Debtbegone's Debtbusting Diary

debtbegone

Was majorly busy yesterday with work and the p/t hours I picked up that I didn't manage to get anything listed on ebay, or do any of my side-line thing (which I won't get to do any of today either :mad:

Had a spend day yesterday too, had to buy compost so we can get everything planted. I'm actually really enjoying the planting malarkey this year (hope the enjoyment keeps up!)

Seriously disappointed that we're nearly on the same time zone as South Africa, means the World Cup is gonna be in my face all the time Oh well, I suppose it means that between that and Big Brother (urgh) I won't have anything to distract me from getting work done (which I should really be doing right now)

debtbegone

Today I WILL get ten items listed on ebay, no matter how long it takes

SmlSave

How did you get on with listing your ten items on ebay?

The world cup and big brother .... urgh .... I think I'm going to watch the ants in my garden......

debtbegone

I did Thanks smlsave! Well, I did *just* as I really struggled to get motivated.

Managed to get another couple of things on last night, not mine but my OH's who has said I can have the dosh from the sales but I'd rather the money go towards house stuff. I'll see how skint I am and how much I need to make the bills this month :eek:

Ants sound far more enjoyable than the WC or BB, thankfully I've managed to avoid both of them so far. Did hear the bee drone of vuvuzelas coming from another room in the house the other night though. How anyone can watch with that noise is beyond me!

Going to try and get another couple of items listed tonight, and possibly work on another of the OH's items that'll need some digging out of his loft and cleaning up, depending on what mood he's in

debtbegone

Had a nightmare of a day yesterday so got nothing done at all Need to get cracking with the listing if I'm going to get the dosh for it in time this month to help pay the bills sooo I'm reckoning I can list up till Monday night on 7 or 5 day listings, but the sooner they're on, the sooner they'll hopefully sell and be paid for.

Mission On!

debtbegone

Eeek, mia for a week, oops! I've been working hard on making ends meet this month, I *think* with a bit of jiggling around I'll just make it. If not I'll end up having to put a bit on the ccs which I really don't want to do

I've gone through all my stuff again and have a massive list of things I need to get on ebay but I've lost my motivation for it I think I'm going to leave photographing and listing until next Thursday, give myself a weeks break from it and get stuck back into it on the 1st July.

Apart from that I've no news really, working away and stressing out as usual. Had a very bad week eats-wise last week (I weigh every Wednesday, so do my weeks wed-wed) and was really rather lazy too so very surprised and happy to see that I'd only put 0.4 of a pound back on as I thought it would be waaaayyy more than that.

Armed with that knowledge I'm trying to get back on the bandwagon, watching what and how much I'm eating and cutting back on the fizzy while upping the water and being more active generally. At 5' 5" and currently 162lbs I'm probably the heaviest I've ever been, am definitely the unfitest I've ever been and that needs to change before I get stuck in a rut. I'd really like to get down to 11st over the next four weeks and down to my comfortable weight of 10st as a slightly longer goal, probably September time. To do so, things need to change, hopefully I'll be able to fit some bits in with moneymaking too if I'm clever

Right now I should probably get to my bed so I'm up bright and breezy to get ebay parcels wrapped and posted!

SmlSave

Good to hear from you hun

Good luck with the weight loss

debtbegone

Long time since I've checked in

A lot's been happening, most of which I don't want to go into on a forum so will keep to myself

On the money side of things I had another very tight month and this one's looking to be about the same at the moment, even with my little pay increase as my computer had a fit and had to shell out to get the hard-drive fixed (which was still way cheaper than a new one but not budgeted for at all )

I started ebaying away again about a week ago, nearly all of it's small value stuff that'll bring in pennies instead of pounds (and de-cluttering) but it'll all add up, just a pity the carboots where I am aren't great otherwise I'd head there and get shot of a lot of it for probably a few more pennies in the end.

Looking into getting myself a part-time job ontop of what I'm already doing to try and boost my income a bit and get shot of these cards quicker, at the moment they're quite thin on the ground what with students on their summer break but there are 2 or 3 that I'm going to apply for and see how it goes.

I Really need to get ontop of things and start making headway. It feels like I've been working flat-out and getting nowhere for quite some time and that's going to change!

Plans for the rest of the week:
*JPJ everyday
*List at least 2 items a day on eBay
*Get some proper exercise everyday
*Have as many NSDs as possible

Not a lot but all I can think of right now (really tired!) so will probably add to it tomorrow

Purpleroses

Hey! I noticed yesterday you hadn't posted in a while. Hope you're ok.

It is a shame the bootsales here suck! The most I made at 1 was about £40 which was a one off as the rest of the time was about £15 which after petrol costs didnt make it worthwhile at all.

Hope you have a good week.

debtbegone

I'm so fed up with petrol costs! Noticed that it had finally come down 2p yesterday when I filled up. 126.9 for unleaded is still ridiculous though!

I've been quietly plodding on, listing a few bits here and there on ebay and picking up some 2nd job extra hours for holiday cover and working away like theres no tomorrow and it's STILL going to be a tight month

Hoping all this extra I'm doing is going to start paying off soon! Roll on August