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  • beanielou
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  • your doing really well on ebay, how much more do you have to make now to meet your target???
    December 2018: £20,850.24. Now: £18,333.02 Total paid in 2019: £2517.22

    Weight loss: 1.5lbs
  • ehallett
    ehallett Posts: 1,960 Forumite
    Well, the money that I actually have or that is guaranteed is:

    £66 - mystery shopping
    £32.28 - Ebay
    £8.36 - change jar
    £20 - sale of hutch

    So I have £126.64 but I expect to save another £21.64 in my change jar and am trying to sell another £67.72 on Ebay which will give me £216, leaving me with £34 to find.

    Not sure how to raise the £34 but will see if there is anything else I can Ebay this Sunday.

    Ebay has gone up to £17.28 now by the way :D .

    Emily x
  • ehallett
    ehallett Posts: 1,960 Forumite
    Yay, made up for earlier buy bagging a mystery shop worth £10 :D .

    I've now got £52.50 worth of mystery shops lined up that will pay out next month, that's over half of the £100 I'll have to find to pay my uncle back :T .

    Emily x
  • ehallett
    ehallett Posts: 1,960 Forumite
    Morning

    A little update, my Ebay items are now up to £19.79. I'm hoping they can reach £25 by the end of the day.

    I would put £1 in my change jar but I have run out of change so have put an IOU in there.

    I'm aiming to get another mystery shop today too. Would love to get £100 worth of jobs lined up so I know I've got enough coming to pay my uncle back. I am then going to try and find £200 on top of that to give to my mum, leaving me with only £300 to pay her which I can get in April.

    I'll join the £10 a day threads in March and April as this will be enough to reach my target :D .

    Emily x
  • ehallett
    ehallett Posts: 1,960 Forumite
    No change on Ebay just yet. However I have been allocated a website survey on emystery shopper. It pays £5 but this will take me over the threshold for payment so I will get £19 :D .

    Add this on to my mystery shopping total for next month and I now have £71.50 :j .

    Emily x
  • yay on your total so far!!!!yay.gif

    my parcel has just arrived, thank you very much!!!!! it was the right stuff.......my cat must know whats in store as took one look and then legged it, its not been back for lunch yet.......................................... ha ha ha ha!!

    with your mystery shopping, have you filled out a tax form declaring it???? would love to get into it just not sure about the tax bit, when i read the thread on the up your income site i got even more confused....... (its not hard to confuse me though.....:rolleyes: )
    December 2018: £20,850.24. Now: £18,333.02 Total paid in 2019: £2517.22

    Weight loss: 1.5lbs
  • ehallett
    ehallett Posts: 1,960 Forumite
    yay on your total so far!!!!yay.gif

    my parcel has just arrived, thank you very much!!!!! it was the right stuff.......my cat must know whats in store as took one look and then legged it, its not been back for lunch yet.......................................... ha ha ha ha!!

    with your mystery shopping, have you filled out a tax form declaring it???? would love to get into it just not sure about the tax bit, when i read the thread on the up your income site i got even more confused....... (its not hard to confuse me though.....:rolleyes: )

    Glad it arrived ok :D . My cat always bombs it when it reaches that time of the month too. She hides behind the sofa for a few hours after :rotfl: .

    I have to fill in a tax return because of working on AQA anyway so I just add the mystery shopping work on this. It really is easy to do tax returns, I was scared stiff when I did my first one but it's not that bad honestly. If you wanted to go for it, I can dig out the number that you have to call to inform them. They then send you a reminder when you have to do your tax return :D .

    Emily x
  • was thinking of giving it a go but not sure as will always have the kiddiewinks with me.......................
    December 2018: £20,850.24. Now: £18,333.02 Total paid in 2019: £2517.22

    Weight loss: 1.5lbs
  • ehallett
    ehallett Posts: 1,960 Forumite
    Already done my survey so will claim that £19 when it gets validated.

    My Ebay has gone up to £21.21. Also put my pound in my change jar and am up to £9.42.

    I have decided that I want to take up dressmaking. I would love to be able to make myself a skirt or mend some clothes or even buy a bargain and alter it to fit me. If I became good at it, I could also make some money out of it.

    There are some courses around my way that I could save up to do, I'm looking at around £100. Will look into it further to see when the courses start and the actualy costs etc.

    Emily x
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