Improving my life in 2011

vasseur

Mags30 wrote: »

So happy the clocks have gone forward :T

Earned 25,670 points on Toluna this week. New balance is 59,745.

Earned £1.30 on onepoll. New balance is £15.80.

Loving this pic from the toiletries thread. I love the Soap and Glory packaging http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=42320144&postcount=1748

That pic is amazing! I wouldn't have the space for all that stuff. Birthday presents sorted for that poster :T

Well done on the surveys. I seem to be lagging behind this week.

Loving the light evenings too. Spring has sprung

Mags30

• Ordered my latest £15 Amazon voucher from Toluna (it won't arrive for ages though)
• Wrote 5 reviews on whoseview
• Printed 2 Debenhams offer vouchers (get €10 off when you spend €20) That's not a mis-print, Debenhams are pretty desperate to sell anything at all in Ireland at the moment-I think it's a great offer
• Bought 3 powerplate sessions for €18 with a Groupon offer. Looking forward to those because I really want to become someone who exercises
• Had an Avon brochure through my letterbox tonight for the first time ever, very excited about that:rotfl:

Few things I didn't do Iorning, surveys......maybe tomorrow

vasseur

Mags30 wrote: »

• Ordered my latest £15 Amazon voucher from Toluna (it won't arrive for ages though)
• Wrote 5 reviews on whoseview
• Printed 2 Debenhams offer vouchers (get €10 off when you spend €20) That's not a mis-print, Debenhams are pretty desperate to sell anything at all in Ireland at the moment-I think it's a great offer
• Bought 3 powerplate sessions for €18 with a Groupon offer. Looking forward to those because I really want to become someone who exercises
• Had an Avon brochure through my letterbox tonight for the first time ever, very excited about that:rotfl:

Few things I didn't do Iorning, surveys......maybe tomorrow

It is almost a full time job MSEing! I haven't even been on facebook tonight I've been so busy.

I'm not sure what a powerplate session is (??) but I hope you enjoy it - that's the trick with exercise, when you find something you like it doesn't feel like exercise

I'm currently using Avon Skin So Soft body oil spray. It reaaly does what it says on the 'tin'.

Mags30

polesalot wrote: »

It is almost a full time job MSEing! I haven't even been on facebook tonight I've been so busy.

I'm not sure what a powerplate session is (??) but I hope you enjoy it - that's the trick with exercise, when you find something you like it doesn't feel like exercise
.

That is so true, this site could easily become a full time occupation! I am suscribed to loads of diaries that I haven't read because I just don't have the time.

Powerplate is a machine on which a 20 minute workout is equivalent to almost an hour of other exercise. Madonna has one at home apparently. http://ie.powerplate.com/EN/

vasseur

Mags30 wrote: »

That is so true, this site could easily become a full time occupation! I am suscribed to loads of diaries that I haven't read because I just don't have the time.

Powerplate is a machine on which a 20 minute workout is equivalent to almost an hour of other exercise. Madonna has one at home apparently. http://ie.powerplate.com/EN/

I haven't time to read all the diaries I'm subscribed to either. Some of them just move along so fast I can't keep up.

Power Plate looks interesting but for me I like to feel I'm actually working all the sweat up myself!!

Shoe_Gal

Oooh fab news on the PowerPlate I'd love to try it but it's sooooooooo expensive!

Mags30

Shoe_Gal wrote: »

Oooh fab news on the PowerPlate I'd love to try it but it's sooooooooo expensive!

I did have the free trial before but couldn't afford it. 209 people have bought the deal and it's still going until midnight. Hopefully they will have another offer for all those groupon customers.

Today I signed up for a free trial from screenclick so I'll hopefully be getting some dvd's in the post soon. It's a great idea but I don't watch films enough to need or even want it so I'll be cancelling it again once I've caught up on a few things I missed at the cinema.

I've been using a free phone app called "remember the milk" for the last few days. It's for keeping track of "to-do" lists. I'm getting to like it a lot but my list has been getting longer every day because incomplete things get automatically added to the next day. I have 30 things on there at the moment. Won't be doing any more tonight so that's a lot to be getting on with tomorrow.

Anyone else using phone apps that are any good? Mostly I just use the ones for news and newspapers.

I've been trying to catch up with the Memorygirl Matrix thread and private forum too but a lot of the chat on there is very business related and I'm too tired to concentrate on it.

vasseur

I'm going to give that app a go. I do actually need to get some milk too. I am the lady of the lists as it is!

Apps I like (I have an iPhone) are:-

P Tracker - logs when you have your period, when you're most fertile and after a few months works out your average cycle. Very handy!!
Zoopla - picks up houses for sale or rent wherever you happen to be.
TV Guide - has Now & Next etc
Facebook - of course....
NatWest - for banking
Google and Google Earth
Thesaurus - because I love doing crosswords
Scramble 2 - brilliant word game
Argos
OnePoll - although it's carp at the moment...
Spirit Level
PayPal
Lottery
Torch
Shazam - in case i hear some music I like and don't know who it is
Asda
Nectar
Sainsburys
Smileys
Yell.com
Bejeweled 2

And they are just the ones I really like! I've got loads on there. Most were free, apart from P Tracker, Scramble 2 and Bejeweled I think....

Mags30

Ooh that's a fabulous list, thank you :A Not sure I'd use too many of them though :undecided I think I'll add the period tracker. The Irish banks and supermarkets don't seem to have apps yet and I HATE facebook Here's what I have:

RTE (The national tv station here)
SKY news
CNN
The New York times
Few other local newspapers
Twitter
AccuWeather
Solitaire
White Noise (relaxation music)
Remember the milk
Gratitude Rock (a gratitude journal, haven't used it much but I like it)
Study tracker
Make it happen! :staradmin I :heart2:this one-it's for tracking goals
JobSlinger (a mystery shopping app, I've never used it though, I don't really need it)


I will add "couch to 5k" at some point too!


That's a fairly short list really, some people seem to have 100's of apps.

Did 2 more mystery shops for painkillers today. I keep accepting these because they are so simple but I think I should stop because I don't want any more painkillers. They refund the cost of them but I think it would be of more benefit to me to get the cost of my lunch refunded. I can use up food much faster than painkillers:rotfl:

Mags30

Passes the not so MSE "old style" biscuits around- Jacobs elite chocolate mikado- same style as chocolate kimberly but even more decadent. They are new, just bought them today. But 99 calories and 4.1g of fat per biscuit.....