Frugal Fresian's 2010 Adventures

kissjenn

Well done FF. That's an amazing achievement. Can't wait to see you in the ninja outfit sneaking down the street.

mooomin

kissjenn wrote: »

Can't wait to see you in the ninja outfit sneaking down the street.

Well, myself and Mr Fresian did take this photo earlier on our way to Asda...

mooomin

Morning all!

I think that my ninja-outfit might come out later today as I need milk and may as well take the bus to the supermarket with my bus pass to save the 30p extra I pay on milk at the corner shop. I must be mad.....

To be fair, I do need more olive oil so if I buy that at the same time then I can aim for a NSD tomorrow :A

I made another £5.43 yesterday from Amazon after postage, so I'm waiting for that and another sale to come through. It seems to take ages for the money to hit your account, but every time I sell something I'm a step closer to clearing the loan and there is one less unnecessary item in the house!

Speaking of selling things:

Ebay

20 items for sale (Received a book through yesterday from a competition I must have entered ages ago, so that's on Ebay too!)
11 will sell for £41.91 (at the moment)
7 of the items with no bids have watchers

I'm hoping that I will sell almost everything today I think (and if someone knows for sure that would be helpful) that I get to relist for free if things don't sell. If that's the case then I will put them on for another week and then charity shop them.

My target for Ebay was £50 but I think I'm going to do better than that. Sometimes by the time that you take off Paypal and postage you don't make much at all though

Other plans for today include tidying the kitchen and doing washing. It's very rock and roll here

SarahNeedle1872

I haven't eBayed for a couple of months F_F, but you can re-list for free (only once though I think). I do the same as you, one relist then charity shop!

I know what you mean about the fees.... thats why I don't bother with a lot of stuff anymore, but the time you take fees/postage into account, sometimes you make less than a quid.... I know every little helps and all that, but sometimes its better just to send it to the charity shop

Sx

Mrs_Money_Penny

Hi your doing great. I relisted an item yesterday on e-bay and that was free, so hopefully it will be today as well.

mooomin

Up to £55 on Ebay now :j

Taking inspiration from Hypno, who is doing her housework in 20 minutes bursts today, I'm trying the same thing.

Burst 1!

Most of the dishes done
1 load of washing hung up
2nd load of washing put in machine
Random bits of onion taken out of the bottom of the sink (Yeech)

mooomin

Burst 2!

Dishes finished
Breakfast made for me and Mr Fresian
Breakfast dishes done
2nd load of washing hung up

Nothing since then though - just about to have a late lunch and possibly make some flapjacks

Two items sold on Ebay today - total sales of £5.30 + postage costs. I wonder how many people from the "I Won't Buy More Toiletries" challenge are watching my Soap and Glory sales :rotfl:

mooomin

Good morning all!

Well, I made £77 yesterday before adding on postage then taking off fees and postage! I have no idea how much profit this will be I'm leaving enough in Paypal to cover the Ebay fees and am sending Mr Fresian to the Post Office today with strict instructions to bring back itemised receipts He'll have another load to take up tomorrow as well as not everyone has paid. (The smiley ban has clearly worked for me!!)

Plans for today are minimal:

1. Make my own lunch (Going to have to hurry up!)
2. Avoid giving too much to charity during our works charity "fun day" (It's not fun for me when I'm trying to avoid looking like a tightarse) It really bugs me when people hassle me for charity money. I support the charities I want to, and they tend to be either for cancer (seems to be what kills all of my family) or Cats Protection (where I got my boys from)
3. Go to Morrisons and only buy what I need. I only need to make it to Sunday with the £20 left in my budget. I CAN DO IT!!!!!!!

mooomin

Shall be forced to go and buy lunch from the canteen now as the quiche I took out of the freezer is MINGING and making me feel quite unwell. Overpriced baguette it is :mad:

5*shopaholic

hello ff
shame bout the quiche
i know what you mean bout charities, you stick to your guns
well done on the ebay thing
the fees and postage are bummers but you must have made a bit of money out of your £77!!!!
keep up the good work you are very inspirational to me and the other peeps on here
good luck and well done for getting half way towards getting rid of debts
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