Make your dream amount for 2012 or reach for the sky and make 12,000 in 2012

jpwhittle

hi all, back from our holidays and eager to get going, have managed to put £800 in the savings account rather than spend it, and also pay of £200 from one of our debts, looks alot but only doable this month i think, so hopefully we can get a head start for the rest of the year, abit of rearranging different things and we might just do this, really hoping to pay 2 debts of this year wich ill be including in my total. good luck everyone and happy new year

lilmissdebauched

Been having a good first week so far, £56 accounted for and extras and change going in pots each night. Have listed loads of stuff on facebook, it works well just lots of people don't show but less hassle than eBay with bad buyers and postage. Have gathered 3 bin bags of old clothes and shoes for the clothes recycling bank at the top of my street, should get about £15 from that! Also had some good news, my local music shop is going to sell my vintage vinyl clocks on a commission basis so that's some more free space and when one sells I can use the profit to buy more supplies and make more and he thinks he can sell them for £19.99 (he's getting the £4.99 commission and I could only sell them for about £10 anyway but people tend to pay more for things like that in places like a music shop!)

I've also decided to re-deisgn and overhaul my blog and change the direction I'm going with it. I think as K turns 11 at the weekend I am now a bit past being a "mummy blogger" so I'm turning my focus to new things. Not quite sure what yet exactly but definately simple and healthy cooking on a budget is going to be some thing I will include. Any ideas welcome, especially from any of you who have read my blog before!

Best get some more stuff on Facebook or I may as well keep my front door open and stick a sign outside that says TAT SHOP NOW OPEN! :rotfl:

remote_control

£1.79 Amazon sale. wahoo. total now £49.79. I'd like to make at least £500 a month so still a little short....

cheltenhamgal

Happy New Year everyone :j fingers crossed some of my moneysaving tips will be featured in Woman's Own at the end of January :T
Not done much so far this year although as this is my first day back at work I haven't spent any money yet lol.
I am due £100 of M&S vouchers at the end of January for switching energy suppliers plus a saving of £20 per month and also £40 through a cashback site for applying for a loan. I didn't take it out in the end but should still get the cashback, bizarre !
I have also asked the local Council tax office to reassess my house as my next door neighbour is in a lower tax band than me so keeping my fingers and legs crossed

sams247

Well, I am still casting nets out and not yet pulled in a cash catch, but one day...... today I applied to be a mystery shopper with another company, and I managed to get 15p in 1 Poll.

Since I've decided to save my £2 coins no one has given me any! Typical.

cheltenhamgal

The money I am saving each month from switching energy suppliers I am going to pay in to the Xmas club at work and also use the M&S vouchers for food and put the cash into a seperate account so that I can feel the benefit at the end of the year:A

Katie22313

Hello Everyone, I am going to try and give this ago. I tried last year with the £11000 just got lost among all the " i found 2p" quotes and gave up.... But i am determind to stick to it this year!
Please if any of you have any more tips on gaining extra cash then please message me, I do some surveys (not all of them im sure), sell on ebay and facebook and I am curently trying to set up an ironing business but i will have to let you know how that goes. ....As i say any advise would be great!! xx

skint-student-nurse

Well I have been lucky enough to have had yet another amazing day on ebay - upto £69 today, taking me to £382 this week alone 14/53 items have bids and most have watchers,so fingers crossed that I will get rid of a lot of my junk and make some more pennies! Had some cash back confirmed and i will add this once it hits my bank account Ive got six nights off after my night shift tomorrow so I will hammer the junk and ebay it all and keep up with the job hunt!

dizzyblnd

£5 Swags and £30 job 2

How do you sell on facebook?

lilmissdebauched

Dizzyblnd - you just search for things like stuff for sale in (where you live) or buy/sell/swap in (where you live) it works really well, well it is doing for me, I sold 2 things to someone today, she should have only paid £7.50 but she did not have any change and I only had a £5 so she gave me £15 for them! I've got some more people coming to collect stuff tomorrow totalling £55 so this week is well above target, I am only aiming small this month to get into the swing of things!

Also I reached £20 on myshoppingrewards so that will be a nice cheque for next month, I won a red letter days voucher (£10) which will go towards OH's car driving day b'day gift and I have an article in the Daily Mirror weekend mag too so that's another cheque for next month too

Update: 22:30 - my OH just put £20 in my sealed jar! SQUEE! I can go and update my spredsheet AGAIN!