Hypno's recession busting debt diary.....

beanielou

No he dosent but I was amazed at how much he got TBH ~ one house always gives him £20:eek: .If I remember he got about £60 - £70 in total in each of last two years.

Seaxwyn

You obviously live in a more generous area than us!

gallygirl

Crikey, at £20 I'd consider a round myself .

My DD was mortified when I suggested putting a Christmas card through the door with every paper and only agreed to do it if I supplied the cards :rolleyes: .

She wasn't so mortified by the number of 'papergirl please ring bell' notes stuck on doors - I think she ended up with around £30 (out of which she obviously didn't refund the cost of the cards :rolleyes: ).

Walshyboy84

ali007 wrote: »

Crikey, at £20 I'd consider a round myself .

My DD was mortified when I suggested putting a Christmas card through the door with every paper and only agreed to do it if I supplied the cards :rolleyes: .

She wasn't so mortified by the number of 'papergirl please ring bell' notes stuck on doors - I think she ended up with around £30 (out of which she obviously didn't refund the cost of the cards :rolleyes: ).

That shows you Capitalism is alive and well in our nation's youth!

I made my money thanks to the local newsagents selling cheap candy even cheaper. I used to buy something rediculous like 40 odd sweets (like refreshers and the sherbert straws) for £3 (which was my lunch money) and sell them to guys at school and on the school bus! Made me £15 a day! :T

Good times! My mum was worried that I was dealing drugs or mugging old ladies becasue I always had a lot of money on me!

hypno06

DS will only be doing a Sunday round so I wouldn't expect he will get much, if anything at Christmas. I won't mention the possibility to him, but will get him to do Christmas cards!

I have managed to pick up a few Adult Ed workshops for the next few weeks - should net me about £300 after tax etc so all very useful, although they take aaages to pay so I won't "allocate" the funds in my mind just yet :rolleyes:

Was hoping for a NSD today but then remembered I need to buy DS a birthday present - nothing exciting, but he does need a pair of jeans, because he has outgrown his, and all he has left are very tatty tracky trousers which are not fit to be seen in public in.........so I will be on a mission this lunchtime!

taxi73

Well done on your MS and your DS getting a paper round x Good news about the adult ed classes as well

Miss_Bez

Well done on the paper round. Winter tips could still be something to look forward to. Boy in my tutor group announced he got £150 in tips over Xmas which needless to say I was very impressed with. Turns out his dad drove him to and through his paper round, but did Dad receive any of the £150 towards petrol? Nope!:rotfl:I suppose it's enterprising in a way. More fool dad for doing it.

£10 left in my account 'til payday Tues. Having minor op to remove cyst on eyelid tomorrow morn. Hoping this will lead to a quiet, cheap weekend. Any suggestions for activities that are both free and can be completed with an eyepatch welcomed...!

Stuffed marrow for dinner today - yum! What's Hypno and everyone else having?

jackie_w

Hi Hypno,

Well done on getting to your £20,000 target :T :T :T :T .

Jackie

hypno06

Miss Bez, hope the eye is not too painful - sounds eww!

Dinner tonight is a baked version of spag bol - not sure if it will work, have bunged it all in a pyrex dish and shoved it in the oven, mince, pasta, sauce and pasta etc all together. I will stick some grated cheese on the top in a while and hope for the best

beanielou

LEt us know if it works as sounds good ^^^