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Little Mr T's Mortgage Free Journey

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  • Overpayment day is looming, hope i have enough money in the coffers to max out for another month.
    Mortgage Start jun 2007 £88500 Outstanding Balance £51000
    Overpayments 2007 Nil 2008 £1040 2009 £7853 2010 £10000 2011 aiming for £18000 (6k so far)
    The Early Bird Gets the Worm, but the Second Mouse Gets the Cheese!!
  • Fingers crossed for you!

    Steady there on the bingo... you'll be showing off with your array of coloured dabbers and matching you hair rinse to them!
    MFW: Nov 2008 £156k, Jun 2015 £129k, Jun 2017 £114k.
  • littlemrtinkle
    littlemrtinkle Posts: 680 Forumite
    edited 5 July 2009 at 5:03PM
    Weekly total 29/06
    Fatcheese £20
    tcb £6.52 received
    onepoll 0.70p
    Matchbetting £102
    Pureprofile £6.60
    Gmi through quidco £1.30 not yet tracked
    ibood through quidco 0.40p tracked
    Ebay through quidco 0.16p tracked
    Trivia through Quidco 0.30p tracked
    its your view through quidco 70p tracked
    sedo quidco £1
    bmi baby 25p greasypalm
    Daily clicks £10
    holidasy uncovered review tcb £1.03
    pureprofile £4.30
    Halifax reward £15
    £5 referral centrebet
    £7.11 from booking hilton hotel
    lightspeed £1
    bingos.co.uk d10 cb 20 w 0 = 10 profit through tcb
    £7 10 free spin offer vcbet
    Total = 199.39
    Cashback that has come through
    My Topcashback = £92.02payable
    Partner Topcashback = £66.58payable
    Quidco = £1.02 Paid
    thatswhatithink amazon voucher £5
    Lightspeed £7 payable to paypal
    Total payable = 170.60
    Overpayment this month £500

    Booked hotel for anniversary pary. Hilton 2-1 offer £114 for b & b for two of us for 4 days. I thought this was quite reasonable for the centre of london.

    158.60-114=44.60
    Mortgage Start jun 2007 £88500 Outstanding Balance £51000
    Overpayments 2007 Nil 2008 £1040 2009 £7853 2010 £10000 2011 aiming for £18000 (6k so far)
    The Early Bird Gets the Worm, but the Second Mouse Gets the Cheese!!
  • Keep up the good work, what fatcheese BTW?

    TPAx
    MFW - We've only gone and blooming done it!
    May 2013:j
  • littlemrtinkle
    littlemrtinkle Posts: 680 Forumite
    edited 29 June 2009 at 5:14PM
    fatcheese is another cashback site like quidco and topcashback. If you want a referral let me know i get a £5 when you sign up to a £5. I will split the money 50/50 if you sign up. I like fatcheese because they have loads of daily clicks and pay you to review merchants.
    Mortgage Start jun 2007 £88500 Outstanding Balance £51000
    Overpayments 2007 Nil 2008 £1040 2009 £7853 2010 £10000 2011 aiming for £18000 (6k so far)
    The Early Bird Gets the Worm, but the Second Mouse Gets the Cheese!!
  • littlemrtinkle
    littlemrtinkle Posts: 680 Forumite
    edited 12 July 2009 at 2:17PM
    Earnings 6/7/2009
    £23 - £12.50 = £10.50 from vcbet for referral (promised to give to referree)
    £23 for last free bet vcbet
    £21.24 from paddy power for free games trial.
    Lightspeed surveys £3
    Pigsback £1
    Daily Clicks £8
    Mysurvey 420 points (need 1000 to redeem for a tenner)
    Onepoll 60p
    VCBET casino free £25 chip made £18 after gambling on roulette
    £3 in clubcard vouchers
    vc bet top trumps offer made £20
    Writing fatcheese reviews £10
    Match betting £76
    vc games offer £20 partner
    Pureprofile £2
    Total £215.34

    I am still grinding my way through blue square offer, have to bet 10 x £100 to get free £100 managed to do 8 so far, 2 bets to go.
    (Arbed first bet for £2 profit. Made small £1 losses on next three bets, £2 losses on next free (down 11)).


