Goals for w/b 21st May 2006?

scottishspendaholic · 20 May 2006 at 11:59PM

Hi everyone,

I know I'm quite early posting this, this week - but I need to get motivated again! I also need to try and avoid coming on here tomorrow so I can get lots of jobs done - I've had such a wasted day today!

Here is a link to last week's thread:-

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=197492

My goals for LAST week:-

*5 no spend days - I've no cash so hopefully this is possible! - Very mad with myself as I seemed to find cash every day - spending money I'm not supposed to like joint account food money or eBay profits, not a lot of money but it still counts - I am really mad with myself.
*Go to library and pay fines :mad: - No, and no excuse for not doing this
*Find another magazine money making thing - i.e. send in a 'top tip' to Prima etc. - Yes! And the one I sent into Take a Break magazine (Boot Sale Tales - pic and story about a bargain Boot Sale find) is being published in June and £50 will be on its way to me in August! Yay!
*Phone to check Mint card is really CLOSED - Yes!:T
*Start, complete and send big eBay order - NO, NO NO! This is getting v. serious - must do tomorrow - have procrastinated for AGES
*List 5 items on eBay tomorrow for 5p listing - I've been so chuffed with myself about this one - I have actually listed 17 new items and relisted 5 - 13 of the new items were on the 5p listing day - YAY to me!
*Download some podcasts as they sound quite cool and will give me something to listen to on the way to work - I've not done this either - grrrr
*Water garden or at least window boxes daily (if no rain) - Not once - had lots of rain - but probably should have been out there a couple of times - TOMORROW!

My goals for THIS week:-

*Have an extremely productive Sunday
- clean house
- spend time in the garden doing some weeding
- prepare for job interview
- do as much as possible for eBay wedding favour orders
- pack up sold eBay stuff from finished auctions
*4 no spend days
*Sort out library fines
*Download podcasts
*Start designing barbecue housewarming party invite with OH
*Be well prepared for job interview and do cool presentation
*get everything out and organised for car boot sale next weekend - phone organiser in village to check out time to turn up etc.
*continue with opening of Smile account - check on progress

Good luck everyone!

scottishspendaholic x

CosmoCat · 21 May 2006 at 12:03AM

good luck to you

looking forward to your post tomorrow evening to find out how it all went!
m

In_Search_Of_Me · 21 May 2006 at 8:20AM

Thatks for this...have been meaning to do this for a couple of weeks so heres mine;

List at least 5 ebay items - done - listed all my diving gear (cried) and various other carp!Ending today (Sun...+ vibes needed pease!!
Do ironing (been piling up for weeks & is actually starting to get me down)Done some of it - about 1/2 More to do this week...
3 spend free days - sunday is one! had 2...try again next week!
Look out old board & sort out how to save on monthly food bill been browsing in week & think I'm getting there...slowly!
Do take a break "homework" and (thanks for inspiration Scottish) send off cute photo of cat in basket! She may as well earn her keep! COLOR="SeaGreen"]3 crosswords done & cat photo submitted!! SHe's so cute (british blue shorthaired)they couldnt not publish surely...me biased?!!Had standard response but no confirmation yet but hope they will as its a£100!! She is the cat in my avatar by the way!![/COLOR]

lynzpower · 21 May 2006 at 8:33AM

LAST WEEKS WERE:

OK so next week
1) jmake lunches ( DONE)
2) send the 2nd letter to llods tsb ( DONE & REPLY RECIEVED)
3) pay off identified money to b/card ( DONE- £90 :J)
4) relist the lightfitting on ebay, am doing that & some other stuff now. DONE, sold some other stuff not the light fitting, but its still up & fingers crossed)
5) dont go mad on payday ( friday) ( didnt, but did overspend on the food shopping).

THIS WEEKS GOALS:
1) check through all the books in the boxes that they are listen on GM .
2) Go through cupbards & do a PROPER storecupbard assessment & menu plan while trying my damndest not to spend any money.
3) when I can identify the money from somewhere start moneyclaim for my charges back from LLoydstsb
4) phone LX direct & tell them to close my account
5)get the car boot takings into the bank!!
6) get OH to set up his DD direct to my CC to start paying me off the money he owes me.

Ali-OK · 21 May 2006 at 8:38AM

Oops..looks like I didn't set myself any goals last week! Hey-ho!

