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One debt Vs 100 days

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  • ehallett
    ehallett Posts: 1,960 Forumite
    God that was painful. 20 items listed on Ebay now though and they all end next Sunday. I'm going to aim for 20 items each week.

    Emily x
  • starnac
    starnac Posts: 5,946 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    well done emily. do you feel better now it's done though?

    i need to get some more stuff listed but haven't got the motivation today.
    Goals for February
    Declutter 2/50
    Money Made £0/£200
    Overpayments £0/£200
  • ehallett
    ehallett Posts: 1,960 Forumite
    starnac wrote: »
    well done emily. do you feel better now it's done though?

    i need to get some more stuff listed but haven't got the motivation today.

    Thanks, I do feel better now. I was so close to giving up after 6 items too but pushed myself on.

    Emily x
  • pebblespop
    pebblespop Posts: 1,202 Forumite
    i am off to bingo again today. probabably won;t win anything this time but still getting paid for going!!

    i have done quite a lot of quidco offers today and last night.

    will be ebaying this week and looking out for more mystery shops.
  • pebblespop
    pebblespop Posts: 1,202 Forumite
    got an email from quidco today.

    £28.92 on it's way to me - i am off the starting blocks!!
  • ehallett
    ehallett Posts: 1,960 Forumite
    I hope everyone is having a good Bank Holiday.

    Are we all raring to go for the start of the challenge? :j

    Emily x
  • nicnacnoo
    nicnacnoo Posts: 408 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    ehallett wrote: »
    I hope everyone is having a good Bank Holiday.

    Are we all raring to go for the start of the challenge? :j

    Emily x

    I am Emily, i pledged £200 so thats £2 a day, im sure i can manage that...fingers crossed! just got to remember to put it in my pot (strawberry nesquick tub)!!!
  • Buffythedebtslayer
    Buffythedebtslayer Posts: 18,924 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    ehallett wrote: »
    I hope everyone is having a good Bank Holiday.

    Are we all raring to go for the start of the challenge? :j

    Emily x

    Yep! 2 items on E bay, having a big tidy up tonight to find more stuff, going to do doing clicks, free scratchcards, e bay, surveys and spend the minimum for duration of this challenge.

    xxxx
    Nevertheless she persisted.
  • honeybear_2
    honeybear_2 Posts: 3,914 Forumite
    ehallett wrote: »
    I hope everyone is having a good Bank Holiday.

    Are we all raring to go for the start of the challenge? :j

    Emily x

    I think I'm still trusting to god & the faeries that I'm going to do it! And my amount is so miniscule :o

    But where there's a will there's way, so they say :)
    @ LBM = £15,872.65, now £10,819.82
    AF Jan = 7/? Feb = 5/14 Mar = 14/20 Apr = 6/14 May = 2/14 June 2/14 July 0/TF Aug 1/TFv Sept 6/TF Oct 4/7
    "NEVER DOUBT YOUR OWN QUALITY"
  • BabyBetty
    BabyBetty Posts: 196 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    I would like to join in this challenge.

    I have a tax bill of £1,934 to pay by November. Can you put me down for this amount.

    Thanks


    BB
    Original debt at LBM July 2008, £47, 654.34. Debt at January 2016, £21,443. Barclaycard [STRIKE]£9,000[/STRIKE]£8,756, Tesco cc [STRIKE]£3000[/STRIKE]£1,136. Debenhams storecard [STRIKE]£350[/STRIKE]£263, OD [STRIKE]£3,500[/STRIKE] £3,000, Corp Tax £3,036, Study loan £1,750, Smaller debts £2,000.

    Since my LBM I have not been fully committed so now I have had a 2nd LBM.
    Aiming to be debt free by December 2016:D
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