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  • jenjade
    jenjade Posts: 8,418 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I wrote 4 reviews and saved them last night i also posted on but i hasn't had many reads!
    :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
  • yukkibear
    yukkibear Posts: 5,556 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I have started the year and the challenge of £10 a day with a deposit of £10 into a scratchcard and have made 10p lol.

    Onwards and upwards.
  • mariagti
    mariagti Posts: 3,207 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    My challenge is to fill the rest of my ISA up by end of March at the latest! So i need £1500 in 3 months.

    I may join the £10 a day to help me on my way.:)
    Make £5 a day JAN £121/175 FEB £283/175:j
    Weekly Grocery budget of £35! Jan £95.05/175 Feb £37.53/175
  • moneymabel
    moneymabel Posts: 7,910 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    uurrggggghhhhhhhh bleeeuurrrgggghhhhhh ....mornin



    heh heh no i feel fine actually :-) I thought there might be double scratchies but never mind. Back to work tomorrow :-( still -only one day and then its the weekend yay!!!!
  • yukkibear
    yukkibear Posts: 5,556 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I'm back at work tomorrow too :(
    and saturday :(

    Have written a review to suggest this morning and now am off to dismantle the xmas tree.
  • jenjade
    jenjade Posts: 8,418 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Did my tree yesterday and all the cards!!

    I have made 8 suggestions for thing to review so some more writting for me later!!
    :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
  • Nichelette
    Nichelette Posts: 2,150 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Morning everyone, happy new year :).

    I think my aims for the year are quite big, I want to fill my ISA like Maria (we've basically got the same amount left). Then I need to pay £1400 off of my overdrafts by August, but I don't want to take any money from my ISA to do it. When I've done that I want to fill my ISA for the 09/10 tax year.

    Also, I want to start the jewellery business and possibly get a decent job, or at least one I don't hate to give me some extra money. Oh, and I want my free TV and to be money neutral present wise as much as I can be.
    Finally bought a home
    Starting mortgage £289,500 31.01.19 - Current outstanding £189,497.12
    Overpayments since 27.03.19: £53,964.80
    Moving fund so far £2500 - Premium bonds £9,500
  • lilmissmup
    lilmissmup Posts: 6,884 Forumite
    HA PPY NEW YEAR!!!! :j :j :j

    Hope its a great one for you all!

    My aims are to stay debt free, save as much cash as possible, make as much cash as possible, and try lose a bit more weight. I am going to weigh myself Saturday and go from there.

    I am back to work tomorrow too, don't see the point of opening on a Friday, bit gutted esp as OH is off still :rolleyes:

    Plan for today is to do a few dooyoo reviews and maybe write some and store in Word, i am up to £16ish now :)
    Now a SAHM trying to earn some spare pennies each month
  • jenjade
    jenjade Posts: 8,418 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    well done dawn

    Are you going for cash on dooyoo?

    It seems to be taking a while for my points to be redeemable! I am going to £60 i think
    :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
  • lilmissmup
    lilmissmup Posts: 6,884 Forumite
    Yep aiming for £50 now Christmas is over as don't have any birthdays this month, i think anyway LOL.
    Now a SAHM trying to earn some spare pennies each month
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