughts, or even viewpoints assigned for me in the MSE Forums which I don’t actually agree with.

There’s quite a juxtaposition between the week the MSF and I have this week… though both are big and scary.

My wonderful grandma, who’s about to celebrate her 86th birthday (and will be furious if she finds out I’ve put that in here!) recently had some door-to-door sales people knock at the door asking her to switch her home phone to TalkTalk. Now, as you’ll be unsurprised to hear, my Uncle and I have ensured she’s already on the correct tariff (BT with an override and she doesn’t need broadband) and she told them “my son deals with this and he’s not home.”