Goals for w/c 26 March 2006?

mh1923

My personal goal for last week (though I didn't write it down here) was to track all my spending. I've been carrying my little pocket diary with me, and writing down when I spend anything, even 50p in the soda machine. It is now getting to be fairly automatic, although I did forget to write down bus fare a couple of times (eventually remembered!) and when I signed up for my theory test online, I forgot to record the 21 for two days. But on the whole, I did pretty good.

This week:
1. Continue to track spending
2. Buy a 6 pack of Dr Pepper rather than use the machine at work (nobody has them on BOGOF at the moment )
3. Open all mail and file as needed as it arrives

Next week, I'm off work, and planning to use that week to get all my back paperwork filed and put together my SOA. :eek:

Oh dear, I'm craving a soda so bad... perhaps I should do number 2 now! :rotfl:

-Michelle

kathfisch

Ok, first my goals from last week:

Deposit £30 of £2 coin savings into bank account and transfer £10 to savings (£20 already transferred!). Yep, done. 10/10

Keep up the eating of lots of fruit, veg etc and stop treating myself to chocolate quite so often! Use same discipline for this as applied to money saving! Yep, almost. Had one snickers to celebrate re dissertation (see below!). 9/10

Make nice food for journey rather than buy motorway services food, maybe allow one coffee if I need to stay awake! Yep, done. Bought one coffee on thurs, might buy another one today if I feel like it ! 10/10

Have one no spend day. Yep, done, yesterday. 10/10

Finish a full draft of my dissertation and submit it for some feedback (final deadline is 4th April ). Not exactly money related but I tend to spend when I'm stressed so will be good to have this gone!! Yep, did it and handed it in :j :T . Only trouble is rewarded myself with a snickers and a purchase from ebay (£5.69) :rolleyes: . Still pleased though :j . So 9/10

Yippee, 48/50 this week :j

So, some goals for next week:

Have one no spend day.

Concentrate when on first two mystery shopping assignments (monday), bit scared by the amount of detail I need to remember and report back on . Will be £20 earned though :j

Make food plan, then shopping list, then stick to it!

Keep trying to eat healthily.

Only buy 1 of the 7 nice tops I'm watching on ebay :eek: :rotfl:

Edit to say: Also dig out paperwork on student loan so as to put debt/savings totals in my sig (as promised a week or two back! )

Have a good week everyone

Ali-OK

john_kent wrote:

1) Try my best to get a job SUCCESS. Start Next Week
2) look at shutting my small pointless savings account at HalifaxEmailed them but no reply how OI go about closing it. £2.30 in there
3) List a bit ,ore ebayAll liste don Turbo Lister . Just waiting for 5p day

Hi

Well done on the job front and good luck for your first day.

Shutting an old account - I've just shut one that I hadn't touched for 13 years - so 3 house moves and a name change later :rotfl: meant I had to take a load of ID in with me!

You really need to go into the branch - if you've moved address since last using the account, take any proof of move if owner (I took completion statements from solicitors that showed purchase/sale addresses), utiliy bill for each address, my original signed deed poll cert for name change, and just in case, my passport.

After lugging that lot into town, they were happy with just my passport!! I suspect the new photo type driving license would also do the job (but take both parts).

Even when I closed one at the bank which I'd used quite recently, still had to go into the branch and sign the closure piece of paper, but they did credit the massive £1.73 to my current account!!

Hope that helps!

Batgirl

1. Add £2 to collection Done
2. Check bank 3 times Done it hink, might have only been twice
3. Try and find more things to go on amazon Found and listed ine more book
4. Look in charity shops for obscure books for amazon
5. Be carfeul with water, gas, elec and pennies Think I did this ok
6. Take all library books back as 1 is late so will get a fine Took back and they didn't fine me so

This week

1.) Try and only use washing machine 4 times (starting tomo)

and other than that just get back on track, I have gone from being completely money saving mad to starting to slip into old habits, i need to find a happy medium.

good luck everyone

Peppa_Pig_5

Hi I have missed out on this for a week or so now. But back again, here are my goals.

1. Have 2 no spend days this week.
2. Try to find a cheap or free rabbit hutch. Having 2 baby rabbits for free in April, but trying to spend as little as possible on hutch etc.
3. Put loose change in credit union account.
4. Deliver and collect Avon Booklets and hopefully get plenty of orders.

That's enough for this week I think.

Peppa
x

Emmzi

Goals for the week:-


1. Keep my first proper spending diary for a week
2. Working away from home - no spending on non food items cos I'm bored! Take proper books etc
3. Payday Friday - have a proper week by week budget drawn up for next month

oops_a_daisy

right last weeks goals were

1, look into savings on my home phone bill - achieved a 3.50 per month saving without switching with immediate effect

2, transfer existing c/card balance to 0% card - achieved - transferred £3000.00 to M & S card for 6 months interest free

3, transfer loan balance to 0% c/card - decided it was not worth it due to penalties for paying off loan early so got 28 payments at £127.44 to go

4, stick to my planned meals for the week and no popping into Tescos! - achieved apart from a couple of pints of milk

5, chase my boss for the underpayment of my bonus 2 months ago - achieved....money going into account tomorrow


ok then goals for next week

1, Move mortgage onto fixed rate
2, Accept offer of endowment compensation
3, Apart from shopping tomorrow - no going into Tescos !
4, Stick to meals planned for the week
5, Chase FD if no reply to claim for bank charges received by Friday
6, Week 3 no smoking

tired_mum

last weeks goals were

packed lunch every day DONE :beer:
2 x no spend days DONE
2x ebay listings NOT DONE!!!!!! :eek:
smile all week MON - THURS only :mad:

THIS WEEK
5x packed lunch
3 no spend days
smile all week

Montymoo_2

Last weeks goals...

1) Get a job (have two interviews this week so fingers crossed) Yep, got a job and start in 2 weeks
2) Send off letter to HSBC to attempt to have my graduate loan PPI cancelled Nope
3) Send of letter to Barclaycard and get my PPI cancelled Nope

Loads of things happened last week so didnt get round to doing 2 and 3 so going to do those two this week

dottyanne

:eek: My Goals this week:-

1. Cancel kids after school club, its £15 per week for 3 of then on one evening - i will get round it somehow....

2. Cancel my accountant doing wasge slips each week - gonna do them myself but have to get relevant programme and work out TAX?NI - bit daunting but im sure i can do it saving £90 a quarter.

3. Tackle and speak to acc ppl i am in arrears with and offer some form of repayment (if my budget will allow).

4. Have at least 4 no spend days (dont know if i can - but will try) dont think i can remember a day apart from being ill in bed when i didnt spend at least something.

5. Keep mi chin up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!