Scuba's Second try - Sink or Swim!

scubaangel

M.S job date change confirmed and have had an email from quidco confirming a payment of £2.15 has been sent.

Need to walk to the shop later for something for dinner so will have to check clicksnap for anything I need that might be on offer (will cross check on mysupermarket before I go).

scubaangel

One of the mystery shops has been rescheduled by the ms co, means I now need to go buy food in a separate trip rather than doing shopping once I'd finished the shop.

Still planning on meeting the friend in town though so at least don't need to shop tomorrow as I picked up some reduced stuff from work this evening at closing time so I have breakfast and some ham for sandwiches (Until it starts smelling bad).

scubaangel

Nothing much to report lately, a few mystery shops done, and a few more booked.

Waiting on the cheque from GTM for the points I redeemed at the end of Jan but don't expect to see that for a few weeks still, and happily am still on target to cash out the £100 from swagbucks by the end of the month so think I'll put that towards a new phone. Am currently leaning towards getting a refurb iphone from vodafone and then taking out a 12 month sim only contract, assuming I can keep the handset and contract for 2 years it'll cost the same as my current monthly contract (a little less if I take in to account cash back).

Done some more cost neutral shopping thanks to the quidco and tcb shopping apps, including pancake mixes - buy two get £2 cashback, one of the supermarkets had them on offer at £1 each. I used one and have another in the cupboard.

scubaangel

Gah got a merchandising job waiting to be done but has now been put on hold which is annoying since the kit is in the back of my car but never mind - it'll get done eventually.

Got a mystery shop tomorrow, and was asked if I could do some overtime earlier but as I've an appointment can't do the full shift they wanted, so waiting to hear if they can find anyone else to do it or if I need to go in and do what I can for them.

Slowly but surely working towards the pay out on swagbucks. Got some more stuff photographed and on the fb selling site and some to put on ebay, nothing exciting just 99p starts, and have the codes to claim some freebies from various places I need to actually sit and input to get the stuff - most of which I'll likely sell on.

Just used my clubcard vouchers to buy an iPod shuffle, not sure if I'll keep it or sell it on but since the vouchers would have expired at the end of the month I figured it was best to get them spent rather than wasting them.

scubaangel

Wasn't needed for the overtime which is a shame, done the mystery shop but need to write it up.

Requested £20 from paypal after cashing out on crowdology (£4.90 from there). Also got a £10 amazon voucher from another survey site, torn at the moment between aiming to get as many amazon vouchers as I can towards a new tv or collecting physical vouchers towards one - I'm not going to be able to put much cash towards one until the credit cards are paid off and that's likely to take longer than I want to wait, that said theres nothing wrong with the tv I have other than the fact that its a pain linking my bluray to it as it's too old to have a HDMI port so am having to find the appropriate cables for the audio having got a DVI cable for the picture signal.

scubaangel

Another mystery shop and an audit booked for this weekend, as well as a confirmation of a part payment for failed visit for the now on-hold work.

Currently in the middle of a foresty folks survey so that'll be a nice top up to my paypal account in the next few days and am slowly but surely chipping away at the last 2k I need in swagbucks to claim the £100 redemption.

Also got some overtime booked, not sure if it'll come in this months pay or next as am not sure when the cut off is this month with it being such a short month but either way extra pennies is always appreciated.

scubaangel

Money from the foresty folks is in the paypal account.

Have booked another audit for the weekend, its near enough to work that I can get it done with relative ease.

And confirmation email from quidco that I've got another £1.45 being sent to my bank account.

scubaangel

Feeling the end of month pinch at the moment, got a while £5 left in the spendy account - although I have next months virgin media and sofa payments sat in a linked account so although I'm yet to pay this months mobile bill I can borrow from those and replace it with money am expecting in the next couple of days from mystery shopping.

Decided to stop keeping the oaty cakey thing I made last week in the fridge so am trying to remember where I put the clingfilm so I can wrap and freeze it.

Checking out the current click snap and snapandsave offer to see if its worth me visiting the shop on my way home from work on Thursday (likely to be staying over with the bloke tomorrow as am doing overtime Thursday am).

scubaangel

:beer: Just hit the magic number on swagbucks, so have sent the redemption request for £100.

Also had an email inviting me to a focus group a 30min drive away, for which I'll be paid £70 cash next week. If it is paid as cash rather than a cheque I'll try to use that as this month spends so I can keep money in the bank a little longer

scubaangel

The bloke is currently making plans, which may or may not involve me.

He's applying for V.R and has suggested that if he gets it we rent a house/2 bed flat, he'll cover the rent from his redundancy money and I can cover the bills. Financially it makes sense (if he gets VR and if we're still together) but it's a little scary thinking I might end up living with a bloke again so soon - well when I say soon it'll be 6months to a year away yet.