Benbens moneymaking adventure

pixiechick99

benbenandme wrote: »

I've just signed up for the scratchcards thing a la Hypno I have got 20p so far, but hopefully over the course of the year it might get me the odd tenner here and there, kind of filling the gap that Pigsback used to occupy

Hey I signed up today too - I'm on 60p:p

benbenandme

Morning all 10p from the scratchcard this morning, other than that nothing new to report. Ds wants to go swimming today, I do need to do some houseworkfirst as its a tip, and I need to go food shopping (might use up some nectar points). Will report back later when I've phoned up about the mortgage balance

pixiechick99

10p for me too;) I'm still in bed, got a coffee and laptop, heaven! My girls still with their dad but he's not well so they're still at his mum's-were meant to be at his flat and seeing panto yesterday. So they may be home earlier today - I said i'd take them to cinema rather than them spend a day sat indoors there while he's moaning about being ill;)
So, not sure of my plans!!

benbenandme

Enjoy your lie-in Milly

benbenandme

I have got up and had a ten minute blitz, which basically means the first load of washing is on and everything that was on the floor in every room has either been put in the bin / put in the wash / put in a pile in the room where it should live

My plan this week is to blitz one room a day, lounge, kitchen, my bedroom, ds bedroom and then hall/bathroom together as they're small This will mean each room must be gutted, every cupboard/drawer etc sorted and lots chucked out Todays room will be the lounge so at least the main room looks tidy Hmm, second thoughts, maybe not as I'd like to leave the xmas tree up a bit longer and that will have to go when I do the lounge so the guinea pigs can move back :rolleyes: Maybe I'll do the kitchen or hall/bathroom, hmm,decisions decisions


Other jobs for this week:

• ds haircut
• pay stuff in at the bank
• put new car tax in car
• transfer details onto new calendar
• make mortgage overpayment
• ds thankyou letters

I will add more to it as I go

benbenandme

The first load of my Next order just arrived so the lounge floor is a mess again :rolleyes: I am being very good and am sending quite a bit back, I ordered a pair of jeans and a fleece for ds but they are both girls ones when they've arrived I'm sure they were in the boys section as I wouldn't have looked at the girls stuff but never mind I also am sending back a pair of cream cords I ordered for me (ordered two styles so one goes back), and 3 pairs of jeans have arrived so far, but two are going back as they don't look good on. I also ordered a skirt and bustier top, but the top doesn't fit properly and the skirt makes me look awful

The leather holdall arrived and is gorgeous, its a dusky pink colour and looks like the 50 quid ones in m&s The 2 leather bags arrived too, (70 down to 20) and they are beautiful, I am keeping one and will either ebay the other or give it to my sister for her birthday. In total, the stuff I'm keeping so far comes to 122.50 :eek: :eek: but this includes the bag for ebay (hopefully get 30ish on there) and cufflinks for ex's birthday (5.00) which will come out of present fund. I am kepeing: leather holdall,2 x leather bags, 5 pairs of socks for ds, trousers for ds, jeans for me, cords for me, 2 pairs of shoes for me for work, cufflinks.

There is still more stuff to be delivered too Aqa here I come

benbenandme

The stuff I'm sending back totals 84.00

I phoned up about the mortgage and the balance today is 51,598.23, so I will make my overpayment for 1600.00 to bring it down to 50k :j :j

mariagti

Thats great BB! £50k your doing so well on the overpayments!

Keeping_Motivated

Thats so amazing especially as you are on a single income, you should be so proud of yourself. So you've paid 10K off in 18 mths is that right?

benbenandme

yep thats right!!