From Trash to Cash: the river overflows

elly68

my word is bargain i'm searching for christmas at its cheapest/free both kids have birthdays dec/jan so i'm going to save money by making sure i get it at its cheapeast by using buy 1 get 1 frees and topcashback,quidco ect Bargain

nixinixi

Yay Elly! Good choice - today I got a bargain on some calendars from M&S - they are all 50% off, plus you can use a 15% code and a free delivery code. So I got £18.00 worth of calendars for just over £5.00 yay!! Just could do with finding more bargains, or will have to be more resourceful! x Arg, just realised I missed out the quidco though....... grrrrr lol!

beadle2

my word is REALISTIc

I love the idea of mini challenges

I have recently started to have a To Do list and I set myself goals to achieve (coping skills for depression )but they must be REALISTIC hence my word choice.

nixinixi

Hi beadle - love the word!! fantastic! Is it silly that I am being inspired by other peoples words as much as my own???

I hope we can all have a day which we BEGIN with REALISTIC expectations and manage to COMPLETE our tasks by being RESOURCEFUL and BARGAIN hunting!

N xx

mambury

Hey you lot!!

Sorry I've not been about but I have been silly busy.... not making money (other than work though!!). Been busy with the house, school (guv stuff.... all going wrong... stress!!!) and kids.....

I am joining in with the challenge.... good idea Nixi!!

My word is SLOW..... I think I have been going full speed on everything so that nothing gets completed properly...... I have a list of things I need to do (just general life stuff, nothing exciting) but as I seem to rush and try to get everything done, nothing gets done IYKWIM.....

And I'm going to steal everyone elses words too!! So there....

nixinixi

Hi Mambury!! yay!!! good to see you! Are you enjoying your job? any regrets about PM? Did you sell it in the end? x

elly68

nixi i think the thread in some ways has been a victim of its own success ,as people have found jobs ,started businesses and got better with coping with lifes day to day stresses the need to chat has drifted to the ville and facebook .i do think though that with winter nights the chat will flow again and your mini challenge will certainly help

skintbint_2

HI FOLKS - OFF WORK JUST NOW FEEL CR*P, everything at a standstill just now, will spend tonight reading back the "trillions" of posts i've missed. hope everyone is okay and plodding on. mini challenges again sounds good,

jo70mo

Hi,
well I did BEGIN today. It has definitely only been small steps but I have taken some.
Thanks for the tonic idea Nixi.
Like all the other word ideas too.
Hope you don't stay feeling carp for long skint.
Hugs where needed
Jo x

skintbint_2

THANKS JO, well i took Elly's word to heart - Bargain just bought a bike for £52.50 using my tesco vouchers and codes and also Beadles as in be realistic and get off my big fat ar*e as the weights not going to shift sitting on it, have put on just over half a stone in the last couple of weeks and think thats dragging me down - literally physically and mentally! justified spending as got my last years boots re- heeled instead of buying new ones and have sorted out my phone contract from £35 a month to PAYG so really have made money today - havent i!!!
Elly how's your weight going - notice in your sig that its on its way down, are you doing anything in particular? aiming for two pounds a week and that will be a stone for christmas. right must face the freezzing cold as DS needs picked up. take care

skint (still) bint

edit: bldy freezing had to scrape the car! winters here