Mortgage-Free Fresian? Here's hoping!

beanielou

Yah to the 14 :j

tomtombeanie

Shrinkage (of self, anyway) feels great - well done! X

mooomin

Morning all

I'm back on the MSE wagon now, honest

Money

PAD/Spends - £90
Entertainment - £42
Groceries - £83.07 :eek: Partly because I ended up in Costco last night and stocked up on cat litter, given that it's £9.99 per bag in our local supermarket *faint*

It's a short month this month though as our pay date is changing, so it's only 23 days until payday and we're away for a week of that in the Frozen North eating Mama and Papa Fresian out of house and home

Surveys have been thin on the ground lately:

Onepoll - £13.25
Ipsos - 920 points
Valued opinions - £6.25 with £2 pending
Mysurvey - 260 points
Swagbucks - 116SB

I'm waiting for a £5 SB voucher at the moment too, but they're the only site that seems to be paying me with any regularity. My Amazon balance is £18.51 and I'm working on building it up so that I can buy some presents for Christmas.

I managed to buy some stuff from the Book People which will do for four presents, and got Mr F's stepmum a Radley purse in the Debenhams sale (half price! :money:) There is still a lot of work to be done though and not a lot of pennies....

Onwards! If I don't go to work there'll be even less money in Fresian Towers

MrsNotAPenny

Well done on the size 14's!! :j

scubaangel

Well done on getting down to a 14 ff, I'm still hovering between a 12 and 14 at the moment which has been frustrating me.

I've found my one poll total has been creeping up fairly well lately, must be catching the short lived surveys during the day when most people are at work I guess. Waiting for a voucher from IPSOS, which seems to be taking an age can you remember how long it normally takes? I seem to still belong to so many survey panels I get utterly confused about which are which.

mooomin

scubaangel wrote: »

I've found my one poll total has been creeping up fairly well lately, must be catching the short lived surveys during the day when most people are at work I guess. Waiting for a voucher from IPSOS, which seems to be taking an age can you remember how long it normally takes? I seem to still belong to so many survey panels I get utterly confused about which are which.

Ipsos took weeks, and when I emailed them I got a snooty email back reminding me of the published timescales. I know it took more than a month anyway

scubaangel

Thought it was about a month ish, I'd email to get the same snooty reply but as I can't actually remember when I ordered it I'll leave it to be a nice surprise when it arrives.

mooomin

flying_fresian wrote: »

Surveys have been thin on the ground lately:

Onepoll - £13.25
Ipsos - [STRIKE]920 points[/STRIKE] 1070 points
Valued opinions - £6.25 with £2 pending
Mysurvey - [strike]260 points[/strike] 340 points
Swagbucks - [strike]116SB[/strike] 203

I should complain about getting no surveys more often

mooomin

Nothing very exciting happening in Fresian Towers this morning, although I have got my new slow cooker running for the first time I'm making a massive vat of chilli and will be putting some in the freezer for emergency meals once it's all done. There's loads of room in the cooker, and I think it might even be bigger than my last one I'll definitely be able to fit a whole chicken in it :j

I am planning on heading to the local shopping centre at lunchtime as I hear that the Disney Shop have a sale on, and I'm hoping to get presents for Small People there for Christmas. I also need to pay some coins into the bank as I was able to find £20 in my piggy banks last night.

mooomin

Updated SOA

I think it's time I posted this to try and reality check myself

Income

Wages - £1180 (roughly)

Outgoings (bills)

Mortgage - £214
Council tax - £135
Union - £9
My mobile - £37
Mr F's mobile - £17
Gas/electric - £60
TV licence - £13
Home insurance - £17
Virgin media - £35
Current account fee - £8
Loan payment - £110
Petrol - £100
Savings - £20 (holiday fund with best friend)

Total - £775

Outgoings (other)

Entertainment - £50
Christmas/birthdays - £30
Groceries - £200
Car expenses - £50

Total - £330

Total outgoings - £1105

Surplus - £75 :eek: