All the small things - tell me what you have done to be MF today

mirry

I think this is a healthy obsession that some people dont understand at all (until its too late). A friend of mine had the same amount of morgage as me 15 years ago. But today her balance sits at £54,000 and mine at £14,000. She has had expensive holidays AND expensive clothes and hair cuts.

We have had cheap uk holidays and bargain clothes from the charity shop, watch every penny and cut our own hair.
NOW her and her husbands income has dropped alot due to lack of work, and they are in difficulty WITH THE MORGAGE COMPANY ,
she said I am lucky to have such a small mortgage , which got me thinking ...
The harder we worked at paying off the morgage,
the luckier we got !!!

TODAY ....

My parents phoned saying they are visiting me today because they won a £300 luxury hamper and only want a few things in it and I can have the rest :eek:.

Going to work.
doing surveys.
4 items ending on ebay today.
My son is staying at my parents , so dont have to feed him :rotfl:.

yukkibear

So far today I have

- listed 4 items on Ebay
- packaged up one ebay sale
- cooked dinner for at work tonight to keep me out of the shop
- requested £10 B&Q voucher from CP.
- 70p on onepoll

Lilium

- Did some more surveys...screened out on VO but got a few on MySurvey and now have enough points for a £5 voucher.
- Started making shopping list/meal plan for next food shop.
- Checked freebies board.

cha97michelle

mummalove wrote: »

Me too! I get really cross with myself if there is nothing to report or no savings made...I even think during the day 'note to self, something to put on the 'small things' thread!! Glad I am not alone with this obsession

I actually jot things down in my plan a day diary as i do it so i don't forget to report in. I am queen saddo obsessive compulsive. Oh well. I will be smiling when i am mortgage free. :rotfl:I can also see if i am beating yesterday to know if my efforts have been good enough.

curlygirl1971

* YouGov survey for 50 points.
* Charging phone at work
* Nectar Search bar - almost at maximum for a month
* Moved surplus CA balance to Savings
* Dinner at Mum's tonight
* Pilot light blew out in the night and not relit it yet - so no Gas used!!

Anti-MSE
* Had to book a taxi for hosp appt tomorrow and feel very sulky about it. I will also miss out on the BOE base rate announcement. So tomorrow (minor day surgery apart) will be a very difficult day

mirry

curlygirl , good luck for tomorrow.
I too have to book a taxi for my hospital appointment tomorrow, shame we couldnt share a taxi ,lol.

cha97michelle , I like the diary idea , I have a spare one so will do the same :rotfl:.

managed to do £1.50 0f surveys so far today .

curlygirl1971

And to you Mirry . hhhm yes, Hampshire via Manchester - don't think it would be cost effective

katsu

Today I've:

* cycled to town and back
* bought fruit and veg at the market stall (very heavy to cycle home with!)
* made and took a sandwich to eat in town so I didn't buy any lunch
* cycled home without drinking my bottled drink so I can use it another time :rotfl: I got home very thirsty

roger_ramjet

Sold 40 CDs on Music Magpie for £28.

lincoln-potter

roger_ramjet wrote: »

Sold 40 CDs on Music Magpie for £28.

How did you manage that? Every CD or DVD i have sold has gone for 0.30p unless its multi-disc.