Goals for week: 27 August

lil_me

Well done everyone

Last week- To save what I could for holidays, buy minimal shopping and save where I could on things for holidays like kennel fees etc Sell at least 4 items on ebay

DID ALL OF THAT, SOLD 10 ITEMS!

27th - To say balls to money saving and have a damn good holiday with my kids with all the money I have saved hard for over the last 7 months!

(Oh and list a few items to end when I get back which I have done already and left paypal money in account just incase I come home broke)

emylou

Have you tried www.sitters.co.uk? Once you go through application process they contact you for jobs in areas you've told them you are prepared to work in, you get paid minimum 4 hours work (approx £20) then hourly rate afterwards, families can ask for you by name and you can choose if/when you do a job. I've been with them 3 years and it's been great extra money.

I havent been very DFW at all recently and need real motivation cos my overspend each month is getting ridiculous, might start small though

1) 3 no spend days
2) use OS board to ensure I only buy essentials from Tesco to last me as long as possible
3) DO NOT go into Tesco more than twice!!!!!!
4) Use http://www.fixtureferrets.co.uk/ to compare shop prices and deals before weekly shop
5) keep up to date with spending diary & reporting on daily spend thread- hopefully that'll shame me into keeping my money in my purse!!

buddiebabe

This weeks goals

1. List 5 new items on ebay
2. Have 5 no spend days
3. Take lunch to work every day this week
4. Do all washing and ironing

That will do to start with ... don't want to tire myself out :rotfl:

lynsayjane

erm bit of a crap week, but i guess it's my fault for picking such random vague aims!

last weeks,

1-as of monday attempt a wheat free diet for the week.... have made a good attempt at this, tho had a bagel for brekkie today
2-get as much sewing projects done as possiblenot really, i did the door curtain and a new skirt
3-have as many no spend days as possible (hoping to not spend till wed)nope, spent summit every sodding day :mad:
4-list another five items on ebaynope

i officially suck at achieving my goals

however tomorrow is another day...

this weeks aims

1-get spending under control (again) and try for at least two nsd
2-bake goodies to take to old work on tuesday (last day :j )
3-start new work and not get fired on first day
4-buy all bits for bday outfit on tues and start making skirt, then take back 'bought to copy' skirt
5-not buy any food all week, i have enough meals in the freezer to feed all the dfw's for a week!

think that aught to do for a 'getting back on the bandwagon' week!

good luck everyone :T

carriel_2

Thank you newleaf, I hadnt thought of that, maybe I should, I'm not a really experience knitter, although can do most things, I'll think about it, might even contact my local knitting shop see if they have any thing they need doing.

Thank you emylou, will go have a look at that site.

kevin_M

1 under £14,000
2 20 items listed on ebay a week
3 spend less at work

hopefully i can do all of this

homersimpson_3

Finish working out what each of my household appliances cost on an hourly basis (didn't realise my telly cost less than a normal lightbulb!! (it's 48W). But my kettle uses 200 times as much electricity as that!!

How do you intend to do this? how did you find out your kettle uses 200x more than light bulb.

Callisto

1 - Have got Thursday off work, as I've gotta work Saturday, so Thursday morning ring round driving schools/instructors to get prices and try and book a trial lesson for the following week. YES, got a two hour trial lesson on Wednesday and only have to pay for one hour.

2 - Take packed lunch to work every day. YES

3 - Waiting on new 0% credit card to come through, so once it arrives, check if the balance transfer has gone through, then cancel evil Virgin credit card! NO, new card has come through, but not get round to cancelling Virgin card yet.

4 - Need to buy first class stamps, a birthday card, a few toiletries and send a letter air mail to Australia. Also will need to give OH £10 towards petrol to go and visit my parents on Sunday. No other spending (other than necessary food!) Nearly... Managed to only buy the things from the above list until Friday when I spent £4.30 on three magazines because it will be really quiet at work over the bank holiday. Didn't need to buy the mags as already have three library books to read!

5 - On Sunday, review how much money left as payday is following Thursday. See if I can transfer any small amounts left over into savings (either towards wedding or Christmas presents or split between the two.) YES - have transferred £27 extra into savings, on top of normal savings target!

This weeks goals:

1 - Three no spend days, definitely no buying of magazines!
2 - Walk to work twice this week.
3 - Stick to healthy eating Mon - Fri and treats allowed at weekend.
4 - Apply for at least one new job this week (if anything suitable to go for) as not liking my current job at all!

RVK2

I don't know why I bothered making the goals last week, this week has been horrendous for one reason and another.

1. Phone NTL and British Gas-no, will do this week
2. Clear bedroom-no, also this week
3. Clean old PC and give to XH to repair-done part of it
4. Return unwanted items to stores-no, will do it Tuesday or Thursday
5. 3 No Spend Days-yes
6. Finish big pile of sewing repairs and adjustments for me and my friend-will do that Monday evening
7. Sort, wrap and store Christmas pressies and make of list of what's left to buy-no


so, for this week I will endeavour to

1. Phone Gas and NTL
2. Clear bedroom
3. Clean old PC
4. Return unwanted items
5. Do sewing repairs
6. Have 3 No Spend Days
7. Return library books to avoid fines
8. Stick to £15 shopping budget for any food that's needed this week
9. Investigate college and funding
10.Bank money into ISA

chocolatecake_2

Hello everyone - here are my updated goals:-

These were from last week:-

1. Finish business order, pack and send off This has been a NIGHTMARE of an order - but is all packed up and ready to post tomorrow - yay!
2. Complete and submit 2 x job applications Both done!
3. Make 2 phone calls outstanding Both done!
4. Check car insurance quote with confused and order/pay for Got excellent online price £167 for annual car insurance - just waiting for docs. I can't pay for this until renewal date
5. Go to post office to get car tax (remember stamps and all docs) Done!
6. Book car in for MOT (check date) Done!
7. Watch last Blockbuster free trial DVD and send back I'm just going to send this back as I can get it out with my next DVD free trial
8. Send emails to chase up o/standing piggy and ipoints Done Piggypoints, too early to do ipoints as have to wait 30 days to chase up these
9. Restart spending diary on Thursday (payday) Not done and been v. bad (see above). Not sure what I'm going to do about this as I hate starting this king of thing mid month - but I know that sounds like an excuse!
10. Pay off as much as possible from credit card Am paying off overdraft first now as they are trying to demand *review* meetings with me - and have approx £180 which I can pay off this week
11. Sort out reporo on phone to purchase 50p CD from CDWow and get piggypoints - need to contact phone provider about this I have tried this and followed instructions but its still not working. Will leave this.

This week (very busy - again!)

1. 2 job applications
2. Odd job locally - do 8 hours
3. Cancel 'The Week' subscription via ipoints
4. Sort email account into folders
5. Buy good scales and buy wool
6. Keep hoarding money to pay off overdraft with
7. List 5 x items on eBay
8. Have a charity shop to dump stuff/cleaning/gardening catch up day next Saturday

chocolatecake :heartpuls