Batten down the hatches.....

crazy_cat_lady

Sounds like a real plan Ena. Glad you've got it all sorted out. I have everything crossed that things go well for you.

lcc86

Good luck Orange Ena, sometimes you have to follow your heart. Life is too short to stay in a job that makes you miserable, I've been there myself!

BettyBones

Hi Ena, sounds like a great plan to me. As LCC says, life is way to short to stay in a job that makes you miserable. Now you have a robust plan in place, go for it! xx

doingitanyway

It must feel nice to have a plan to work to. All your effort has paid off. Well done Orange Ena :T

AspiringButAnxious

Well done on all the decluttering! My own efforts have slowed down considerably and mostly involve moving stuff into the loft for a car boot sale "one day"...

Good luck with your plans — they sound good, especially the last one! Don't blame you for not wanting to do the supermarket Xmas job; I'm still scarred from working in a supermarket over a decade later...

Orange_Ena

Ah thanks very much for your good wishes ladies

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I've been missing again, I was feeling a bit rundown and had a bit of a cold but feeling ok now. Can't believe it's been 2 weeks since I posted though! :eek: Still logging everything

Sunday 16th October
* NSD
* 1 eb@y item sold for £1.99 so I think I'll get £1.23 after fees, better than a poke in the eye :rotfl:

Monday 17th October
* NSD
* Youg0v survey
* 0nep0ll surveys

Tuesday 18th
* £22 for fuel
* £6.15 in C0sta for lunch with my friend
* £21.73 in T3sco

Wednesday 19th
* NSD, apart from £2.85 for an eb@y parcel but paid myself back from payp@l
* 0nep0ll surveys
* Listed 7 items on Shp0ck
* Listed 2 bundles on Fr33gle

Thursday 20th
* NSD
* 0nep0ll surveys
* P0pulusLive survey
* £2 received for an item sold on Shp0ck
* i-S@y survey
* VO survey

Friday 21st
* £6.95 for lunch and weekend snacks
* £30 for fuel

Saturday 22nd
* £2 received for a Shp0ck item
* £20 received from a friend for a little job
* £5.78 in T3sco
* £15.90 on a round of drinks at a party for family which I didn't mind. I drank free tap water though :rotfl:

Sunday 23rd
* £8.31 in T3sco
* Youg0v survey
* Watched a DVD, In the Line of Fire, will be sold / donated

Monday 24th
* NSD!
* Youg0v survey
* 0nep0ll surveys
* 2 PA surveys
* i-S@y survey
* £1.68 sweep into my FD savings account
* £1.23 withdrawn from payp@l and transferred to my overpayments account

Tuesday 25th October
* £5.60 for lunch and snacks for work
* £15 for fuel
* 0nep0ll surveys

Wednesday 26th
* £1 for lunch in T3sco
* £1.60 for car park
* £5 in Th0rntons
* £4.40 in Prim@rk for wrapping paper and stationery
* £15.85 in M&S for food. I got a few bits, a couple of yellow sticker items and the 2 dine for £10 thing, which separately would have been £20.50. I won't drink the wine so that's a Christmas pressie sorted :A
* PA survey
* 0nep0ll surveys
* Youg0v survey
* Pinec0ne survey
* i-S@y survey

Thursday 27th
* £4.95 for breakfast in M0rrisons!
* £40.09 in M0rrisons
* £3.99 on a new top in a charity shop
* £40.48 for kitten to be neutered!
* £39 for a facial!:eek:
* 0nep0ll surveys

Friday 28th
* £6 for 3 duster brushes for my vacuum
* £29.81 for a 7.5kg bag of food for my older cat, they had text me offering 20% off so I bought enough for about 5 or 6 months
* £2.39 on weekend food treats
* 0nep0ll surveys
* 2 VO surveys
* Youg0v survey
* £5.54 sweep into my FD savings account
* £1.67 sweep into my overpayments account

Saturday 29th
* £4.76 in H0me Barg@ins
* £3 in P0undw0rld
* £22 in Asd@ for a top and cardigan

Sunday 30th
* £17.53 in M0rrisons
* £25.45 in H0bbycraft, went a bit mad
* Wombled 40 More points from a receipt found :T

Today
* NSD
* 0nep0ll surveys
* Youg0v survey
* 3 VO surveys and a £15 Am@zon voucher requested
* i-S@y survey and a £5 Am@zon voucher requested
* PA survey
* £20.21 received from PA and transferred to my overpayments account :j
* £2.66 sweep into my FD savings account
* £1.06 sweep into my overpayments account


