Goals for week commencing 9 July

newsmonkey · 9 July 2006 at 9:36AM

Last week's thread: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=221115

This was the first week I've done this, and suddenly found I got so much more done. This probably isn't the most riveting of topics for other people to read, but it's nice to have a list to refer to, and see what other people are trying to do.

Succeeded:

1) Close ISA
-- DONE

2) Use ISA money and interest to completely pay off career development loan (£8k)
-- DONE, WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION

3) Clear Halifax card (£224), cut into pieces and close.
-- DONE, WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION

4) Two no-spend days (Tuesday and Thursday)
-- DONE, BUT SUNDAY AND TUESDAY INSTEAD

6) Pitch article ideas to two magazines
-- DONE, NEED TO CHASE THEM UP NEXT WEEK

Kind of:

5) Four no alcohol days (Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday)
-- ONLY MANAGED THREE. TOTAL 25 UNITS - WAS HOPING FOR NO MORE THAN 21

7) Fix up extra shifts for weekend/evenings
-- ASKED, WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION OF DATES

9) Add ten more CDs to Amazon marketplace and check/adjust prices of items already listed
-- ADDED FIVE, SOLD THREE

Failed:

8) Practise shorthand -- FAILED, CARRY FORWARD TO NEXT WEEK

This week:

Chase up Co-operative Bank to double-check career development loan has been cleared

Chase up two magazines to whom I pitched articles

Chase up extra shifts

Start looking for a flat in London (Loot, Gumtree etc..)

Look into AQA, mystery shopping, betting sign-up loopholes, entering competitions

Three no-spend days

Three no alcohol days

Find ten things to put on Amazon or Ebay

Devise cunning plan to take over the world

CosmoCat · 9 July 2006 at 9:52AM

well done newsmonkey on achieving so much.

here's mine

1. have at least 2 no spend days.
managed this!

2. keep spending diary
yes! realised i'm still spending uncontrollably. must sit down with myself and truly confront my issues

3. keep to my steps and aerobic step targets
Yes:T

4. pay £300 off my virgin ccard.
only paid £100.

5. take some pictures for photo course assignment (also send email to tutor to find out if he's been receiving my assignments)
taken some pictures. will email tutor as soon as i'm done with this

6. make £100 on AQA
was not motivated to go onto the system, only made about a tenner! must try harder

7. amazon some more books
didn't do this. i find it hard to part with my books and don't really know if i have any that people will fancy!

so for this week....

1. 2 no spend days
2. log into AQA for at least 1 hour every day
3. keep spending diary
4. keep food diary
5. allow only £30 cash spend this week, leave home debit card
6. go to market on wednesday
7. check to see if lloyds balance is paid off, then transfer virgin card balance onto it for 0% interest.
8. keep to steps and aerobic target

that's it. a nice easy week for me. hope everyone else has achieved most if not all of their set tasks.

gallygirl · 9 July 2006 at 10:12AM

Last week:
1. 1 no spend day. I know this is pants but is realistic. managed to achieve this pathetic goal!
2. Make and consume smoothies! Start tonight by freezing manky bananas into chunks. Yes have been doing yum yum!
3. Managed extra task last week - listed & sold 3 ebay items, 2 already paid, so this week's goal is post these and list 3 more. Forgot to list more will do by end of today.
4. Decorate all weekend as OH away. Yes am doing, on my way in a minute....ish
5. Earn £5 on quidco or 3000 points on pigsback. Yeah!!!!!! 4500 on pigsback (3 hotel bookings), that's £40 Boots vouchers for Xmas!!!

This week:
1. 2 no spending days (apart from diesel)
2. List the 3 things I shold have listed last week.
3. Another 3000 pigsback points.
4. Freezer - have been v good at stocking up cheaply (esp with tesco R&R's) need to see what I have & menu plan for next 2 weeks.
5. Lose 2lbs. holiday in 4 weeks, at rate I am going will need to lose 12lbs overnight to fit into clothes.......

Good luck peeps!!!

ehallett · 9 July 2006 at 10:17AM

My goals for last week were:

1. Aim to answer 200 question on AQA per day. - Not succeeded, I'm going to stop setting myself targets with this one as I never seem to have the time to meet them.

2. Try to get 2 more mystery shopping jobs. - I didn't get anymore jobs, in fact after today I haven't even got anymore lined up.

