Caz counts it down

Another 31 shipped out today - or technically 30, as one was a replacement of some cabochons that, from the looks of them, Royal Mail drove a van over!

I forgot to say on Saturday that I de-registered from my dentist on Friday. This is not quite as insane as it sounds; I've finished my Invisalign treatment and they and I both agree that there's no point in continuing to do a 6 hour round trip for routine check-ups, particularly as I'd had a bit of apple skin firmly stuck between two back teeth for three weeks that neither brushes (manual, electric, interdental), floss nor tweezers could get out and if I'd had a more local dentist I could have had it removed a lot sooner. That means that I've been able to cancel my £20 a month Highland Dental Plan. The dentist Mr Minx goes to has never charged him more than about £40 for a check up and clean, so I shall register with them in six months' time and PAYG

Finn's ulcer stuff arrived yesterday afternoon. He had his first dose yesterday evening and his second this evening and although I'm trying very hard not to get too excited because I know I could be reading more into things than I perhaps should, I think it's working :j:j It'll mean another £110 on the overdraft if I order another 100 sachets, but that's about 2 months' worth (3 once he's down to the maintenance dose) and if it helps him it's worth every penny.

Today I've been mostly glued to the computer listing stuff. I've got the flatback stars done, just 18 different hearts to do now. I had my first order for the 3mm rounds and, thankfully, they *just* weigh enough for my counting scales to be able to cope (50 weigh 0.4g!). I'm probably sending people around 15-20 extra per bag just to be on the safe side, but in terms of time saved it's worth it. I must investigate getting some more accurate scales that weigh to the 100th of a gram, but I suspect they're going to be expensive. I've also started to clear out the load of charm beads I bought nearly 2 years ago that have never really sold - the glass ones have gone on in packs of 10 for 99p, which is making me a slight loss on what I paid after VAT and fees, but they've been making me the square root of naff all sitting in a box not selling, so time to get them cleared and raise some money to buy more gemstone beads which are selling really well ever since I ditched my Amazon shop and put the prices down.

Scores on the doors day and it's a better week, though there are some caveats (see below!):

Business
Overdraft: -£-8256.52 / -£7051.17 +£1205.35

Business total: -£-8256.52 / -£7051.17 +£1205.35

Personal
Overdraft: -£822.96 / -£1018.77 -£195.85
Egg card: -£3085.00 / -£3085.00 no change
Barclaycard: -£2455.00 / -£2410.00 +£45.00
Nationwide card: -£2570.00 / -£2570.00 no change

Personal total: -£8932.96 / -£9083.77 -£150.81

Grand total: -£17,189.48 / -£16,134.94 +£1054.54

The caveats are as follows:

1) There's £823 to come out of the business account - I've made two card payments to a supplier since last Friday and their accounts lady has been too busy to put them through yet.

2) There's another £100-ish to come out of the personal overdraft because I'm convinced Finn's ulcer stuff is working and have ordered him a full course.

So really more level on the week than £1000 paid off, but it looks good anyway

Mr Minx has taken the day off to play with his new log splitter, so I'd better look like I'm doing some work rather than talking to you lot

I've been so good today I dusted, tidied and cleaned, washed the sofa throws, photographed all the rest of the fiddly little hearts and got them listed (annoyingly the 4mm red ones are all slightly mis-shaped, so they'll have to be sold off cheaply as a job lot) and re-priced some charms that weren't selling.

The couple of things I put on eBay last Sunday have both sold for a total of £60, which is a nice chunk towards Mr Finn's treatment I must get that saddle up for sale this week - step one is having a look in the shed for its cover.