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Olive Oyls 12-month Countdown

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  • OliveOyl_2
    OliveOyl_2 Posts: 3,506 Forumite
    :j:j:j:beer: thanks Shaun. I'll get rid of my ironing pile each week during House :D

    Well I'm back, and wish to cancel all previous griping :o
    F-i-L was so pleased to have his wife back safe and sound. He made me toast (offered an egg even) and gave me a bottle of gin and Popeye has a bottle of Whisky too (it may however go the way of his Easter egg though :rotfl::beer:) as thanks :D

    I feel appreciated

    And raspberries to S-i-L who didn't think to invite me to the birthday tea - I don't care anymore :rotfl:

    Pig of a return journey, sharing the motorway with roadworks and caravans :eek: (sorry to any caravan owners out there, I can see the lure, I just don't want you in front of me going up hill :rotfl:)
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Olive! What a result! I'm very pleased for you :j and for me when it comes to double House :j:j
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • OliveOyl_2
    OliveOyl_2 Posts: 3,506 Forumite
    And a further good result......
    I have been offered sufficient air-miles to take me to Africa and back from someone on this web-site :j:j:j for a little over half the price of a ticket :j:j:j

    We're just negotiating the practicalities - one of us (him :whistle:) has to take the risk that the other (me [imagine the halo clad character here]) is not going to run off with the others money.

    He says he's read my diary..........so thanks :A:iloveyou:
  • Karmacat
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    Lovely! MSE-ers are a wonderful lot.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • beanielou
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    Awwq thats sop sweet :)
    Im enjoying House :)
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  • OliveOyl_2
    OliveOyl_2 Posts: 3,506 Forumite
    Well June is underway........did I say in January that I wanted to be DF in June? :o:o
    Well I would have been if Popeye and I didn't keep flying to see each other :o, and I hadn't bought a new computer/a new carpet/redecorated DS2's room/lived a good life :o

    And a review of my May challenges:
    1 I did do at least 2 MS's a week on average (despite being away for one week) and earned £58
    2 I did surveys and earned £1.60 :rotfl:and a great many entries into a prize draw.
    3 Amazon/e-bay absolutely Zero effort here :naughty:
    4 Not spending stuff......well I bought a new computer :o but NO new clothes ;)

    So for June, I'll keep an eye on mystery shops, but abandon the surveys, I really don't see how they can justify 20 mins for 10p (30p an hour :eek:) and I keep being screened out of the ones that pay £1.

    I'm going to be keeping a spending diary, and aiming for more NSD's

    Spending less is the way forward for me.......

    So far I have spent nothing and found 70p :j
    Which makes my 20p tonight free :D

    I need more potting compost and eggs, but I'll postpone that until tomorrow.
  • shaun40400
    shaun40400 Posts: 4,134 Forumite
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    hi oo
    just beaming in
    your aims look manageable....but what do i know,,,i thought that last month:rotfl:
    baby now has the ck pox:cool::cool:
    miss kj wants me to build the climbing frame(office unit ) for baby:rotfl::rotfl:
    i wont to hide from the sun
    :santa2: :iloveyou: :xmassign:
    WAS DEBT FREE & STILL BAAARRRRRKING :cool:
    hello my name is shaun,,,and im not so addicted to farmville,still addicted to football:o:o

    BAAAARRRRRRRRRRKING er insanely so :o
  • OliveOyl_2
    OliveOyl_2 Posts: 3,506 Forumite
    I'm in a dreadful sulk today :o
    Popeye has just advised me that he's bought a ticket to some important match, not just a ticket but a hospitality package. £300 :cry:

    In the olden days I'd have gone out and matched his spending on a new frock. :o But I have to find £10K by July, and I'd only really got to £7K

    So today I'm looking for a 0% BT (We have virgin)

    What's the point of Quidco-ing (£6.47 for the month), Mystery shopping (£68) scratch'n'clicking (£15) and surveys (£1.60) when that isn't even a third of a spur of the moment spend.

    I told him that I'd cancelled my birthday outing and he's gone all quiet on me :rotfl:
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Oh boy. I hope you're having more words with him. A hospitality package!!!!!
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • shaun40400
    shaun40400 Posts: 4,134 Forumite
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    MSN-Emoticon-154.giffor popeye

    MSN-Emoticon-169.gif for you
    WAS DEBT FREE & STILL BAAARRRRRKING :cool:
    hello my name is shaun,,,and im not so addicted to farmville,still addicted to football:o:o

    BAAAARRRRRRRRRRKING er insanely so :o
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