I've still been decluttering on and off;
48. dressing gown
49. few old beauty products
50. bookcase
51. posters
52. curling tongs
53. basket
54. bath mat
55. shells
56. picture
57. 2 alarm clocks
58. bra
59. picture frame
60. photo stands
61. coat hangers
62. old tins
63. loofah and pumice stone
64. glasses holder
65. wash bag

I still have loads of things to sort and get rid of but I'm trying not to get overwhelmed with it. Just chip chip away! I've had 5 days off work and due to feeling a bit crap, I decided to just chill out and do very little. I had a few things to do Thursday and Friday but when I woke up on Saturday, I felt like I wanted to be a bit creative. Over the weekend I made 2 felt Christmas trees and a really pretty (lol modest) felt flower wreath. And I really enjoyed it It's been a while since I made anything so it was well overdue even though I looked around my house this morning and saw a total mess and then felt guilty for not doing a thing, not a damn thing :rotfl: I spent the day cleaning and doing all the stuff I should have done over the weekend

I really must meal plan more, I just never seem to get organised with it but I know it's an area where I could improve. One thing I have been doing though in the last couple of weeks is having overnight oats and it's delicious! And I was never a porridge fan! It's so easy to make and take to work and really filling and although I haven't worked it out, I guess it's quite cheap per portion. Win win :j

I've been making a few plans for some days out.......I haven't been away for 2 years and I've not really done much in the way of socialising so I'm looking forward to getting out more. I'm having a shopping day with my friend at a discount outlet village and we may stay over I'm also planning a day out, possible night away with my brother and sister in law to the Emmerd@le Studio Tour. The tickets would be their Christmas pressie plus I get to go too! Love Emmerd@le so I really want to go. I'm debt busting as much as I can but I feel like I need a few things to look forward to before I leave my job then can't afford to do anything :rotfl::D

Talking of which, I need to contact plumbers this week to get quotes for updating my bathroom. The house needing finishing is stopping me putting it on the market, and I can't get the hall, stairs and landing decorated until the bathroom is done so I know what I need to do, it's just doing it. I didn't want to contact anyone last week incase they wanted to come on my days off when I knew I wanted to be lazing around in my pyjamas :rotfl:

Orange_Ena

Seeing as its the last day of the month, its time for the October stats

PA - £12.28....................total YTD £220.74
Youg0v - 500pts/£5...................total YTD 4475pts/£44.75
SB - 378....................total YTD 20785
Pinec0ne - £6................total YTD £45
P0pulusLive - £3..................total YTD £116
VO - £9...................total YTD £127.75
TCB - £14.09................total YTD £102.47
i-S@y - 530pts................total YTD 6730pts
Inb0x£s - 70p..................total YTD £10.15
Other income - £43.11....................total YTD £780.20
Roadkill - 0..................total YTD 36p
0nep0ll - £9.90...................total YTD £32.35


October total - £103.08 :T

Total YTD - £1582.28 :eek::j:j


Other totals:

• Nati0nwide sweeps - £4.32..................total YTD £75.56
• FD sweeps - £10.72..................total YTD £79.08
• NSD's - 10...............total YTD 88
• Books read - 0....................total YTD 3
• DVD's watched - 1....................total YTD 9


In October, I was aiming for
• 11 NSD's FAIL, had 10
• 1 book read FAIL
• 3 DVD's watched FAIL, watched 1
• £65 extra income PASS

November targets
• 10 NSD's
• 1 book read
• 2 DVD's watched
• £65 extra income

Happy Halloween / hiding in the dark avoiding trick or treaters cause you ate all the treats :rotfl:

lcc86

Overnight oats are great value and super filling too! I've never been a porridge fan but love overnight oats lol

doingitanyway

I'm glad you discovered overnight oats. Breakfast is so important to keeping on track throughout the day.

My days off this week were spent just resting, but sometimes we need to do that so don't feel bad.

Your decluttering is excellent.

Enjoy the rest of the week

Orange_Ena

Haha overnight oats are a revelation, i don't know how I survived without them :rotfl:. I added a little spoon of lemon curd in along with the raspberries in today's and it was lovely

Today
* £30 for fuel
* £6.50 for lunch and snacks
* 0nep0ll surveys
* 3 PA surveys
* £1.25 sweep into my FD savings account
* £40.60 professional fee that's not required this month transferred to my FD savings account

I don't know whether it happened last month but I've only noticed today, after the payment has gone out, that my mortgage has gone into the 59's. Unfortunately it will go back to the 60's once interest gets added :eek::rotfl: My daily interest rate is £4.18 so in my very simple, back of a fag packet maths, I think it will only go over by £45. I may wait a few days or until I've had a rotten day at work and make a cheeky little mortgage OP. That would definitely cheer me up