What Are Your Goals W/C 23.4.06

PaleScene

Hi all (lots of new people today :hello: )

Goals for last week (w/c 16/4/06)
1. Two no spend days - 4!!!! [COLOR=(Edit: Has just sunk to 3 - OH wanted me to place an order for him and it had to be tonight...) It's probably an insight that I'm more annoyed I didn't stretch myself with a goal of 3 than pleased at getting 4!
2. Transfer money from Halifax - yes, should land early in the coming week
3. Drink a glass of water every time I touch the water filter ie fill kettle or saucepan! - yes, I've done really well on this one and have had less of the dreaded headaches :T
4. Spend as little on food as possible - I think I've done well on this, but I needed to after lots of stocking up at the start of the month
5. Sort something... desk, filing, clothes, whatever! - nothing definable, but I've had a reasonable week for housework and other chores
6. Keep on-the-spot spending diary up to date - yes. I sort of feel I haven't, but I think that's distorted recall because I've only spent cash on two days this week
7. Get off the bus a stop earlier - yes and no. I've only been on one bus, usual stop on the way in, much earlier stop on the way back so that I could take in the chemist to grab a prescription. I wanted to fulfill my goal on the way in but the cost would have been being late for someone, so I stayed on

A positive week overall then

This week w/c 23/4/06
1. 3 no spend days
2. Check the Halifax transfer hits the A&L and distribute it appropriately
3. Price check and compare utilities companies with view to switching
4. Sort out front garden
5. Carry a bottle of water when I go out
6. Spend as little as possible on groceries
7. Return Fastback library book by Thursday

Good luck everyone

WelshWoofer

Hi,
This is my first week of setting goals for the coming week, so here goes....

3 no spend days ( In until Weds so should be OK as everything here is on expenses)
List 10 books on Amazon
Phone existing loan company to see what early payment fee is so I can transfer it to better loan rate
Only spend £20 on food shopping
Find out about mortgage PPI as I'm not sure what I pay and if I get do it cheaper

There - said it now - will have to do as I'm very competitive (even with myself!) and will be very p'd off if I don't manage it
Have a good week
R

applepie_3

This is my first week as well

1. 7 no spend days on misc. stuff, only planned spending on groceries/petrol
2. Look into cheaper elec/gas
3. List 10 items on Ebay

i think that will do for week one.

applepie x

snoozer

Last week I promised to:

Go to the gym 3 ttimes - only went once

Pay the paper bill - done, with difficulty the first time I went the stupid man didn't know the price of the papers and as I was trying to pay with my pre-paid vouchers he wouldn't do it!
Claim opticians fees on HSA - Done

This week I will:

Go to the gym twice

Eat no chocolate (should have been a goal last week but wasn't, even so I didn't eat any)

Pay off final debt, should be done By Thursday when cheques have cleared :j :T :j :T :j

Peppa_Pig_5

Thanks Lookingahead, here are my goals from last week

1. Send letter to Abbey, requesting £60 worth of charges back.Didn't do, will try again this week
2. Put some loose change in credit union account. Done
3. Post 4 items on Ebay.Done

Now my goals for this week

1. Post another 4 items on Ebay
2. Go through info from Capital One to claim my bank charges and send off letter to them
3. Send Letter to Abbey, requesting £60 worth of charges back.
4. Go onto Greasypalm and try to get more cashback.

Good luck everyone. Scottish good idea not to stretch yourself too much, sounds like you have enough on your plate as it is.

Peppa
x

Dr.Lou

Ooooh, this is a good idea, what a good way to get motivated. Never done it before!
Ok, my goals for this week are:-

1. Essential food shopping only
2. No take-aways or eating out
3. Don't use tumble drier
4. Don't use dishwasher
5. De-clutter ready for car-boot
6. Wash car (by hand)
7. Be daring and list a book on amazon
8. Walk instead of paying for car parks
9. Search for a suitable job, and apply if I see one!
10. Do coursework assignment, and email all the people I need to get in touch with!
11. Decide on a friends birthday present

Good luck everybody on your goals for this week!

Ali-OK

Goals last week were:

1) Bank 2 chqs that had been sitting around awhile Yes, finally done!
2) Move son's money to higher int. paying account Yes, done that too (albeit yesterday!)
3) Sort movement of money to fund A&L account in time for the cashback Yes, done that!
4) Clean inside of car Done that too! Looks like it needs doing again now!
5) Start sorting stuff for car boot sale No, not done a thing. Can't get motivated - such a huge task
6) Keep with the no smoking Yes, 3 weeks gone already!

This week's goals:

1) Close shares trading account - as they want to charge me for inactivity :eek: That's because I sold my shares back in Dec and don't have any now :rotfl:
2) Have 4 no spend days
3) Find something free and fun to do with DS for B/Hols 1st May
4) File paperwork
5) Keep with the no smoking (week 4 :T )

Plus the usual don't use T/D and keep within £20 weekly grocery budget.

Have a good week everyone.

ehallett

Hello everyone

My goals for last week were:

1. Have at least 4 no spend days now that there are no birthdays until the middle of next month. - I don't think I managed this, I forgot to keep a spending diary, will try harder next week!!

2. List at least 10 items on Ebay so that they end a week today (including upgraded phone). - Didn't get time to list 10 things, I listed 5 items so not too bad.

3. Clean out and sell 2 indoor cages in local freeads paper. Try to get £50-£60 for them. - Cleaned the cages but listed them on Ebay instead as I thought I might get more for them (will be a pain to post though!!)

4. Post all Ebay/Amazon items. - Done!!

5. Sign up with at least 5 mystery shopping companies. Trying to find other ways of making cash and I think I could fit in some jobs in my lunch hours. - I signed up with more than 5 so mission accomplished. Have been accepted by a few already but no jobs as of yet.

6. Chase up work about upping my hours again to 37 per week. - Done, I start working full-time again from the beginning of next month.

7. Aim to get another Amazon/other gift voucher from surveys to add to my birthday/Christmas present fund. - Done, I got my £20 voucher for dvd.co.uk through from doing a free trial so I have added this to my present fund.

8. Complete AQA (internet research) test which I should receive in the next few days. Hopefully I can get some extra cash doing this but have heard it is very difficult to get accepted. - Done, sent of the application form and they said they would get back to me next week hopefully.

9. Keep a spending diary for the whole week. - Failed, I forgot to do this and then suddenly realised on Wednesday!!

10. Research into at least 1 other way to make extra cash on the internet. - Didn't manage this either, I did try to look but was busy signing up with mystery shopping companies!

My goals for this week are:

1. At least 4 no spending days.

2. List at least 10 items on Ebay so that they end a week today.

3. Get another voucher towards my present fund.

4. Keep a spending diary for the week.

5. De-clutter room.

6. Research into another way to earn money online.

7. Attempt to win at least 1 prize.

8. Compile a list of prizes that I would love to win (such a fun thing to do!) and enter as many competitions I can to win to try and win them.

I think that is it for this week, it is my birthday on Tuesday and I've got to have an IV line fitted on Thursday for 2 weeks so a good and bad week coming up.

Good luck with your goals everyone!!

Emily x

grimelda

Good thread.

My goals:

1. Spend less than £15 on food this week, including eating out.
2. Keep a food and spending diary.
3. Do at least six hours exercise (pilates and walking).
4. Tidy up my hard drive, back up old files onto DVD.
5. Clean up my flat!

grimelda

Also, congratulations and well done to everyone who has quit smoking!