    Payable
    £12 from sporting bet (topcashback)
    lightspeed £3
    £18 from vcbet
    £3 in clubcard vocuhers
    top trumps cash £20
    match betting £76
    vcbet games offer £20

    Total £151
    Also bought a sainsburys gift voucher for £5 this will give me 200 points which brings me a giant leap nearer to another free nactar voucher for sainsburys.

    600 points from thats what i think survey (Need 1500 to redeem for amazon vouchers).
    Mortgage Start jun 2007 £88500 Outstanding Balance £51000
    Overpayments 2007 Nil 2008 £1040 2009 £7853 2010 £10000 2011 aiming for £18000 (6k so far)
    The Early Bird Gets the Worm, but the Second Mouse Gets the Cheese!!
  • littlemrtinkle
    littlemrtinkle Posts: 680 Forumite
    edited 14 July 2009 at 5:36PM
    13/07

    Matchbetting £104
    Onepoll 30p
    Fatcheese £1
    Lightspeed £1
    Total earnings £105.30

    Payable
    £105
    Mortgage Start jun 2007 £88500 Outstanding Balance £51000
    Overpayments 2007 Nil 2008 £1040 2009 £7853 2010 £10000 2011 aiming for £18000 (6k so far)
    The Early Bird Gets the Worm, but the Second Mouse Gets the Cheese!!
  • setmefree2
    setmefree2 Posts: 9,072 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    yay.gif well done on all your progress :T:T:T
  • littlemrtinkle
    littlemrtinkle Posts: 680 Forumite
    edited 23 July 2009 at 10:43AM
    20/07

    Earnings
    £2 holiday uncovered
    daily clicks £5
    napster trial £5
    Pureprofile 1.20p
    onepoll 60p
    Lightspeed £1.50
    my offers £2
    sedo £1
    ichild newsletter 30p
    lovestruck signup 25p
    Total = £18.75

    Payable
    Lightspeed £1
    Mortgage Start jun 2007 £88500 Outstanding Balance £51000
    Overpayments 2007 Nil 2008 £1040 2009 £7853 2010 £10000 2011 aiming for £18000 (6k so far)
    The Early Bird Gets the Worm, but the Second Mouse Gets the Cheese!!
  • littlemrtinkle
    littlemrtinkle Posts: 680 Forumite
    edited 3 August 2009 at 9:11PM
    27/7/2009

    Earnings

    lightspeed £2
    Onepoll £2.60
    Daily clicks £5
    Halifax reward £15
    pureprofile £1
    fatcheese £2
    Match betting £42
    Napster £10
    time magazine (signed up partner) £10
    Argos cat comp £2.50
    Affordable mobiles £1
    Orange sim 0.61p
    Myoffers £1
    Fatcheese reviews £4 (10p each 40 written so far)
    Ladbrokes deal or no deal offer 60p and £10 to be credited tues £10.60 total
    pigsback 900 points.
    daily scratch 80p (chitchat and castle bingo)
    Total: 110.11
    payable
    recieved quidco £57
    lightspeed £2
    fatcheese £3
    matchbetting £42
    reward £15
    Total: 119

    Nice big fat £500 sitting in my account ready to overpay come the 1st august.

    Booked a holiday to benidorm sept 2009, wedding to cyprus next may, just hope swine flu doesn't KO it.
    Mortgage Start jun 2007 £88500 Outstanding Balance £51000
    Overpayments 2007 Nil 2008 £1040 2009 £7853 2010 £10000 2011 aiming for £18000 (6k so far)
    The Early Bird Gets the Worm, but the Second Mouse Gets the Cheese!!
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