Scuba's Spending and Life in the South Diary

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In happy ebay news I won the gloves so they're paid for.

The item ending tomorrow now has two bids....for all of £4.20, and around 20 watchers. In good news the two things I relisted today both have bids on them already - I listed for 5 days so not quite as long to be obsessive about the listings!

Need to dig up some more things to get listed, might start with a belt I bought on a mystery shop and will never wear because it's [STRIKE]vile[/STRIKE] not to my taste and was only puchased to make it up to the minimum spend. The shop has been paid so getting rid will simply free up some space in my drawer.

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Had an email from Santander letting my know they've very kindly opened the esaver account I applied for, so have added it to my accounts list and transferred my money from the instant saver they opened alongside my current account. Might treat my car to a pre-winter service soon though, she's due her first MOT in March so might not be a bad idea to check what state all the important bits are in at the moment, although I really ought to be saving the pennies towards moving too, gah why can I not just win the lottery?

Not checked my eby app today....and I feel quite lost, but need to as the item is due to end in the next few hours and I want to know how much I'm going to get towards my moving fund. Also found that I've been paid by one of the mystery shopping companies, need to work out what I've earned and how much is profit but have paid the lot off the credit card reducing the balance by £49, leaving me a *mere* £64 to pay off when the rest of my payments arrive this month.

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Ebay listing ended, item sold in the end for a little less than the original purchase price which is reassuring as I have two more mystery shops next week at different branches of the same shop so I ought to be able to sell on whatever I buy.

So have to post that in the morning, will post the return element of a m.s while I'm there too so fingers crossed I can get the refund back on to my credit card by the end of next week.

Payslips were in when I got to work so happily I'm getting back a fair wedge of the overpaid tax - from the rough calculations I did before I started doing lots of over time it's just the money I'm owed from this tax year so need to sort out if thats true then claim a rebate for last years overpayment. Either way once I get it paid I can clear the cost of my laptop from the credit card and bringing the zero balance date forward ohh roughly 30 months - hopefully once all my mystery shopping payments are in this month I'll be back where I started from 4 weeks ago - but with money saved towards moving.

Fingers crossed I'll have the ms jewellery item sold next week too, one of the girls at work has said she wants one for a friends christmas gift so as long as noone else has bought it from me by payday she'll have it.

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Really need to get myself out of my PJ's and in to town to get to the Post Office but it just looks so miserable out I don't want to. So have chicken pie and sweet potato chunks sprinkled with chilli powder in the oven then might think about getting dressed.

Email from one of the MS co's tells me that payment is on the way for some work I did earlier this month, which will take the amount outstanding on my credit card from mystery shopping down to around £30 so will be cleared when I get the payment which is on the way from a different company - with some pennies left over to leave in the float account to put towards moving.

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My recent mystery shopping spends on the credit card are paid off - barring the dinner job I did this evening, and have another two to do tomorrow one for a nice bonus fee. Got a box of 'things' sat next to me on the living room floor which I need to start trying to get listed on ebay but motivation is escaping me for the time being, as is the motivation to get the mystery shop written up.

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Mystery shop written up and a handful of ebay listings have been added. Completely and utterly unmotivated now, and have ended up browsing the Poppy Shop - RBL website for pretty Buckley crystal poppies, I ordered the small broach a few days ago it arrived today and is gorgeous, I'm not one for big blingy jewellery and the small one is very pretty but discretely sparkly. Hadn't noticed the charms when I bought it though, so have added the Pandora style and Lobster clasp ones to my amazon christmas list - doubt my family will think to get either but I live in hope!

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Sigh am tired and feeling 'spaced out' but can't sleep.

Written up one of todays two mystery shops, and just trying to work up the enthusiasm for the remaining one which is an RE pub lunch, although the last couple I did I don't think were too horrific - might get the tick boxes out of the way and do the narrative parts tomorrow morning after I let the dentist butcher my mouth some more.

While wandering around before doing the second shop Mr S and I found ourselves in a cheap sports shop where the evil me decided it was a good idea to buy a fluro yellow running jacket and black and yellow running capris. I swear I'm trying to kill myself with this exersize stuff, on the upside at least in the jacket I should be able to avoid the mental non Brit drivers around work. I swear half of them must have scared their driving examiners to death in order to pass their tests and almost none of them are 'native' to the UK - possibly passed tests abroad?

I also had to put fuel in the car, which is annoying as I have a fuel MS booked for later in the week, as well as a meal out to a restaurant Mr S and I love - at the moment it looks like I'm taking someone we both know from work, but need to find him tomorrow to check or start frantically looking for another date (Mr S is away again this week).

Ebay app obsession is still going strong, two tiny items due to end this week have bids, and one of the listings I managed to get up yesterday already has a bid - and happily it has watchers - even better is that I have two of them so hopefully will get some more bidders and can off load the second via a second chance.

scubaangel

Panic mode engaged.

Spoke the L.A today, assuming I can find the office and hand over payment (cheque or debit card) for a large amount of money we have the house! So just £2600 ish to find, plus the £750 rent for the flat and assorted bills to cover for around 4 weeks between moving in to the house and the end of our flat contract.

Oh god. How on earth can we afford it all.....

I'm planning to ebay everything not nailed down, think all this months spends will find their way on to my credit card and Christmas is a dirty word. And even then its going to be incredibly tight. But we'll manage, I can get plenty of over time over the next couple of months, and naturally the job hunt for more money is still happening.

Waiting for payment from my ebay buyer still, got a couple of days to wait for before I get open an NPB but have made a second chance offer to the next bidder in hope of getting rid of another one of the pile sat in the flat.

scubaangel

Right spent most of today taking deep calming breaths.

Paid the letting agents holding fee and filled in my referencing andcredit check stuff, so just need the petboy to come home and do his part.

Two mystery shops in my local town are done, and one elsewhere. All three written up, and I now have some more stuff to ebay on the next free listing day. One more mystery shop to do, a fairly pleasant evening out with a friend most likely going to be spoiled by the whole writing up the report later.

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Ahh I was wrong the pleasant dinner was ruined by a coach load of the trainees from where we work arriving for a meal....bets being taken now for what time the first rumours about me and my mate will be swirling around my work place. Writing up the report was actually rather pleasant, it seems that the format is now more tick boxes with limited narrative, still expecting several queries naturally.

Second chance offer made and accepted within hours earlier so need to post tomorrow on the way to work. Still waiting for the refund element of a recent mystery shop to turn up on my credit card so I can finish it off and get the payment on the way.

So far no interest in the jewellery other than the girl at work so will take it with me and should get rid of it in exchange for some nice crisp bank notes which can form the basis of the rest of this weeks mystery shopping spends instead of putting it on the credit card.