JANUARY 2011 Make £10 A Day Challenge ~**~ All Welcome ~**~

misskaytee

Well i am back from helping my brother out with an extra £70 in my pocket ~ Good times

Horace

To add £4 saved buying two jumpers in local shop today..they had my size and the colours I have been after for ages:j

Will add £830 HB paid in today - not received the other cheque yet..this will cover February's rent and forms part of the back payment from the council.

tina01904

Hello

My boyfriend contributed an unexpected £10 to the food bill today so I'm adding that to my total!

humblepii

My latest round of auctions closed at £312.38 yesterday. So I hope you don't mind if I declare early at:

£559.93/£310

I am going to retire for the rest of the month and build up my strength for February's challenge!

Thanks to everyone for keeping up my motivation, and in particular the lovelies who held my hand through my ebay challenges this month... :A

I will be watching how you all get on with interest!

humblepii

prettypaula wrote: »

humble - can i ask a question, where do u collect your air miles from mainly? ive been doing tesco points into airmiles!

Sorry Paula, just saw this.

My Airmiles total is a bit of a cheat at the min because it includes 1500 bonus points I got for getting a Llyods TSB Duo card. I do get points for spends on the card, though, and I also change over all my Tesco vouchers. Even attacking it from two angles it's a slow process, but worth it when you get to the point where you can use them (I'm about to book a long weekend away in March, can't wait!)

I'd love to be so disciplined that I could do all regular spends on the card then just pay them off when my salary goes so I could really start racking up miles, but it's definitely not worth it for me, I'd be spending beyond my means like a shot!

MsHalffull

Hi All - couldn't keep away ... been enjoying reading your posts - thank you for the Happy Birthday wishes - I had a lovely birthday & a fantastic party - was walking around in a happy bubble for days afterwards. I got a phenomenal amount of vouchers & a fair bit of money as gifts - I'm going to put the money aside for a holiday & the vouchers will be there for treats throughout the year - plus I've got enough drink left over for another small party - maybe a BBQ in the Summer..

Just weaning myself back to frugal ways now - will be back on track soon - ready for next month's challenge.

nat21luv wrote: »

Sorry for the late reply. No we dont NEED the money, it would possibly ease the pressure a little. Its only an 8k pay rise, sounds like a lot but when when you consider its in London 8k isnt going to go far. Not only that but take into consideration I wont be making 5k from baking,£800+ from students, £5k fostering and other general bits. Feeling very deflated...:(

Nat - I feel for you - I don't think £8k sounds like much of an incentive to move to London at all - I live in London (about 15min bus ride from the O2) & although I don't know what the cost of living is like in Devon I spend a fair bit of time on Rightmove having happy fantasies about moving to the seaside, I'm struck by how much more expensive the housing costs are here (& I live in one of the cheaper areas of London.) I imagine that extra £8k would be eaten up in no time. Do you know what is driving him re: the move - sounds like it's not necessarily the money. If you get to the bottom of that perhaps you'll manage to persuade him out of the idea. Good Luck.

MissKayTee - Hilarious link -thanks

JesaRose

10p found on the floor - possibly dropped by hubbie but its mine now

and 16p from a Playtrade sale - very rubbish but better than nothing and I don't want it (should have Music Magpie'd that one I think)

lovely_jubly

First time on the challenge and I am really happy with the results so far. I aimed for £5 per day and I am currently on £115. The messages have been a brilliant idea and provided me with ideas, cheers guys.

misskaytee

£36 Ebay sale

All sales are now finished which means i gotta get listing again :eek:

ilovetea

Not done much this past week. 310.63 fron e-b*y and £2.09 from Am*zon after postage and fees,
Never mind.It's been a good month so mustn't grumble.

ilovetea xx