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  • fairyclicks
    fairyclicks Posts: 3,884 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    edited 17 February 2012 at 9:51PM
    Good Morning everyone :hello: hope you all feeling bright and breezy this morning :D

    I did my daily earners list last night so just need to work through them now :rotfl:

    Daily earners and check thingys i want to try and do everyday:

    1. Swaggers - need 104 more sb to cashout today - done :)
    2. Superpoints - starting with 170 - what can i get up to? just done button and vids and now at 227 :)
    3. U Rewards - done :)
    4. Free games on JPJ - done :) won 12 tickets but no dosh
    5. Free games on Fab - done :) won 5 spins but no dosh LOL
    6. Survey for challenge - done :)
    7. toluna polls - done :)
    8. free postcode lottery - done :)
    9. zoom - tried to do but got nothing :(
    10. gifthulk - done up to 134 :)
    11. donkey x 3 done :)
    12. topcash - did fly search but don't think it tracked
    13. quidco - did kelkoo search but don't think it tracked
    14. woohoo
    15. earneasycash x 2 done :)


    The list keeps growing LOL

    Been up for 2 hours and done nothing :o well tried to figure out some rss feeds and twitter stuff for the money stuff blog and got no-where :rotfl::rotfl:

    Ok as well as my daily earners i would like to:

    Wash dishes - done :)
    Tidy kitchen - little bit done but not finished yet
    Feed all the tanks of fish - done :)
    Clear the bedroom floor of junk - done :)
    Make GP appt - done :)
    Order scripts - done :)
    do mccains stuff - nope, must be tomorrow i can do these!
    work through the rest of my wagering requirements on fab so i can withdraw all my lovely winnings :) hurray just withdrew £160 ;) very :D!
    watch some more programs on netflix to get my cashback
    Check my alert acc
    Start working on BoS PPI claim
    clear out emails - have almost 1000 in there!! got them down to 650 - aiming for 500!
    do a wash and hang up to dry - done :)


    and its friday.......wow week has disappeared!! Have a good one all xxx
    Debt at Aug 2010 (LBM) £21,908.86, Debt Freeeeee Date 4th Nov 2013 :j:j:j Massive Thanks to the £10 per day thread :A Next goals:
    Savings £1203.16/£10,000******Mortgage to Zero: £52,579.46 to go
    Feb Earnings: £711.20/£500 March: £434.41/£500
    Currently compiling an A-Z of earning sites and happy to share it ;)
  • Xandersmum
    Xandersmum Posts: 493 Forumite
    edited 18 February 2012 at 3:44PM
    Managed everything yesterday except the meatballs - decided that as we would prob see the MIL on sunday I would do a roast today instead which freed some space in the freezer!

    • Superpoints clicks (thanks Fairy :smileyhea) :)
    • SB over 500 :)
    • Post Parcels :)
    • Find acceptance card for a wedding in may
    • Load of washing :)
    • Clear clothes off of Xan's train table so he can play with it (typically hasn't touched it until I start dumping stuff on it!)
    • 5 ebay
    • Order hubbie some memory sticks
    • Payment off the holiday :)
    • DY review
    Have a great day everyone - Its nearly the weekend :rotfl:

    Make £10 a day June 103.04/300


    Declutter 2018 in 2018 3/2018

  • Sligo
    Sligo Posts: 210 Forumite
    edited 20 February 2012 at 11:12AM
    Hi everyone!

    Please may I join your challenge! :) I'm trying to make better use of my time and stop putting off stuff that has to be done!!

    I may not get to post every day but I'll try.

    Today's list is:
    - Transfer today's pay online into various savings pots & bills Done :D
    - go to atm for next week's shopping budget Done :D
    - Write list for this evening's trolley dash (I'm a Lidl girl!) Done but trolley dash was Sat morning due to sick DD :D
    - Ring mobile phone company re bill query - again!! :D Sorted! €33.96 refund
    - Tidy work desk - it's freaking me it's so messy and losing stuff
    - Do 1 job on my "dreaded jobs" list at work
    - Return purchases to shop to get credit back onto credit card Done :D
    - Do travel expenses claim
    - Make hair appt Done :D
    - Do tax reclaim form for dental expenses in 2011 (it's an Irish thing! Tax back on the €3500 cost of daughter's orthodontic braces! :eek: NHS - I miss you!!) Started!
  • fairyclicks
    fairyclicks Posts: 3,884 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Sligo wrote: »
    Hi everyone!

    Please may I join your challenge! :) I'm trying to make better use of my time and stop putting off stuff that has to be done!!

    I may not get to post every day but I'll try.

