Debtbegone's Debtbusting Diary

debtbegone

Get listing!

I'll try sending some motivational vibes to you (I've still got oodles)

I really need to spend tomorrow getting my own stuff listed on ebay. I've got photos taken, just need to get stuff written up and them on there - but that's always the part that I slow down at doing.

Busy at work today so won't get anything moneymaking done, hopefully won't be doing any money-spending either

debtbegone

purple - noticed in the co-op tonight that they're having another car boot sale this Saturday (pitch money going to rnli) Looks like the weather's going to be fairly decent too so I'm well peeved I'm working. I've got lots of little bits that would take too much time & effort to ebay but would be great for a carboot :sad: even selling at the 50p everyone seems to want to buy stuff for here

Will just have to prepare myself for another one, need to get a proper sort through done at mine and the other half's before we move. I'm sure he's got oodles of stuff he doesn't want/need anymore that I can rescue and sell to help clear my debts

Going to get some ebay write ups prepped while watching glee on e4+1

Purpleroses

interesting! will see if I can find enough stuff to go along to it. Apparently there are boot sales in the Legion on the last saturday(i think) of each month. very busy by the sounds of it too. the ones up at the council will probably start to pick up again now the weather is getting better.

my motivation has well and truly vanished! Been so busy with work by the time I get home I'm just too shattered to do anything. grr! not going to clear the debts this way am i!!

debtbegone

I saw the wee ads in the paper about the tabletop/bootsales, up till recently I was working most Saturdays though All change now, might have a gander round the next one and if I like how it is get a table at the one after. Myself & himself should have plenty of wee bits & pieces to get rid of by then

I know how you feel re work, when I get home I just want to slob out when I should really be doing all I can to try and shift my debt

I'm getting listing on ebay again, finally! Have had pictures taken of lots of bits for donkeys, just needed to get the box out and wade through it

Hope you're having a relaxing weekend!

Purpleroses

I went to the co-op on sat and there was only about 6 or 7 cards shoved in a corner. I didn't even notice them until I was driving out. Seemed a shame as i'm sure if they had a decent spot plenty of people would go over given how busy the co-op is!

debtbegone

No way! The last time they had one it was heaving from what I could see. Think the main money from these things up here is running them

I'm having a carp couple of days, well from last night really, and things just seem to keep coming at me. I'm actually sitting here crying, who knows what I'm going to look like when I have to go to the post office I'm sick to death of working my !!! off an everything turning to sh*t no matter what I do.

Mini rant over - better get back to work

debtbegone

Woops, haven't posted in nearly a fortnight!

Work has been super busy, as has working on the house. Fingers crossed for moving soon

Has meant I've been slacking on the nsd's though, but have had more dosh coming in from various bits. I think April is going to be the start of really beginning to make a dent in the debt. I've drawn me up a wee chart with squares for each £100 I knock off, it'll look pretty pitiful to start with but once they begin filling up with colour

debtbegone

I've been slacking on the posting the last while but am definitely back and focused.

There's been a few concerts coem to my email inbox that I'd LOVE to go to, along with being desperate for a "proper" holiday- just a UK based one would be fine, nearly every time I've been away in the last few years has been for work, so though I had a couple of days to myself it just wasn't the same. That along with all the stuff we're going to need when we move is keeping the debt-ridding mission in line, just.

I need to get properly in tow, which means working on getting more money in. The moneyspending front is good, I can do better at it though so it'll be worked on too. My main problem with my moneymaking is I've just had an absolute nightmare on ebay and it really has put me off selling on there for the foreseeable future, and as that's where most of my extra dosh has been coming from :eek: what's a girl to do!

I've also just ended up with two wedding invites in the next three months, with nothing to wear and a nice spare tire that I'd like shifted. I've dug out a dress pattern that I used a couple of years ago so tomorrow I'm going to town to see if there's any nice fabric. The only dresses I found online that were nice and would suit me were way outta my budget so I'm going to give it a whirl. I've also been doing half an hour a day on the wii fit (along with working on painting a whole house :rotfl:) and managed to lose 2lbs last week, but my real downfall is drinking too much fizzy juice, need to get myself weaned off it pretty sharpish. The aim is to lose 21lbs by the middle of August, a nice steady pace and a change of lifestyle/eating habits that if I manage should keep it down.

So with all of this I'm going to try and set myself little tasks/lists to keep me going and hopefully start making a dent on the debt and weight

Purpleroses

Hey! sorry to hear about your ebay nightmare! Maybe have a break from it but i'd defo get selling on there again as hopefully the good sellers outweigh the bad! do you sell on play/amazon?

i've tried cutting down on fizzy juice too! i keep thinking if i buy less then i'll have more money to throw at the debts! but that sentiment never lasts more than a week lol!

debtbegone

It's always the same when you get a nightmare buyer, you seem to somehow forget all the really lovely ones and all the smooth transactions. I might actually just dive right back in but send everything via recorded delivery from now on, need to keep extra dosh coming in.

I haven't sold on play/amazon for over a year. All the books & dvds that I didn't want to keep have been sold, it's mostly clothes and random bits I've got left in my "to sell" box. When I had my stuff on play nothing sold at all have you had any luck on there?

lol, it's usally about a week with me too! I'm managing at the moment by keeping a 500ml bottle of tapwater with me all the time (seems to keep me fuller too, probably as I'm thirsty and not hungry) and a 2litre bottle of fizzy to last me four days. BUT I'm only into week two and had a blip over the weekend I printed out the de-motivator with the amount I spend on the fizzy and it really scared me, maybe an idea?

Tonight is going to be mostly decorating and sorting through my room. Again. It's so tiny that it seems I'm always sorting through it!