The 'complete this challenge' challenge...suitable for all!

wilf55

scrooge - great idea i hadnt through of it like that away this weekend again so will give it some thought and perhaps begin on 1st april

his clubs sold on ebay last night £410 for the clubs plus the guy wants to by another, a wedge for £40 more than i expected overall (ie expected less for the clubs but more for the wedge!) he is paying by cheque to which means i have less in paypal fees so all in all a good deal

EGU have confirmed also that we can claim back mileage which at 25p per mile is another £200 ish

all in the pot!!

my ddad! has also said he will put a little something in the bank to help probs £100 so that is good

hope you are all working hard

scrooge2008

Wow, that is over two month's money in the pot already, great stuff.

It's great that your dad is getting involved too. I am sure he will get a great deal of pleasure in knowing that he is helping his grandson reach his dreams.

scrooge2008

I've just booked an appointment to see a 4/5 bedroom detached house in an estate that a friend has recently moved in to.

It is a mystery shop for a home building company, and I have to visit the show home next week. I will really have to be on my guard because I couldn't believe how low the price was and the offers the saleswoman was touting. The house is not much more expensive than our current one and looks fabulous on the website. I WILL NOT BE TEMPTED, I WILL NOT BE TEMPTED ....... I AM HAPPY WHERE I AM ETC ETC.

scrooge2008

It's Friday!!!
Today's list:-
[STRIKE]Lollypop and Accounts job[/STRIKE]

Then still to do:-
[STRIKE]
DS spelling homework before school
DS third world sponsor money for school
Soup for DH
Book badminton court
Do shopping list at work[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Drop mags at Freds[/STRIKE]

After work
Ebaying
- Iron clothes
- Photograph individually and as a bundle
- Fill in a detailed description about the items
- Load photographs
- Submit
- respond to queries about the missing clothes
[STRIKE]Find and label all NCT stuff for tomorrow's sale[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]
- Weekly shop
- Friday Macdonalds's treat and Badminton with DS
- Basic Flylady
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Menu Plan
[STRIKE]Friday - Pizza and salad[/STRIKE]
Saturday - Roast lamb and trimmings
Sunday - Lamb curry
Monday - Salmon or tuna with rice dish
Tuesday - Roast chicken
Wednesday - Chicken pie
Thursday - Chicken soup

Bye for now.

I spent a couple of hours wheeling and dealing in phones and made £150.00, when I should have been ebaying. Still it was a result!

DeeDeeinDooDoo

Hi All

Will catch up properly with you hopefully this weekend... can't stop just now...

convert Tesco vouchers for eurotunnel
get paperwork for small claims court
fill in son's new passport number on flight booking
[STRIKE]pay elec and gas bill for old house[/STRIKE]
check direct debits all up and running
[STRIKE]put savings in higher interest earning account[/STRIKE]
investigate ISA options or is it too late?
cancel talktalk 13th april
need to send postcards to students

DeeDeeinDooDoo

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[STRIKE]convert Tesco vouchers for eurotunnel[/STRIKE]
get paperwork for small claims court
[STRIKE]fill in son's new passport number on flight booking[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]pay elec and gas bill for old house[/STRIKE]
check direct debits all up and running
[STRIKE]put savings in higher interest earning account[/STRIKE]
investigate ISA options or is it too late?
cancel talktalk 13th april
need to send postcards to students

scrooge2008

Morning all,

[STRIKE]NCT sale this morning then:-[/STRIKE]

[STRIKE] - A couple of hours giving the house a deep clean. It has not been too bad this week as I have done a basic Flylady each day.
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[STRIKE]- Ebay - I still haven't loaded the clothes on.[/STRIKE] DONE DONE DONE DONE!!

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DH cooks tea on a Saturday, which I look forward to as he's a great cook, I normally try and have an hour or two's kip before hand.

Here's to a busy time up until about 4.00 pm and a real chill thereafter. Have a great weekend.
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[STRIKE]
Chilling is going great, but never did get around to cleaning the house, will move that to tomorrow. Edit managed to squeeze in an hour
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scrooge2008

