Shopaholics Debt Diary

mariagti

Just popping into say hi :hello: I look forward to reading your diary! Good luck

mariagti:A

shopaholic84

:hello: hiya

Easy evening so far, watching a few dvds i had left from cinema paradiso, and i cooked along with Mr Ramsey.

Now just catching up on here, and working out how much i need to start putting away for Christmas gifts.

This is what i so far have in points/vouchers:

Boots Advantage Card - £31.29
Amazon Vouchers - £20.00
Onepoll - £6.05

I have enough points to redeem another £10 dooyoo voucher, so just waiting for all the points to be redeemable, and i have just signed up to bingoport, and i am so far upto 6,000 points, so only another to get a £5 Amazon voucher :j

Main christmas presents I need to buy, and approx how much i will spend:

Mum - Already spent £20 in The Body Shop, plan to spend another £30
Dad - Not sure what to get him yet, £50
Lil Bro - Game from Amazon - (£30) - hopefully use Amazon vouchers so £0 to spend
Big Bro - Game from Amazon (£30) hopefully have more Amazon vouchers to use
Sis - £35 perfume gift set from Boots (use boots points), plus £30 vouchers
Niece - Already spent £40 - want to spend another £50
OH - buying presents whilst on holiday £150
OH Parents - Mum - £20 - Dad £20
£445 total - minus vouchers/boots points = £350 to find :eek:

I have already taken into account OH's gifts, and his gifts will come out of the holiday savings, so going to forget about his gifts until we get there.

If i can, i might try to raise some more Amazon vouchers, and use them for my Dads gifts, but depends if its possible. I think i can make £30 to cover both my bros gifts, but another £50, thats another matter :rolleyes: i will try though! Its my challenge, i will update if i manage it

I'm going to try and do all my Christmas shopping online, go through Quidco, make some money back, beats shopping with the crowds :rotfl:

shopaholic84

Yey, its Wednesday already..., half way through the working week. So thought time for a little update on how i've been doing.

I spent some of my Amazon vouchers yesterday, i now have £11.28 left as i bought my niece 3 extra Christmas gifts, they will fit nicely with the other bits i have her so far.

I'm hoping to get another £10 voucher from Dooyoo tomorrow, and a £5 voucher from Bingoport, fingers crossed i receive them. I'm also only another 200 points away from being able to redeem another £10 voucher from Dooyoo - ooo very exciting, extra gifts for people for xmas.

So far this week i have only spent £5.90, and i'm very impressed with myself considering its been a very stressful week so far at work, i've not spent money on choccy.

Some more extra points added to boots, only around 40, but will update that when i find my receipt.
6 weeks tomorrow everyday until Christmas day :eek:

Off to write some more reviews for Dooyoo, only managed 1 today, i try and at least do 2.

x

shopaholic84

Today i received my £10 Amazon voucher from Dooyoo, and i now have enough points to redeem another £10 voucher which i will get next week hopefully. I'm still waiting for the £5 bingoport Amazon voucher i redeemed last week, does anybody know when they send their vouchers out??? :cool:

I popped into my local sainsburys today and noticed the 2 CD's and receive £15 itunes voucher for free deal, i was tempted to buy 2 and get the voucher as the voucher would be a great pressie for my older bro. However, i would have to spend nearly £20 on the CD's, which i didn't really need, so not really sure. I thought i could sell the CD's, and then i will have a voucher for more or less nothing, will decide tomorrow as the offer ends Sunday, so need to think quick as don't want to miss out.

I'm keeping track of my money everyday, and so far so good. I will have enough money to pay my £100 Kays bill next week for sure :j

xxxx

shopaholic84

Yey - just had an email through from Bingoport and i have received my £5 voucher, which now takes my Amazon total to £26.28.

Happy me xxxx

shopaholic84

Sunday evening already - oh no back to work tomorrow, i hate Sunday evenings, so depressing knowing its back to another working week tomorrow, hey ho, only 5 weeks till my OH and I fly off to USA to visit friends for Xmas.

