Adventures in Living Frugally

DedicatedDFW

Maybe I forgot the part about regular computer and tv breaks ?

Since last post I have moved 1 lot of washing, 2 further lots done - about to move remainder of 1 lot in a mo. and other load is drying. Have a further load of washing to put on but can't work out what needs washing of OH's - I did mention to him the other day that the laundry basket was the place for laundry - poor love looked genuinely surprised and said he thought other things went in there :rotfl: I didn't have the heart to ask him what.

2 lots of pots washed - 1 final lot to do. (at least until after tea anyways) tea cooking away and smelling delicious. Still some prep to do for this but can do when its nearly ready. Freebies all done. Been through remainder of clothes in wardrobes and nothing lifted out - not good enough OK off to do a bit more - will be back to post soon. Hope Everyones having a fab weekend

DedicatedDFW

E-bay challenge rises to 8/50 am parting with a skirt - my only work one - I don't tend to wear skirts to work anywhos - but will be listing above 99p. Washing moved. Need to get on with tea now methinks and maybe finish pot washing. Its rock and roll here :rotfl:

debtfreesomeday

Well done on all the ebay stuff DDFW, and sounds like you've got a lot achieved on the cleaning & tidying front today! I planned on doing some cleaning today but haven't so far... found too much furniture to move around and cakes to bake instead!
DFSD

DedicatedDFW

Monday bleurgh! Am looking forward to the weekend already. Has been a hectic day at work today.

Totals on ebay were £5.20 - only 3 items sold - all rest have been re-listed now - i'll add this to my totals once posted and am sure I got postage right. I had to miss an MS today too - couldn't re-do it as work had altered my lunch.

Been a bit down about the debt this weekend. Its just soo frustrating and feels like it'll never end. I want nice things - a bigger house, a reliable car, to be able to go out once in a while or even go on holiday and not have to panic about making ends meet all the time. I feel like I work hard but am not making any progress on these things. I know these are material items but its all about the happiness value - a larger house means our friends could stopover (not possible now as there is no room for anyone) and a bigger garden for me to grow things in. A reliable car speaks for itself - the amount I've spent on car repairs is shocking :eek:.

Ho hum need to get out of this absolute glumness. I'll go and see what I can sell out of my wardrobe - need to look at things and think - if this goes it'll reduce the debt, rather than trying to hold onto items that could help make me feel better overall - i.e. less items and cash in for debt. Tomorrow is a fresh start and almost the middle of the week Wednesday. I guess its natural to get down about the bills every once in a while.

DedicatedDFW

Hi Everyone - I haven't been sleeping well these last few days which isn't good as I definitely do enough running round to be sleepy but another sign of the worry i guess. Ah well it'll all come good. Good thing is that I found MSE and have these bits of extra income coming in.

Wasted time and petrol again this morning going to p/t work and not being needed - think they'll make the decision they don't need me for this shift at all now but on the plus side it will save me on the waste of time and petrol - still am £30 down for the last 2 weeks cancellations and that was money i was pretty much relying on.

Nothing new selected for ebay as yet so will need to be a bit more ruthless - maybe get OH to help by saying what he doesn't like :eek:

Other ideas for the extra income will involve me looking at a bit of possible cashback later - want to mke sure i get it right first though as I have to spend some money to get the cashback.

Ok off to f/t work now - have a good Tuesday all

DedicatedDFW

Well i have just been screened out of more surveys than I care to think about - is good when i can complete them as i think i have a little voucher being saved up! Did grocery shopping after work and all within budget - i am forever forgetting to update this part of my sig so i'll remove it but if spends start creeping towards £40 i'll pop on and confess - £30 this week all in

No other money news to report - no new MS's lined up sadly and p/t work is going very slow But tis Wednesday tomorrow and I may start the day with an early morning boogie just to liven things up a bit :dance: - this is actually not dis-similar to one of my moves

DedicatedDFW

Morning all - I think I need to start thinking of tackling debt mountain a bit differently now - have only managed to scrape a little bit of extra income together this month and really need to be doing so much more. I have a new MS, which is good but is not for several weeks as yet. So this weekend - which is when I have a bit of time - I'm going to start breaking down the amount I can make from where and will be getting back to Dooyoo as this is at least income I have control over.

DedicatedDFW

Happy Saturday Morning All!

Plans for the weekend are hopefully 4 MS's (am awaiting to hear on 2 of them) - all tomorrow. Pot Mountain and Washing Hill to be tackled. General tidying + spare room needs a serious re-organisation.

Money wise have done no p/t work at all this week so right now, as promised to myself - I'm off to look into a cash back deal and am also going to write up a couple of Dooyoo's. Off out this evening - all was pre-booked and paid for x

DedicatedDFW

The good news over the weekend was that I did do 3 MS's!! But I didn't get to tackle the spare room :mad: Have been pretty tired lately and OH suggested he would take me out so we could have a nice meal just the two of us - unfortunatley I then had to contribute to the cost of him taking me out and spent far more than I could afford to. OH doesn't know about my finances - I just always say I've no money but he doesn't actually know about the money I owe so I'm always quite upset when I end up spending money I don't have. Oh well its done now.

In other bad news I definitely need a new car now and although it won't be a shiny brand new car it will be new to me and cost more than I can really afford to spend. Thus budget is squeezed even tighter . Off to work! Have a good monday all

DedicatedDFW

Bah! Very quick money post from me before I forget everything:

£87.72 earned via 4 MS's & p/t work

£25 profit on e-bay :j - mostly 99p things with 1 or 2 going for a bit more so have definitely been given a boost to listing more things - this is from last weeks sales and some this week too.

£4 from 2 books sold to!

I did do some cashback but until this is received I won't update it.

I need to do even more cashback and things I think as I have now just found out the pay rise I was expecting isn't coming this year :mad: be back to post more later