The 1% Challenge - 100 ways to make your 1%

ellesbellesxxx

Hi y'all!
@Happytails - well done on your [EMAIL="eb@y"]eb@y[/EMAIL] mission! This week I really need to get [EMAIL="eb@ying"]eb@ying[/EMAIL] too...I really must!

I have been doing cleaning work as well another job this last week to earn extra pennies. This week, same again, plus have a mystery dine. Did some mystery shopping last week too for first time in a long time over the phone, so from comfort of my pjs! Another one booked in for August.

Come on payday...!

tudorfan22

am now at 24.75% with more to follow on weds when i get paid!

ooh and....bump!!

happytails

Afternoon! Only 3 things listed yesterday but better than nothing! No bids yet but hoping to get some more listed today!mostly outgrown kids shoes, had to buy dd a new pair of wellies and DS a newpair of trsiners as he has been living in sandals! Came in at less than ten for the 2 though

Working on 2 presents hopefully this week and that's august sorted! Me and the husband are off out for a well deserved meal on Thursday, just the 2 if us we have budgeted for it and I'm looking forward to it! We are also out for a friends 30th on Sunday too so going to have to make sure we stay in budget for both!

Went through the kids coats to see what still fits and will be doing the same for clothes for winter so I can see what we need. Also starting to plan evelyns 1st birthday (nov) and then Christmas! Think I'll be going on the old style board again in prep for winter and moneysaving on bulk cooking and staying warm etc! Trying to plan ahead as always over spend on things in the run to Xmas.

Sarah x

liz-paul

Hi all! Back from a very long holiday with another 1% to add. Bringing me (no. 40) to 24%. Really need to do a car boot or ebaying.... However I got a sort of reprieve on my holiday: am meant to be saving to go to disney world in 2015 but it looks like we won't be able to go until 2016 so I have even longer to save my %'s!!!

tudorfan22

just poking my nose in to say im now up to 30.77%!!!!!

:T

happytails

Hi all, got £17 plus postage for 3 sales on ebay last night

The baby clothes arent shifting well as single items so going to offer a bundle of 3 or 4 items that compliment, postage will still be the same, so we will see!

Payday today and we still have £254 in our account!! :beer: Usually we are scrimping by!! This is with me buying new clothes and a fair few takeouts! All from using this budget app and being more aware of what we are spending money on. Some of that is going on the CC and the rest in an emergency fund, which will sit in the main account with the overdraft in it to keep me in the black for a day or 2 longer which means ill have less of a fee to pay at the end of the month (I pay £1 a day every day im in my overdraft).

Sarah x

LittleMissKitty

Just popping in to say I've knocked off my first 5% :j

happytails

hi all,

made £8 selling the rest of my tassimo coffee discs yesterday and i have a £12 bid on my old lumie alarm clock

making 2 birthday presents tonight hopefully if the kids go down well for bed. Will be making a CC payment tonight, not sure what it will be yet as need to do monthly budget. The husband will be doing some overtime this month so that will be a help next payday!

Sorted out some more of Evelyns clothes to list on Ebay, not really shifted much of the smaller size but she is growing fast! Going to be seling in little bundles i think.

Hoping to get my rotary airer up this weekend so i can actually use my dryer less!! Thinking of long term electricity bill here. I am also going to be buying the rest of this years birthday cards and next time i take a trip to poundland im going to buy balloons and banners etc for all the kids birthdays that are coming up in next 6 months.

Going to be looking up say 10 slow cooker recipes that are cheap to make to incorporate into our meal plans im the hopes it will reduce our takeaway orders as if its made in the day all you have to do is serve it up. Easy. I just dont know what to make thats healthy, easy, cheap and something the kids will eat lol

Sarah x

ska1982

Read this and started a few days ago!
So a newbie but managed to get to 5% already and feeling inspired, oh on board too! Woop!

ska1982 £35 and so far up to 5% !

Sellurgranny

Hi everyone,

1%er No. 225 adding 8%

Bringing total to 49%

Done through budgeting hard through the month plus a small amount of ebay sales.

Nearly halfway to my goal - 3 CC's down and 1 to go.

Really am determined to bring my DFD forward to December (originally April 2014).:T

SUG x