Debtbegone's Debtbusting Diary

debtbegone

Wow, well done! Lots of packing now

Managed to get ten newly listed items onto ebay tonight, not sure if they'll sell at all but I'm giving it a go :T Going to definitely get another ten on tomorrow too, I HAVE to if I'm going to declutter quick enough, and get dosh in to clear the debt.

Was playing about with figures earlier and ideally I'd like to be shot of everything by May 2012. I think that'd be achievable for me. I should be getting a bit of a payrise in a couple of months, plus the little bit extra dosh that's coming in through selling my stuffs on ebay, and when we move I'll be able to get stuck into the wee extra moneymaking plan that I had up my sleeve (at the mo it's too far to travel to do it, with the price of fuel going up all the time the gas guzzler I'm driving would eat through a fair bit of the dosh so it's been put on hold for a short time)

I don't want to set myself a major goal though as I don't have a clue what's round the corner for me and I don't want to get myself down if I'm not meeting targets, but being debt free by May 2012 would be amazing

debtbegone

Just back from the Post Office after sending a heap of ebay parcels Have over 20 ending tonight, most with bids on so I think lunchtime tomorrow is going to be the same, happy days!

And I've not spent anything, not even a couple of quid, on the credit cards this month :j SO happy with that, it's taken a lot of ebaying but it's working so I need to keep up with it. I've got the ten things I'm going to list tonight sorted out, need to take photos for a couple but the rest are taken.

Purpleroses

that's really good going! its so easy to think ahh i'll just stick it on the card!

well done on ebay! i'm going mad with all the packing but nearly there

debtbegone

Need to get back to the packing just now myself, the items that ended tonight have sold for over £100, added to the £50 odd (I think) that was in paypal so I'm excitedly jumping about like a loony :rotfl:

I think I've finally got my head around the not putting anything on the cards. Up until this past month I'd put the odd £20 here or there onto it, telling myself I'd pay it off on payday but it never happened and so it mounted up With the extra dosh that's come in over the last couple of days I should hopefully not have to put anything onto them for the rest of the month at the very very least

Managed another 7 items on ebay tonight, not the 10 I was aiming for but almost there!

Any plans for the weekend? Think myself and himself are going to head to the Classic Car show to drool over the vehicles Good luck with the packing!

debtbegone

I've just made myself a ticker just so I can see my (little at the moment) progress with getting these debts down! Decided to go for something jolly rather than money orientated

debtbegone

Oh My! The Classic Car Show yesterday was AWESOME! Think there ended up being around 120 cars there, with only about 8 not from here :eek: who on earth knew there were that many classics here.

Made me a bit sad though, there were some gorgeous cars and I so want to get myself a nice one but silly me with all my debt won't be able to afford anything in any condition for at least 4 years That added to me really wanting to go on a foreign holiday of some sort has made me a wee bit flat, going to cheer myself up by going for a walk in the afternoon and spending the rest of the time listing on ebay, almost got everything that's in the main box listed, then another sweep of my room, then onto the boxes in the shelves outside my room, then the rest of my sisters stuff, then the boxes that were in the loft that are now in the shed I've got my work cut out for me over the next month or so!

Hope everyone's enjoying the weather :beer:

Purpleroses

good grief! who knew! i'd heard there was a classics car club but had no idea there were so many! where do they hide them?!

I'm having a moment like that. friends are talking about holidays they're going on!! uhhh i hate debt!

debtbegone

In barns! Sensible people garage them over the winter, with our salty air they tend to rust away if they're not looked after. I've actually seen 6/7 mk2 escorts in ONE barn!!! None of them on the road but all in decent condition. It was a fordie's heaven None of them were there either so who knows how many classics are actually up here!

I think the sunny weather got me a bit I feel your pain, too much talk about holidays titp and other festivals and what-not, and my oh is telling us we're not going on any holiday's or UK breaks for at least 2 years

Back to the ebaying tonight for me!

Was a bit naughty earlier and bought the new glee album - amazon download for £4.99 for today only, not a massive splurge but it's cheered me up a bit.

Hope you're enjoying the sun while it lasts!

debtbegone

I've been bad tonight again and didn't get anything onto ebay

Ended up meeting the OH and going to tesco's to get his food for work as he's doing a stay-over tomorrow. I was a bit sneaky and popped some stir-fry veg, quorn chicken pieces, spray oil and ribena light into his trolley

Trying to get into a slightly healthier way of eating. Weighed myself this morning and have managed to lose 1.5lbs since last Wednesday, was astounded! Still only takes me half-way to the 7lbs I wanted to lose before the wedding we're going to at the end of the week If I can keep in the eat healthy exercise frame of mind I'll do ok by the one that's in July!

Going to sit down tonight and start doing descriptions for ebay items, going to aim for 20 tomorrow night :eek:

debtbegone

Two ebay listings down, 18 to go!! Just waiting on photos to upload to the hosting site, it's taking ages.

Checked my quidco account today and I'm due around £35 payout on the 31st, awesome start to June for me

Was playing around with figures last night, to be debt free in just over a year I'm looking at paying £800 a month off. That's £300 more than I'm going to be paying once I get my wee payrise in July. If I can get that extra from the wee sideline or if I can manage to find a part-time job I'll be laughing I really want rid of this sooner rather than later and if I put a mass of effort into getting rid of it for a short while, rather than plodding away at it for longer I'll be free of it hanging round my neck and eating away at me every day

I went back looking into bp last night, have they changed the voucher withdrawl terms again? You just have to play through 2000pp a week in b!ngo and not the time thingy that came out when they changed it? It confused me majorly when I tried to figure it out

I should probably look back into doing reviews again too, spend my time in the evening when he's working listing, bp-ing and reviewing :rotfl: