Jediteacher saying enough is enough!

jediteacher

Still no car. Hopefully it will be ready tomorrow.

Just had a very quick calculation on myy ebay sales and it looks like I've made £140ish clear profit. Quite happy with this and really need to get highly motivated in order to list the hundreds of things I have around the house to sell!

Spend a fair amount today some cash some card:

Post office 1: £14.59 card
Argos: £4.99 cash - Needed a new laundary basket and this was reduced from £19.99 to £9.99 and I had a £5 money off voucher.
Tesco: £7.20 card - Needed fruit for little one
Hobbycraft: £6.22 cash wool to finish jumper and art bits for little girl.
Poundland: £10.00 card - jiffy bags for ebay
Asda: £15.74 card - meat and basic supplies
Post Office 2: £12.86 card

Card Total: £60.39
Cash: £11.21

Total: £71.60

Not a good day today.

I have decided that I will give myself cash to take out with me and leave my card at home. What I have in my purse will be all I have with me. I will really need to revist my budget as this is too much money to spend in a day. The post office spends have come out of my ebay fund so I suppose it's not too bad.

Note to self - MUST NOT SPEND. MUST NOT SPEND.

jediteacher

I need to pop out and post some more items I've sold from ebay but am sitting here waiting for a delivery and I have no idea when they'll come. I've missed them the last two days so will have to wait in but I need to do one mystery shop by 12:00. What a pain!

I really need to get myself into gear and sort this house out. My in-laws are coming over to look after the little girl on Friday as I have no childcare. They're not fussy but I still like to make some effort. The main thing to sort out is the kitchen and living room.

However, if I stay at home at least I cannot spend any money if I stay at home - all I have to avoid is the temptation of the internet. Must not look at the grabbit board.

Really hope my car is fixed today as last time it went into the garage it took 12 days to get back and cost a small fortune. :mad:

parsniphead

Hi Jediteacher

Well done on the ebay sales, that's fantastic.

At least the spends were on necessities and items for bringing in money (ebay packaging) and not a load of old junk.

Have a productive day.

P

jediteacher

Eventually had to go out as needed food for lunch. Luckily my lovely neighbour from across the roads saw the delivery guy and said he would sign for it as it was silly him coming back again! :beer: Apart from the neighbours from hell a few doors down everyone else here is quite friendly and will help out.

I'm just counting down the days the council finally evict the neighbours from hell as they've caused nothing but trouble since they moved in this April. Hopefully they'll be gone by Christmas.

Anyway, was very good when I popped out and only went to the post office and completed my mystery shop. Did have to spend money at the post office and I did get my daughter some hot corn which she wolfed down. Will look at spend later this evening when I've finally tidied up.

Really need to research other online auctions as ebay are getting worse and trying to squeeze out the independent sellers like myself. :mad:

jediteacher

Right off to do three mystery shops today - all need to be done by 12.00 so not off to a good start. Had a bad night as little one for the first time wet her bed at 3.00am so had to wash her down and change all the sheets. She also kept crying out and did not settle until about 12.00am anyway. Not sure what's going on there so will keep an eye out.

Hopefully, will not be tempted to buy anything - must remain strong. I do need to pick up little one's birthday/Christmas present as it's on special offer at the moment and I have a money off voucher so instead of being £21.99 I'll pay £10.99. She was born on December 18th so her birthday is very near to Christmas and we try very hard to seperate the two.

Anyway, off I go. MUST NOT BUY. MUST NOT BUY.

parsniphead

Blimey you're a busy bee with all that mystery shopping.

I hope your little one is settled tonight.

jediteacher

Not much to say really. Had to go back to work on Friday - boo hiss!

Bit fed up at the moment as things are not progressing at any real speed - I'm just very impatient.

Did complete 6 mystery shops today and now need to motivate myself to write them up. No mystery shops tomorrow but do have a very hectic Monday and Tuesday and then back to work on Wednesday with 35 lovely kids waiting to be wowed by their teacher!!!

Spent £7.49 today on toiletries that were needed and some mystery shopping outlays which I will get back. Not much else really.

jediteacher

Ebay money cleared which means I have been able to pay off the last £80 of the Egg Money card. :j

Now it's time to hit the other cards which have more money to pay off. I just really needed the success of paying off one card to spur me on and not spend any more money. I have transfered the amount I paid on this to my other egg card so can now make bigger payments on that one.

Lots of mystery shopping to do today - 7 shops. My poor little girl is so good on these and as a treat before she starts nursey I'm going to take her Legoland. I have a free ticket for a child so will only pay for me (I have put aside some money for this) and we'll take a packed lunch with us. Just wanted to do something different with her as she is starting nursery and has been so good over the summer holidays.

Right, need to get in geer in order to get everything done today.

jediteacher

Thought I'd better post as had not been on here for a few days. Not much to report. Had to go back to work today which was pretty depressing but needs must. I've also agreed to fo some tuition at school which should be an extra £200 a month so will use that to pay off some more debt. I really want to pay off another card by Christmas at the latest.
Another month and still no luck with getting pregnant. A friend of mine has just got pregnant after 3 years of trying. She had a session a week with a acupunturist for just less than 2 months and she's now nearly 4months gone. Might give this a try as time is ticking very loudly.
Need to sit and sort out my finances a bit more as wages have changed - not in a general good way.
Was hoping one of those tax letters would land on my mat telling me I'm owed money. Pipe dreams.

parsniphead

jediteacher wrote: »

Thought I'd better post as had not been on here for a few days. Not much to report. Had to go back to work today which was pretty depressing but needs must. I've also agreed to fo some tuition at school which should be an extra £200 a month so will use that to pay off some more debt. I really want to pay off another card by Christmas at the latest.
Another month and still no luck with getting pregnant. A friend of mine has just got pregnant after 3 years of trying. She had a session a week with a acupunturist for just less than 2 months and she's now nearly 4months gone. Might give this a try as time is ticking very loudly.
Need to sit and sort out my finances a bit more as wages have changed - not in a general good way.
Was hoping one of those tax letters would land on my mat telling me I'm owed money. Pipe dreams.

Hello Jedi

Sending you hugs. It's so disappointing every month and if you're like me you set yourself up and it's a big fall. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you and me.

The above comment did make me laugh though, I must have a filthy mind this morning. Seriously though it's worth a try. I have an appointment soon with a gynecologist and will try everything suggested. I must admit to being worried though as I will get the results of the tests.

Well done on getting rid of the pesky Egg card, that must be a boost.

P