    Today's list is:
    - Transfer today's pay online into various savings pots & bills :D
    - go to atm for next week's shopping budget
    - Write list for this evening's trolley dash (I'm a Lidl girl!)
    - Ring mobile phone company re bill query - again!! :D Sorted! €33.96 refund
    - Tidy work desk - it's freaking me it's so messy and losing stuff
    - Do 1 job on my "dreaded jobs" list at work
    - Return purchases to shop to get credit back onto credit card
    - Do travel expenses claim
    - Make hair appt
    - Do tax reclaim form for dental expenses in 2011 (it's an Irish thing! Tax back on the €3500 cost of daughter's orthodontic braces! :eek: NHS - I miss you!!)

    Of course you can join sligo :)

    I love your dreaded jobs list :rotfl::rotfl: i should have one of them for the house :D

    And good luck for your first list :D
    Debt at Aug 2010 (LBM) £21,908.86, Debt Freeeeee Date 4th Nov 2013 :j:j:j Massive Thanks to the £10 per day thread :A Next goals:
    Savings £1203.16/£10,000******Mortgage to Zero: £52,579.46 to go
    Feb Earnings: £711.20/£500 March: £434.41/£500
    Currently compiling an A-Z of earning sites and happy to share it ;)
  • Dinah93
    Dinah93 Posts: 11,466 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Bake Off Boss!
    edited 18 February 2012 at 12:49PM
    Dinah93 wrote: »
    Today's 10 steps.

    1. Call T-mobile
    [STRIKE]2. Check NIMs email for M&S gift card[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]3. Call and cancel all lost bank cards and get new ones reissued[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]4. Order photo canvas using voucher[/STRIKE]
    5. List remaining ebay bits in boxes in lounge, photograph everything
    6. Answer ebay questions and book couriers
    [STRIKE]7. Reply to ebay customer services[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]8. Check RISI for books to post/leave ratings[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]9. Get quotes for annual travel insurance[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]10. Put wedding photos on memory stick for MIL, wrap up ready to send[/STRIKE]

    Oops, didn't do anywhere near as well today. Did get the lounge spotless though, where this morning it looked like an ebay warehouse with several buckets of ironing for good measure.
    Debt January 1st 2018 £96,999.81
    Debt September 20th 2022 £2991.68- 96.92% paid off
    Met NIM 23/06/2008
  • Dinah93 wrote: »
    Oops, didn't do anywhere near as well today. Did get the lounge spotless though, where this morning it looked like an ebay warehouse with several buckets of ironing for good measure.

    Don't worry about not getting everything done - we do rollovers :p

    Well done on getting the lounge spotless - wanna come and do mine tomorrow?? lol!
    Debt at Aug 2010 (LBM) £21,908.86, Debt Freeeeee Date 4th Nov 2013 :j:j:j Massive Thanks to the £10 per day thread :A Next goals:
    Savings £1203.16/£10,000******Mortgage to Zero: £52,579.46 to go
    Feb Earnings: £711.20/£500 March: £434.41/£500
    Currently compiling an A-Z of earning sites and happy to share it ;)
  • Good Morning everyone :hello: hope you all feeling bright and breezy this morning :D

    I did my daily earners list last night so just need to work through them now :rotfl:

    Daily earners and check thingys i want to try and do everyday:

    1. Swaggers - need 104 more sb to cashout today - done :)
    2. Superpoints - starting with 170 - what can i get up to? just done button and vids and now at 227 :)
    3. U Rewards - done :)
    4. Free games on JPJ - done :) won 12 tickets but no dosh
    5. Free games on Fab - done :) won 5 spins but no dosh LOL
    6. Survey for challenge - done :)
    7. toluna polls - done :)
    8. free postcode lottery - done :)
    9. zoom - tried to do but got nothing :(
    10. gifthulk - done up to 134 :)
    11. donkey x 3 done :)
    12. topcash - did fly search but don't think it tracked
    13. quidco - did kelkoo search but don't think it tracked
    14. woohoo
    15. earneasycash x 2 done :)


    The list keeps growing LOL

    Been up for 2 hours and done nothing :o well tried to figure out some rss feeds and twitter stuff for the money stuff blog and got no-where :rotfl::rotfl:

    Ok as well as my daily earners i would like to:

    Wash dishes - done :)
    Tidy kitchen - little bit done but not finished yet
    Feed all the tanks of fish - done :)
    Clear the bedroom floor of junk - done :)
    Make GP appt - done :)
    Order scripts - done :)
    do mccains stuff - nope, must be tomorrow i can do these!
    work through the rest of my wagering requirements on fab so i can withdraw all my lovely winnings :) hurray just withdrew £160 ;) very :D!
    watch some more programs on netflix to get my cashback
    Check my alert acc
    Start working on BoS PPI claim
    clear out emails - have almost 1000 in there!! got them down to 650 - aiming for 500!
    do a wash and hang up to dry - done :)


    and its friday.......wow week has disappeared!! Have a good one all xxx

    WOW!! You got loads done :j:j:j
    xx
  • princesst84
    princesst84 Posts: 641 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 18 February 2012 at 6:16PM
    :DMorning :j Its Saturday :j

