A Budgeteers Continued Quest to be Debt Free & Mortgage Free By 40

DedicatedDFW

Aw thanks guys I pushed myself and got to the end of the course reading thing that i needed to do :T and i started my new book which i lurve :smileyhea i also watched a film last night just for a bit of a switching off time as it were.

I've had a cuppa :coffee: and i might make brekkie in a bit... I've read a bit more of my book and have photographed the 4 bay of e items so hope to get them set up ready to list and i also hope to find some more items later

I want to get some more reading done - i'd love to start on my next assignment but am still not sure what to do :think:

I also want to look at those 2 drawers i mentioned the other day - they are storing items in them - items which are needed only on occasion so i need to check whats in there and see if anything can go and make a bit more storage room too

i'd love to find another 10 items to declutter ideally - i really want more space and less stuff! And also i'd like the extra cash that decluttering could generate as well

Chocforever

Ooh, what are you reading?

I have been reading more this year. I've discovered that whilst our local library appears to have a limited selection when I browse it, they have loads of things in the online catalogue for ordering. I don't know where they store all this stuff! So before I buy on Amazon etc, I now check the catalogue.

I recently saw James Kelman's "Mo said she was quirky" in a book shop and resisted (I didn't resist buying two other books, though), then managed to borrow it from the library. It's not new; it won the Booker prize in 1994. I'm struggling a bit with it, to be honest . Maybe I should stick to bookclub recommendations!

DedicatedDFW

Hey PB - i've got 8 new items readt to go on next weekend so that'll take me up to 12 for the challenge :T I'll have to do the last 8 next weekend - though i'd like to get rid of alot more than that. Hope you're having a good weekend x

DedicatedDFW

Hey Chocs - i hadn't heard of that one. I'm reading Shena Mackay The Orchard on Fire which i can thoroughly recommend Yes, i'm upping my reading this year - i'd set myself the challenge of 12 books but apparently i need to read loads more than that! Mind you i do lurve reading its just balancing that time with everything else - especially when i need to try and raise more money the whole time too!

Good that you're using the library - i never go to be honest i should but i know i am nowhere near organised enough - to pre-order, to go in at the right time to collect - to return them on time so i don't get a huge fine and to actually have the time to go in too. Its something i've been thinking about though so we'll see

Glad i got to 8 items going on bay of e this weekend along with 2 items for carboot but i'd have liked to have got rid of at least 6 more things - i'll have to try harder next week - space and money are more important than things :cool:

Chocforever

I hadn't used the library for years and then popped in and discovered it has all been modernised in terms of systems and customer usage.

I am lucky in that the town library is only 10 mins walk from me and opens some evenings and on Saturdays and Sundays so it is all very convenient. The ordering process and renewal process is all online. It is all good news, except for anyone who is a librarian.

So there is no excuse for me to use it instead of buying books!

I'll keep a note of the name of that book and add it to my list of things to read. I am a slow reader so the list is rapidly accumulating over time :rotfl:

DedicatedDFW

Hey Chocs - thats great that your library is so near for you - i'd certainly use mine if it was more convenient but it'd be at least an hours round trip so its not really so straightforward sadly!

DedicatedDFW

Well i'm super tired today *yawn* and very hungry too! I'm really going to try and get up super early tomorrow so i can do a proper breakfast Hope i manage it

Hope everyone is good ?

I was pleased with parting with 10 things this weekend and would like to get rid of more next weekend too - might help to break up the assignment i need to start so some *positive* vibes would be lovely again - i;ve found it a really hard course and seem to have struggled with every assignment

Got a few bids on bay of e stuff which is good - just got to get the packaging sorted out.

Right bedtime for me then i can get up and have a proper and filling brekkie

DedicatedDFW

Hello everyone,

Hope you are all good ? Was going to start my post with saying how tired i was yesterday so didn't post but i seem to be opening a lot of posts with how tired i am

Had a few bits sell on the bay of e which is good :T Just got to do the packaging and posting now :cool:

How cold has it been today ? Brr! after such a lovely day yesterday too! Will have to rummage out my warm clothes for tomorrow again - preferably something duvet-like

Bought a salad sarnie for lunch today - ruined an nsd but it was scrummily worth it

Lots of work to do on my assignment now and over the weekend - i just need to try and keep a balance of life / work / study / health always tough to try and keep up with everything.

