New job, new beginnings.

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Busy day today. 1 parcel on it's way to it's new owner, 2 more items now listed, and the first bid levied on my camera.

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Unfortuanately I don't live in any of the participating areas (I had already investigated this earlier).
Camera sold for less than I hoped for, but at least it off-sets some of my outgoings. Both the camera & photoframe are now on the way to their new owners & M-i-L's 2nd food processor is waiting for payment. Still yet to list the dog ramp, and now have a shower stool to go up, again for M-i-L.

One good thing, the snow we had all melted, however there is more on the way.
Have now got an account on 'Zazzle', all I need to do now is to find some decent images to load-up for sale.

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And finally, the snow has arrived. Not that I mind, just gives me an excuse to switch to driving the van as it is more stable in the snow than my car, and is built like a tank, so if I slid into anything, I stand a good chance of coming away unscathed.

Have really got stuck-in to doing online surveys and competitions lately. With any luck I will win enough stuff to be able to clear at least 1 of my credit cards. As for the surveys, am amassing loads of points towards Amazon vouchers. My target is at least £100 worth so I can use them to buy a Bluray player, or a Wii + Wii Fit.

Jobs for tomorrow -

Photograph and list shower stool
Phone auto electrician to book van in to see if it is the switch or blower fan I need to replace.

One thing I have found is that by planning my week and trying to complete my set targets each day, my depression is slowly being beaten.

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Next week is looking expensive. My emmersion heater has packed-up and I need 2 new elements. My plumber was quite surprised when I told him they were 5 years old, as round here the water is so hard that they usually last only 2.
Will also be looking at limescale prevention devices.

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Right, I now owe -
CC1 £0759.26
CC2 £1380
CC3 £0948.21
Tot=£3087.47

Plan= clear CC2 first, then CC1 and finally CC3.
Am seriously thinking of selling the car and using the van as it will run on wvo (or neat frying oil from asda)

Today turned into another expensive day. The plumber has been and am now waiting for the bill. Also now need to get a headlight bulb for the car. Called in Halfords on the way to a friends house, but will never pay £20 for a bulb I can get from my local independant for less than £5.

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Didn't get the job I had an interview for, but they guy said he would keep my cv as he may have a position for me in the near future.
Made my first sale as a Playtrader. Will now be listing more of the CD's I bought for £1 each at the car boot sale.

Last camera club meeting for this year, they had a auction of donated items. I spent £20 on a tripod (a good strong one unlike the three I had picked-up at carboot sales, all of which will now go on ebay), a book on using Photoshop Elements and a load of photopaper and CD labels (no idea why, as I already have loads. Still, should turn a profit on Ebid).

MUST get round to photographing and listing the growing pile of stuff I have for Ebay/Ebid.

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Checked-out my bank account today and got quite a shock. I have a lot less money than I originally thought.
Must start transfering money across from Paypal, then request a cheque from my club book for my comission.

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Another book listed on Amazon.
They offer an Express delivery option, but even though I clicked-it, it still didn't show on the listing. Maybe it is a option available only to the buyer.

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2 more items on Ebay today.
Also, got round to paying CC1 + club book.
Got a nice surprise when I logged into my bank account, there was an extra wedge of cash in there from HMRC. They are now having to repay all the money they had taken back to clear the WTC overpayments they made. I will be writing to them to get a statement showing when I was overpaid WTC, and how much they claimed-back each year. I will be after the lost interest as well.

Also applied for a job yesterday, so I am hopping to be back in work soon.

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Of the 3 things that went onto Ebay, 1 sold and is now awaiting collection. The other 2 didn't sell, so have put 1 up on Ebid on a 10 day auction, re-list until sold listing. Haven't listed on Ebid for ages so will see how it goes.

Must get round to giving JC+ a call to see if they will be paying my service charge.
Also need to chase-up my MPI policy providers to see if they have got any kind of response from my former employers, although knowing how useless Acoustica are when it comes to communications, I doubt it.

At least this week will be cheap for shopping as we have almost everything in already.