Looking to the Future ... My Mortgage Free Dream

yukkibear

dd is 3 and a half. I may wait until the weather gets a bit warmer. I've put 7 items on ebay tonight, will aim for some more tomorrow night after work again.

wendz86

Hope the ebay sales are going well Yukki x

yukkibear

So it's the start of a new week. I have the week off work this week :j It's much needed let me tell you.

I didn't manage any more items on ebay last night, was just too tired after working all weekend and OH cooked us an early valentines meal which was nice.

So todays plan is to attempt to make the house a bit tidier. I've already thrown out a bedroom bin full of rubbish this morning, and a pile of recycling.

If the weather stays dry I can get out in the garden but we'll see later.

Two ebay parcels to wrap later, waiting on payment for another two. Really hoping paypal tops up this week so I can transfer and make an OP.

yukkibear

I've been sorting the music for the wedding this afternoon.

MFW actions today have been

- listed three things on ebay
- cleaned some garden toys and listed on netmums
- stayed away from the shops (haven't left the house yet)

yukkibear

I feel like I am knocking my head against a brick wall today. So many little bits to pay for for the wedding and we're running out of time and cash. Really hoping next month gets easier.

I did do a survey this morning so £3 will be coming my way soon, but spent £6 last night on more favour boxes :mad:

yukkibear

Given myself a bit of a talking to after going out and listening to people say how quiet the shops are etc. The radio mentioned the cost of living has gone up AGAIN. So it kind of made me realise that we're not doing bad and I shouldn't expect it all at once.

What I have decided to try out is that anything I buy that is unnessecary such as wine, food, treats, etc, then I must pay the same amount into the mortgage pot. That will (hopefully) make me think about whether I really need it or not.

Todays unnecessary spends were
- £6.50 on wedding favour boxes
- £1.99 on silver wrapping paper for a wishing well for the wedding

£8.49 also duly transferred over to the OP pot.

Not sure I'm going to get a lot for an OP this month, but the month isn't over yet. I also managed to withdraw £50 from paypal today, but that is going into savings.

dollarsense

The cost of living never seems to STOP going up....

yukkibear

ho hum.

£34.97 and £32.33 on wedding jewellery and a dress to wear in the evening at the wedding (which I can wear again in the future) spent, so another set of that transferred to the mortgage fund. I'm gonna be so skint.

yukkibear

chicken curry is in the slow cooker this morning. I costed it out to be £3.33 for a family of four which is fab as i have bulked it out with potatoes. Going to enter it into morphy richards £4 slow cooker challenge when i can take a pic of it later.

Got to be productive today and get some more favours made up, download the music tracks and burn to a cd, and find a couple more bits for ebay.

yukkibear

I've ordered my wedding cakes this morning, and I was going to use vouchers towards some of the cost, but had to pay online, so instead the vouchers have gone on Ebay. I know I wont get full value, but I don't know when I'd use them so for us the cash is going to be better. Also bit the bullet and listed two more BIN's both over £10 in value. Really want it all to sell and quick.