Goals for w/c 18th April 2006

scottishspendaholic · 16 April 2006 at 2:47PM

Hey everyone,

We're late with the goals thread this week!

Here is last week's one for you:- http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=180319&highlight=goals

My goals for LAST week:-

*5 no spend days - have no cash so should be very possible - Not done - ashamed to say only one no spend day achieved!
*Sort out balance transfer to 0% no fee Barclaycard from Mint and set up direct debit for minimum payment - Yep!
*Cancel Mint direct debit and Mint card - Cancelled direct debit, can't cancel card until b/t is successfully completed so this I will carry over
*Sent off proof of address and proof of id to open Smile account- Not done, carried over
*Go to library - Yes, finally!
*Have a lovely chilled out day with OH tomorrow - make sure do something outside and free i.e. bike ride, picnic or walk or all three - Did garden and had lots of fun - and it was outside!
*Jobs for Easter bank holiday weekend - cleaning, gardening, finish eBay order, list more in eBay shop, list more junk from house, babysitting flyers - Working on these!

My goals for THIS week:-

*Continue tidying and cleaning house (today)
*5 no spend days (apart from bus fare budgeted for)
*Send off Smile bumpf (as above)
*Cancel Mint card
*Pay £7.31 into bank early in the week so don't go over overdraft when mobile bill comes out on Wednesday
*Babysitting flyers - design and print and go round to local shops with next weekend
*List more personal junk on eBay
*List more business stock/ideas on eBay
*get started on current eBay orders
*Research exercise options locally

Phew! Happy Easter everyone! :EasterBun (definitely my favourtie ever smilie!)

scottishspendaholic x

Peppa_Pig_5 · 16 April 2006 at 3:12PM

Thanks Scottishspendaholic, my goals for last week were:

1. Look into NTL, or alternative to Sky that has Sky One and Nickelodeon for less than £15 per month. Done a bit of looking around on the internet, but if we need both then nothing cheaper
2. Put more loose change in credit union account. Yes now have another £2 put in the credit union account.
3. Collect Avon money and put my commission into newly opened Cahoot savings account Put it into credit union account for the time being, not sure if it will go into Cahoot account.
4. Spend as little as possible with the boys being off for the easter holidays.Done pretty good on this, two days out spent about £10 at the most. One party to go to so £5 in with card and a few hours at megabowl.. So far so good

Goal for this week are:

1. Send letter to Abbey, requesting £60 worth of charges back.
2. Put some loose change in credit union account.
3. Post 4 items on Ebay.

Hope everyone is having a good Easter.

Peppa
x

ehallett · 16 April 2006 at 3:18PM

Happy Easter everyone!!

My goals for last week were:

1. Call Alliance & Leicester to see how much is left on my loan so I can try to clear it before the end of April. - Done: there is £445.04 left on there so I am trying to get as much money towards that target as I can.

2. List at least 10 items on Ebay tonight/Tuesday so they end a week today. - Done: 10 items listed and they all end today. They are currently selling for £41.56 so I am hoping to get over the £50 mark.

3. Call Orange to arrange an upgrade on my mobile phone (12 month contract is up - can get a new phone and then sell it!!) - Done: I am getting a Motorola V3i which I should receive on Tuesday. This should fetch about £150 - £200 on Ebay.

4. Transfer rabbit and guinea pig (Timmy and Gary!) into their new hutch in the garden so I can clean up their indoor cages and list them in the freeads paper (should fetch £50 plus!!) - Nearly done: The new hutch is built and I was hoping to transfer Timmy and Gary into their new home today but the weather is a bit gloomy so I might have to do this tomorrow, will see if the sun shines later!

5. Try to win at bingo on Wednesday night!! I don't go all the time, it's my mum's birthday on Tuesday and she wants to go to bingo to try and win our fortune. - Kind of done: My Auntie won £100 and split it between 4 of us so we all went away with £25, spent about £20 though but technically won a fiver!

Goals for this week are:

1. Have at least 4 no spend days now that there are no birthdays until the middle of next month.

2. List at least 10 items on Ebay so that they end a week today (including upgraded phone).

3. Clean out and sell 2 indoor cages in local freeads paper. Try to get £50-£60 for them.

4. Post all Ebay/Amazon items.

5. Sign up with at least 5 mystery shopping companies. Trying to find other ways of making cash and I think I could fit in some jobs in my lunch hours.

6. Chase up work about upping my hours again to 37 per week.

7. Aim to get another Amazon/other gift voucher from surveys to add to my birthday/Christmas present fund.

8. Complete AQA (internet research) test which I should receive in the next few days. Hopefully I can get some extra cash doing this but have heard it is very difficult to get accepted.

9. Keep a spending diary for the whole week.

10. Research into at least 1 other way to make extra cash on the internet.

Good luck with your goals this week everyone and enjoy those lovely chocolate eggs!!!

:easter:

Bothered! · 16 April 2006 at 4:49PM

Still working on my targets for this week.

