challenge Make £11,000 in 2011 The Dribblers Advance

wilf55

thanks jo70mo

i think my biggest hurdle at the moment is that i dont feel i have made any money i havent got anything to spend on things to make more money the bills keep coming in etc

think i am going to go back to basics and budget look at living within my means etc again

catch u all later i am continuing to be impressed with you all!

jo70mo

hey Wilf. If you hadn't made the money that you have done - then you would have had to find the bill money from somewhere else and would be worse off. Even if you have had to spend the money on Bills you are still better off by the amount of money you have made.
say you had 1k of bills you would now be worse off by a 1 k hole in your finances probably in terms of extra overdraft or bigger credit card bills. The fact that you had made the 1k means your finances don't have that 1k hole in them. therefore you are still 1k better off than if you hadn't made the money. in fact if you hadn't made the money you probably would be paying interest on the credit too so the hole would be much more than 1k. so in fact you are probably more than 1k better off than if you hadn't made the money.
Yay Wilf - the money that you have made so far means that for at least some of the bills you haven't had that fear or desperation of not knowing where to find the money and then how you are going to pay it off if you do find the money. Maybe for not all the bills but for a substantial amount. That is worth a lot in my book at least.
You have made money and that money has been very useful to you.
Jo x

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jo70mo wrote: »

hey Wilf. If you hadn't made the money that you have done - then you would have had to find the bill money from somewhere else and would be worse off. Even if you have had to spend the money on Bills you are still better off by the amount of money you have made.
say you had 1k of bills you would now be worse off by a 1 k hole in your finances probably in terms of extra overdraft or bigger credit card bills. The fact that you had made the 1k means your finances don't have that 1k hole in them. therefore you are still 1k better off than if you hadn't made the money. in fact if you hadn't made the money you probably would be paying interest on the credit too so the hole would be much more than 1k. so in fact you are probably more than 1k better off than if you hadn't made the money.
Yay Wilf - the money that you have made so far means that for at least some of the bills you haven't had that fear or desperation of not knowing where to find the money and then how you are going to pay it off if you do find the money. Maybe for not all the bills but for a substantial amount. That is worth a lot in my book at least.
You have made money and that money has been very useful to you.
Jo x

Great advice Jo. I am in the same position too Wilf. I am making money (not totalled yet) but using it to pay off stuff. This will help me big time one day in the future, when all bills and cards are paid off and I am debt free So, even if the odd £50 has to be paid to the school for school meals or to the credit card company as an overpayment then it is all for the greater good. And Wilf, your total is fab by the way, well done :T


....scootles off to write a dinner money cheque cause I forgot this morning

skint-student-nurse

Good morning all!

My friend paid back £50 she borrowed last night so i need to bank that asap but it was nice to get it back as i had forgotten about it Ive also had another two orders on play,not huge amounts but its more than what i would have got if i sold them to music magpie. Still no recieved cashback from quidco,i checked the last time i was paid by the and it was last feb :rotfl:

Ive still got lots of stuff to sort out for ebay,etc so off i go!

Gigglepig

Wow 11k in a year, that is a huge challenge! I don't see how I could possibly manage that, but then I haven't read through the whole thread yet. It is already 121 pages, so I assume there are lots of helpful hints and tips :-)

And even if I wouldn't manage those kind of numbers, I think it would be fun to be part of the challenge anyway :-) I am on a challenge rampage at the moment. So can you add Gigglepig too please?

deq123

No sales on ebay yesterday, but have relisted so maybe this week

Used a voucher on my asda shop yesterday so added £1.43 to my total.

Still playing free bingo but my winning streak seems to have left me:(

SandP_2

Good News = sold another book on Amazon today

Bad News = super cheap book, only 70p profit after shipping & costs

Not much but it all counts I suppose...............

jpwhittle

evening all, I'm back after a two week break, a little down on where id like to be but rearing to go again. I had my parents here for 2 weeks so have really enjoyed spending time with them. Its hard living so far away from them but made the most of this 2weeks and had the best time ever.

On a positive note though im back of to a good start, another £25 added today and won £20 on bingo on camp last week so that went in the tin as well. I have £10 in topcash back but im not going to count that untill i withdraw wich ill do when i have an half decent amount in there. but my £45 is enough for today.

may disappear for a few weeks again in a few weeks as we just found out we are moving to the other end of the island, wich is great for me after some really bad bullying round here, but wont be able to update my totals when i go untill we get the internet sorted. really looking forward to the move though a whole new start.
everyone is doing so well, great to see some really impressive totals already

xJOJOx_2

I have a week off!! yey!! Today im relaxing then its a big sort out to find items for ebay. Its only my baby girls 1st birthday on wed, so need to organize for that. got birthday cake and couple of presents, kept money aside for the rest but dont know what to get? Too soon after xmas.

Have got a extra £50 to add to kitty later from ebay. Have signed up yo a few survey sites last couple of days. So theres a start there.

Only got £135 in jan, but thats the hardest month out the way!! So after this week should be able to save more yey!

EeViL_WeEvil

My total for January was £604.49, which I am ecstatic with. I have used the money to pay off a £350 overdraft which has been hanging over my head for a long time, and to partially pay off another overdraft I have. I anticipate that by the end of February I will pay off my second overdraft.

Thanks for all the ideas ad help everyone has given on here, I really couldn't have paid these off without your help.

I have a few things in the pipeline to make some cash in Feb, some things to ebay, £11 of survey earnings to come, £50 from topcashback on its way and hopefully £100 from changing my current account once I get myself into gear and sort it.

Cheers all :beer: