Scuba's Second try - Sink or Swim!

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I managed not to burn myself, god knows how though, working just by the light from the hob hood is quite challenging!

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Gah we managed to get a new bulb for the kitchen but that one didnt work so we exchanged it and the second didn't work either so now we think maybe the problem is the starter for the fitting, but we can't get hold of one of those until tomorrow at the earliest and TBH I'm not entirely sure something like that should be in our remit as tenants - bulbs yes, but replacing part of the light fitting not so sure.

On the upside I did three mystery shops today all of which are written up and got home from the third to find a pair of emails from amazon telling me the blu rays I listed yesterday have sold. They're ones I bought when I was doing a mystery shop before Christmas and got a really good deal on, less than £20 for the three, the two which have sold have got me back around £18 before postage so if the third sells I'll be firmly in profit otherwise I've broken even ignoring the reimbursment I got from the ms company.

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Whoop I have now sold all three of the blu rays I listed, and managed to get over the threshold for the onepoll payout. So I have £40 on its way to the bank and £27 coming to me from amazon (before I've paid for the postage).

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Went shopping yesterday at Ikea, came home with two bedside tables, and have a tall narrow chest of drawers, bed and mattress due to be delivered next week. Thankfully got there and back before it started to snow again, although I have a mystery shop to do before work today and cant work up the enthusiasm to go out in the snow to get it done.

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We have working lights...well more than we did yesterday.

Still need to sort out the sparky coming round to look at the kitchen - hoping its not something too simple as if it's something we ought to be able to change we'll have to pay the call out fee.

Need to try and book my car in for a service this week too, since I have to stay home on Tuesday to wait for the Ikea delivery I plan to spend the day doing assorted admin, including finally getting the paper work organised to apply for my new passport, and drivers licenses, so I just need to get photos when I'm at work on Monday/Wednesday.

4 ebay listings done and my motivation is gone again.

Course the downside is that my car needs fuel again thanks to the drive over to essex on thursday but I can live with that.

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Not been able to get hold of the sparky nor the letting agents who want to do another walk around (as last time I was still asleep so they didnt see the bedroom and we had virtually no lights, lol). But hoping that the IKEA stuff will be delivered nice and early as if it is I should have time to go out and do lots of that evil busywork stuff.

Work was as always muchly joyful and I compounded that by my frankly bizarre decision while out running to keep going - meaning I finally stopped and turned around a little over 2 miles from home, meaning a run of just under 4.5miles in total, in the rain, while it was going dark along a muddy/icy footpath. Me thinks I'm still suffering from sanity issues. Tomorrow my feet and legs are going to be killing me.

I now need to get my hair dry and go out to find food since its my turn to cook and we have very little in the cupboard and nothing fresh,not sure I can be botherd with/ can afford a trip to a supermarket so will most likely take myself and my car over to the coop (normally I'd walk but after the run and in this weather I just don't want to be "good").

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Oddly the legs felt great the day after...still haven't found time to go out for another run though

The next couple of weeks I'm going to be a bit limited for time online, far too much going on including the idioticone having more leave and us hopefully heading to my parents for a few days. Have a few mystery shops booked but don't intend to book anymore until March, although that would mean I need to actually get online am hoping that I can find plenty so I keep my monthly average up.

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1x assignment done and submitted.

£20 landed in paypal today alone from assorted survey sites (they who prefer to be nameless, opinion world and opinion outpost irrc)

3 items sold on ebay, made less than I wanted for them but tbh it doesn't make much difference since they were ms purchases I never got around to returning. The fourth item didn't sell but had watchers so will relist at the next free weekend (possibly this coming weekend?)

Picked up some overtime for the rest of this week, but it means I probably won't get around to do the runs I was penciling in to my schedule. Feeling a little bit lost since I don't have much MS work booked either but I do need to get on with the OU stuff, since assignment 1 is in, assignment 2 is due this week too and although I have four weeks before 3 and 4 are due I really want to get them started early.

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Managed to get a run in yesterday while I was meant to be studying - planned a nice easy 3 miles, wound up doing nearly 5 after getting lost in a housing estate - I suspect it can be officially said now that I am quite definately a country girl at heart.

My spendy account is looking a little bit depleted but the only thing left to come out is my phone bill so I have roughly £60 left, need to get fuel in to my car before we head north next week and have a couple of mystery shops (although the ms account is looking very healthy).

Paypal money is trickling in think I just have the third small withdrawal to wait for now and then can pull the ebay pennies as all three sales are paid for, just the third one needs posting but I'll do that tomorrow between shifts.

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At Dad's house and have run in to problems sorting out my room....its far too interesting to sit and read my kindle/surf the internet than it is to open cupboards and drawers and sort through them.

On the upside I have a printer with spare inks, a pond light and a couple of old cross stitch books to take home with me, the first two on the list are going to be listed on the local faceache buy/sell group the latter I plan to use.