    Achieved a few things yesterday:
    Done fab on SB(well for me) – surveys are the way forward!! Now at 650 on there :j
    A little bit of shopping at Mr A – actually stuck to my tiny list!! :D
    Tea from stores :D
    Free postcode lottery :D



    Saturday/Sundays list
    Tidy whole house, every single room needs a full clean :eek:
    [STRIKE]Living room sparkling[/STRIKE] :D
    [STRIKE]Dining room - Gleaming inc 8ft patio windows [/STRIKE]:D
    [STRIKE]
    Bathroom - Beautiful :D
    Bedroom - All done :D
    [/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]
    Kitchen - All done:D
    [/STRIKE]
    Will award myself a smily per room so I feel like I have achieved something :cool:
    [STRIKE]
    Put all papers into a pile :D
    [/STRIKE]Then actually action papers :rotfl:
    Sort all clean clothes out and put away
    [STRIKE]
    4 x loads of washing :D
    Clean windows :D
    [/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Final call for MS for insurance.[/STRIKE] :j
    SB :D
    Maximiles :D
    Go through MSE Martins guide to car insurance to see if I can get it down as its gone up again!!
    Start looking into house insurance, not due til April but due to living in a flood zone I struggle to get insured
    Do some more SB
    Look into more surveys/sites like SB
    Start sorting out info for tax return for OH business
    Another coat of emulsion on big bedroom
    Gloss all woodwork
    Tidy spare room, there is about an A4 size of floor available to stand on :eek::rotfl::eek::rotfl:
    Have a fab Sat evening with friend, have a nice little drink and listen to music and generally have a good laugh :cool:

    Now that is one busy weekend :D I need to start by moving off the settee :rotfl::rotfl:


    Have a fab one people, will be back to update my list as I go along
    xx
  • Linzight
    Linzight Posts: 194 Forumite
    100 Posts
    edited 19 February 2012 at 12:40AM
    1. Superpoints DONE
    2. Swagbucks to 50 DONE
    3. Update blog
    4. Washing up DONE
    5. Put a washing on DONE
    6. Contact HMRC
    7. Do at least 4 hours databasing work DONE +3
    8. Empty inbox of surveys DONE
    9. Play XBingo jackpot games DONE
    10. Use TopCashback to sign up for another bingo site DONE
    11. Empty bins DONE
    12. Hang washing out DONE
    Debt Free by Christmas 2012 #205 DONE!
    £2012 in 2012 #128 £1900/£2012
    £2 Saver 2012 #78 £0/MOT
  • fairyclicks
    fairyclicks Posts: 3,884 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    edited 18 February 2012 at 6:48PM
    Well i got a MASSIVE 18 :) yesterday!!!!!! wasn't i a busy bee? lol!!

    I don't even know how i managed all that and wasn't running about like a blue arsed fly the whole day!

    I've been up since 6.30 this morning as well - hmmmmmm me not too sure thats a good thing!!

    So my regular list:


    1. Swaggers - aiming for 300 today - done :)
    2. Superpoints - done :)
    3. U Rewards -
    4. Free games on JPJ - done :) nothing today
    5. Free games on Fab - done :) nothing today
    6. Survey for challenge -
    7. toluna polls -
    8. free postcode lottery - done :)
    9. zoom -
    10. gifthulk -
    11. donkey x 2 done :)
    12. topcash -
    13. quidco - checked for tracking of yesterdays - not there :( downloaded toolbar to see if that helps :)
    14. woohoo - won some bronzes this morning :)
    15. earneasycash x 2 done :)
    16. stash £1 done :)

    extras for today then are......

    figure out how to get the free 10p's on fab - done :)
    post on money making blog - done :)
    figure out how to monetise blog - done :)
    put craft stuff in new drawers - done :)
    add some more bits to ebay - done :)
    put away washing done yesterday
    do another wash - done :)
    collect some more of the old kitchen cupboards from OH's house and find space for them in garage
    check alert a/c - done :)
    check bank account for mystery millions - done :) had an unknown lodgement for £25.12 hmmmmmm now need to figure out where that came from lol!! hate it when the ref makes no sense!! lol but they can keep paying me if they want :)
    check zopa lendings - done :)

    hohumfiddledadee - will have all that done in the blink of an eye :D lol!

    Hope you all have a good one! xxx
    Debt at Aug 2010 (LBM) £21,908.86, Debt Freeeeee Date 4th Nov 2013 :j:j:j Massive Thanks to the £10 per day thread :A Next goals:
    Savings £1203.16/£10,000******Mortgage to Zero: £52,579.46 to go
    Feb Earnings: £711.20/£500 March: £434.41/£500
    Currently compiling an A-Z of earning sites and happy to share it ;)
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