Mini meltdown and light bulb moment

House clearance has begun!

Hubby has spent the morning clearing the loft, he has taken down the spare bed and stacked things in piles in the spare room, there are four piles, landlords stuff, stuff to sort for selling, empty boxes for packing, christmas decorations!! Guess which pile is the biggest?! (hint, christmas decs are a close second......)

We have decided to do another clear out of the media cabinet, we have loads of blu rays and DVD box sets that we didnt put through the first round of items, purely for sentimental reasons, but OH has decided most things are available on line these days, and chances are we are not going to re-watch all 8 seasons of 24 or supernatural, and there are some duplicates, ie have the same film on blu ray and in a DVD box set.

I STILL need to find somewhere that takes books! I am reluctant to give them away, as a lot of them are unread, I'd rather keep them that give them away for free, but if I can sell them, then great.

I have also just discovered gumtree (I know, I'm very late to this party....) and have listed my wedding dress on there, amongst other wedding paraphernalia. I'm going to go through the pile in the bedroom and list the items on gumtree and preloved to see what sells.

We need to cut back on our belongings that clutter up the loft, and we need the spare cash, so doubling up on the sites we list on seems sensible, also going to utilise the FB selling page too. my sister has sold loads this way. Given up with fleabay, too many problems with buyers and not worth it once the fees are added on.

Here's my 'to do' list for the next few days whilst OH is at work in the evening and on Wednesday when I'm off:

[STRIKE]Take the washing off the airer[/STRIKE]
Iron above clothes and PUT THEM AWAY!!! (ugh, the worst part)
[STRIKE]Reinvestigate selling wedding dress and list it[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]List wedding veil and fur shrug SOMEWHERE[/STRIKE]
Sort through items in the loft, what to sell, what to donate
Scan another batch of DVD's and blu rays, then compare prices on zapper, WBB and MM, consider ziffit too...
Try getting rid of books again (ziffit has cash back on TCB....)

Already crossed two things off the list!

We're going for a second viewing at the new place on Wednesday afternoon, the landlord is meeting us there which is a nice surprise (told OH I was going to convince LL that its a good idea to get rid of the agency, and let me deal with everything, he'll save himself £55 a month in management fees, so if he reduces the rent to £525 and lets me sort everything, he'll still be £25 a month better off....... OH was NOT keen on this idea!!:rotfl:) I also have to go with my sister to take the niece for her jabs on Wednesday:( not looking forward to that.

An update on my friend who has had a stroke, not sure if I mentioned this, he's only 28. Well, some good news, he is now back at home :T needs to continue with physio, and I am concerned for him; because as well as being a veggie, his wife is a terrible cook, he does all of the cooking. I've told her to bring him round to me when he wants a decent meal cooking (half jokingly of course, I will extend the offer in a more serious way, rather than ribbing her efforts of cooking (pasta, soup or toast...... :rotfl::eek:)

Think thats all for me, apart from my confession that I spent £3 on a Te5co meal deal today, I went in for bread and mothers day cards, the lunch deal was totally unnecessary as I'd taken soup into work...... :mad:

AleMrsT wrote: »

House clearance has begun!

Here's my 'to do' list for the next few days whilst OH is at work in the evening and on Wednesday when I'm off:

[STRIKE]Take the washing off the airer[/STRIKE] Another one bites the dust...
Iron above clothes and PUT THEM AWAY!!! (ugh, the worst part)
[STRIKE]Reinvestigate selling wedding dress and list it[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]List wedding veil and fur shrug SOMEWHERE[/STRIKE]
Sort through items in the loft, what to sell, what to donate
Scan another batch of DVD's and blu rays, then compare prices on zapper, WBB and MM, consider ziffit too...
Try getting rid of books again (ziffit has cash back on TCB....)
[STRIKE]Finalise cancellation of Vodafail contract - TRIED AND FAILED :mad:[/STRIKE] Success!!!!!

Already crossed two things off the list! THREE NOW, BUT I'VE ADDED ANOTHER.

Getting thoroughly cheesed off with !!!!!! vodafone. Iv'e just called them again to cancel the contract as the woman I spoke to last month told me to do, 'call back in March', and guess what..... I cant cancel until APRIL now!!!!!!

The poor guy got it with both barrels. I've rang every month for three months to be told if I call the following month I can cancel. The cancellation has gone from being free if I ring in February, to £50 if I call in March, to £19 if I cancel in April, despite being told I can cancel it in February!!!!!!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

I'm tempted to just cancel the direct debit, because they never tell me the same thing twice! Utterly exasperated with them.