Don't forget anyone listing on ebay that it is 15p listing day on Tuesday, so save on those fees. !! :j

RVK2 · 16 April 2006 at 6:40PM

1. Get DD hair cut - DONE
2. Learn words for Wednesday-DONE
3. Spend no more than £23 on Wednesday (including donations, meal/drinks, raffle tickets and petrol) - if it happens I'll be surprised.DONE with £3.80 change-although I did have petrol in the car)
4. Make cakes to take to friend's place on Friday (instead of buying expensive biscuits)-NO but didn't buy biscuits either
5. Buy 5 Easter eggs for < £10-NO but wasn't much more
6. Start to sort out credit file-NO
7. Plan the weeks dinners to prevent chippy etc-NO but we didn't go to chippy either

This week

1. Get to grips with TurboLister and list 10 items on Tuesday
2. Start to sort out front garden
3. Hoover the car
4. Plan meals for the week
5. Spend less than £20 on top-up shop
6. Stop smoking on Thursday :eek:

oops_a_daisy · 16 April 2006 at 7:03PM

Good luck packing in redvelvetkiss and thanks for the ebay info bothered. Right heres my list from last week

1, Initiate claim for unfair bank charges in small claims court if not refunded by Friday. no refund so I will intitate claim in small claims court on Tuesday due to the bank holiday
2, Stick to budget for shopping.achieved - really getting ahead of myself this month
3, Week 5 no smoking. achieved but nearly bought some after having a few drinks
4, 1 no spend day. achieved only just! today

5, Dont go mad ( spending wise ) in London. well went a little bit mad but no where near as mad as usual so not too bad

OK and for next week

1, Initiate claim for unfair bank charges in small claims court on Tuesday
2, No shopping apart from milk, veg and fruit
3, Week 6 no smoking
4, 3 no spend days
5, List 3 items on ebay

Good luck everybody with your goals for next week :j

RVK2 · 16 April 2006 at 7:06PM

thank you oops a daisy. I can't say I'm looking forward to it, but my sister has quit and managed 3 weeks, and my Mum (after 40 years of 30 a day) is having a go with the help of Zyban, so I'm having a go with my patches. It'll save me £20 a month:D

oops_a_daisy · 16 April 2006 at 7:29PM

there is a thread on here somewhere about being a DFW and packing in smoking - I'll bump it for you. I packed in with patches ( for the zillionth time ) and I have an inhalator just in case. Good luck

Chortle_2 · 16 April 2006 at 7:33PM

My goals for last week were -

4 no spend days - had 5
List 5 more things on eBay - listed 10 things
File claim for bank charges on moneyclaim! - £2813 including interest & costs!! (their time is up tomorrow morning

) - Filed the claim, just waiting for them to pay up now! :j
Stick to weekly 'me' budget despite friends coming to stay! - I spent £16.98 last week, and my budget is £25, so I was quite a bit under, despite 2 nights of drinking (one at home) and a meal out with my friends! Thankfully they are on a tight budget too, so they understood and we went to a nice cheap place for dinner!

Next week -

Kind of going to go 'easy' on myself this coming week, as I have several hospital appointments, and haven't been doing too well health-wise recently, so I know I won't be able to acheive too much :rolleyes:

4 no spend days
Pay another £150 off of credit cards

Have a great week everyone!

Ali-OK · 16 April 2006 at 7:49PM

Kept my goals small last week, as was away...

1. Keep with the no smoking Caved in and had one on Thursday, but still one too many! Well done Oops A Daisy on week 6 and good luck RedVelvetKiss2.

2. Spend less than £40 whilst away at friends last week Yes! Spent £18.75, so pleased with that.

This week:

1. Get 2 cheques banked
2. Move son's savings to new account
3. Sort movement of money to fund new A&L account (so I get £95 from Recommend-A-Friend scheme..whoopee!)
4. Clean inside of car tomorrow
5. If time tomorrow, start cleaning and sorting toys/clothes for a car boot sale (the thought terrifies me!)
6. Keep with the no smoking

Such a busy week this week too with taking son to Eye Clinic, taking Dad to/from hospital for minor op, car going in for tyres/brakes/MOT :eek: and flooring company coming back to look at my kitchen floor (problems again!) and all whilst working full-time (just popping out Boss

)

Have a good week everyone!

RVK2 · 16 April 2006 at 7:57PM

Chortle wrote:

My goals for last week were -

4 no spend days - had 5
List 5 more things on eBay - listed 10 things
File claim for bank charges on moneyclaim! - £2813 including interest & costs!! (their time is up tomorrow morning ) - Filed the claim, just waiting for them to pay up now! :j
Stick to weekly 'me' budget despite friends coming to stay! - I spent £16.98 last week, and my budget is £25, so I was quite a bit under, despite 2 nights of drinking (one at home) and a meal out with my friends! Thankfully they are on a tight budget too, so they understood and we went to a nice cheap place for dinner!

Next week -

Kind of going to go 'easy' on myself this coming week, as I have several hospital appointments, and haven't been doing too well health-wise recently, so I know I won't be able to acheive too much :rolleyes:

4 no spend days
Pay another £150 off of credit cards

Have a great week everyone!

good luck with the hospital appointments, I'm having a colonoscopy on Wednesday :eek:

Goals for w/c 18th April 2006

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