TallGirl seeks new financial freedom & hope to loose a few pounds on the way.

TallGirl

Just posted and lost it all by the look of it.

Two hotels booked messed up on dates so will hopefully track through TCB at 10.1%. They will also make me nearer my free night at Hotels.com need 4 more then 1 free.

Got an email from Sportsdirect.com 20% off and there are so much I really want already for a basket of £50 but will see if I can have it as a Christmas present instead from mum & sister. Boring to know what i get but as we are in SA it doesnt really matter.

Ebay 3 out of 5 items have bids on them, 22 watchers on one but that doesnt seem to mean anything.

Weight down to 80.6 kilo thats 12.10 would like to get to 12 stone by the 12th December.

Off to Pompey in a bit will need to get myself sorted.

Hope you are all have a nice Friday ready for the weekend.

TallGirl

My sister missed out on Sportsdirect but mum and I got some bargains and then a further £23 off. Also sorts out my mums Christmas present and I think my sister wants boots so can get her that.

Been to post office to sort out DH passport paid for the checking service just as well as he had to do the form 3 times before he got the signature right.

Forgot our £5 off £40 Tesco voucher but its valid until the 3rd. Cancelled my veg box this week and changed it to fortnightly saving £6 a week.

Going out for late lunch early dinner at a retail outlet shopping place so will have a look for a present for BIL. He likes Harley Davidson clothes.

Lovely and sunny here but freezing.

jeepster1

Hi, I also signed up to this Ebay Home Zone. I am finding it impossible to unsubscribe and I am receiving hundreds of Emails from product testers etc. Do you have any idea how I can get out of this ?

TallGirl

Jeepster1 I had not realised they were linked but I have also have quite a few more strange emails like that I just unsubscribe each of them. Maybe ask on HomeZone.

MS wasn't great took us over an hour to get down there, should be 15min max and we had to walk the last 1/2 mile as we would have taken even longer to park there. Food was expensive bill came to £52 (only get £30 back) and some bits were not great. Definitely wont go back not worth it.

Doe Pavalova for tomorrow and got the braised beef ready to be slowed cooked. FIL coming down at 12 so got time for Zumba (need it after the food I have eaten today).

Champagne was a disaster turned up did not have any of the 4% wine but substituted the £8 bottles with something they wanted an extra £100 for. Waste of time so send driver away he told me the previous person did exactly the same. Wish I had just bought them in the shop as the £10 voucher did not anyway. Really didn't need them so guess its £72 saved. Chilling with Strictly like the gymnast the best he is cute and good.

TallGirl

Lunch was nice with FIL we have said we will go and help in his garden on Saturday his gardener just seems to play with things not actually tackle anything and its so overgrown.

Been to Makro got essentials plus beers and larger. I am not planning on starting drinking again (ok I did enjoy my 1 proper glass on wine yesterday) but BIL is coming soon so will come in handy.

Told FIL BIl is disappointed that the surprise has been spoilt. He said yes who told DH. I said YOU. Oh he said. Well he is 86 so will forgive him but we have agreed not to talk about it and DH might forget again.

Bids on 4 out of my 5 items on EBay finish Tuesday. Found I get bids if I don't start at 99p will remember that in future.

Did Zumba this morning but lunch ended with home made Pavolova and I had a slice this evening. Will be good rest of the week.

Early night tonight nothing on the box so quite bored. Hope you are enjoying your Sunday.

TallGirl

Here we are Monday morning quite looking forward to my time away as I have got loads of appointments but need to be super organised and pack well. My Ebay stuff end Tuesday so will have to get that all wrapped up and ready to be posted as I go away tuesday morning.

Been battling with Quidco to get my £15 cashback on my Satander Card that cost £20 a year. Really not worth be having it as I dont by petrol on it (have to use work card) so will be cancelled but I want my £15. I need an OLA number which I did duly input but somehow Quidco no longer has it. I didnt keep it and Santander do not keep them either but QUidco insists on it. They are now asking for an account number but I am sorry you dont get that with a credit card. Will see how I get on.

Another cashback issue is with TCB and hotels.com as I changed the date only 1 tracked but even that has now dissappeared which is pants. Never done a claim via them will have to check out how to do that. Its £79 at 10.1% so I want that. The one with the changed date fair enough I might not get that.

Doing circuits tonight with next door really look forward to it. Strange not to play golf this weekend but it was so cold I didnt really feel like it. Will play next weekend and also promised to sort his garden out on Saturday.

TallGirl

Alert pure money saving update
Cancelled sports massage saving £25
Cancelled PT session (postpone it a week) £20 saved
Claimed 2x missing hotel.com on TCB should be £14 if it works
Completed Quidco claim well tried £15 if it works
Cooked soup from left over veg £0
Stuff from Sportsdirect arrived looks fab genuine large savings e.g socks down from £6.99 to £2.29


Off to the gym now dinner almost cooked DH will do the rest so we can eat when I get ack in.

Packed ready for my stays away, even sorted EBay stuff to take with me.

Looks like I have lost a works cable I can luckily use my screen cable.

TallGirl

Long work day yesterday and the I realised hotels.com has cancelled my hotel so had to sort something out pdq. Managed to rebook the same hotel but had to pay £10 more (well work did) but I got 10% cash back and used hotels.com. Definitely will not call them again to change a booking too risky.

Busy day today two work appointments then need to drive to HQ which is further than it is from home where I am now. 4 our of 5 EBay items sold need no post them plus my watch to get it repaired. Got 1 hour before I need to leave the hotel so will pack up EBay items ready to post. Just wish that last one would pay up. The liz Earle sold for £26 to Canada considering it was a freebie from the daily mail and I kept the face cream that's not a bad result. The rest were MIL clothes so cost nothing.

Diet still ok but ate rubbish yesterday and was still hungry. There is a gym and pool at my hotel tonight so cannot wait to get in there. Hopefully won't be too late.

TallGirl

Never made the gym that evening but I did last night and golfing tomorrow, gardening for FIL today so that is ok. Had McDs for dinner last night how basis that and a proper beer. Well this morning no cooked brunch but yoghurt and a fruit smoothie before we go to FILs.

Clothes from Sportsdirect not all good as e shirts I bought for my mum a too small but they do fit me. That means I still need to buy her a present and my sister starting to panic about getting all the presents sorted before they go back on the 16th of November.

Need a hair cut and to post the last EBay parcel and hopefully give the lawn one last cut. Doubtful how much I will get done this week. Work wise next week is busy with one overnight stay en the following I have the Friday off as my mum and sister are comings so cannot wait.

Hope the sun is shining where you are.

TallGirl

Not doing too badly spent nearly 2 hours sorting FIL garden out but there is so much to do still. Have done about 1/6 of all the cutting back. Taken all the cuttings to the dump and had lunch paid for by FIL. Bad for the diet but nice even so.

Not done the weekly shop but can survive and have pork in the slow cooker which we can have tomorrow as I am not sure I want dinner tonight.

Listed 2 items for FIL on Ebay plus relisted the shirt that didnt sell for me. Posted the last item I had to do (well got DH to do it and he paid).

Got offered to earn £130 by writting for the HomeZone special project for all weeks until Christmas but as we are away I am not going to apply.

Got a call from MS could I do 4 in the same location, they are busy shops so not going to attempt them today will have to be after golf tomorrow. Dont really want to but £44 in total is quite good.

Want to get a bit more sewing done for some Christmas presents its getting too dark and cold to do any more gardening so my own lawn will have to wait.