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The 'Get It Done' Challenge!!
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Sorry to hear your news Emily.
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One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.0 -
I managed to get most things done last week, so this week includes the ones I didn't get done i.e. the ones I left till last because I don't want to do them:o
1. finish Christmas present buying.
2. sort out 3 small baskets of odds and ends currently residing on bookcase.
3. tidy top of wardrobe.
4. tidy bottom of wardrobe.
5. hoovering.
6. write Christmas cards.
7. wrap Christmas presents.
8. general tidy up of bedroom. started
9. sort out box of post.
10. hair treatment. done
11. rearrange dentist appointment. done
12. hang up clothes. started
13. take top back.
14. pay overtime into savings.
15. check email. done
16. charge ipod. done
17. post overtime claim. done
18. polishing. done
19. food shopping. done
20. tidy dressing table. donePay/save £20k in 2010 £5888.75/£20,000June Mini target 0/5lbs Total 23/40Ebay profit 2010: March £207:) April £95:) May £130:) June £0 Total £432:j0 -
Right since I did rubbish a few weeks ago, here's a new list for this week which I am actually going to stick to:
[strike]1. Iron/wrap ebay items [/strike]
[strike]2. Post ebay items [/strike]
[strike]3. Call Alliance & Leicester[/strike]
[strike]4. Take cans/magazines/rubbish to recycling [/strike]
[strike]5. Revise VAT forms (two half our sessions at least)[/strike]
6. Buy folders for course and sort through notes
7. Hoover and *maybe* dust, if feeling ambitious
8. Do load of washing and remainder of the ironing - managed a little bit of ironing
[strike]9. Wash hair (yes, I class this as a chore)[/strike]
10. Catch up on competitions - done some but not up to date!
[strike]11. Tidy wardrobe[/strike]
12. List dancing stuff on ebay - listed loads but forgot dancing stuff, grrr.
[strike]13. Shift remainder of savings into Egg [/strike]
[strike]14. Update spreadsheet[/strike]
[strike]15. Sift through junkmail [/strike]
[strike]16. Get refund sorted out (ebay sale) [/strike]
[strike]17. Do UKTV focus group questions[/strike]
18. Sort Premium bonds out0 -
Hi everyone,
Thought i would join in as i have a few things i need to stick to this week, they are:-- Make £20 on Dooyoo by Friday -only another 11,300 points to go
- Finish off all my Christmas shopping on Saturday
- Get all presents wrapped and under tree
- Sort out my finances properly and file everything away
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this is how i'm looking so far:
[strike]1. Finish writing Spanish Speaking[/strike]
[strike]2. Tidy and hoover room[/strike]
3. Organise shelves
4. Washing and Ironing (have done washings, just need to iron it all now)
5. Wrap Christmas pressies i got from Woolies the other day
6. Give out Christmas cards (gave out work ones, need to give out college ones)
7. Do 10 dooyoo reviews0 -
Just reading all your lists has made me HAVE to go and lie down with a damp flannel on my forehead!
It's all too much!!!
StrumpetNIL ILLEGITIMUS CARBORUNDUM!Nov Grocery Challenge: £0.00 / £150.00
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£2 Savers Club #088: £200 since 01/09/2008 (£0 to bank) (Banked £200)
Slimming World: 15½lbs/21lbs (74%) at end of Week 18 (Target date for 13st: 25/12/2009):dance:0 -
Hi everyone
Ex seems to be leaving me alone so I have managed to get some things done!!- Get to £200 on AQA. - Only at £33 still but am working on that tonight.
- Do my one mystery shop and try to get another 2. - Managed to get another 2 which will earn me £7 and they are online ones. Due to complete the mystery shop for this week tomorrow night.
- Get another £10 Amazon voucher on Dooyoo. - Halfway there.
- [STRIKE]List 5 items on Ebay.[/STRIKE] - I listed 10 items this evening!
- [STRIKE]Post Ebay items[/STRIKE] - Posted yesterday
- [STRIKE]Go through clothes and see which ones I want to sell to fund some new clothes.[/STRIKE] - Did this on Sunday and managed to get 7 skirts that no longer fit me which are already on Ebay.
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Hi, can I join in this please? I have loads to do and should have the time to do everything but always put things off, e.g I have been going to list things on ebay for months. So by the end of this week I aim to
1- finish my last essay for college done this
2- list 10 things on ebay not done will do do tomo
3- sort things to do car boot didn't realise car boot had closed for winter but have done this
4- clean bathroom on list to do tomo
5- clean out rabbit done
Think thats enough to start with.
Oh well, not a bad start and at least I got the most important ones out of the way0 -
i haven't done anything from my list today, it's too cold!
and i don't have a heater in my room! lol0 -
I haven't done anything off my list either! I ended up shopping, though only spent £12 on stuff I needed... and forgot the folders I needed to get for my course notes. Oops :S0
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