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Batten down the hatches.....
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Hi Ena,
I'm new to debt slaying, also having a bit of insomnia at the moment, just read your diary and I am very impressed with your survey abilities! Thanks for the info on checkoutsm@rt too...very inspirational how you have battled through the ups and downs. Good Luck!
GonnaJan 20 - NST challenge
Jan 20 0%cc debt 7700/77000 -
Orange_Ena wrote: »Haha thank you!
Baldrick x :rotfl::D;)
You read me like a book!!:rotfl:
Might watch an episode at some pointalways good for the soul
* * * Catriona's Credit Card Countdown * * * from -£16k to debt neutraldom - for my debt diary click here
Barclaycard -£5,867.52;
mbna1 - 3,009.22
mbna2 - 1,755.70
Savings £5,017 MFiT #25 £2,627/£10k; daily interest £5.040 -
GoingToDoIt wrote: »Hi Ena,
I'm new to debt slaying, also having a bit of insomnia at the moment, just read your diary and I am very impressed with your survey abilities! Thanks for the info on checkoutsm@rt too...very inspirational how you have battled through the ups and downs. Good Luck!
Gonna
Hi Gonna. Thanks for dropping by
Haha I'm addicted to surveys, some of them are quite enjoyable really. It's nice when you get the payout though
Ah you're welcome re checkoutsm@rt. It all helps! :T And thanks for what you said. It's all up from now........:D
Good luck to you too, hope you catch up with your sleep.Debt Apr 15 - £6895.44Apr 17 - £2500
Dec 17 - £560
July 18 - £199
CHEFS challenge (Cruise Holiday Entirely Funded by Surveys) - £685.79
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catriona79 wrote: »You read me like a book!!
:rotfl:
Might watch an episode at some pointalways good for the soul
Hehe;)
Ah yeah, I still think about the very last bit of the last episode. Brilliantly poignant......welling up a bitDebt Apr 15 - £6895.44Apr 17 - £2500
Dec 17 - £560
July 18 - £199
CHEFS challenge (Cruise Holiday Entirely Funded by Surveys) - £685.79
Every penny is a prisoner0 -
GoingToDoIt wrote: »Hi Ena,
I'm new to debt slaying, also having a bit of insomnia at the moment, just read your diary and I am very impressed with your survey abilities! Thanks for the info on checkoutsm@rt too...very inspirational how you have battled through the ups and downs. Good Luck!
Gonna
Hey Gonna. Try Kalms Night for the insomnia if you haven't already. It works for me:) it might just take the edge off it.good luck. Insomnia makes me dread the nights!
* * * Catriona's Credit Card Countdown * * * from -£16k to debt neutraldom - for my debt diary click here
Barclaycard -£5,867.52;
mbna1 - 3,009.22
mbna2 - 1,755.70
Savings £5,017 MFiT #25 £2,627/£10k; daily interest £5.040 -
And relax...........its the weekend. :T:j:T:j:T:j:beer:
Today
* £31.21 on groceries and receipt scanned on checkoutsm@rt
* £20.78 payout from PA received and moved to my overpayments account ready to be paid to Barclayc@rd :T
* £1.35 sweep to overpayments account
* Youg0v survey
* PA survey
* 142SB earned and £10 Am@zon voucher redeemed and 92SB carried over towards the next one. I looked back to when I redeemed my first SB voucher (since I returned to debt busting this time around) and it was exactly one month ago. I can't remember how long it took to get that first voucher, let's say 2 weeks, so in the last 6 weeks, I've earned £70 in Am@zon vouchers :j Utterly amazed at that. And it's so clear to everyone I have no life haha.
* 18 items on eb@y / 69 watchers / 7 items bid on so far. Ends Sunday......feeling hopeful
Really hoping for a couple of NSD's over the weekend. I have no plans to leave my house so as long as I don't buy anything online, we're good :rotfl:Debt Apr 15 - £6895.44Apr 17 - £2500
Dec 17 - £560
July 18 - £199
CHEFS challenge (Cruise Holiday Entirely Funded by Surveys) - £685.79
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Hi Ena, your day sounds very sucessful...I am enjoying sw@gbucks am at 776 now!
Catriona thanks for your concern, I've sorted it out now. I slept all day last week, and was then up all night....so I was getting sleep, but not at the right time. Interestingly it seemed to be a great time to do surveys...seemed to be accepted much more than usualJan 20 - NST challenge
Jan 20 0%cc debt 7700/77000 -
GoingToDoIt wrote: »Hi Ena, your day sounds very sucessful...I am enjoying sw@gbucks am at 776 now!
Catriona thanks for your concern, I've sorted it out now. I slept all day last week, and was then up all night....so I was getting sleep, but not at the right time. Interestingly it seemed to be a great time to do surveys...seemed to be accepted much more than usual
Thanks Gonna. Well done on the sw@gbucks, so close now :T Are you going for an Am@zon voucher, or something else?Debt Apr 15 - £6895.44Apr 17 - £2500
Dec 17 - £560
July 18 - £199
CHEFS challenge (Cruise Holiday Entirely Funded by Surveys) - £685.79
Every penny is a prisoner0 -
Evening!
Today
* £7.92 in H0me Barg@ins, got packaging for eb@y parcels and a couple of small presents
* PA survey
* VO survey
* No SB earned - treated myself to a day off :rotfl::D
* Decided I'd apply for a new CC, even though I said I'd wait another 2 weeks! Went for H@lifax 28 months at 0%/1% fee. It's to replace the Barcl@ycard which hikes the interest next month. I really needed a limit of about £2000 but I got £1600 and I've balance transferred £1500 so I'm not right up to the limit. Not ideal but better than nowt!
* I'm still waiting to hear from the radiator people to see if I can pay for it on my credit card. If I can, then I was going to put it on my now cleared Nati0nwide CC, which would take me to having 4 CC's! Oh gawd. However, Barclayc@rd sent through an offer whereby I can transfer cash to my bank account for a 1.9% fee, which would be cheaper than making a purchase on my Nati0nwide CC. Plus I'd then 'only' have 3 CC's! I think that'll work!
* I really need my eb@y stuff to sell for thousands.......however, current status is 18 items / 79 watchers / 11 items with bids on / £34.83 running total (less fees)
Been a busy little bee today, well, busy for meI did a tip run, went to H0me Barg@ins, spring cleaned my house downstairs including moving the desk and sofa, wrapped my sold eb@y items after removing stray cat hairs (my cat, not a stray cat), tidied my bookcase, counted up my unread Ide@l H0me and Your H0me (21 yikes), had a nap, 2 lots of washing, chatted with a couple of friends, caught up with Beck on ipl@yer (brilliant).
Tomorrow I want to sort out 2 kitchen cupboards and sort out all my smellies and beauty products. I reckon I'll find quite a few lip balms.......:o
Night!Debt Apr 15 - £6895.44Apr 17 - £2500
Dec 17 - £560
July 18 - £199
CHEFS challenge (Cruise Holiday Entirely Funded by Surveys) - £685.79
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Busy, busy days Orange Ena... I have a cupboard full of smellies too - some of which have been there completely untouched since last Christmas (or maybe even the Christmas before). I think I need to make it a priority to use those up...Not giving up
Working hard to pay off my debt
Time to take back control
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