Hope everyone is having a good weekend -

Plan for today:-

[STRIKE]- Country walk with family this morning[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]- All visit DH dad late afternoon[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]- 2 x cinema audits this evening[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]- Salmon for tea[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]- Wallpaper stripper back to Anne with couple of bottles of wine as thank you - moving to next week as DH has to fix it first.[/STRIKE]
- One hour timed clean of house and organise for Monday
[STRIKE]- Literary circle work[/STRIKE]
- Paint nails

wilf55

hi all

well back from a lovely cottage in lincolnshire

am so tired, house is a tip loads of washing etc etc

put some of ds1 golf stuff on ebay and am very pleased with the results..the money however will be eaten up very quickly but at least it will be put to good use

need to pay bill £200
another bill £110
golf subs ds & oh £350
battery for golf trolley £59
money to dd2 borrowed £600

total 1319



money from irons £465
wedge £40
driver £50
bag £80
waterproof jacket £70
trainers £25
few other bits £10


total £740

£579 short!!!

but that would be a massive amount of immediate payments made!

ideally would love to make this up with ebay sales over next 2 weeks but large majority of big items sold!

if i really cut back on food this week can try and make some more of this up dd3 owes me £40 too but would rather not call this in if possible not mse i know but sometimes life isnt!
dads birthday pressie needs to be bought and sent just didnt have the time to do scrapbook but now need ideas on what to buy him

next week i need to
email golf club
arrange lessons x2
email re trolley battery
find wrap and send all ebay sales
major tidy up/spring clean
car boot to be fixed - tued
docs - wed
house inspection by HA - tues
egu claim forms
dads bday pressie
ebay ebay ebay
would like to look into matched betting and mystery shopping

keep up the good work you lot !!
xxdebsxx

scrooge2008

Morning wilf, I'm glad you had a nice weekend, the cottage sounded lovely. You're bound to be tired though, especially with the clocks bouncing forward, so I hope you can pace yourself today. What a great eBay result!!!!

Betmunch, an MSE poster, has set up a group which has around 40 members who support each other in matched betting. There was some excellent feedback on him on the Up Your Income Thread. It might be worth dropping him a line if you are interested in taking Matched Betting seriously and would like some support. I think this is his homepage:-

http://www.mbguru.co.uk/index.html

My plan for today:-

[STRIKE]
- Accounts and Lollypop
- Sandwiches for all[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]- Mystery banking shop and write up[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] - Body Jam Class
- Hour on house and organising for Tuesday[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]- Post out eBay parcel[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]- DS homework[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]- invoice for mystery shopping work[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]DD for business banking BT[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Plan for the week[/STRIKE]

Have a good week.

Weeks Plan - The priorities are ringing mum and dad and spending at least five hours this week on developing my business

[STRIKE]Get organised for week trip away next week[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Phone mum and update her on plans for the week away[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Phone dad to see how he is[/STRIKE]
Update website
Update details on business cards
[STRIKE]Make £20.00 - surveys and quidco[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Follow very basic Flylady plan M T W T F S S[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]DS homework each night M T W T F[/STRIKE]
Prep for MT and MS -RB and TD 1/7 - 3 hrs SF /3 0/3 VR
[STRIKE]Choose new carpet for hall and stairs from insurance company list - move to after holiday[/STRIKE]
Badminton with DS
[STRIKE]Stick to maximum 7/7 1500 calories a day [/STRIKE]
Gillian Shred DVD - 0/5 times
[STRIKE]Gym x 2 - Body Jam class[/STRIKE] and Boxing Fitness class
[STRIKE]Fill in weight and food tracker spreadsheet - 7/7[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Weigh-in Saturday morning Lou's thread [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Print off details of TNS Stanstead job[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Update their ebay shop when they are home on Tuesda[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Visit show house for mystery shop - Thursday[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Re-Paint my hand and toe nails[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Transfer £1,400 into the offset mortgage facility[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Phone Direct Line to advise no longer with them[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]See if mobile is insured under Sheila's Wheels policy[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Pay another £20.00 towards DS activity holiday in June[/STRIKE]
3 hours brainstorming a marketing - move forward plan for the business
[STRIKE]Activate Tesco Sim, to ensure cashback[/STRIKE][STRIKE]
Steamer back to A - DS is cleaning and fixing it - will hand back Friday
[/STRIKE][STRIKE] Vodafone they have received phone back[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Chase up CEX over vouchers[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Chase up Tesco over vouchers[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Verify and hand in invoice to Shirley[/STRIKE]
Update my business accounts for quarter 1 2010
[STRIKE]Grassroots mystery shop - Monday[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]eBay educational CD's[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Send off Lego vouchers for Lego[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Find Tesco DVD and send it back[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] Send BT DD stuff to them[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Buy 4 tier greenhouse thingy for DH to start veg off in[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] childcare for night out with DH on Saturday out[/STRIKE]

Business, SP and Exercise need more work on, after my holidays. Overall a good week.
34.5/40 = 87%