Diary of a Poor Person aged 46 1/2

will1_2 · 28 August 2009 at 3:09PM

Hi mrscmr

How you doing today? Hubby home this weekend?
Been busy with ebay and will def join the 10 a day challenge as you suggest, but I doubt there will be any catching you! May keep me motivated though. Having been a bit of an ebay addict for a while, the house is now quite bare and bereft of much else to sell! To satisfy my shopping urges (which have to be kept in check of course!)-I am a bit of a car boot and charity shop freak and will often buy to sell (at a profit of course).All sorts of stuff, and if you think about it in % terms, pretty much always at 100% profit or above. In fact I never lose as I start my listings to ensure the minimum price covers what I paid. A tenner goes a long way at a car boot!! and everything sells eventually-may take a few goes but sales cover fees and each month I am lucky enough to be able to do a paypal transfer to my bank when there's not much left!

So what gems do you have listed at the mo then?

Back at work now 9after some leave)and trying to juggle everything as a result (usual FT working Mum stuff)!. Thankfully I am able to work at home a fair bit-though the downside is that I also sometimes have to travel and stay away.My ear is burning from hours of teleconferences today so roll on clocking off time!

Hope the sun's shining, your motivation is high, and its a happy weekend without too many worries!

will1

will1_2 · 28 August 2009 at 3:21PM

p.s. Dying to see the new signature! Come on girl.....inspire us!

mrscmr · 28 August 2009 at 3:25PM

will1 i will pm u my ebay name so you can see what im listing to give u ideas!
yes join the 10 a day challenge - _sleepless_ is really pushing us at moment with a daily leader board!

i will do my sig but laptop is dead and it has my spreadsheets on... soooo might have to wait a bit till i get the data off it :-(

have a good weekend all!x

will1_2 · 28 August 2009 at 3:56PM

Thanks
Have PM'd my user name back (I think!-first time I have used this!)

will1

mrscmr · 28 August 2009 at 4:23PM

yes got it thanks!
you have sold loads on ebay.. how long u been doing it?

will1_2 · 28 August 2009 at 6:50PM

Hi

Been selling about 11 mths. love it love it love and there have been months when the last food shop of the month wouldn't have happened without it!

What you got planned for the long weekend??

will1x

mrscmr · 28 August 2009 at 7:47PM

a wedding, listing, taking OH back to airport! hopefully selling lots on ebay!

i started ebaying in march and kick myself every day when i think what stuff i have given away or thrown away! thousands and thousands of pounds worth
:-(

will1_2 · 29 August 2009 at 6:57PM

Hi

Hope you had fun at the wedding? And great to see a few ebay bids happening-sure you'll beat last week's income!

Bad day here! DD has developed Bells Palsy on the eve of a first date (Sunday) she has been VERY excited about, and starting college in a week and a bit. Morning spent at walk-in clinic and as you would expect of a 16yr old girl-she is incredibly self-conscious and upset!.Apparently can take several weeks to clear up-all a bit of a mystery as to why it's happened , but hey ho! Her best friend sadly died a year and a half ago, and she had such a hard time even though she was incredible and made me SOooooooo proud with how she dealt with it all as it was happening-such support,lve and strength. But the upshot is that now she's not very good with illnesses...gets in a panic!

To top a day of 'Mummy counselling', I have had to find £205 I wasn't expecting, for a new exhaust for my car!!!! Running out of places to 'rob peter to pay paul' this month for a whole bunch of reasons-school fees/essential new laptop for DD for college/travel pass for college etc etc. Ouch.....guess what's for tea (for the rest of the month......) baked spuds and beans! Hope you are having something more inspiring.

Nothing for it but X Factor and early to bed with a book me-thinks, to get today over with asap!

Taken some more ebay pics this pm-so perhaps I should be a good girl and list first???????

will1x

savingholmes · 30 August 2009 at 1:34AM

Hi MrsC - looking forward to that new sig. Great that your OH has started his new job - hope all is going well. AT least the kids go back to school soon!

mrscmr · 30 August 2009 at 5:46PM

well 2 months without OH income ... we have just gone into O/D. He will be paid in sept ... fingers x'd we can survive till then. just ebaying is keeping the pennies coming in for now. im scared but we will survive. dont have to pay mortgage till november which is good! hope everyone enjoying their bank hol weekend! x