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AUGUST make £10 a day challenge!

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  • jenjade
    jenjade Posts: 8,418 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    well after thinking i am not up to much this month so was wondering if i caould make £10 a day .. total is looking fab

    added £27 today from e bay sales
    :j Proud mum to Jade age 10 years and Baby Ellie born Christmas Day:eek: with a broke heart :( Proven to be a little fighter and battling on with her heart condition :j
  • Uniscots97
    Uniscots97 Posts: 6,687 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Just made 4.80 from ebay! Added to my total.
    CC2 = £8687.86 ([STRIKE]£10000[/STRIKE] )CC1 = £0 ([STRIKE]£9983[/STRIKE] ); Reusing shopping bags savings =£5.80 vs spent £1.05.Wine is like opera. You can enjoy it even if you don't understand it and too much can give you a headache the next day J
  • Horace
    Horace Posts: 14,426 Forumite
    strumpet wrote: »
    My lodger is moving out at the end of August and has just offered me £40 for four chairs that have been in my outhouse for 6 months gathering dust. Let me think - should I let him have them for £40?

    Where do I sign?

    Strumpet

    As they are dust collectors and are not being used, snatch the lodger's hand off and accept the £40.

    Today, I acquired a £5 money off voucher for Slug & Lettuce - I have to spend £10 (not difficult with their food) before I can use the voucher.:j
  • bikerchick1066
    bikerchick1066 Posts: 489 Forumite
    strumpet wrote: »
    My lodger is moving out at the end of August and has just offered me £40 for four chairs that have been in my outhouse for 6 months gathering dust. Let me think - should I let him have them for £40?

    Where do I sign?

    Strumpet
    Sell the chairs. At the moment anything in my house with a layer of dust on has a 'for sale' sign slapped on it!
    Didn't do boot fair on Sunday as when the alarm went off at 5.30 it was raining (no, really it was) so went back to bed. When I got up at 8 the sun was shining! I'm going to try the Saturday one this week for the first time. Three war books on ebay at the moment, only one with a bid, but have until Sunday afternoon to gather some interest. Oh and I find 2p whilst hoovering behind the TV cabinet. woo hoo!
    Married 19th May 2011 to the love of my life
    Cross Stitch Cafe Member Number 44
    CSC Challenge - to complete LEGS by end of December
  • Miss_Bez
    Miss_Bez Posts: 222 Forumite
    Quite a few CDs and books sold over weekend. Will send them off this afternoon and update sig later. 3 items on ebay due to end Sunday, all three have bids and are up to about £4 already.
    Well done everyone, keep up the good MSEing!
    O/draft 1Abbey:£1000 Student Loan [STRIKE]£10,825[/STRIKE] £9030 Personal Loan: [STRIKE]£4900[/STRIKE]£4809 Apple Finance: £1000
    House Deposit Fund    :    [STRIKE]£13,830[/STRIKE][STRIKE]£14, 120[/STRIKE]£14500/£16,000
  • Holeypockets
    Holeypockets Posts: 470 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I know it's the wrong place to post but I am so chuffed I thought I'd share it - I have just been informed that I won a sim free LG KF750 phone from Play.com. It is worth around £260. I don't enter comps much but that is about to change now.
  • Purpleroses
    Purpleroses Posts: 4,125 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    congrats holeypockets thats fantastic!!!

    (and its not the wrong place to post! its always great to hear good news!)
  • JesaRose
    JesaRose Posts: 4,457 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Well done Holeypockets - I really need to enter more competitions as I seem to have been quite lucky on free bongo and pigsback

    £17.47 made for me today so far
    Not been here in years! Hi everyone. Make £10 a day challenge = £78.45/155
  • Uniscots97
    Uniscots97 Posts: 6,687 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Just got a lovely email from a friend saying I've won the £30 voucher we entered a local competition for. I've hit my target! Going to keep going and see how far I can get this month.
    CC2 = £8687.86 ([STRIKE]£10000[/STRIKE] )CC1 = £0 ([STRIKE]£9983[/STRIKE] ); Reusing shopping bags savings =£5.80 vs spent £1.05.Wine is like opera. You can enjoy it even if you don't understand it and too much can give you a headache the next day J
  • Holeypockets
    Holeypockets Posts: 470 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Winning (just anything) feels great and I will deffo enter more comps now. I will also have the pleasure of giving with this prize as I am giving it to my wife who thoroughly deserves it.
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