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  • irnbru1970
    irnbru1970 Posts: 28 Forumite
    hi all,

    still new to the boards but have lurked a wee bit longer :)

    I have a fulltime and a part time job, and am working 7 days a week, each day 8.30 to at least 5pm so about 49 hours a week. It can be very tiring at times but the money is the most I have ever earned and it is making my life a lot better as from using a snowball calculator I have worked out I can pay off 2 credit cards and 3 store cards by Sept this year !!

    I have been doing this for nearly 7 months - if only I had my lightbulb moment when I started working then I would have been a lot more debt free by now and moved to two part time posts and actually get time off ah well...

    I do love my weekend position though as its in education :)

    to get time off I have to use flexi days or my annual leave so I try to use them sparingly ack :) but I havent been off sick for over a year so my immune system must be alright.... (probably spoke too soon lol).

    had better shut up before I write a book!

    hi-ho-hi-ho its off to work we go ....

    Irn:)
    Lightbulb Moment: January 2007 :dance:

    Bank of Scotland Loan: 6665 :wall:
    Credit Union Loan: 4506 :think:
    Virgin Credit Card: 979
    Cahoot Credit Card: 927
    [STRIKE]Debenhams Store Card:170.19[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Usc Store Card:110[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]River Island Store Card:130[/STRIKE]

    Debt at
    Lightbulb Moment: £14,083
    Total Debt Now: £13,077 :eek:

    Extremely Proud to be dealing with my debt!
    :T
  • matt4504
    matt4504 Posts: 230 Forumite
    Hey,

    Yeah I usually volunteer to do it even if I don't really wanna do it. Every penny helps etc... (this is pre-tax btw)

    In Jan I only did eight hours but got four extra hours for working new years day so that month = £85.20

    In Feb I did fourteen hours and got £99.40.

    What will March bring...
  • crawley_girl
    crawley_girl Posts: 2,010 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    An extra 8 hours today and I am off until 7.30am Monday morning... hooray!
    Ever wonder about those people who spend £2 apiece on those little bottles of Evian water? Try spelling Evian backward.
  • bank_of_slate
    bank_of_slate Posts: 12,922 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I've just become a Body Shop at home consultant as well as my 30 hours a week job. I want to get the credit card paid off totally and Body Shop pay pretty well!
    I'm loving it! It combines my love of skincare, make up and meeting people AND it'll bring in more income.
    ...Linda xx
    It's easy to give in to that negative voice that chants "cant do it" BUT we lift each other up.
    We dont count all the runners ahead of us & feel intimidated.
    Instead we look back proudly at our journey, our personal struggle & determination & remember that there are those that never even attempt to reach the starting line.
  • robert1980
    robert1980 Posts: 66 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    update: thats 75.5 hrs completed for this overtime month, so an extra £522.46 approx after tax :D . new month of overtime starting from 13/03 so far 3 hrs done.
  • crawley_girl
    crawley_girl Posts: 2,010 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Am working for a minimum of 3 hrs 2moro after my dentist appointment. May stay on longer, might not. All depends if the relief worker that has been booked turns up... she has a habit of not turning up and cancelling 10 mins after her shift should have started!

    :heartpuls CG :heartpuls
    Ever wonder about those people who spend £2 apiece on those little bottles of Evian water? Try spelling Evian backward.
  • iceicebaby
    iceicebaby Posts: 3,633 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Overtime where I work has kind of dried up :( used to be almost unlimitless and I would do between 30 and 40 hours a month but there has not been any now for almost 2 weeeks. I have only done 4 hours this month due to also being not well at the start of the month.

    Hope the overtime starts again soon
    Baby Ice arrived 17th April 2011. Tired.com! :j
  • matt4504
    matt4504 Posts: 230 Forumite
    8hrs 20 min overtime today = £58.95 yay

    Covers my £55.38 share purchase deduction for the fortnight and more £ for moi.
  • crawley_girl
    crawley_girl Posts: 2,010 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I did 4 hours yesterday in my 2nd job and am doing 5 hours on Sunday. Haven't done a timesheet in blinking ages for this job so there will be a nice hefty sum coming my way come 28th April.

    :heartpuls CG :heartpuls
    Ever wonder about those people who spend £2 apiece on those little bottles of Evian water? Try spelling Evian backward.
  • robert1980
    robert1980 Posts: 66 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    well done:T

    i'm now half way for this month and have completed after tonight 48hrs earning so far £327.01 net.

    tell you what though it's not easy, but somehow i still have the motivation for it.

    how is everybody else doing?
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