Scuba's Second try - Sink or Swim!

scubaangel

£2 cashback from quidco tracked already.

Email from voda to say my new phone is in store waiting for me to collect it so will try to get in to town before work tomorrow.

Dug out my login details for dooyoo, been almost 2 years since I last wrote anything so posted a shiney new review and been on and off the site all day doing some reading and rating.

Finally have what counts as a fully working flat as the handy man was round this morning fixing the wall, he's emailed me the invoice as DFS have refunded the money to my credit card so I just need to juggle some cash around to pay it.

Had another check of clicksnap and snapandsave comparing offers to mysupermarket and have spotted a couple of things worth picking up if I go to Mr T's over the weekend.

scubaangel

New phone collected and set up, downloaded the money making apps
Quidco, Topcashback, Shopitize, and those for a couple of survey panels.

Now just to not break the thing before my current contract ends and I can look at getting the new contract SIM.

scubaangel

Done my shopping and have taken advantage of the stuff I could stock up on and get cashback for doing so. So todays purchases include a 4 pack of pot noodles at £1.94 with £1 cash back, a bottle of Diet Coke for £1.15 which should net me £1 from shopitize and 25p from quidco - I do likes it when they pay me to take things away.

And some other stuff which sadly doesnt get me any cashback, but I did womble a couple of reciepts with unclaimed clubcard points and the customer before me at the self service till left behind both their reciept (can try to get those cc points) and a 50p price promise voucher, so I reckon if I pop in tomorrow before work I can pick up another diet coke if its still on offer on both shopitize and quidco, making it even more free

scubaangel

My afternoon sat on the sofa has resulted in the downloading of a 'debt' app in an attempt to get a fresh grip on my credit card.

The winning of a Marc Jacobs tote from Diet Coke, the ordering of a t-shirt from coke zone.

And after checking tcb I've also requested a payout of £2.30.

scubaangel

Not a happy day.

Work was its usual joyous self, driving home I thought that my car sounded and felt different to normal but mostly put it down to the fact the roads were all like puddles. But on getting home had a quick look at the tyres anyway. One is totally flat, have reinflated it this evening and found it contains a nicely placed screw, so arranged to take it to the blokes friend on camp who is a mechanic to see if he can mend it or if it needs a new tyre on.

If it does I'm 90% certain that my spare is a 'proper' one rather than a run flat so with any luck it'll be buying one new to match the spare and the other rear tyre as a new spare temporarily.

A slight upside is that this evening I have hit the redemption threshold on instagc and claimed a £1 amazon voucher which was in my account instantly so am planning to put a little more time in to that one from now on, although theres no benefit to saving points for a higher redemption as it's worked in simple multiples.

scubaangel

Woke up today in one of those weird moods where everything seems to be making me tear up.

Tyre can't be fixed, so got the spare on for now, and have left the wheel with the mechanic so he can change my old one for a part worn ,the difference between the repair and the part worn is £5 so not worth quibbling over. Need to drop the car off tomorrow to get it swopped back.

Managed to put the wrong bin out last night despite checking online - am a little annoyed that none of the neighbours thought to be nice and swop it over while they put theirs out since all the bins are kept in the same place and I was the first to put one out, means both my waste and recycling bins are totally full and its two weeks before the next chance to get the waste bin emptied.

Small progress in the money making though as another £1 amazon voucher has arrived in my account from instagc, mainly earned it from doing tasks this afternoon while I was waiting for the mechanic - am rather glad that my phone found an open wifi connection!

scubaangel

Got the Coke Polar bear t-shirt in the post this morning -So cute

Also got the case for my new phone and a freebie sample of toothpaste.

Been invited to and accepted a new BzzCampaign for E45 moisturiser, so looking forward to the BzzKit arriving in the post.

Checked Field Agent on my phone and yesterdays quick audit has been approved for payment so just need to work out how/when it'll be paid.

Small things....

scubaangel

Took myself out and returned three items bought on recent mystery shops
1x Handbag £18
1x Camera case £8
1x kettle £5

But spent another £5 in asda and £12.50 in maplin, but regardless have reduced the debt on my credit card a little bit

scubaangel

Two mystery shops written up, and looks like the m.s company has sent the payments for the jobs done at the start of the month, soon as it arrives will as always siphon off the 25% towards my tax bill in to the account I never look at and the rest can stay in my account until I know how much the car is going to cost me next week.

scubaangel

Another Field Agent job completed on my way home from work tonight, and a fairly easy round of mystery shops booked for Thursday. Thats where the good news ends.

The bloke drove to his parents yesterday....well I say drove, he drove some, got a lift on a tow truck for some and was taxi'd by his parents for the remainder. Looks like his car is unfixable, and he's now 300 miles away from work with a very large tv he needs to bring back with him.....yup he takes his TV home on leave with him so can't get the train back. So at the moment he's trying to find a way back which doesnt involve me finishing work on Monday, driving to my parents, staying over night, picking him up the next day and driving back again. But it's ok he'll pay for my fuel!


Email from zoombucks lettin me know my redemption has been sent to my paypal account so am now $5 richer.
And the money from the ipod shuffle I sold on amazon has been sent from my seller account to my bank, so thats just short of £30 to arrive fairly soon which taking off the cost of the postage means cash to reduce the cc balance by about £26 if I don't need it for the car.