3. Win at least 2 prizes. - I didn't win any but the amount of competitions I have entered should pay off soon.

4. Complete all of my emystery shopping jobs so I can get paid. - Done, £30 should be winging it's way to me soon.

5. Declutter room. - Kind of done, I've managed to find a load of stuff to list on Ebay today.

6. Aim to list at least 10 items on Ebay. - Will be listing stuff on Ebay today, have also got about 15 items finishing today.

7. Enter all my internet comps and at least 10 postal comps a day. - Done, the prizes should start rolling in soon

8. Pay £10 off my Barclaycard every day. - I have more or less managed this, I need to catch up today though as I haven't paid any off for a couple of days.

9. Have at least 3 no spend days. - I haven't kept track of this and can't remember, I need to keep a spending diary!

10. Keep new and improved debt spreadsheet up to date. - My spreadsheet(s) is doing well and looking very nice!!

My goals for this week are:

1. Set aside a specific amount of time to do AQA every day.

2. Get at least 2 mystery shopping jobs.

3. List at least 10 items on Ebay tonight.

4. Organise letter to bank to reclaim charges and post ASAP.

5. Keep a spending diary and try to achieve 3 no spend days.

6. Get my Barclaycard debt to below £100.

7. Win at least 1 prize.

8. Add some more freebie items to my Christmas/Birthday present box.

9. Start planning for next target debt as this month's one is not far from being cleared.

10. Continue decluttering room.

Best of luck with your goals this week everyone!!

Emily xx

lynsayjane · 9 July 2006 at 11:03AM

last weeks goals...

1). three no spend days got two if i count today. nearly had one yesterday but i really fancied some munchies to go with my booze

2). food plan which involves buying NO food this week yes and no. had to buy some fresh stuff, fruit and veg etc but only spent £6

3). five times to gym again yes if i include today, and i WILL go after work

4). use fabrics in cupboard to make a few new bits for my hols in two weeksnot yet, but am off work tomorrow and tues morning. using them to make two bags for sis tho

5). look out items to list on ebay...say five auctions miserable failure, not even had time to click on ebay never mind sell stuff

6). finish tiling kitchen before the walls get ruined and i have to get new plasterboard!!! tiles are all up but i ran out of grout

and for this week (up until thurs cause i'm on hols weeeeeeeeee!)

1) go to gym every day till i go on hols

2) not buy any more food!!!

3) chase up experian membership thing to check my credit report

4) get the last of my sewing done before i go

5) paint skirtings and doors in hall

6) earn more pigsback points, have a play on quidco an see what the deal is!

think that aught to do!

CAFCGirl · 9 July 2006 at 11:20AM

OK my turn.........
I didnt post any goals last week simply because I was really lazy! So bck on track now...........

*Budget £25 for the week to include all spends inc food
*Lunch to work every day
*Buy more fresh veg today and eat healthier this week, after being not very well:o
*Send off letters to cc and store cards to cancel PPI on three accounts:mad:
*Check online banking daily for balances
*Take all cards out of purse:T
*Collect change for dinner last thursday from work colleague:T
*Scrimp and save to hearts content
*Aim for 2 no spends at least:eek:

Then add on to that plenty of household cleaning to avoid picking up any more nasty bugs, or to avoid adding to the ones I've already got............ ooooooo and job hunt too!

Good luck with your goals this week everyone xx:T :T

scottishspendaholic · 9 July 2006 at 2:26PM

Hi everyone,

Well done with all your goals.

Here are my goals from LAST week:-

* 4 no spend days - Think I managed 1

* Final blitz of lots of work this week and make everyone really impressed with my work at project launch on Thursday - Finished as much as humanely possible - worked lots of extra hours. Not all 100% finished but everyone important happy so that's good!
* Prepare for garden party at the weekend - Yes, spent too much money but felt like I needed a day off from the past six months, had worked so hard and could afford it. We had a lovely, lovely time and I'm a bit hungover from Pimms and gin!
* Treat OH very nicely on his birthday on Friday. -Yes, we're getting on really well this week - must be all that spending time together :rotfl: . We're usually like ships that pass in the night and are narky with each other!

