The Ultimate Hard and Fast debt clearing mission

Dinah93

N.I.M wrote: »

D was a LOT better at that than I was so she's the one to ask Tete.

I didn't keep it up as I ran out of free offers, but I made over £1600 in the space of about 3 months. Didn't take much time either, about an hour twice a week? The biggest issue is explaining it. The guide on here was decent, but I learn by doing not by reading so I couldn't get it, but NIM did and he walked me through my first few bets. Once you've got the confidence from a few bets it's really easy to just quickly stick a few more on. I keep meaning to set aside some money for a float so I can start up again.

Cinny91 wrote: »

You mean like, 2 weeks in May, all inclusive swim up deluxe room with your only plans being getting drunk and reading A Song of Fire and Ice/Hunger Games? :whistle:

Tete, I do! And tees. Working on one design atm to hopefully send to a bigger website.

Still jelous of that one Cinny. Btw what are the Hunger Games books? I've heard so many people talking about them recently? NIM is reading Fire and Ice atm I think.

Cinny91

Hunger Games is a trilogy. It's set like a reality TV show where 24 people (I think!) have to fight for survival in this.. arena place. That's what I've gathered, I'm saving them for Rhodes. They've made it into a movie, which has upped the hype. Like when they did G.O.T series last year.

But ugh. Game of Thrones left me emotionally damaged. I was actually near tears at the start of Clash of Kings simply because somebody showed up somewhere and I knew it'd benefit another character

Love that knitted skirt btw! And that dress is pretty Middleton, but that's a good thing. Straight out classy and gorgeous, and something I'd never be able to wear for those reasons!

Dinah93

For once maybe I'm lucky NIM holds a grudge? Tesco have just started doing Virgin Atlantic flying club miles, and we have more than enough Tesco points built up for 2 return flights to New York (or Dubai, anywhere really.... actually we have enough points to do both!) but I know he wouldn't travel with them again whereas my bargain hunter urge is much stronger than my grudge urge (and I know it's not a bargain if you don't NEED it but I'm in real holiday fantasy mode here, don't pop my bubble). For anyone thinking of doing a long haul flight definitely look at trading in your Tesco points if you have a stash of them.

N.I.M

Cinny91 wrote: »

You mean like, 2 weeks in May, all inclusive swim up deluxe room with your only plans being getting drunk and reading A Song of Fire and Ice/Hunger Games? :whistle:

LOVING ASOFAI, was told about it years ago but was reading Robert Jordans Wheel of time Series so I backburnered, and promptly forgot about it. Gotta love D getting it for me for Christmas.

Dinah93 wrote: »

NIM is reading Fire and Ice atm I think.

I am.

Dinah93 wrote: »

For once maybe I'm lucky NIM holds a grudge? Tesco have just started doing Virgin Atlantic flying club miles, and we have more than enough Tesco points built up for 2 return flights to New York (or Dubai, anywhere really.... actually we have enough points to do both!) but I know he wouldn't travel with them again whereas my bargain hunter urge is much stronger than my grudge urge (and I know it's not a bargain if you don't NEED it but I'm in real holiday fantasy mode here, don't pop my bubble). For anyone thinking of doing a long haul flight definitely look at trading in your Tesco points if you have a stash of them.

Not till I get an apology from them.

Dinah93

Did we send them the letter? I know we haven't ever sent the Tesco one!

kavics17

Go for it Dinah and ignore NIM. I'm all for holidays most of the time but than we travel a lot anyway. We use airmiles (though now it's avios?) and already booked 2 tickets to Portugal and to Hungary for May and July through them costing nothing. And HOLIDAYS are always NEEDED. End of.

So the minus on the December is actually not a minus as you paid it off in January?

I love the knitted skirt!!

Dinah93

I've been feeling a bizarre urge to knit all week. This is bizarre as I can't knit, everything comes out triangular. I don't know if this is nesting or boredom or both. Should really go get an ebay box to list as until I clear all the ebay stuff out the attic I can't get to my craft stuff.

Dinah93

kavics17 wrote: »

Go for it Dinah and ignore NIM. I'm all for holidays most of the time but than we travel a lot anyway. We use airmiles (though now it's avios?) and already booked 2 tickets to Portugal and to Hungary for May and July through them costing nothing. And HOLIDAYS are always NEEDED. End of.

So the minus on the December is actually not a minus as you paid it off in January?

I love the knitted skirt!!

Nope it's not a real minus, really I think we paid off about a tenner a day, but the balances at the end said minus. So January's total's will be falsely cheery as that extra tenner a day will be on there.

January we've bought our car seat and base and a new mattress as well, so with the lack of mystery shopping and no ebay money actually arriving in till early Feb I'm actually quite pleased at how it's shaping up so far.

You are a bad influence missus, NIM will tell you I need NO encouragement to book holidays. The only thing that holds me off at the moment is he says if I'm good he has a surprise lined up. Otherwise he could have come home to find he was going on a week in Rhodes, a weekend in Krakow and a night in Denmark before the baby is born! I maintain given I love holidays it can only be good for the blood pressure Hmmm... maybe I can tempt him with how much uninterrupted reading time he'd get? I used to bribe with having wifey in a bikini for 2 weeks but I have far too many curves for that to work now.

kavics17

Oh, you must go to Krakow. I've been many times as OH is Polish and it's just so peaceful and romantic.

wendz86

Jealous of the holiday Cinny!

The new clothes are lovely Dinah. Aww i miss my bump ,much quieter and better behaved than this baby.