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My 5 a Day way to becoming MF
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My "5 a day" for today:-
8th Oct 14
1. Gift Hulk - 250
2. Nectar adpoints - 22
3. You Gov Survey x 2 - 100 points
4. Swagbucks - 21
5. Sent daughter with water bottle again - 50p saved
6. Turned lights off after kids in room not being used
7. NSDMortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.020 -
Sorry had a busy day and didn't manage to post yesterday but still managed my "5 a day"
9th October 14
1. Swagbucks - 9
2. Gave daughter water bottle again - saving 50p
3. Nectar adpoints - 3
4. Booked a facepainting gig - £20 to be earnt on 30th Oct
5. You Gov - 50 points
Every little helpsMortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.020 -
and for today :-
10th Oct 14
1. Saved£1 by not entering school cake raffle as still have cake in house and we never win
2. Swagbucks - 33/30 target met so additional 3 swagbucks earnt at end of month
3. Nectar adpoints - 11
4. Water bottle for daughter again - saving 50p
5. Hung washing outside and got it dry so no heating on yet
6. Thermostat turned down by 2 degrees to try and save a bit of oil
7. NSDMortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.020 -
me again
11th Oct
1. Made gift tags out of old Christmas cards I found whilst tidying
2. Sorted out 3 boxes of craft stash to sell
3. Found a bag of £2 coins (£20 in total) whilst doing said tidying
4. Swagbucks - 30/30 (3 swagbuck bonus at end of month)
5. Nectar Adpoints - 16
6. Used up stale bread and eggs and salad about to go out of date for eggy bread dinner - yum yum
7. Parked in sainsburys car park and claimed back £1 parking fee when buying breadMortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.020 -
12th Oct
1. You Gov survey - 75 points
2. Swagbucks - 80/79(bonus 11 swagbucks at end of month)
3. Nectar adpoints - 14 (watchedevery ad available this week)
4. 5 competitions entered
5. Gift Hulk - 3
6. NSD (although today isn't over yet have a day of tidying up planned )Mortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.020 -
My "5" for today:-
1. Water bottle for daughter - saving 50p
2. Nectar adpoints - 1 - all available today
3. Swagbucks - 21
4. Meals planned for week (all from stores)
5. Sorted out 5 things to sell
6. Started sorting through and listing present drawer items
7. NSDMortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.020 -
OK I'm back again and this time I have an even bigger reason to want to carry on with my 5 a day challenge. We have just found out my OH's job is in jeopardy and there is a strong possibility that he will lose it and then have to find work by either relocating or taking a drastic drop in salary so as from today my new 5 a day challenge starts again (and no slacking from me this time I promise)
So todays 5 are:-
3rd Dec 14
1. NSD
2.Worked on my business and quoted for new job
3. No heating on until kids home from school
4. Breakfast / dinner / lunch from stores
5. Escalated claim with Paypal after Ebay item never arrivedMortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.020
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