But I managed to:

1) Not use the tumble dryer
2) Get my bedding/basket plants and planted some last night
3) Have 5 No Spend Days!!! (And not over-spend yesterday to compensate!)
4) Stay non-smoking (7 weeks now! :j )
5) Made cheese biscuits for DS packed lunch, instead of buying rubbish!
6) Throw an extra £21 at cc due to coming in under budget for May :T

Goals this week:

1) Finish planting/weeding
2) Clean old w/m and cooker (as sold them. Woohoo!)
3) Clean old F/F and advertise for sale
4) Sort stuff for car boot sale (either next Sun or Sun 4th June)
5) Book car for MOT :eek: due 30th May - only 1 week away!
6) Chase A&L for the £50 Rec A Friend they owe me!
7) Keep with the non-smoking

Hey SS - I know what you mean about spending time on here, instead of chores! Think I need a "time lock" on the PC so I'm forced to go and do things instead of "popping" back and turning 5 mins to an hour! :rotfl:

Good luck everyone and have a great week!

oops_a_daisy · 21 May 2006 at 8:48AM

thanks for starting this SS - I didnt set any goals last week and kind of fell off the wagon ( lets just say it has been a time of the month, Im sick of men messing me around, I cant cope and my life sucks kind of week ) anyway its a new week and a new start so here goes.

Goals for WC 21/05/06

1. Do Aprils expense claim
2. Sort out bank accounts when I can get back into them ( managed to block myself out )
3. Sort out veggie patch - got the wood and plants just need to get it built
4. Grocery shopping on Monday - look at OS recipies and make up a new menu as Im getting a bit bored with repetition or current meals
5. Start bank charge claim for expense account ( I never get my expenses in on time so have gone over the overdraft a couple of times - see point 1

)
6. Stop spending on rubbish on daily basis
7. List 10 more books on green metropolis and amazon

think that will do for now - all the best with your goals this week

sammy115 · 21 May 2006 at 8:54AM

I failed miserably in EVERY one of my goals last week, so I am not even going to revisit them, I am just going to start again! New week and all that!

1. Send prelim letter to Abbey for refund of charges
2. Clean out airing cupboard
3. Send LBA to Bank of Scotland for refund of charges
4. Give house a good clean - top to bottom
5. File all paperwork.

mintymoneysaver · 21 May 2006 at 8:54AM

Can I join in?
My goals for this week....
1) Spend less than £20 so my overdraft will stay below £600 till payday
2)Start looking around for new stuff to put on ebay
3)Write up minutes for church council
4)Clean back windows
5) See if I can find anything else to do on Quidco

That'll do, don't want to aim for too much this week as it's daughter's birthday.

in*the*red_6 · 21 May 2006 at 9:43AM

Well I've done pretty dismally on my goals for last week

- they were:

1) Do new cv in preparation for a possible weekend job starting July Nope - but did ring them to find out more and they aren't taking applications till mid-june so it's not urgent
2) Write my policies for parents for when I begin childminding Nope, not done this either - just plain lazy!
3) Try to buy as few groceries as possible - I seem to spend my life in Lidls, Tesco, butchers etc even though I'm trying hard to reduce the food spend. Yes, I came in on budget with my grocery shop so at least I've achieved on out of three.

Ok, this week:

1) Do list of experience for new job in preparation (not a full cv needed).
2) Spend as little as possible all week (payday on Friday)
3) Tidy the loft bedroom and bathroom properly (it seems to get neglected while I concentrate on the rest of the house).
4) Bag up winter clothes and store them away in hope of some summer weather sometime soon
5) Find a way to make extra money somehow this month - going to have at least £100 overspend as things stand as my JSA has finished now - may include a bootsale and seeing if I've got anything I haven't already sold on ebay!

Must do better this week.........

CosmoCat · 21 May 2006 at 10:45AM

alright, can i join in

1. Figure out how to and reduce food spend
2. 4 no spend days
3. Transfer monies from high interest credit card to 0% ones
4. Close or change paid off credit card account.
5. Talk to OH about possibility of opening a joint account.

won't do too much more than that. if i achieve anything else, will let you all know.
good luck with all yours
mel

cantcope · 21 May 2006 at 11:17AM

My Goals for this week are:

Finally do some housework (today)
Find out when my first GA meeting is
Work with parents to paying off my debts
Look for a part time job
Sell some "treasue" on ebay
Live in hope for a change

Goals for w/b 21st May 2006?

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