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Benbens moneymaking adventure

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  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,401 Forumite
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    [STRIKE]attack 2nd sofa with a knife [/STRIKE];) DONE
    [STRIKE]take the covers / foam etc of the sofas to the tip [/STRIKE] DONE
    ds homework WILL DO DURING THE WEEK :rolleyes:
    [STRIKE] ds spellings[/STRIKE] DONE
    [STRIKE]ds bath/hairwash [/STRIKE] DONE
    [STRIKE]wrap ebay parcels and drop off at mums for her to post tomorrow [/STRIKE] DONE
    [STRIKE]clean guinea pigs[/STRIKE] DONE
    text ex-mil :rolleyes: :rolleyes: WHY DON'T I JUST GET IT OVER WITH!! :o
    [STRIKE]food shopping [/STRIKE] DONE

    Not too bad then, feels like I've done an awful lot more than that though. I did pick up in Sainsburys earlier a pack of 3 white poloshirts for school for ds for £1.75 and a new pair of swimming trunks for 75p (they start swimming tomorrow at school) :D

    Off now to begin the nightly battle that is bedtime :rolleyes: :D
    Mortgage Total: £50,550/ £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1680
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,401 Forumite
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    Tomorrow is new sofa day, I'm sooo excited :j :j
    Today was a good day until I went to collect ds from school, to be told that he had said f***ing hell to an adult helper at school today :eek::eek: Naturally I was mortified, tried to ignore the fact that it was the mother of the child who has been teaching ds to say blooming hell for the last week :rolleyes: ... am really disappointed in him as he has been doing much better recently :o He has been lovely again tonight after school and was fab this morning, I didn't have to tell him to get dressed or anything and we even left 15 minutes early this morning because he had got ready for school when I asked rather than having to keep asking and then running around like a demented chicken for ten minutes ;):D

    All my ebay parcels are posted except for one who hasn't paid yet :rolleyes:
    Mortgage Total: £50,550/ £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1680
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,401 Forumite
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    Forgot to mention today was a nsd, I did spend £1.85 on ebay postage but that was officially paid for by the buyer not me ;):D
    Mortgage Total: £50,550/ £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1680
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,401 Forumite
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    My new sofa has arrived :j :j :j Its lovely and squishy and I can see me having many lazy evenings falling asleep on it :D:D

    My last ebay person has paid up today so I will transfer the money from paypal tonight. I must start getting some new items on there too. I have already planned in 2 car boot sales to visit this weekend to get some bargains to put on there. I figured as theres not much matched betting going on until the new football season starts that I may as well focus on the ebay side of things ;)

    Today has been a nsd too :T Ds seems really tired tonight, so fingers crossed he will go to sleep a bit earlier tonight :D
    Mortgage Total: £50,550/ £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1680
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,401 Forumite
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    I managed to get ds to sleep by 9pm tonight :j I know its still really late for him but its better than the last couple of weeks, that have been 1-pm each night :o I was really looking forward to vegging on the new sofa watching Property Ladder, but stupid teletext said it was on at 9pm but it was on at 8 :mad: :mad: :mad: Never mind, may go and start trying to understand dooyoo ;):D
    Mortgage Total: £50,550/ £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1680
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,610 Forumite
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    Have you got freeview BBAM? it's on 13 now.
    Mortgage OP 2025 £7700/7000
    Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000

    Mortgage balance: £33,821

    Boiler fund £925/3000

    ”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,401 Forumite
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    You're a star SS, I hadn't even thought of that :D:D
    Mortgage Total: £50,550/ £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1680
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,610 Forumite
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    I had missed half of Gok each week cos of picking DS up from footie before I realised there was such a channel! Hope you enjoy it while vegging on your new sofa.
    Mortgage OP 2025 £7700/7000
    Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000

    Mortgage balance: £33,821

    Boiler fund £925/3000

    ”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,401 Forumite
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    I'm stretched out on the sofa, with the laptop, watching it now SS, its heaven ;):D:D
    Mortgage Total: £50,550/ £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1680
  • duchy
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    Happy new sofa Benben xx
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