The long road to being mortgage free!

nattypants

Whoohooooo:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j

Although I would hate to be the person behind you in the post office queue:D

:T:TWell done ammonite you are the eBay Champion of Champions:T:T

ammonite

nattypants wrote: »

Whoohooooo:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j

Although I would hate to be the person behind you in the post office queue:D

:T:TWell done ammonite you are the eBay Champion of Champions:T:T

:rotfl: thanks natty.

Although it does suggest I am the eBay hoarder or hoarders :rotfl::rotfl:

As for the post office - well I'm keeping someone somewhere in a job I guess. At least it isn't pension day tomorrow !:D

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Evening Ammonite, hoping you have an early night this evening. You are nesting in a big way - one of my relatives is due soon, and she is just the same as you. I keep getting texts in the early hours as she is still up doing things.

Anyway, night Tilly x

ammonite

Thanks Tilly I got a much better sleep last night - must have been dreaming about my eBay profits lol

With the exception of eBay, I don't have much to report on the MFW front at all. The profits from that will go towards next years Birthday & Christmas fund as do the Boots points that I've been collecting all year (£100 at the moment). I will probably need the extra cash next year to be able to spoil the little person It also means it is one less thing to save up for/spend out each month when there are birthdays as I have the money there (or a significant proportion of it anyway) which means more spare monthly cash can go into savings. I have £50 left in this year's Christmas fund which I need to buy a couple of vouchers with and £45 in Amazon vouchers which I might treat my OH to a couple of surprise things but other than that I'm done.

Due £11 from Quidco whenever they next payout so that will now go into the house fund (lots of little pots within my savings accounts for various funds!).

Still within the food budget of £100 for the month (got about £50 left) and looks like we will get away with not filling up on petrol this month this has never happened before so will have £60 "spare" which will go into the house fund - means less to take out of our ISA which is still fully intact!

The one area we have/will have overspent slightly is the social budget this month which I'm not too worried about as its unlikely our social life will be high flying and high expenditure next year!

OK that's all for now! Hope everyone has a good day. eBay bidding vibes to those who need them!

misscousinitt

Thats a great haul on ebay you have there...and some great savings and budgeting going on too...

Keep it up, but please try to have a rest too:)

Mortgage_Reduction_Novice

It's good to see all your ebaying efforts paid off.... ahead of schedulle for little ammonite's arrival

moneycurious

Well done with ebay..... hope you werent stuck in the que for ages.... i hate it when you get those geeks with bagfulls if stuff , so tutting and then you look down and see that you two are going to take forever !!! hehe!!

ammonite

moneycurious - I was definitely one of those geeks with a bagful

Thanks MRN - eBay is keeping me out of mischief that's for sure


misscousinitt - don't worry, getting plenty of rest too, just need to get this junk out of the house and get the house looking vaguely respectable which it now does!


Got 2 non-paying bidders from last week Opened cases and looked at their feedback the majority of which is negative. Why is it that as a seller if your 'star' rating dips below a certain threshold you have selling limits placed on your account but buyers get away with murder it seems? Very unfair and frustrating. I suppose I should be glad it was only two!

Probably an idea to mention I get into a cycle with eBay: boredom of listing, excitement of watchers, joy at bidders, happiness at profit, frustration with non-payers, anger at eBay for lack of support to sellers. Net result: vow never to sell on eBay again. Until of course my treasures build up again and I go back to the start of the cycle!

The only MFW news is Quidco have paid me £8 which was nice of them so will top it up to £10 and pop it in the house fund

Mortgage_Reduction_Novice

ammonite wrote: »

Thanks MRN - eBay is keeping me out of mischief that's for sure


The only MFW news is Quidco have paid me £8 which was nice of them so will top it up to £10 and pop it in the house fund

Good - we need less mischief!

And your £8 is way better than my £2.88 from £co!

misscousinitt

Glad to hear you are getting rest too:)