Benbens moneymaking adventure

Ellidee

benben just had to de-lurk and post this link to a new thread started yesterday http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1811571 XX

benbenandme

Thankyou Ellidee, I've been thinking some more about this and yes I am still gonna go for it, but rather than try to get down to 10 stone over the summer I'm going to aim for 10.5 stone, then work on the other 1/2 stone in the autumn term. 10.5 is what I got down to last year so would be happy to get there again, if I get further then great but I dont wanna stress over it in the holidays

benbenandme

Just made £20 from a reload offer :beer:, a couple of other bits have hit my bank account, so have chucked them in the mortgage pot and have waved goodbye to feb 2024 :j ... 2023 I'm coming to getcha :D

benbenandme

Had a lovely walk today at school I've got 2 mystery shops tomorrow after work which will get me £20 and the car is going in for its service and m.o.t. tomorrow, so fingers crossed it wont be too bad, but tbh it could be dreadful as they said last year the exhaust needed replacing soon

pixiechick99

Oooooh fingers crossed for your car then;)

hypno06

Yes - good luck with the car!

benbenandme

Well the car is poorly .... it needed 2 new front tyres and a whole new exhaust In total it cost just under £500 :eek: :eek: They didnt get it finished tonight either so we have to walk to school tomorrow and collect it after school :rolleyes: It also meant I had to cancel the 2 mystery shops for tonight as I couldn't get there, so £20 lost there too :mad: Hey ho, life goes on

Other than that it has been a nsd today

hypno06

Your post last night prompted me to look up my MOT certificate, only to be horrified to see that the MOT ran out 3 weeks ago :eek:

We got it done today - but brakes needed doing, so £180 gone just like that. Not as bad as yours, but still money that could have been used somewhere else!

So....thank you for mentioning your MOT last night - you have saved me risking getting caught with no MOT and therefore invalid insurance :T

benbenandme

Pleased to have helped Hypno Its scary how much running a car costs, but where I live I have no option, the bus only goes once an hour and unless you want to go to the main town you've had it, theres no way I could get to mum and dads without a car, and with dad being as he is now that just isn't an option

I do put money away each month to go towards car costs and currently I have £425 in there, so that will now be wiped out and I need to find another £70 :rolleyes: Back to square one for that account then.

hypno06

We are much the same - we only have one car between us (although OH does have a bike) but with running children and visiting students about, it is very much a necessity, without even thinking about the ski stuff that we do!

I try and save £50 a month towards the car running costs, but OH bike needed work doing to get it through its MOT last month which wiped out what little I had saved......bah!!