Ecoelle's MFW Diary

ecoelle

Well, I ended up working Thursday and cancelling my coffee, but we need the money so it's fine. My friend used to do supply work so she is very understanding.

Ebay is going well, I have 3 items on at the moment and 2 have bids so it will be at least another £10 in the pot, I also have the other items to list so possibly another £20 on the way if they sell. I also have a couple more things which are free gifts for having held a beauty product party so I might list those, if I do they on there own could make me another £100...

I worked out last night that the work I have done this week will bring in about £270 whereas I used to earn £100 a week, so there's scope in the future I think for increasing the OP on the mortgage, or maybe pop the extra each month into a separate account until we have a buffer, for the weeks I don't maybe get any work, then when it hits a certain amount we could put the extra off the mortgage as a lump sum.

I think I'll have to see how it goes over the next few months x

brizzledfw

Well done, that's a great increase

Have a good weekend

ecoelle

Thanks Brizzle, had a lovely weekend thanks, lots to do and haven't really stopped but I've seen friends and family and had lots of lovely food and conversations.

Did the weekly shop as well and spent £34.07

So total for the year so far is £179.70

If we spent the same for the rest of the year it would total about £2400 so we are still over, but closer than before.

Got 2 more things to go on ebay tonight so fingers crossed.

Night all, hope everyone has a happy Monday x

brizzledfw

Have a great week Elle.. glad your weekend was so lovely

Darpett

Glad the weekend was productive and fun

ecoelle

Morning all, well insomnia reins in the ecoelle household. 3 days in a row and awake at 3am...hmm. Well I caught up on my surveys, emptied the bins, changed the cats litter tray, did last nights washing up, put a wash on, put the dishes away, put out the recycling, filled in consumer pulse, fed the child who also got up early, fed the cats and made a coffee for me. I love Sundays!

ecoelle

Right, off to do the 'Big' shop today. In the freezer I have some homemade soup portioned up for 2 nights next week when hubby is on late. I also have a portion of vegetable chilli which will be enough for 2 if I do rice/wedges and salad with it. I made a vegetable lasagne yesterday which is enough for LO and hubby one night. The nights I have soup hubby will have a omelette when he gets in so.

Sunday Dinner at a friends
Monday Lasagne, garlic bread, carrots and peas
Tuesday Pasta and Soup / Omelette
Wednesday Vegetable Chilli, wedges, broccoli
Thursday Vegetable and Bean fajitas, salad and rice
Friday Vegetable Soup / Omelette
Saturday Yurt Pie (the vegan equivalent of cottage pie) steamed veggies

Think that's it. So hopping list should be quite short. I've heard our local food discount place has non dairy milk on offer and also vegetable fingers 30 for £1 so I might pop there as well, much as I hate to dual shop it might be too good an offer to miss out on.

Other then shopping the day is mostly going to consist of cleaning and playing so should be nice.

Happy Sunday everyone! x x

ecoelle

Right, back from shopping and the grand total was £33.44 so I'm pleased with that. I think we will need a bit of salad stuff but not maybe til Thursday so I'll top up then. Have a lovely day all.

ecoelle

2 more items sold on ebay so another £40 or so to add to the pot. I think I'm going to leave it in paypal until I've paid my fees for the month, that way whatever is left is a definite amount. I've listed another 5 items which if they all sell for their starting bid will make another £80

Had a nice day with LO although she is being very strong willed at the moment and really testing my patience so I'm pleased she's gone to bed now and left me in peace. Don't think I'll be far behind her to be honest.

x x

ecoelle

Morning all, well I did the shopping yesterday and have updated my sig as needed. I am waiting for my next £10 voucher to arrive before updating my sig for surveys but should have at least £20 to add this month! ebay has been my friend over the last couple of months but I really have nothing else to sell after this last lot. Everything has bids so there is at least £90 to come from that which is going into the 'treat' envelope. MOT and service due this week so fingers crossed. I have some money put aside for them so I'm just hoping there are no nasty surprises.

Off to get LO's hair cut in a few minutes then back for friend visiting fun!

Have a good weekend all
x x