£1 loan payments, orangutans and learning it doesn't all happen overnight...

Kepp

What a lovely start to the day - the sunrise outside my office window is beautiful, all blues, purples and oranges and the trees look black in front of it

£40 to the loan

Had yesterday off to wait in for the meter man to remove our checking meter in the on-going electric bill saga.

Spent the day giving the flat a really good clean so the ebay pile is growing. Then pub shift in the evening.

Kepp

mrsb83 wrote:

Huge congrats!!

You've overtaken me now - I want to get my DFD to Oct too.

What's the 101 list Beccie?

Thanks MrsB The 101 list is 101 things you want to achieve in 1001 days. I decided to do it as that's roughly in line with when I want to have gone travelling. I made mine somewhere in between a 'bucket list' as I already have one and not as dull as my usual to-do lists! I wanted to include fun stuff as I think I forget that sometimes with too much working. Here is mine, although not completed yet. There's loads of threads on here with people doing them which is what caught my attention.

Determined_2b_Debt_Free wrote: »

Hi Beccie

Just popping in! I really can't believe your figures, they are amazing and inspirational. One day I'll read the whole thing but in the meantime, do you have any tips you can pass on??? xx

Unfortunately no great tips - mine has just been work, work work! I just keep concentrating on what I can do when it's gone. I may have looked at flights to Africa the other day DF present to myself and all of that!

Herewego wrote: »

Well done on the new DFD thats amazing

Whats Amazon trade in as I have loads of books i need to get rid of

HWG x

Determined_2b_Debt_Free wrote: »

Me too on the book front - I was wondering that too.. x

Amazon trade-in is roughly 25p a paperback, although more for some and defnitely more for text-books. Just type in the book and then scroll down the selling options on the right-hand side to see if it's available for trade-in. Roughly 75% of mine have been. Don't bother looking at the trade-in list as for some reason loads don't show up in there. It's free to send them in and they return for free if the books don't meet the standard set. I haven't had any problems with that yet. I know 25p doesn't seem a lot but when you can throw them all in a big box and get rid of them in one go it works out much better than ebaying!

DebtFree2012

OMG Beccie!!!!! Check your status out now!!! I haven't been on over xmas as planned but starting to catch up with everyone (haven't updated, still been DFW/MS though).

Sub 1k is AMAZING - what a feeling. Great stuff and well done as always.

I've started my new diary for the year which is really giving me a boost so loving it

xxxx

Kepp

I must have lost that DF - do you have a link to your new diary?

mrsb83_2

Thanks for sharing your list! I think it's a great idea and you have some cool stuff on it.

I just ordered The Happiness Project on Monday - I am obsessed with the website!

DebtFree2012

beccie wrote: »

I must have lost that DF - do you have a link to your new diary?

Here you go hun - come on over - it's brand new and very quiet in there!

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3718643

xxx

Herewego

Thanks beccie I have the trade in bug lets see what i can find

Kepp

mrsb83 wrote: »

Thanks for sharing your list! I think it's a great idea and you have some cool stuff on it.

I just ordered The Happiness Project on Monday - I am obsessed with the website!

Let us know what you think of it - I'm going to order it soon too. I'm trying to save Aamzon vouchers from surveys etc to pay for bits and pieces like that

DebtFree2012 wrote: »

Here you go hun - come on over - it's brand new and very quiet in there!

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3718643

xxx

See you soon!

Herewego wrote: »

Thanks beccie I have the trade in bug lets see what i can find

Good luck HWG

£51 to the loan today

Sunrise is a beautiful pink and purple today I moved offices just before Christmas and knew I was going to miss the lovely sunsets from that side of the building but this is making up for it.

Rushed home yesterday afternoon as there was an apparent emergency and water was 'gushing' from our flat into the one below. Turned out the people below were exaggerating slightly and there was a small damp patch on their ceiling! Turned out to be our water tanks fault though so that's fixed which is good news as it's alot quieter now than it used to be.

Spoke to OH last night and am going to speak to my boss this morning when he gets in. Looks like my DF present to myself might well come true in November! :j:j:j

Kepp

Oooo, and I'm sub 10K!! :T:T

mrsb83_2

Massive congratulations! It's all downhill from here!