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The "I WILL be debt free" diary...

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  • ladymay
    ladymay Posts: 1,126 Forumite
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    Dentist was fine, quick clean and I was fine :j phew!

    Did a massive shop today with my meal plan, although judging by my pasta tonight I'll be making double portions of everything with what I've bought!! Treated myself to some new cake tins and a huge mixing bowl as well, I missed baking so much while I was away. Total for food and household shopping was almost £50 (eek!), but an awful lot will be going in the freezer. Which means I have to reorganise the freezer tomorrow :o BUT the meal plan is done. Just need to stick to it now!
    2019 Aim: Save £10,000
    Don't sacrifice what you want most for what you want now
  • ladymay
    ladymay Posts: 1,126 Forumite
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    Af'noon!

    Another lovely sunny day in London :j made my PAD, another £2.64 onto the CC, just eaten a very nice prawn and avocado salad as per the meal plan and off to a friend's for tea and chats :)

    I've got two more days of work lined up with my old boss, job interview with a promo company on Wednesday and I've just registered with another one. Now all I need to do is get cracking with the eBaying!

    I'll start tomorrow...
    2019 Aim: Save £10,000
    Don't sacrifice what you want most for what you want now
  • scubaangel
    scubaangel Posts: 6,600 Forumite
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    Hi LM, looks like you've been busy since you got back. Well done on the weight loss and debt reductions!
    It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren’t doing it.
    Sir Terry Pratchett
    Find my diary here
    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5135113
  • ladymay
    ladymay Posts: 1,126 Forumite
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    Hi SA, welcome back! Thanks, it sucks when you have to be a size 8 for your job, but doing the job I love makes up for it :)

    Had a NSD today :j first one in a while. Went over to my friend's for a chin wag and tea-drinking session that lasted 4 hours non-stop! Then we headed over to the pub theatre she was performing at tonight, and the show was awesome! It was a really lovely puppet show that one of her friends had written, and I thoroughly enjoyed it :T Managed to resist the pull of the diet coke at the bar, and managed to get in for free as a 'friend of the show', so yay!

    Tomorrow won't be a NSD as I'm going to pop to the hairdressers next door and see if they'll do something with the mess on top of my head :p other than that it's a fast day so I'll be keeping busy on the eBay trail. I now have a suitcase full of stuff to flog, and it's not gonna shift if I just keep looking at it!!
    2019 Aim: Save £10,000
    Don't sacrifice what you want most for what you want now
  • ladymay
    ladymay Posts: 1,126 Forumite
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    Yay for pretty hair!! :j:j:j

    It cost £35, but as it's next door no travel expenses. And, you know, my hair has to look nice for my work... :p

    Got a tax rebate today for £83.90 today, lovely surprise!! MBNA DD has gone out, and made my PAD on the HSBC CC of £5.19 to round off my bank balance.

    Hmmm, so the eBaying hasn't really started yet (oops!) but I have done a bit of research, and it turns out one of my old teddy bears is collectible, as are some of my thimbles :T so they shall be saved for a free listings day to bump up the price a wee bit.

    Jobs today are photographing everything for eBay, downloading iSales (bf recommended it), emailing bf, checking out People per Hour and Textbroker to see if I can get some writing work, and blitzing the flat if I can be bothered hehe!
    2019 Aim: Save £10,000
    Don't sacrifice what you want most for what you want now
  • ladymay
    ladymay Posts: 1,126 Forumite
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    Oops...

    Ran out of light for the photos so only half done... haven't cleaned the flat... and I got bitten by something in the park yesterday and now quite a large chunk of the top of my leg is red and hard... :eek:

    Had a look at TB and PPH, TB aren't registering anyone at the moment and PPH looks, quite frankly, terrifying. There's only a tiny percentage of jobs on there that I'd feel able to do.

    Why is it I don't have enough to do in the day, and yet I can put off doing what I need to, like working out and cleaning. If only procrastination were a sport, I'd be great at it! :D
    2019 Aim: Save £10,000
    Don't sacrifice what you want most for what you want now
  • scubaangel
    scubaangel Posts: 6,600 Forumite
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    I think we need to petition whoever it is that decides which activities are sports or not to get them to recognise procrastination for us!

    I was meant to be doing ebaying today too but didn't get around to it, although I have found a pile of stuff to put on there next free listings weekend.

    Might be a daft question but have you looked at ciao and dooyoo? Review writing for products, doesn't pay much but its better than nothing and if you get in the habit of spending a little time reading and rating other peoples reviews the earnings can mount up faster than you think.
    It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren’t doing it.
    Sir Terry Pratchett
    Find my diary here
    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5135113
  • ladymay
    ladymay Posts: 1,126 Forumite
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    I'm so glad it's not just me scuba!!

    Ok, plan of action is: today - photograph everything for eBay and write all the descriptions, tomorrow evening, put all the 99p listings on, the rest has to wait for a free listings weekend.

    And I haven't heard of those sites, I'll check them out. Thanks!!
    2019 Aim: Save £10,000
    Don't sacrifice what you want most for what you want now
  • ladymay
    ladymay Posts: 1,126 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Let the eBaying commence!!
    2019 Aim: Save £10,000
    Don't sacrifice what you want most for what you want now
  • scubaangel
    scubaangel Posts: 6,600 Forumite
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    ladymay wrote: »
    Let the eBaying commence!!

    Good luck!

    I've just photographed some bits to put on a fb selling site, and will ebay them if they've not sold by the next free listings weekend.
    It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren’t doing it.
    Sir Terry Pratchett
    Find my diary here
    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5135113
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