The countdown to the start of my new life

Nichelette

I like pinecone, when they come they do all seem to be at once. I think I had a couple the week before last but nothing since. Speaking of which, I wonder if the £8 from them is in my account now? Must check... Well done on the sale, I sold a necklace the other day too so that's a few extra pennies for the fund.

I want a pizza oven now! I'd never heard of them so I was curious and had a look at Amazon. I'd save my vouchers for one but it looks quite big and our kitchen is already brimming with things.

yukkibear

Lol sorry Nikki.

£25 to pay the CC off now. I have done a DOND offer this morning for a free bet on Monday so that should get me a few quid. Having a lazy day today

yukkibear

Sold something on Amazon that will net me approx £14 after postage this afternoon, and managed to get dd2's xmas pressie from the grabbit board. It's a play shop that was £50 but down to £21.99 and I had £7.50 nectar points so only paid £14.99 in the end. I like this money lark when it works out.

£7 ish left for the CC

yukkibear

CC target has been reached, so now I have to find £77 ish for a passport for me in the next couple of weeks as I want mine done. Then when that's done it's £40 ish for the wedding invites.

Few things sold on ebay today and a few more listed. We're hoping to do another car boot sale in a couple of weeks so lets hope we can generate some cash there.

xHayles84x

Happy New'ish diary YB - only just spotted it as i have been absent from MSE land for months, naughty me.

Just had a quick look at your SOA and wondered why you pay a mortgage & rent? Maybe i have missed something. But apart from that it all looks really good. Well done you for paying your car off in 10 months, that's really really good going.

Hope the wedding plans are coming along nicely.

yukkibear

Hi Hayley good to see you about again. I just checked the SOA and the figure must have gone into both rent and mortgage. I only pay the mortgage thankfully lol.

I have a small matched bet profit of around £3 tonight and won a comp for a board game this morning, so looking good here again today. Slowly slowly...

Nichelette

At least you're going in the right direction. I need £83 to get my loan amount down to the next hundred. I'm only £2 away from getting £50 cash from new vista which should help .

Primula

Hi Yukkibear
Notice you haven't posted on your diary for a wee while. Is everything ok?
P

yukkibear

Hi Primula, I'm still around, just haven't been posting in my diary (or many others for that matter). It feels like one step forward one step back on the money making at the mo.

I made enough for the credit card, and then had to buy my passport, then DD1 needed new clothes, so the credit card slid back up slightly. We're getting there though.

Dress has arrived and it's fine, all packed off to MIL's house and I'll think about it again in a couple of months time. I have lots to get rid of on Ebay so need to get back into getting serious again.

We've just remortgaged for another 2 years as our rate is coming to an end, and we're saving money each month, so that will go to overpaying or in an isa for emergencies, we haven't decided yet.

Started on xmas, and looking on the grabbit board for offers etc.

Hope everyone is well.

yukkibear

Bad Bad me for not posting regularly anymore! I'm still on the boards every day just never seem to write in my diary.

The wedding is coming along nicely, currently making the invitations. The credit card is under control (although I did buy myself a new winter coat today and a food processor).

On paper we only need a few hundred more to reach target for the whole wedding, so the pressure has been lifted slightly. I want to keep the effort up to get some savings and start to be ahead of everything life wants to chuck at me rather than running behind trying to catch up.

This last month we're have two weddings, plus another one this month, I've got a hen night to go on, DD2 is having a growth spurt and needs new clothes, the cat had an accident (not serious thankfully) so was at the vets for a night etc etc. DD1 starts college next year and the bus pass alone will cost £700 so I need to have that saved up, plus we want a holiday next year etc etc.

And breathe ...