The long road to being mortgage free!

ammonite

True I suppose, its moments like this that remind me it's a marathon not a sprint *sigh*....equally don't want to wish the next 12 years away!!!!!

ammonite

I've been out of the survey (not review) loop for a while so if anyone would like to refer me to any survey sites which have Amazon vouchers or cash as a payout, please PM me.

ammonite

Just saved £8.54 borrowing a book from a friend instead of buying it. Am very pleased. Will round it up and overpay £10

Mortgage_Reduction_Novice

ammonite wrote: »

Thanks MRN if you have a referral for Textbroker feel free to PM me

There's no referral scheme so just jump right in!

HelenDaveKids

ammonite wrote: »

Just saved £8.54 borrowing a book from a friend instead of buying it. Am very pleased. Will round it up and overpay £10

Thats what i'm like. Had a free will from OH union, so made £50 OP last month.

ammonite

Thanks for the PMs folks, I will/have signed myself up for various sites.

DY have just changed levels so just made a list of about 40 things I could review in the top paying categories, feel re-invigorated with that again now which is nice. Who knows, may try for another £50 after all! Will devote a bit more time to it, particularly for returning rates to others too.

Cashed out £5.41 on Ciao so waiting for that to come through, not very good bonus categories this month so not wasting my time.

Nothing much to update except the freezer is bursting, stocked up on some beer with vouchers we had - need to update my grocery spend as I suspect it is dangerously close to 'not very much left' - we have more than enough food to see us to Christmas though, although I'm trying to keep the freezer stocked as the new year will undoubtedly be a bit manic for us and the more "ready-meals" we have the easier it will be I think.

Not many more baby things to buy which is good, petrol costs will soon be reduced to filling up both cars just once per month which is great - it really, really makes a difference to our spare cash.

Will be gearing up for eBay soon too but want to leave it until after the free listing weekends as the place is saturated with stuff during those weekends, I find I do better listing on a non-free weekend.

Tried to start my Christmas shopping but everything I tried to order was out of stock :eek::eek:

Really miserable rainy and damp day here today, going to have a pamper bath and a nice soak this afternoon- mainly to warm up! Heating is on!

HelenDaveKids

Yes, me too signed up for loads of sites. Just spent 30 minutes earning myself nectar points watching ads.

ammonite

ooh yes that reminds me about that e-mail I got too thanks

EDIT: Just signed up for ad points from Nectar (by invite only at the moment), 250 points to sign up and you can earn 250 points each week watching ads and answering questions. Just took me about 15 minutes to earn my 250 points which equates to £1 in Nectar points, not bad as I was doing other things at the same time and clicking when I needed to. Quite pleased with that as it'll give my Nectar points a boost for Christmas if I do it regularly


EDIT 2: One of the things I want for Christmas shopping is now in stock at the lowest price again YAY! Just need to collect it now!

ammonite

Hmm decisions decisions...I can redeem £50 from DY today or try and get to £75 cash out which will happen quite quickly if the bonuses stay on. (Currently at £55).

Alternative is cash out £50 today and try and get to £20 (quickly) for Amazon vouchers.

Big question..cash or Amazon vouchers?! What a first world dilemma this is!

In other happy news the Christmas present I want to buy for someone is indeed back in stock at the lowest price at Argos and with my Nectar points I will only have to put about £1 towards it A good start I think?!

No other exciting MFW news other than we still haven't had to use any of our savings for the work we are having done on the house. Not sure how long this will last but I'm feeling rather proud of us.

Updated my grocery spends and I'm down to £174.24 until the New Year. OMG (and I spent £70 yesterday....eek). On the plus side as I said yesterday the freezer is bursting as are the cupboards including some party items if we have people round so not all bad. I've got a funny feeling I will not hit my target but I have done significantly better than I would have done had I not had the challenge as our monthly grocery spends used to be at least £150 or more.

Beckyy

The Nectar Ad points is good isn't it? I was suprised how quickly you reached the weekly limit, it would be nice if the the cap was lifted! I always thought it was 2 points = 1p though, so 250 would be £1.25. Maybe it's different depending on where you redeem them?