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

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  • Woowoo
    Woowoo Posts: 4,603 Forumite
    I don't think you'll ever get bored on a shift at the club :)
    LBM Aug 09: £18,650.47 - Current: £12,854.93 (£5946.79)

    Barclays: £2,928.34 Lloyds: £2,499.60
    MBNA: £3,788.99 Overdraft: £1,900.00 Mum: £1,738.00

    Surveys: £6.60/£40.00
  • EB69
    EB69 Posts: 878 Forumite
    She hasn't had much time either lately bless her, having just gone back to uni she's struggling to sort herself into a routine. Its just about being organised I guess. I have therefore been doing what I can myself - 5 auctions ended this weekend so going home tonight to pack them all up and take to PO tomorrow. Unfortunately the local PO just closed so I have a 20 min walk to nearest one now, and there is always massive queues. I am therefore going to schedule the auctions to end on a Thursday with a statement that I go to PO on Saturdays and therefore if payment is within 48 hours they'll get it straight away.
  • jtr2803
    jtr2803 Posts: 3,232 Forumite
    Good news on the BT deal Becs, so glad it's all coming together for you :j. Sounds like another busy weekend, I admire you for the hours you put in to all these jobs, I don't think I would be able to cope with it all!

    Very happily married on 10th April 2013 :D
    Spero Meliora
    Trying to find a cure for Maldivesitis :rotfl:
  • Kepp
    Kepp Posts: 4,390 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Sooooo tired! Glad it's just cleaning tonight so I can get an early night!

    This week's gonna be a bit of a write off as I'll have no time for anything but work - cleaning tonight and tomorrow night, pub Friday night and all day Saturday and Sunday, followed by club Sunday evening, I'd never thought I'd say this but roll on Monday! :rotfl:

    It's all looking good for the payments though so worth it and things should calm down again from next week.

    Really need to get organised for Borneo and work out if there's anything I need to buy so that I don't have to buy it all at once. :)
    Debt at LBM Apr 2010 £28,767 Debt free as of Nov 2013 :j
  • Woowoo
    Woowoo Posts: 4,603 Forumite
    Bloody hell Bec's I can't believe how many hours you have ahead of you!

    I bet Borneo can't come soon enough now just for a break from work!

    Will you be able to return to the club and cleaning jobs after Borneo?
    LBM Aug 09: £18,650.47 - Current: £12,854.93 (£5946.79)

    Barclays: £2,928.34 Lloyds: £2,499.60
    MBNA: £3,788.99 Overdraft: £1,900.00 Mum: £1,738.00

    Surveys: £6.60/£40.00
  • Kepp
    Kepp Posts: 4,390 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Should be able to - I managed to re-instate myself in all my jobs after 6 months away so hopefully I'll be lucky again.

    I did this last time in the run-up to going away, except then I was doing around 100 hours a week and now it's more like 60 - 70 so not as bad.

    Feels like I can give it a bit more of a push for a while as I know I'm getting the break.

    Does mean that I don't feel like I'm getting everything else done that I want to though so I am setting myself the goal of getting all my travel pictures up on FB by the end of the week. People have been asking me to since I got back and I still haven't got round to it :o
    Debt at LBM Apr 2010 £28,767 Debt free as of Nov 2013 :j
  • Woowoo
    Woowoo Posts: 4,603 Forumite
    Morning Bec's

    Any pennies to add to the OD fund today?
    LBM Aug 09: £18,650.47 - Current: £12,854.93 (£5946.79)

    Barclays: £2,928.34 Lloyds: £2,499.60
    MBNA: £3,788.99 Overdraft: £1,900.00 Mum: £1,738.00

    Surveys: £6.60/£40.00
  • Kepp
    Kepp Posts: 4,390 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Took me forever to log-in to Lloyds today - but yep, £1 added to the o/d fund today :)

    That's it for today though, hopefully be able to pay a bit more tomorrow.

    Just got an email from Barclaycard saying that when my card arrives it will have a credit limit of £4,200. Anyone had any luck getting a credit limit upped straight away so that they can transfer over more?
    Debt at LBM Apr 2010 £28,767 Debt free as of Nov 2013 :j
  • Kepp
    Kepp Posts: 4,390 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Just checked Barclays website and their transfer limit for the promotional rate is £5,000 anyway which is a bit of a !!!!!!.

    It will still help save me quite a few hundred just of course I would have liked it to have been more! :D
    Debt at LBM Apr 2010 £28,767 Debt free as of Nov 2013 :j
  • Woowoo
    Woowoo Posts: 4,603 Forumite
    Well done on the payment to the O/D fund!

    Saving a few hundred is better than nothing, it all helps :)
    LBM Aug 09: £18,650.47 - Current: £12,854.93 (£5946.79)

    Barclays: £2,928.34 Lloyds: £2,499.60
    MBNA: £3,788.99 Overdraft: £1,900.00 Mum: £1,738.00

    Surveys: £6.60/£40.00
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