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ooh cheeky if she did lol!
And flutes....you should get a pretty penny for that why don't you watch a few similar to yours on ebay and see how much they go for? My mum has a handmade violin at her house belonging to my sister i tried to steal it so i could sell it and she was having none of it pmsl. It's been in her loft for 15 years and my sister doesn't want it so i thought it could help towards her carpet/paint fund as she has just moved but i still have some convincing to do there
Emergency Fund goal - £717.77/1500
Weight loss goal 1 - 0/7 lb
Mortgage OP goal 2026 - £10/£4500
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I bought the flute for £16 plus postage on ebay which was a total bargain. Most were going for £35 plus so will ask for offers and see what happens i think. Would like to make a profit if nothing else
Me, DD1 20, DS 18, DD2 15, Debt Free 04/18, Single Mum since 11/190 -
Well fabric conditioner and washing tabs sell like hotcakes on fb it would appear!Me, DD1 20, DS 18, DD2 15, Debt Free 04/18, Single Mum since 11/190
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.......and dishwasher tablets!!! I got £5 for my lot haha xxEmergency Fund goal - £717.77/1500
Weight loss goal 1 - 0/7 lb
Mortgage OP goal 2026 - £10/£4500
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I am selling some more treasure I found in the stuff my daughter was chucking out. Hoping to get at least 20 quid from bin bag fodder! I dont sell through facebook just ebay. I had a bad facebook experience where an innocent comment on a friends page meant lots of people I didnt know called me a b***h!! I had to leave. I am not having that. PLUS I was annoyed at simpering women talking to my husband, where the hell were my simpering men? Haha!!Trying to shift that debt!0
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Loving the new avatar dfw321, so cute!FTB:A Saving for my first deposit :A0
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Skint_but_Optimistic wrote: »I am selling some more treasure I found in the stuff my daughter was chucking out. Hoping to get at least 20 quid from bin bag fodder! I dont sell through facebook just ebay. I had a bad facebook experience where an innocent comment on a friends page meant lots of people I didnt know called me a b***h!! I had to leave. I am not having that. PLUS I was annoyed at simpering women talking to my husband, where the hell were my simpering men? Haha!!
Oh yeh i've had similar issues with fb! I deleted around 300 random people from it that i'd never met. And now it is fine. back when it first started it was just add, add, add and you'd have a zillion random people on there that you'd never even spoken to :eek: i've still got around 100 but everyone on there i would chat to so i've had no issues since
i totally understand why people avoid it though!Loving the new avatar dfw321, so cute!
:T:D My ickle Dukie so cute!
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Weight loss goal 1 - 0/7 lb
Mortgage OP goal 2026 - £10/£4500
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Afternoon! well we've been to a cake sale this morning so feeling fat fat fat right now! I had to buy though it all went to army veteran charities and i felt mean saying no
also bought raffle tickets & breakfast for 3 of us so spent around £10 :T which wasn't too bad i thought 
I've got bids on 3 items on ebay and one person wants more pics of one item and another person wants a buy it now price......i have 8 watchers, 3 bidders & it is up to £5.51 already. do i do a BIN or leave the auction to run :think: what would you do? I have 3 days left on it still.....
I have 31 watchers on the one who wants more pics :eek: i'm truly shocked that so many people are interested in a pair of my old shoes :eek: !! bidding only at £1.24 though :eek: it better go up or i'll be thoroughly disappointed lol
I've bought a dog clicker / whistle from ebay for training. It was £4.49 in pets @ home and same one on ebay was £2.75 delivered
Have received tenancy agreements back :T all signed with a note on for move in day :T so looks set to go ahead now!
Bad news today: I have a £25 charge on my bank account?? not sure how and i've emailed them, but i watch my bank like a hawk and never noticed it go over drawn
so am not happy!
DD birthday cake is being made as i type

and i am going to pop out in a bit mainly cos i'm bored! but also because i forgot to get DD a birthday card :eek: what a bad mummy!!! oops!
Will catch up on diaries and pm's later
i hope everyone is good though and has a little bit of sun where they are
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Weight loss goal 1 - 0/7 lb
Mortgage OP goal 2026 - £10/£4500
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debtfreewannabe321 wrote: »I've got bids on 3 items on ebay and one person wants more pics of one item and another person wants a buy it now price......i have 8 watchers, 3 bidders & it is up to £5.51 already. do i do a BIN or leave the auction to run :think: what would you do? I have 3 days left on it still.....
Let it run;)LBM 30/6/9 Unsecured debts [STRIKE]£25,323.48[/STRIKE] £0 :T Debt free
Left for life Down Under 4th August 2012 - living frugally and have learned my lessons :j:j:j:j0 -
Bonjourno! (as stolen from Del Boy
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How is everyone :j <
i wish that were me this morning lol but unfortunately not! Slept badly ad have hurt me poor ol' neck again! Few painkillers will hopefully sort it out though as i have plans for today :T
Today I WILL:- Move ds1 room around as he has blocked his door opening for more than 4 inches for the last 4 months. can't get a hoover in there and it's bugging the ocd fairy in me (she shows up every now and then!)
- Wrap DD presents up
- decorate house (to do once she is in bed)
- Check ebay 5 gazillion times

- keep on top of housework (clean-ish)
- work out money as i've over spent this week on budget getting cards & bits for dd! And i still need to pay for swimming tomorrow which is £20 :eek: i just checked and nearly had a heart attack!
- shave my legs in preparation for swimming (very important must not forget)
- find out when cake is ready and get over there and get it :T
- get swimming stuff ready so we don't need to have screaming matches on dd's actual birthday about where arm bands and such-like are!
That'll do for now i think. And this morning i just realised that all my ebay items end on dd's birthday oops and i don't want to be checking how they've done but at the same time i have a slight obsession with 'refresh' so not sure how i will get around sneaking a look ....think i will do it on my phone
ok enough for now.....i'll be back if i have time later :T
have a good day all
adios amigos! Emergency Fund goal - £717.77/1500
Weight loss goal 1 - 0/7 lb
Mortgage OP goal 2026 - £10/£4500
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