challenge Make £11,000 in 2011 The Dribblers Advance

jo70mo

Elly my mum will be back in about 3 weeks! a lot of the messy stuff is more free flowing than prepared so comes from an evergrowing collection of stuff and inspiration and glue guns etc. not sure I could comfortably translate that to my mums bit! Storage would help a lot but I always seem to have other things to spend our limited money on or I buy it and it doesn't really work the way I intended!lol.
Gradually getting some ideas together about how to deal with it better. so will maybe choose better storage stuff next time. Have just done kids room and that seems to be working well and they are appreciating it so maybe will be enthusiastic about extending it to other rooms. Using the easier rooms as my apprenticeship lol.
MIL has a cafe and photo gallery not sure if it is her open season yet but maybe. Hope King Larrsonn not hanging out the window while you're dancing wildly round those stones elly.lol
Jo x

elly68

is her cafe in kirkwall ,if so will pop in when brians at work however we are going to try and eat in the self catering cottage we are renting to save money we will see .brians work up there is always going to be seasonal as in off season as the bus/lorry drivers are busy during tourist season .
i know what you mean about storage never seem to have enough ,going to work hard at bootys to try and clear the decks then think i am going to see if i can get good at small water colours and frame and punt them at the unsuspecting buyers who knows at antique/craft fairs.
to be honest i think to get good money i will need to invest in more expensive stock lol that will be the dearer items on gumtree and ebay.and see if i can turn a profit .
i would idealy like to get good at painting flowers and then transfer this skill to small pieces of furniture but need to focus and invest the time in learning these skills

jo70mo

no its more out of the way than that elly.
wow sounds like you have some really clear ideas about what it is you want to get into.
impressed.
Jo x

elly68

i think the secret is to find something you like i find painting relaxing ,fun but i always play at things but to be honest i'm not looking forward to going back to work ,its too chaotic i like routine maybe will go back and find they appreciate me since i was off for 3 weeks maybe they have discovered they dont need me and i'm hated for giving them all extra work .
maybe i will look into a granny/grandad sitting business for rich people when they want to travel without elderly parents however the kids are too young for me to dissappear for a week .of overnighters lol

lexie2

savvy wrote: »

And they were happy to pay for the recorded delivery?

I had to send a letter recorded delivery this week.........couldn't believe it was £5!!! :eek::o:o

I didn't give them a choice! So if they wanted the stuff they had to pay the postage I charged. In the end it was cost effective as Ebay are extremely reluctant to reimburse sellers unless they can provide tracking details. I also stipulate that I will only send to the address that is confirmed by PayPal.
It was for me a case of ‘once bitten twice shy.’
If I send abroad, I always use International Signed For.
Maybe for low value items it is worth the risk, but not for anything over £10.
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aliwali

Well had a good night on ebay last night, all 35 items sold for just over £275. Only downside is I need 2 new tyres on my car that are going to be £200 so I'll see what I can add to my total when all of the fees have come off.

skintbint_2

evening all - just popped back to update signature - Elly behave in Orkney! did you get me any cake recipes lol! making a cake you would love this week- a meerkat (off the telly cant remember his name) wearing a celtic shirt drinking a tin of tennants!!!!!!! used to deal in Antiques/collectables - never touched pictures but plenty of other stuff and had a little cabinet at the local antique centre for a while but kids were younger and found getting to the auctions and then to the cabinet just too much.
Jo - have joined flylady and am sooooooo chuffed at how much i'm getting done in such a short time but more to the point am actually motivated to do the housework, okay it will take forever to get the house in order but at least i feel like i'm in control of the mess!

take care all - catch up later in the week

emmad5689

Came home from work today to find the vouchers I redeemed had turned up so I have 2 x 2.50 vouchers off pampers nappies, looked on Mr Ts and they have offer on for 2 x packs for £6 so they will only cost me £1 for 64 nappies!! Also recieved my £10 from IPS but not adding anything to total till it's used. Saved another £2 coin and transfered £10 intop savings as used £10 off VO. will update sig at end of week. Need to get motivated as have a food survey to fill out for another £15 but it's so big it's putting me off.

wilf55

mini challenge

obstacles

energy,
time, have other things to do (tidy house, write letters, deal with stff etc
ideas,

ways around it
use time away from home which amonts to hrs whilst ds is at golf more prodctively
spend a good day working hard on the hse to get it in order
dont waste so mch time on here:rotfl::rotfl:
look at ideas more prodctively and work throgh ideas to see if they are viable or not rather than jst think of them!

DONT KNOW WHAT I AM GOING TO DO TO MAKE MONEY THO':money:

wilf55

am on flylady too skintbint bt keep getting sidetracked lol