Am sure there was something else i wanted to babble on about x

jwil

Well done on the sales :T :T

Good luck with the assignment and make sure you have some time for yourself as well

DedicatedDFW

Morning all

thanks for the well wishes on the assignment - i really need them Time for an epic to do list for the next few days :cool: I've already done 1 lot of pots and got the first lot of washing on.

Weekend to do list in no particular order :~

1, find and list at least 8 more things on bay of e
2, [STRIKE]go through all tops final time - may help with the above[/STRIKE] Done!
3, [STRIKE]dry and move pots[/STRIKE] Done!
4, [STRIKE]wash pots[/STRIKE] Done!
5, [STRIKE]dry and move pots[/STRIKE] Done!
6, [STRIKE]dry washing[/STRIKE] Done!
7, [STRIKE]move washing[/STRIKE] Done!
8, [STRIKE]do washing,[/STRIKE] Done!
9, [STRIKE]dry washing[/STRIKE] Done!
10, [STRIKE]move washing[/STRIKE] Done!
11, [STRIKE]do washing[/STRIKE] Done!
12, [STRIKE]dry washing[/STRIKE] Done!
13, [STRIKE]move washing[/STRIKE] Done!
14, [STRIKE]package bay of e parcels[/STRIKE] Done!
15, [STRIKE]post bay of e parcels[/STRIKE] Done!
16, [STRIKE]see if i can pay into savings again this month[/STRIKE] Done! didn't manage as much as i would like - £300 deficit from this month and last month to find - hoping for some more bay of e sales to help with this
17, [STRIKE]try and organise selling of another item for my mr - already spent an hour on this [/STRIKE] :eek: Done! But another hour needed on this DONE!!! :T
18, [STRIKE]500 words assignment[/STRIKE] Done!
19, [STRIKE]500 words assignment[/STRIKE] Done!
20, 500 words assignment
21, 500 words assignment
22, 500 words assignment
23, 500 words assignment
24, 500 words assignment
25, 500 words assignment
26, 500 words assignment
27, 500 words assignment
28, complete next section ou
29, [STRIKE]pay back money owed from last month [/STRIKE] Done!
30, [STRIKE]overpay mortgage[/STRIKE] Done!
31, tidy up living room
32, tidy up bedroom
33, [STRIKE]work bags ready[/STRIKE] Done!
34, [STRIKE]book holiday[/STRIKE] Done!
35, [STRIKE]finish book reading[/STRIKE] Done!
36, start new book
37, [STRIKE]order dvd needed for course[/STRIKE] Done! And ordered 2 different ones of course - might as well as the next order ould only spoil another NSD
38, [STRIKE]update references list [/STRIKE]Done!
39, [STRIKE]try on dress (purchased with vouchers :T)[/STRIKE] Next week now - i've had a shower and the cream i've put on (unbeknownst to me beforehand) is all sparkly
40, try on shoes seeing if any need returning
41, sort out cushions (why do i have so many ?)
42, [STRIKE]move bike[/STRIKE] Can't - i need to come up with another home for this different to the one i intended - dons thinking cap :think:
43, [STRIKE]compare energy supplier prices and switch Comparison done - [/STRIKE][STRIKE]
will switch later if possible - i was all set to do it but then they wanted it
done by direct debit and i NEVER pay this way now [/STRIKE] Done! As far as i can anyways - online app done for the actual one i wanted so waiting for them to do their bit and at some point will provide a meter reading
44, LETTER OU
45, LETTER TAX
46, [STRIKE]run[/STRIKE] Nope! Must do better - this was before i spent several hours faffing about selling my mr's item so lost alot of time to this really - but still thats just excuses isn't it
47, MONDAY finish 1 workbook for NVQ - i'm on the final question of it :T
48, [STRIKE]grocery shop[/STRIKE] Done!
49, [STRIKE]move shopping[/STRIKE] Done!

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50, [STRIKE]sort jackets[/STRIKE] Done!




That'll do for now - with the assignment i thought it better to break it down into 500 word chunks then i would feel like i was getting somewhere with it :cool: I'd better start getting my stuff together ready to pack and post. Hope everyone has a good day i'll be back later hopefully with an update