Skint dragon stops spending....

littleskintdragon

well 3 items finished on 3-bay so far and made £17, but £7 was postage so I'm £10 up. the other 21 items finish tomorrow and a couple have bids or watchers. Any unsold will be re-listed, and all money made will be paid towards the t£sc0 cc which is the first debt i want to tackle (Again!)

Balance at start of May was £2402.50
Balance now £2236.50

Lovely sunny day here, and i've been taking advantage of the weather this week by walking everywhere. Me and baby have walked miles this week!!
Also been able to dry all the clothes on the line, so no tumble dryer either

lurvlyloz

Twinklet and i are doing great thankyou

well done on you ebay sales. i tend to re-list everything of hers and keep the money in pay pal ready for buying her other bits.

excellent job on the tescos points. i transferred to prezzo vouchers for dinner out fir me and hubs

littleskintdragon

Glad your both doing well ive kept most of the babys clothes (just incase!) but sell my daughters as shes older. I have thought about selling his and probbly should with a lot. If i get through the pile ive got i could start looking through his and taking out a few bits.

Had my t3sc0 tickets back yesterday, which was a shame as a day earlier i could have used the theme park ones and it was a lovely sunny day. Oh well the next sunny sunday and we're off.

Transferred £12 from p4ypal to the account ive been paying for postage of 3-bay out of to cover costs, and £15 paid off the cc also from p4ypal. Had to leave some in to cover fees. All 18 items were automatically re-listed so fingers crossed for some sales this week 2!

Have to take the new car to garage today, grrrr! Its so inconvenient how they expect u to be without a car for the day without even offering u a lift home or courtesy car. I'm seriously thinking of getting rid of the new car and replacing with something cheaper. Used on the the w3 buy y0ur car sites online who offered us more £1500 more than we owe. I'm very tempted, allthough i'd need to get the nice scratch dh done fixed 1st :-/ otherwise they'd probably knock £1000 off.

littleskintdragon

Car was fixed free of charge thanks to lifetime warranty, so handy. Will probably save us a fortune.

Money from 3-bay has cleared from cc, love seeing the balance drop

Pay day today, last month of maternity pay. Looks like its been a 5 week month because its more than i expected, which was a lovely surprise.

There are 3 bids on items on 3-bay, only
Cheap items but hopefully they'll go up slightly before sunday.

My lovely mother has been and bought me a pile of baby clothes in the next size this week so helpful.

littleskintdragon

back in work now, part time hours only.
Thought id give tax credits a ring to see if im entitled to anything now i have an extra child and less pay. The man on the phone said i should be entitled to something but it can take up to 8 weeks so keeping fingers crossed there.

Had a lovely day out this week courtesy of t3sc0 vouchers.
Shopped in 4ldi this week, but used my t3sco cc to pay and paid it off staight away when i got home, that way I'm still accumulating the points ready for more days out or hols.

Credit card has had a bit more paid off, so i need to update my sig. All courtesy of 3-bay sales

lurvlyloz

i didnt know you could pay on CC at aldi. you cant at my local one, well you couldnt! great idea for your points though

littleskintdragon

U couldnt used to use a card at all but its fine now, in our local one anyway

littleskintdragon

Nothing exciting happening here!
Got a £20 note which im hoping will feed us for the week, we have loads here so im hoping to skip a shop this week and top up where needed. Times are hard! lol.

Going to ask my boss if i can work an extra day at the end of the month, the money will be VERY handy.

We're having a tight month, and im looking forward to seeing what my pay is when i get it this month (24 days and counting...) and also waiting for the tax credits letter to come back. Im hoping that the both of them will be enough to cover us and keep us going, otherwise were going to have to make some serious decisions here unfortunately. We've even been considering selling up and buying a smaller house to decrease the mortgage payments.

lurvlyloz

is working full time not an option?

littleskintdragon

It is but then ill be paying out in childcare, which is so expensive, i suppose tax credits may help there though.
The biggest issue i have is that dd also spends time with her dad, and working full time would mean barely seeing her
Im hoping that when i get paid we realise its enough to cover us. A lot of my pay is commission based which is why i cant work out what it'll be and don't know what it'll be from month to month. My boss has told me that i can let her know what days i have childcare and can work the extra, this includes all weekend which is handy because dh is off, so ill probably do it that way and have the best both.