I have now redeemed another £10 from Dooyoo, so hopefully that will arrive on Thursday, and i have just started Bingoport for the evening, so trying to get that to £10 before i redeem tonight, so that SHOULD be £20 on Thursday for Amazon gifts - yey!

I received my first crown on Dooyoo the other day, i love crowns. I want to try and get another now, its an easy 1500 points. I'd rather put effort into the review and maybe earn a crown, than write 2-3 shorter reviews that i'm not really happy with, but will post anyway for the points.

I was naughty yesterday, my OH and popped to Westfield Shopping Centre (London) to get a few pressies, one for a friends lil girl who is one next weekend, and while we were there we got a few xmas gifts. I spent around £50, that was on my half of the birthday gift £15, xmas gift for my mum (£20), and tops in Dorothy Perkins, however i only brought those because i had a 20% off voucher, so wanted to use it before it expired today, i also got a nice belt in there, and a few accessories that will go nice with outfits at xmas time.

Off to update my sig, not managed to clear anymore debt yet, but will be able to deduct £100 on Thursday when i pay for my Kays bill. Because i was naughty yesterday and spent, plus i had this unexpected early Kays bill, i only have £23 to last me until payday on the 28th November :eek: however, its only one more weekend without much money, and we're busy next weekend doing things that won't cost money, so i should hopefully be okay. My Boots advantage card now has around £36 on it, managed to get another 400 odd points yesterday with my shopping, or should i say OH's shopping.

I'm lovin' this year not buying any gifts on credit, its great. I have bought few bits using my Amazon money, so they are free gifts, and i am saving my boots points for gifts too, so thats another few pressies for free :T

xxx

shopaholic84

I have just been completing my Money Planner book i bought from Paperchase yesterday, it cost £7 and its great. You write all your credit card outgoings, your monthly expenses, its a great way to keep track of things. My sister is useless with money, so i'm going to buy another to add to her Christmas gifts, its a great little gift. I have just tried to find it on the Paperchase website and i think its sold out, but the good news is its part of Amazon, so i can use my Amazon vouchers to buy it, if it ever comes back into stock, it has pigs all over it, with money planner at the top, its fab.

xxx

shopaholic84

I am 3000 points away from redeeming another £10 voucher from bingoport - yey!! I am rubbish playing bingo and slot machines. I don't start work until 1pm tomorrow so going to stay up bit later tonight and try and earn the 3000 points before midnight.

I took advantage of the Sainsburys offer today. Bought 2 CD's from the one's in the list, and earned a £15 itunes voucher. Cd's come to £17.54, have put them on itunes and listed them on Amazon, and they have already sold for £10.88, so in total have only paid £6.66 for the CD's and got a free £15 itunes voucher for my bro for xmas - love it.

xx

shopaholic84

£25 has been received from Extrabet on Quidco :j only joined last month so happy with that, should get it this month then!!!

shopaholic84

Christmas Presents List

The bold sums means money i will be paying;-

Mum - Already spent £20 in The Body Shop, £20 in Boots, going to buy her a CD to from Amaon vouchers/Nectar points, not sure which one yet (FREE)

Dad - Not sure what to get him yet, £50

Lil Bro - Game from Amazon - (£30) - hopefully use Amazon vouchers so £0 to spend

Big Bro - £15 ITunes voucher (Free from Sainsburys), possibly spend another £15

Sis - £35 perfume gift set from Boots (use boots points), plus £40 cash + £7 money planner book - paperchase

Niece - Already spent £40 - want to spend another £30

OH - buying presents while on holiday £150

OH Parents - Mum - £20 - Dad £20

= £182 still to find for Christmas presents. I haven't included £150 for OH's presents as this will be deducted from spending money i'm saving from November/Decembers pay, hopefully save approx £750.