Here are my goals for THIS week:-

* Five no spend days - I've spent up for the month so I have to be very good now!
* Work hard at work and prepare well for annual appraisal on Thursday
* Do lots of glass painting for lots of customers (including beanielou :hello: )

Looking forward to getting my life back and getting more focussed on moneysaving for next few weeks now work has calmed down a bit.

Good luck everyone!

scottishspendaholic x

roversbabe · 9 July 2006 at 4:01PM

Hiya,

Not done this for a few weeks so its about time that I got back into the swing again! I'm on maternity leave now so my targets will be a bit different than usual.

* Go for a walk every day - at least 1 mile
* make new meal planner & use ingredients still in cupboard
* Keep eating fresh fruit and veggies daily
* Clear out spare room
* Give birth

(please, I feel like I'm the size of a house!!)

That'll do for now.

rb x

LookingAhead · 9 July 2006 at 4:13PM

Hey roversbabe - good luck with everything & the impending birth!

I notice also, you became debt free on my birthday (I may have known that at the time....) - hooray!

Anyway, to the business in hand....

I haven't set any goals for weeks. I just seemed to fail at everything when I had a downer a while ago. Sigh.

I still feel a bit lost on that score but know I need to sort it out.

So, I'll set myself some teeny ones.

Have a no spend day - just one. Come on L.A. you can manage one can't you?

Go for walks at lunchtime without purse.

Do something that saves or makes some money. At least one penny. Write a review on Ciao...find some money in street (!), sell something on Amazon or EBAY, get something cash back via QuidCo, anything as long as it means you've got a bit extra.

Find a cheap but lovely present for friend's birthday at end of this month.

Good luck everyone for the week.
xx

oakdale_minx · 9 July 2006 at 4:33PM

Last week's (my first week planning)
1. File my first Abbey claim for bankcharges. do this on the 6th July - DONE
2. Do OU essay DONE!!!
3. Do not spend any money at work. Take food with me each day. Spent about £1 in total, so not too bad
4. Do not go to supermarket until meat is all gone. Probably Friday. ACHIEVED!
5. Get OH to put petrol in mycar as he promised he would ACHIEVED!
6. Have at least 4 no spend days Forgot about this one. Probaby had 3
7. Keep fingers crossed Capital One statements arrive to claim back charges Didn't cross them hard enough - nothing arrived
8. Check IMS every day at 7pm for new assignments Achieved - no assignmenst came my way
9. Do daily log in to current account to check how spending going. Achieved
10. Try to do a little bit of weeding every day. Started the week well, but...
11. Send off herbal essences receipt to get free haircut voucher Still got to do that
12. check pigsback thread daily for points. Got enough for my first CD wowvoucher!

So this week

1. don't go to supermarket until at least Thursday
2. don't spend money at work
3. Send LBA to Abbey on 15th for bank charges
4. Keep everything crossed Capital One and Citicards statements arrive.
5. Send LBA to Natwest for bank charges
6. Weed front garden
7. Ask OH for petrol money
8. Keep checking pigsback daily
9. Defrost freezer whilst it is so empty this week
10. Send text operator paperwork off
11. Send herbal essences voucher off

That should do me!

Prudent · 9 July 2006 at 4:36PM

melabarrie wrote:

well done newsmonkey on achieving so much.

here's mine

1. have at least 2 no spend days.
managed this!

2. keep spending diary
yes! realised i'm still spending uncontrollably. must sit down with myself and truly confront my issues

3. keep to my steps and aerobic step targets
Yes:T

4. pay £300 off my virgin ccard.
only paid £100.

5. take some pictures for photo course assignment (also send email to tutor to find out if he's been receiving my assignments)
taken some pictures. will email tutor as soon as i'm done with this

6. make £100 on AQA
was not motivated to go onto the system, only made about a tenner! must try harder

7. amazon some more books
didn't do this. i find it hard to part with my books and don't really know if i have any that people will fancy!

so for this week....

1. 2 no spend days
2. log into AQA for at least 1 hour every day
3. keep spending diary
4. keep food diary
5. allow only £30 cash spend this week, leave home debit card
6. go to market on wednesday
7. check to see if lloyds balance is paid off, then transfer virgin card balance onto it for 0% interest.

that's it. a nice easy week for me. hope everyone else has achieved most if not all of their set tasks.

Sorry to be nosey, but what is AQA?

Goals for week commencing 9 July

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