The tiny spider that taught me a big lesson....

ehallett

rubber_soul wrote: »

No way! How ridiculous is that?! Glad you eventually got your money from ebay though- I'm just starting to sell things but it does put you off when you hear about bad experiences.

Hope you have a good day x

I know what you mean, eBay can be so frustrating at times, but unfortunately it is the only place to sell stuff for a decent price.

Emily x

ehallett

Hi everyone

Quite a good day today. Only spent 50p and that was on a ride for my niece to get her out of Toys R Us!! It was supposed to be 50p for a ride and £1 for a ride & toy. At the end of the ride, 2 toys came out so quite a bargain for the 50p and my niece was happy for the rest of the day.

Also mentioned to my sister that I had to shop around for a bikini for the holiday. She looked surprised and said 'do you want your one back then?'. Completely forgot that I had lent my tankini to her ages ago. So no need to pay out for a new one now :T.

I have just been thinking about my mission to get my Christmas presents for free and have calculated what I will roughly need to get:

• £25 worth of Paypal money to buy something from eBay.
• £50 Tesco clubcard points.
• £135 Amazon vouchers.
• £70 M&S vouchers.
• £80 cash.

I have no idea what I am going to get my OH so am going to win his present (positive thinking will win me something ). The M&S vouchers is an estimate as I want to get my OH's parents a hamper from there and £20 for my gran and auntie.

Wow, that is quite a bit but I will get there (positive thinking again). I am going to keep a tally of my progress in my signature so I always know where I am.

Emily x

ehallett

Think I got most of them down but I am sure there are some I have missed. If anyone can recommend any more then just let me know .

I am only counting what I already have. I am waiting on a £15 Amazon voucher and £50 M&S vouchers.

Emily x

rubber_soul

Love the organisation- I should definately take a leaf out of your book! I usually think of christmas the week before and end up in a real tizz!

benbenandme

Anything you can getin tescos now Emily using their double up scheme? Might me worth getting toys now and only needing half the points?

ehallett

benbenandme wrote: »

Anything you can getin tescos now Emily using their double up scheme? Might me worth getting toys now and only needing half the points?

Thanks, I would do that but I am saving my points in the Christmas saver thing that they do. I know that if I didn't then I would end up spending my vouchers on food and other essentials. Might come out of it next year and trust my willpower instead .

Emily x

webitha

ooh im doing that xmas saver thing too, as like you i would be spending it on food, so hopefully i will be using mine for prezzies instead,
i doubt i will anywhere near what i have had in the past as i have been using lidl/aldi and netto loads more this year

ehallett

Hi everyone

Another good day today. Didn't spend any money and have made some progress with my survey totals. Also remembered another survey site which I am close to redeeming on.

Packaged up the last few ebay items - only 1 to go (not yet paid). I am really pleased that I have sold about 30 items and have managed to use packaging from around the house. Was convinced that I would have to buy some more. I can also claim back the necklace fees in the next half hour.

Received my old passport back today so looks like there are no problems and I should get my new passport shortly.

Right, off to answer questions for a few hours and then bedtime.

Emily x

beanielou

All sounding good Emily

ehallett

Hi everyone

After paying all of my bills this month, I now have £14.10 to last me until Wednesday next week. £10 of that will go in the petrol tank.

The survey totals are creeping up nicely. My aim is to redeem on at least 1 next week. Referred my friend for a few sites so that boosted them all a bit.

Emily x