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  • Yoga_Girl
    Yoga_Girl Posts: 888 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Just paid my last credit card off, so for the 1st time in about 10 years I don't have any outstanding balances on my credit cards :j

    Now to tackle the rest of my debts, debt-busting here I come!

    (do you think we should get "Debt-busting" t-shirts printed?!)
  • 110frankie
    110frankie Posts: 415 Forumite
    pay day today so I paid £150 off my 0% cc from my pay.
    Then I paid £25 off with a Topcash cheque.
    Then, tonight I've been paid £50 via Paypal for an item I sold on Ebay - that will go off the card as well.
    I've forgotten what my cc debit is but these days I look forward to the statement, to see those figures dropping !
  • Hi eveyone,

    Well - I am really chuffed as the advert I put in the local paper to advertise my services as a babysitter has started to pay off. I babysat for a family on Tuesday evening for £25 cash and am doing all day on Sunday from 6.45am til teatime so I am hoping for £60 ish and more work to come next week.

    Yay! It won't last forever though as the family are having difficulties at the moment - the mother has left as she's a relapsed alcoholic and the father runs his own business working silly hours - but the kids are lovely and its all £££ for me!

    scottishspendaholic x
    MBNA = £4,000 / Next = £925 (approx. tbc on 19/8)
    Tesco = £2,910.11 / Smile overdraft = £500
    Bank of Scotland = £2,782.83
  • Batgirl
    Batgirl Posts: 2,035 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Thanks to ss 110f and yoga for cheering me up, I was startig to loose faith thinking that no-one has any good news, but now you have renewed my faith. So cheers :beer:
    May 2015 £10 a day currently £208
  • Batgirl
    Batgirl Posts: 2,035 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    New day and new good news, this is only minor but I have just gone on pigsback from a recommendation from 'Mortgage free wannabe' and have made £2.60 in about 2 minutes, i'm going to save for a costa voucher becuase I love their chocolissimo hot chocs but have only ever had 1 because they are so ridiculuosly expensive and is will be a lovely freebie for me.
    May 2015 £10 a day currently £208
  • D&DD
    D&DD Posts: 4,405 Forumite
    I have some more good news YAY :rotfl:
    Just got back from a wonderful special needs funday which DS2 thoroughly enjoyed (once we prised him away from the coke machine,got him out from under the table :rolleyes: ,put some eardefenders on him and bribed him with a treat :rotfl: oh not to mention getting him unwedged from a tiny gap he somehow wedged himself into!!)
    Was very good though and we found out a lot more about the services in our area which will help us in the long run and also save us a few pennies as we can get funding for out of school clubs etc :D
  • LookingAhead
    LookingAhead Posts: 4,633 Forumite
    I have received in the post 5 x vouchers from ING that will pay me £10 and a friend £10 if they open up an ING account - starting with just £1 as far as I can see!!

    This could be good...
    Bank Balance: In the black for the moment.
    Sainsburys Loan: Cleared July 2010
    Credit cards: AMEX Airmiles Card: direct debit set to clear balance monthly
  • Peppa_Pig_5
    Peppa_Pig_5 Posts: 290 Forumite
    Silly news, but good all the same. I popped into tesco today to buy a chicken, took it to the checkout and the lady said it's buy one get one free. So she went to get me another chicken. So I now have 2 chickens for £2.99 bargain. Just have to get lots of ideas now how to cook different meals with them.

    Peppa
    x
  • golden_girl
    golden_girl Posts: 103 Forumite
    Hi Everyone,

    I am new to this site (wish I had knew about this years ago...) :(
    My good news is that I have started saving £2 savings I already have £6. I have a lovely Garfield Cat money box with "Donations Accepted" on his jumper. Wonder If I could charge my visitors £2 entrance fee ;)

    I also paid the minimum amount of £45.00 on my Bcard plus and extra £64.00 on top. In my spending days this would have been spent elsewhere. :T
    Lightbulb Moment - January 2008 :smiley:
    Loan £11,000 @ 7.050%/Virgin 0.00% -£2282.32/Egg 0.00% -£1992.59/M&S 3.9% -£1895.48/Barclaycard-£978.49
    Joined Quidco 17.02.08;)
    Overdraft paid off today 15.02.08:j
  • moozie_2
    moozie_2 Posts: 3,063 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I have a lovely Garfield Cat money box with "Donations Accepted" on his jumper. Wonder If I could charge my visitors £2 entrance fee ;)

    Hi :wave: and welcome golden girl. Your comment made me laugh but be careful, that's a dangerous route to go down ;)
    Leason learnt :beer:
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